Merry Christmas! I just want to give you a sense of the merriment that permeates my life.
I was having a conversation with my husband Sparky. We were discussing how we don’t have a “go to” breakfast restaurant since Calamity Jane’s closed and Honker’s went out of business. He was trying to remember the name of a restaurant…
Sparky: It has a long name but I can’t remember it. You know the place…
Me: You have to give me a little more of a hint if I’m going to guess.
S: It has cheese in the name. You know…
M: Cheddar’s?
S: No, that’s not it. It’s an old restaurant. Like the “Rustic Bucket”.
M: The Rustic Cabin? (that was a well love restaurant in my hometown.)
S: No, no. But like that. Sort of. I think it had old in the name.
M: The Old Country Buffet?
S: (Shakes his head no)
M: The Old Oaken Bucket? (a restaurant/bar near campus)
S: Not that! You know, we ate there a couple times…
M: Fiddler’s Hearth?
S: No! It has cheese and a wooden bucket…
M: I’m drawing a blank. Denny’s? Shoney’s? Big Boy?
S: NO! We got a geocache there. They always have them next to hotels.
M: Bob Evans??
S: Bob Evans?! That doesn’t have anything to do with buckets of cheese!
M: Cheese, lard, its almost the same thing. You need to give me a little more to go on.
S: You KNOW the place! They have a bunch of stuff for sale.
M: Like more than breakfast?
S: Yes! No! I mean yes they serve lots of different food and they have a store.
M: I don’t know what to say. I have no idea what you are talking about.
S: The place with the rocking chairs…
M: Oh! You mean Cracker Barrel??
S: YES that’s the place!!
M: (at this point I started laughing) OK. I guess it makes sense – cheese goes with crackers and a bucket is kind of like a barrel…
His mind works in mysterious ways. Merry Christmas to all!
I confuse Cracker Barrel with Chedders all the time. You can’t get in Cracker Barrel without a reservation and I don’t think they take them. lol
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Cracker Barrel must be very popular in your area! There’s hardly ever a wait of more than a couple minutes at the Cracker Barrel around here!
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LOL too funny. Merry Christmas
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Hehe! We have fun.
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How sad is it that I knew what he meant from, “It has cheese in the name…?”
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Gah! It is that word association thing! My sister sent us a game for Christmas that I’m dying to play – it requires just that kind of thinking! (I’m probably going to lose big time to you and Sparky!!!
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LOLOL! So merry! Merry Christmas! Let’s keep it all year. 😉
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Hehe! We are a jolly bunch. Keeping that joy all year is the trick!
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Indeedy. 🙂
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If Sparky would’ve said, “it’s the place that has too much salt in all their food.” I would’ve known right away! Too too funny dear daughter!
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Ha! That would be most places!! I don’t think that clue would have narrowed it down… now if he had said the place that doesn’t use any salt I would right away have said the “Medicaid Lounge”!
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Well, Cracker Barrel IS open 365 days a year. Hope you had a blessed day, as well as a good holiday meal.
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The American Pancake House was good but it probably won’t make the cut as our favorite breakfast venue…
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I love that conversation. Lol.
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Hehe! A slice of life… and it is sweet!
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