All Tied Up

Picking up from my last post we were in the air headed for Salt Lake City, Utah for a short layover and to change planes, everything has been good so far, we were given cookies with the name of the airline on them and they tasted good, Cindy even got a “real Coke” so that made everything a little bit better.

When we landed in Salt Lake City our son Tim met us at the airport, he had a 2 hour layover and was catching the same plane that we were to Great Falls, Montana, it was funny that we had seats A & B in row three and Tim ended up right across the aisle in seat C, this is where the fun began, because Tim does like messing with his Mom.

Cindy donned her rubber gloves and was wiping down her tray table, I decided to make a joke with her when I lowered mine, I crossed my arms over the top of the tray, and laid my head on my arms pretending to take a nap, this was not really a smart move because after a good smack I got the lecture on how she didn’t want to hear anything if I came down sick.

Tim was laughing at me as she wiped down my tray, and not to be outdone before she got to his tray with the Clorox wipes, he wiped down his tray with both of his bare hands then pretended to lick his palms, Cindy just stared at him speechless. The attention was now off of me napping on my tray, I really don’t want to tell her I have a scratchy throat now.

Cindy had no problems on this flight other than sitting between Tim and I, Tim completely entertained us, and the trip into Great Falls was uneventful after Tim’s lecture was over, and yes she did reach across the aisle and give him a good smack too.

The next morning is when the big event was to take place, the wedding was scheduled for 10am and Cindy was in charge of getting the boys ready, Randy (the groom), Tim (the best man), and Casey (the Groomsman, also like one of our own sons), and of course me the one helping her keep these three boys corralled.

The colors for the wedding were selected by Dawn, and a special color necktie was ordered for the boys (looked like a purple tie to me), the three boys had been fitted for their shirts and vests, and they were allowed to wear jeans and boots, now it was time to get them dressed, it all went well until Randy walked into the kitchen and asked “Has anyone seen my tie?”

I had my tie hanging on the back of this chair; did any of you move it? Randy asked. No one had seen the tie, Casey and Tim had their ties ready to put on but Randy’s had vanished, "Here wear my tie, I don't want to wear one anyway" Casey offered, the house was instantaneously torn apart, Dawn was called and the last place she had seen Randy’s tie was on the back of the chair.

Now Randy is mad, “Dawn had to move that tie, she was so worried about it, and she had to be the one that moved it!” Randy is getting worked up now; Casey comes up with a solution, "Randy can wear my tie and I will go without one" or Casey can wear one that is close to the color if we can find one, Cindy decided.

Tim is out the door in a flash looking for a tie, it is less than two hours from the start of the wedding, Tim is on the phone shouting tie colors he has found to Cindy, the closest he has found was a purple and gray striped tie at Wally World of all places, Casey was selected to wear the Wally World tie and the call from Tim is disconnected.

Randy is completely dressed except for his tie, Casey removes his tie and hands it to Randy, the switch is made and Randy heads to his room to tie his tie, when we hear, Mom!!

What in the world is happening now? “Mom guess what I found?” he shouts, OK Randy where was it? “In the drawer I opened to get my tie clasp” Who put it in the drawer Son?

After a long pause Randy said “We will just say Dawn did it”

Now Cindy is on the phone trying to catch Tim before he buys the Wally World tie, "if Tim has already bought the tie I guess Jimmy can wear it" Cindy says, and as they are ringing it up Tim answers his phone and gets the message, just in the nick of time, Whew I’m sure glad too because I don’t think a purple and grey striped tie would have matched my shirt.

Tim walks in the front door just as Randy comes down the hall with his tie hanging around his neck, "Tim!, what are you doing! why aren't you dressed, it's almost time to go" Tim shouts back "I've been kind of tied up at Wally World, trying to find you a tie"

After Tim gets dressed he takes time to re tie Randy's tie, and make sure his brother looks his best, as we head out the door, Casey grumbles "I can't believe Randy found his tie, I was this close to not wearing one."

I forgot to mention that Tim also had to re tie Casey's tie.