- MY INHERITANCE -

well, i was thinking about what i was going to blog about today & while talking to my dad on the phone (yeah, you remember mr. sweet wienie himself), i thought of it! - i'd share with you all what my dad's leaving me as my inheritance (no, he's not gravely ill, no bad dr. reports, etc.), but give me a few minutes & i'll share with you what i'm talking about

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dad, for many years (& for no real reason) has collected things - he's got several dressers FULL of 'stuff' - nothing like old antique jewelry (wow, i'd love that!), or lots of $ (yep, i'd love that too), old memorable things from my ancestors (how nice would that be), nope, he collects nothing like any of this - he says what he's got's much better than all of this - "what could it be?", you might ask

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happy meal toys (from mcdonalds, burger king, wendy's, etc. & yes, he's been known to drive from one fast food joint immediately to another just to get another toy that looks different than the one he just received - he'll go to these places to eat & will order himself a happy meal JUST FOR THE TOYS! - my bear cubs don't even ask for happy meals EVER as they'll say, "no, we don't want happy meals coz papaw takes our toys!", how sad's that!

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we went on vacation last year with the caswells & dad called one day right as we were heading to grab a bite to eat & he talked all of us (11 of us total) into getting happy meals at mcdonalds just so he could have all the toys! - here we'd 6 kiddos with us & as they were eating their chicken nuggets, they were watching 'their' toys being loaded into a bag for mr. wienie)

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we bought the girls hot wheels recently for them to play with in the car - a couple days later we'd stopped by dad/moms house to visit & when they were loading back up to head home, they were showing dad (from a distance), 'their cars' - dad (happily) said, "wow, that's neat, can papaw see that?" - instantly all 3 of them hid their cars behind their backs so as to not 'loose them' - (sidenote: i don't want anyone to think he's mean about it, he doesn't just take the items & leave them with nothing, he's good at 'swapping with them' for something else (ie: snack, hug, kiss, etc.), so i guess in the long run, they all make out fine with what they end up with)

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other 'hot items' he chooses to collect are: pee wee herman dolls from garage sales, little stuffed animals that are small enough to fit into your palm, matchbox cars/hot wheels (not old ones either!), boxes & bags that these 'treasures' all came in, anything/everything that's plastic, i kid you not!

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i keep telling him that this' what he used to make fun of other people for doing - this what old people do & that he needs to stop - it's at this time he laughs (he thinks this' all so funny) & says, "awww, c'mon lori, you know you're going to get this all when i'm gone - i'm really just doing this all for you - just look at it as your inheritance!" - well, as a big sister to 2 younger siblings, i think i'm willing to pass my 1/3 over to them to split - aaron, madisyn, it's all yours!!

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CLARIFICATION: all items listed above are for the pleasure of aaron & madisyn, my dear sweet siblings to do with what they want, but if there's ever any old jewelry, $, memorable things from my ancestors, etc., then i'll for sure want my share, so c'mon mr. wienie, collect those items, will ya!!