How simple it should be

The other night the debates were on, and on all the other stations was re-runs from last year, so 6 was forced to watch Andy of Mayberry, 4 episodes in a row! It was a glorious time, but one thing 6 noticed was the wardrobe budget of that show must have been next to nothing. Andy wore is uniform, Barn his uniform and the same suit, Aunt Bee the dress, Otis the same suit, and Opie the same jeans and striped shirt. 6 Then was thinking about The Beverly hillbillies, they all wore the same thing with one exception, they got all dressed up in their fancy duds for special meals in the bill-yard-room. OK you all give? What the heck does this have to do with vacation… let me tell you! Well 6 will just focus on himself, one could relate this to yourselves if you like, but this is all about 6. The night before we left on vacation , 6 stood all alone in his bedroom wondering what to take on vacation! I opened my closet, it was full, went to my dresser it was full, and was just amazed at all the things 6 has accumulated over the past year. You all are thinking that the reason 6 has so many things is because every Saturday night he has a bottle of Rex and goes to Belk. The just may be some truth to that but 6 really does need all of those things, for he can’t wear the same shirt more than once in a month, and after all there are 4 seasons! 6 wonders how Jed and Andy survived. Packing should take no longer than 10 minutes, that includes finding a suitcase, but it took 6 at least an hour. The reason it takes so long is simple, 6 had to go thru two closets, and 11 dresser drawers to find the same stuff he has been taking on vacation for the past 5 years! 6 won’t bore you all with an inventory of what he took but he had plenty for a week and it fit into a small suitcase! So here is the question why does 6 need 50 dress shirts, 20 dress pants, more shoes than Andy had in a life time, more pairs of jeans than the whole cast of the Beverly Hillbillies and that is all they wore! No this is only the thing that 6 wares to work let alone the polo shirts, short pants, etc… yes 6 has way to much stuff, but that is beside the point. My point is one of the best times 6 has all year is vacation, and in 6’s opinion he looks dapper when he graces the island with his presence. Therefore, one can deduce that Andy/Barn/Jed/Jethro etc. are not defined but what they own, but defined by whom they are.  Do we really need anything other than a roof over our heads and some food in our bellies, to define us? Look around and you will find what is important, and it is not the car you drive, of the shirt you have on your back, it truly is the face that smiles back at you while the mayo falls to your shirt while you take a big bite out of your cheese and liver worst samwich!

Words of wisdom: we all came with nothing, and are going to leave with the same thing. Build memories not things.

Contest!

Have you ever had the feeling come over you like you have been here before? Different but kind of the same? Excited but relaxed?

Saturday afternoon we pulled in to the Piggly-Wiggly  ops now Bi-lo ran around the store like a crazy man pulling things from the shelves as if there were a major snow storm about to hit! Who knows where 6A, 61 and 62 were! In less than 10 minutes 6 covered every single isle in that store and each item he chose was a Bi-Lo special! Time to find the rest of the family! Long lines at the checkout so why not get in line and have them come to me with their stuff…. Not a good idea… really has this down to a science, a week of shopping in 15 minutes! Let’s see if anyone else can match that! Yes we certainly ended up with a strange mix of items, but 6 was good for the week and that is all that matters. Same store different name! We loaded up the car, it all fit nicely in the trunk no one had to sit with bags of food on their laps, and off we went! Soon we arrived at the condo or is it a villa (don’t know the difference and don’t care). It was a new one this year, everyone could not wait to get in and see how nice it was. DO you think anyone could take a bag up with them? (6 will let you draw your own conclusion )6 stood at the trunk of the car looking up those 40 steps wondering if anyone was going to help unload the car this year. It builds charter! 6 took as many bags as he could including one in his mouth and walked those 40 steps one by one, at least 10 times. Car empty! They were still looking at the condo! Here is what was different: different floors, different kitchen finishes, different couch, different TV, but once again the same floor plan, in reality it was in a different location and had different colors. Time to start dinner, same process same food only from Bi-Lo and not from wall-mart! Off to church, 6 did not have to drive (nice), same priest, but he did not ask for money this time. (He may have but 6 did not understand a word he said). Came back from church, opened the Rex (but it was not Rex this year) we only killed two bottles not 8 like we did last year, put the final touches on dinner, rang the bell,  ate the dinner, changed my spaghetti splattered clothes, and all went for a walk on the beach, cranked up the music (7’s choice this year), and scared away all the nice families also walking on the beach at the time.  Made it to the Sanctuary wanted to go in for a drink, but the usual excuses came out.. I am not dressed for the sanctuary; I left my shoes back at the boardwalk…. Yada yada yada… The bottom line is no one wanted to buy me a simple drink! (you think 6 was going to buy drinks for that many people?) Came home went to bed, 6 does have to say that was a nice big bed, it was a California king and it did not have a indentation (hole) where some weight challenged person  must have laid for 15 years,  in the center so 6 did not have to spend the week holding on for dear life!

As you can see different but kind of the same! Let’s have a contest for next year! 6 heard that 8 was saying we should look into a house, 6 is game! His logic is we were now minorities on the beach for we don’t have tattoo’s, so either we all get them or move up the beach you know over there on Melody lane! As a wise man always said “After three days fish stink”! (Anyone know who 6 is referring to?)  SO here is the contest: Who ever comes up with a suitable plan that changes things but at the same time meets the strange quarks of each individual (so that they are not pissed off on Saturday night and we all have to live with them for a week), will win a bottle of Rex or a 6 pack of Milwaukee’s best for their own consumption! Join in.. let the ideas flow! 

Words of wisdom:  no one pours new wine into old wineskins. Otherwise, the new wine will burst the skins, and it will be spilled, and the skins will be ruined. Rather, new wine must be poured into fresh wineskins. And no one who has been drinking old wine desires new, for he says, ‘The old is good.’ Luke 5-37:39