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remembered the tearful eyes of her father as he assured her, “ This will hurt me more than it hurts you. ” As a child, she ’ d been insulted. She wasn ’ t stupid. She knew it didn ’ t hurt him at all! How wrong she was. Aggie added another mental note to her ever-growing “ to-do list. ” “ Call Dad, thank him, and apologize for doubting him. ”
Aggie says: I quit.
Tina says: Yeah right.
Aggie says: Ok. Well… I SHOULD QUIT.
Tina says: Now you ’ re talking. Just kidding! So what now?
Aggie says: Cari cut her hair.
Tina says: Well… You can tell them apart now.
Aggie says: I had Lorna ’ s cut the day before. Cari has an overdeveloped sense of twinness.
Tina says: How funny. So… how bad is it?
Aggie says: I had to cut her bangs completely off. It looked best that way. Now she looks like she started a flat top but gave up and quit.
Tina says: Oh, how funny!
Aggie says: I ’ ll send pics when I find my camera and my cord. Remind me to buy a laptop with a built in card reader next time.
Tina says: Doesn ’ t Allie have a camera? I thought she was into all that scrapbooking stuff.
Aggie says: Well, duh. Of course she does. I didn ’ t think to get it out. I ’ ll do that today. Allie ’ s is better than mine too. One of those crazy things with different lenses and words that sound like allergies and racial slurs.
Tina says: So how goes the house hunt?
Aggie says: I found one. Oh, Tina… it ’ s like every one we ’ ve ever stopped and drooled over.
Tina says: Does it have a “ turret? ”
Aggie says: YEP! And no gingerbread!!!
Tina says: Victorian?
Aggie says: Sort of a mix… part Victorian, part country farmhouse. It has siding like farmhouse but the shape of a Victorian.
Tina says: If it has a porch…
Aggie says: A southern belle would sit on the “ verandah ” and serve mint juleps.
Tina says: WOW! And you can afford this paragon of homes?
Aggie says: It ’ s a dump right now. Broken windows… cracked paint… UGLY carpeting and it ’ s FILTHY. The kitchen is left over from a bad ‘ 70 ’ s remodel including avocado and harvest gold everything.
Tina says: Ick. I don ’ t think I would have liked those when they were IN!
Aggie says: It looks like a retro nightmare. But… it ’ s going to be beautiful.
Tina says: But, how can you afford to buy and fix?
Aggie says: This house is being sold for peanuts. I ’ m just whipping i t into peanut butter and adding jelly for the perfect sandwich.
Tina says: That ’ s it. Go to bed. You ’ re getting loopy.
Aggie says: Nah… it ’ s just my subject matter these days. I have made more PBJ sandwiches in the last MONTH than I have in my whole life!
Tina says: Nighters. You need your sleep. Poof
Aggie says: GRRRRRRr ok. Poofs. Thanks…
Chapter 4
Hullabaloo
Saturday, March 23 rd
The Stuart Clan was celebrating the toddler twins ’ birthday. The girls were dressed as little farmer girls in matching overall jumpers with red gingham shirts and a mini-pony tail on opposite sides of their heads. When the little girls stood side by side, they looked like Siamese twins, joined at the head and with one continuous hairstyle. The result was completely adorable. Aggie had also gotten into the theme and had thrown on a denim skirt and red t-shirt. The rest of the children, eager to feel festive, quickly followed suit. The result was the appearance of an all-American family.
Aggie ’ s parents were expected at any time, and Aggie dashed throughout the house, stashing things in odd places to cover the remnants of the mess she ’ d been fighting to conquer for the past few days. Grabbing a pile of schoolbooks left by Vannie on the floor beside the couch, Aggie stumbled downstairs, looking for a safe, dry place to put them. All she needed, after her exhausting week, was a cup of punch to get dumped on the detailed report that Vannie had spent the past three weeks perfecting.
Dry -- that was a thought.
Aggie says: I quit.
Tina says: Yeah right.
Aggie says: Ok. Well… I SHOULD QUIT.
Tina says: Now you ’ re talking. Just kidding! So what now?
Aggie says: Cari cut her hair.
Tina says: Well… You can tell them apart now.
Aggie says: I had Lorna ’ s cut the day before. Cari has an overdeveloped sense of twinness.
Tina says: How funny. So… how bad is it?
Aggie says: I had to cut her bangs completely off. It looked best that way. Now she looks like she started a flat top but gave up and quit.
Tina says: Oh, how funny!
Aggie says: I ’ ll send pics when I find my camera and my cord. Remind me to buy a laptop with a built in card reader next time.
Tina says: Doesn ’ t Allie have a camera? I thought she was into all that scrapbooking stuff.
Aggie says: Well, duh. Of course she does. I didn ’ t think to get it out. I ’ ll do that today. Allie ’ s is better than mine too. One of those crazy things with different lenses and words that sound like allergies and racial slurs.
Tina says: So how goes the house hunt?
Aggie says: I found one. Oh, Tina… it ’ s like every one we ’ ve ever stopped and drooled over.
Tina says: Does it have a “ turret? ”
Aggie says: YEP! And no gingerbread!!!
Tina says: Victorian?
Aggie says: Sort of a mix… part Victorian, part country farmhouse. It has siding like farmhouse but the shape of a Victorian.
Tina says: If it has a porch…
Aggie says: A southern belle would sit on the “ verandah ” and serve mint juleps.
Tina says: WOW! And you can afford this paragon of homes?
Aggie says: It ’ s a dump right now. Broken windows… cracked paint… UGLY carpeting and it ’ s FILTHY. The kitchen is left over from a bad ‘ 70 ’ s remodel including avocado and harvest gold everything.
Tina says: Ick. I don ’ t think I would have liked those when they were IN!
Aggie says: It looks like a retro nightmare. But… it ’ s going to be beautiful.
Tina says: But, how can you afford to buy and fix?
Aggie says: This house is being sold for peanuts. I ’ m just whipping i t into peanut butter and adding jelly for the perfect sandwich.
Tina says: That ’ s it. Go to bed. You ’ re getting loopy.
Aggie says: Nah… it ’ s just my subject matter these days. I have made more PBJ sandwiches in the last MONTH than I have in my whole life!
Tina says: Nighters. You need your sleep. Poof
Aggie says: GRRRRRRr ok. Poofs. Thanks…
Chapter 4
Hullabaloo
Saturday, March 23 rd
The Stuart Clan was celebrating the toddler twins ’ birthday. The girls were dressed as little farmer girls in matching overall jumpers with red gingham shirts and a mini-pony tail on opposite sides of their heads. When the little girls stood side by side, they looked like Siamese twins, joined at the head and with one continuous hairstyle. The result was completely adorable. Aggie had also gotten into the theme and had thrown on a denim skirt and red t-shirt. The rest of the children, eager to feel festive, quickly followed suit. The result was the appearance of an all-American family.
Aggie ’ s parents were expected at any time, and Aggie dashed throughout the house, stashing things in odd places to cover the remnants of the mess she ’ d been fighting to conquer for the past few days. Grabbing a pile of schoolbooks left by Vannie on the floor beside the couch, Aggie stumbled downstairs, looking for a safe, dry place to put them. All she needed, after her exhausting week, was a cup of punch to get dumped on the detailed report that Vannie had spent the past three weeks perfecting.
Dry -- that was a thought.
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