Nothing says spring like my son's muddy shoes.

We did it -- finally! We cleaned out my Mom's clothing from Dad's house. It is still strange calling it "Dad's house." My sister was pretending not to be evil -- but I now see that my sister inlaws see through her and I'm relieved. I told them how we'd already gone through Mom's stuff once before today so we'd already taken things for which we were attached. They each took things and we gave things to the grandkids too -- it was nice.

The funny part was the dividing of the coats -- Mom had some nice coats! Anyway, there was this amazing black dress coat -- so elegant. It is a swing coat and my sister and I both loved it. My sister went out of her way to make it look fair while stacking the deck in her favor. She said "We've decided whoever looks the best in it gets it." So she had me try it on first, then our sister inlaws, then her.

My one sister inlaw told her she liked her in the red dress coat better and that the black coat really looked best on me! I could not believe it. My other sister inlaw said the same thing -- she liked it on me! So it was decided -- I got the coat. My Dad smiled because he loved it that we all loved this coat -- he said he always loved it on Mom and wanted one of us to have it. It was like winning a lottery. I really thought my sister was going to get the coat, and I was thrilled it went to me. I thanked my one sister inlaw later (out of evil sister's ear shot) and she said it truly looked better on me, but that she knew the game my sister was playing.

It is interesting to me that others are noticing the game playing. My husband and I chatted about it a lot lately -- we can't decide if my sister has always been evil or if it is just the last few years (since the one big break up that broke her heart). My one friend is friends with her too and her take is that my sister always had the potential but that now the ugly side is out most of the time. She also has noticed the strategy my sister uses -- offer something generous knowing nobody will take you up on it. She does this all the time and it is sickening. She offers ridiculous things that nobody would ever take her up on so that she'll look super generous. I wish that she'd worry less about how she looks and more about how she is. Oh well.

The sunshine today gives the hope of spring. What a relief!