posted August 31, 2013 10:54 PM            

Reminds me when my partner's kids (boy just turned 9, girl just turned 14) arrived in East Texas during Aug of 2011 to bring me back to California. They had fun the few days they were there but were glad to leave.

Granny's home was built many decades ago before, she was born in it, and it's seen very little upgrading (though I understand electricity and even the single bathroom got added in like 20 years after it was built...), for example no AC (and it was one of the worst heat waves, and for Texas that's saying something!). The kids were fascinated with the rotary phone my granny uses (and had to try it), though my girl is such a texter, she'd hate to be stuck with it (and while internet & cell phone service is technically available out there it sucked). The boy pointed to the bunny ears antenna on the TV and asked, "What's that?" (Strangely, we started seeing more after in California, and then I heard internet and satellite improved back in rural East Texas.)

And when my girl asked what I Love Lucy (which Granny has on VHS) was about I said, "Think Hannah Montana for the 50s, only Miley & Lilly are older, married women named Lucy & Ethel who had to deal with husbands instead of parents back when the world was black & white, and Lucy only WANTS to be in the show rather than a pop star." I think she got the general idea.