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Remember when…
Being stuck inside in bad weather
By Kim Smith

Mom couldn’t always kick us out of the house to entertain ourselves when our chores were done. A little thing called “bad weather”, kept us indoors. Ohh…what to do? What to do? In truth, we had no problem whatsoever keeping busy, none at all!

My brother and I were very close. Oh, how we loved to torment each other! We created the “rubber-band game”. He would grab a handful of rubber bands, and I would grab a handful of rubber-bands--and then it became an all-out war between us! If he wasn’t hiding around a corner, then I was. Then, if one or the other made the mistake of poking out our head… SMACK! Right into the old noggin’! He was almost three years older than me, so guess who yelled “ouch!” the most? Of course, Yours Truly! He took advantage of my jumping and yelling and shot a couple more rubber-bands at me! Don’t get the false impression that I was the “innocent victim” ALL of the time, though. I would get MY revenge with a few lucky shots now and then, too! And don’t think I didn’t double-whammy him back when HE was jumping and hollering!

Another thing we did to keep busy was “Indian wrestle”. I would lie flat on my back; my brother would lie flat on his back, in the opposite direction, side-by-side. We would then lock our legs together and try to flip the other one over. More often than not, he not only flipped me, but he then sat on top of me! He would hold my arms down and hold a wad of spit close to the end of his mouth, threatening to let it loose on my face! I was screaming with laughter, moving my head back and forth to try to avoid the “spit-bomb”. Most of the time, it was just a threat, but sometimes he accidently (on purpose) let it loose! We had a blast!

Blessings to all of you!


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