One of mine was to bring a little order to our storage room in the attic. While I moved and stacked boxes and crates, I sent a loving thought to my pa...rents, who had taken our kids for a three week holiday to Sweden, Norway and Finland. Two of the boxes I handled gave me an inspiration, which I told Helen when we sat down for a cup of coffee in the afternoon."You know, I found a couple of boxes up there, which might prove interesting." What's that, dear?" It's all my old ice-hockey equipment. In addition to our physical attraction and mutual respect, Connie and I discovered that we had much in common. We both enjoyed live music and liked to attend classical music concerts as well as classic rock concerts. We both preferred comedy movies and our favorite comedian was Steve Martin. We both loved day hikes in the North Carolina mountains and we both loved a good, thick T-bone steak.After a very pleasant and leisurely dinner, we moved to the adjoining lounge and had a few drinks while. Now her revenge would be take Josh back from her, arrange a quick wedding, and blot any remembrance of Camille from his mind. It sounded easier than done, but she had the determination of a bulldog.She finished all her chores in one day, took a hot leisurely bath with candles and wine to relax. Then she turned in early for a fitful sleep which she had. The next day she made herself scrambled eggs, sliced tomatoes, diced green peppers, and tea for breakfast. Later when it was warmer, she dove. “I told you this game should have been banned! It’s dangerous. Just down right dangerous!” Lynn Barry implored.However, no sooner had Jamie been fixed up with an ice pack than she was calling Tom over so she could have a game of naked Twister with him. Jamie’s mother just shrugged and nodded again at Hank Barry so away he went again. He had some how become the official ‘spinner’ for the night.As expected the first few spins proved no problem at all but after that it was a whole different story..
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