My lil sis
So I don't talk about my family all that much in this blog, but I think I should! So I'm going to start off with one about my little sister, Patricia, or as I like to call her Patrachea (long & rather funny story for another time). Some of her other nick names she's picked up along the way:Pat - what we called her growing up
Patty-O - too many Pat's at Boy Scout Camp so they all had to have special Pat names
Patty-Cakes or Cakes for short - probably only 1 person who can still get away with calling her this!
Patty - from her mates at uni
Trak- from me (shortening Patrachia)
Bizatcha-wizzle-wizzle - nickname we call each other (don't ask me, she came up with it)
My lil sis is only 21 months younger than me. Growing up most of the time this was some what of a problem - being so close in age, we never really saw eye to eye, it was always more of a competition (which of course being the Big Sis, I always had to win!) I think the first time we actually started to get along & appreciate each other was at Boy Scout camp in 1996. (Mom & Dad correct me if I'm wrong) I had been at Camp Read for a few weeks when my lil sis came for a visit over the weekend. She had so much fun, she wanted to stay. Luckily there was a Counselor In Training (CIT) program she could join, so she did. Ever since then we've been best of friends.
We've been through a lot since then . . . High school graduations, moving away for college, parents retiring in upstate New York, me getting engaged, parents going through a divorce (we lived in RI for a summer to avoid it - thanks to Mom & Dad Toste), family "lifestyles", dad being diagnosed with cancer (don't worry, it's in remission now), engagement ending, college graduations, break ups with boyfriends, moving away for jobs, adjusting to parents new "friends", traveling for work, moving away for grad school, and I'm sure there is lots more to come, but through it all we've stuck together & supported each other. I'm not sure what we'd do without one another. We don't talk as often as I think we'd like to but it's hard with a 6 hour time difference (she's been working in TN recently).
We've also shared some hysterically funny moments . . . getting lost coming home & ending up in NJ, The Adventures of Lewis & Clark being called Superman, and many others which I can't put up - ya know things you say to make someone laugh which could be taken the wrong way if read over a blog!!
Looking through my photo collection, I realize I don't have any photos of us, I'll have to rectify that soon!! But here are some photos of my lil sis from the past few months:
her 26th birthday (on the phone of course) - isn't she the cutest!! 
Patty - Christmas 2005 
Matt (her boyfriend) & Patty at NYE 2005 (with glasses) 
Matt & Patty at Aunt Pat's house (them without glasses)
Here are a few recent photos of my lil sis at her good bye party in TN:
Yeah that's right, that's my lil sis in the back behind all those guys!!!
There she is again with all the guys she works with, can you say a rose among . . . oops the guys at her work might see it, can't say any more!! (lol)
Look at that lil geek, she's still got her safety goggles around her neck while opening cards & presents - LOL - ready to jump back out on the floor should there be an engine "emergency"
And my all time fav, which for those of you who know Patty will laugh hard when you read this caption, "Is this card for me?"
Love & Miss you lil sis!!! Can't wait to see you in France in a few weeks & then here in Londontown :)
Love,
Your Big Sis xxoo xxoo
posted by Sara @ 11:23 pm
3 Comments:
Nice work to my in-law daughter and her big sister (our other in-law daughter) for the touching tribute! Cakes is such an adorable geek! And she has survived having Sara as her "bossy sister! LOL!
Love,
RI Mom (in-law...as in forever in our hearts)
Thanks Mom T for that comment, I'm sure Cakes will love it! Wouldn't it be funny if someone from her work read this & tried to call her that - I'm 99% sure she would only respond if Ben (or you) called her that!!
Have you told her that Ben's getting married yet?
Mike says hi, he's on IM now, you just missed him :(
Nice tribute to your ever evolving relationship w/sister Patti-O;you can add several new nicknames for her - 'the Ghost',The Wanderer, The Gypsy, the Nomad; I have several pictures of the 2 of you together from way back and on up till Christmas 2005 - when you are back in CT, we'll stroll through the archives over a cup of 'tea'! Have a blast with Mary-O. Happy Easter! I'm off to Seattle 4/17 & home 4/21. Aunt Pat,Diane, Razz & Tulla
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