Going back again..

I know that I don't seem to keep on track, but I keep thinking and thinking these days! I was thinking, after I read some of my former "blogs", Boy did I goof up! In the one that was about living in the Everett Wa. area, for instance, I said that Mother had Me, my sister Genevieve, brother Bob, Teresa and that Gerry was born there! I completely left out Laurence, who was older than Teresa!!!! Sorry! So that started me thinking of other fun and stupid things we did while living there! I was in the second grade and after I had my knuckles cracked, or so I thought by my teacher, who was completely in the wrong!, Mother put us into the Catholic Academy in Everett and my Dad would take us with him when he went to work in the morning and drop us off at the Convent where Aunt Josie worked! Now that I've got that straight, there was a girl who lived down the road from us and I couldn't stand her!! She was in my class, 2nd grade, at this dumb school in Beverly Park. We lived on what I thought was about an acre of land but looking back I know that it was about a 1/4 acre. There was a chicken coop there and of course Mother had chickens and wherever Mother went, it seemed like she made a big vegetable garden and a flower garden! She really had a "green" thumb! But to get back to the story, we would, Bob, Gen, Laurence,(he had to be boosted up) and myself would get on the roof of the chicken coop and yell at this girl who was sitting on her chicken coop,(her first name was Anna and I can't remember the last name but we would yell "yea, yea, Anna Banana" And she would yell back at us yelling something that rhymed with Batty! Probably "fatty" for Batty! There was a small gulch between our houses so our voices really carried! Of course when Mother heard us we would have to get off the chicken coop and behave ourselves! Another thing I remember about there was that about every two or three days a bakery wagon came by and sold cakes, cookies, etc. And since we were not on the farm with cows, a dairyman came by about every other day! I hated milk and do to this day but Mother would buy cookies and milk which was ice cold and she would put a few drops of vanilla in it and Yummy! Was that ever good on a hot day with the fresh cookies! Another thing I remember was it always seemed so damp and cool there! We could, as I think I said before, on a clear day see the Puget Sound from our yard! So I remember, except for the short summer days, sitting out on a swing Dad had built us and swinging back and forth and watching the birds and the clouds float by!I was rather sickly for a long time in my early life! I think I had asthma but even thought Mother took me to Dr. after Dr. no one seemed to be able to come up with an answer!To this day I speak like I'm completely out of breath! I did't realize until I heard a play back of my voice!!! But I did grow up and so till tomorrow!.....