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The Rest of the Story ... The Parties Wow, betcha thought I would never get this done didn't you! Busy time of year plus working too. We got into Georgia late Thursday. Friday morning after the good old southern breakfast...what a lot of food...we went for a ride to see the area. We saw Lake Sinclair which went on forever, here and there. We went to the Governor's Mansion (Milledgeville was the capitol of Georgia until the Civil War, then moved to Atlanta) but it was closed for decorating for Christmas. We walked around and went into the gift shop, I bought a gorgeous silver bracelet and Alfie bought me a mug of Milledgeville. He knows I like mugs from places. We broused the Visitor's Center and looked around the town. We stopped by his sister in law and brother in law's house. They had a birthday gift for me! I was so surprised. It is a cute bisque lighted train I have put on the mantle.We went back and changed for the party at Annmarie's for me to meet the family. That was so nice of her to do that for me. We had finger foods and we sat around talking. Both of Alfie's step daughters and stepson were there with their spouses and . The 6 year old granddaughter had lost some teeth and I commented on it, she said, I have lost 6 teeth and am 6 years old. The almost 2 year old is so fun to watch, she is in her own little world and curious about everything. Pictures were taken and I got so tickled. I am usually taller that everyone or as tall, this time I was a shrimp! I am 5'6" or maybe now 5'5". One gal Kathy is 6'2", Annmarie is 5'10", and George is 6'5". I really like all of them and mercifully they like me too. These are Alfie's late wife's . After pictures, Annmarie had us go into her beautiful dining room (the whole part of the house we were in was gorgeous) and she had a 4 layer Key Lime Cake with cute swirled candles for me to blow out. The cake had cream cheese icing with finely chopped pecans mixed in. I cut and everyone got a piece. YUM! Love Key Lime Cake, Alfie asked her to have that kind for me. On Saturday we had another good old southern breakfast at the Cornbread Cafe. It is big and all knotty pine inside. When we finished we went back to his sister in law and brother in law's for coffee and apple crumb pie. Boy can those southerners eat! I like it, haha. We drove around some more and he took me to the Uncle Remus Museum in Eatonton, Georgia. What a fascinating place. It is a log cabin made from 2 slave cabins. Lots of slave memorabilia as well as other things from that period. The town is the birthplace of Joel Chandler Harris who wrote Uncle Remus, Brer Rabbit and other stories. The grounds have several things, made by Eagle Scouts as their project, a bridge, a gravel and cement footpath, signs describing the trees and plants, etc. My grandaughter called when we were in there and she asked where we were. I told her and she was so impressed. I described some of the things we were looking at. We knew by then we needed to head back and get ready for Annmarie's 40th birthday party. Saturday night we went to LaFete, a new banquet/party building. Very nice! Her theme was black and white and she asked everyone to wear black. She wore a white slinky dress with a tiara! Pretty!! She is a very pretty gal! We had tons of finger foods and the cake was a 2 layer sheet cake done in black and white with a big 40 on it and swirly things stuck in. Lots of black and white baloons, each table had a white candle in a tall vase on a square mirror with black, white, and silver sparklies sprinkled on the mirror. We ate and ate and danced. They had a DJ so naturally I got to dance to YMCA!! Love that one! We slow danced and I finally got Alfie to dance fast or somewhat fast. I told him to wiggle those hips! haha Annmarie's husband gave a 40th tribute to her. They were married in the spring. Several people came up to us and said Alfie, everyone really likes Ann! Whoo hoo! haha Sunday morning as Alfie said, we went to breakfast again with his sister in law and brother in law. The Cornbread Cafe was closed until 8 so we went to another restaurant. As soon as we all ate we said our goodbyes and left for Indiana. We stopped to eat a yummy lunch at a small diner in Monteagle, Tennessee. Alfie said he will remember it. Good food and inexpensive. He left on Tuesday morning for Georgia. It was a wonderful trip! Thanks Alfie (hawkslayer)!! |
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