Of course there are all the traditional things to love about her, but this list will focus on some of the not so traditional things....
1-She doesn't care if her socks match or not
2-Even when she thinks she's losing her patience, she's really patient
3-She's read all of the Willy Wonka & J.R. Tolkein Books
4-She's given CPR to a goldfish
5-She wears clogs & somehow can make one pair last twenty years
(she probably needs a pair right now, size 10, soft leather ;)
6-She knows how to go gigging...that is spearing for flounder
7-She learned to drive in a car that didn't have a floorboard
8-She's terified of the Golden Arm & the Chicken Man
9-She took Jewelry making in H.S, when the other kids were taking Home Economics
10-She once tried to make a fish tank out of an old commode
11-She can sing any song from the Rocky Horror Picture Show
12-She has been mistaken for Raquel Welch in the 70's & Julia Roberts in the 90's
13-She loves okra & sometimes grows it in her yard
14-She's raised three girls with only one bathroom
15-At the age of 30, she still wasn't sure what exactly 'circumcision' meant
16-Repeatedly, she has grown her thick, brown hair out, just to give it to Locks-of-Love
17-She prefers her coffee instant
18-She lied about her age to get her first job & didn't get caught for 2 yrs., when she turned 16
19-She scrunches her shoulders together when driving over bridges...like it will make her vehicle more narrow.
20-She once oiled her bicycle chain with Oil of Olay
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21. She almost didn't date, marry, spend a lifetime with the love of her life because he wore flip-flops
22. She is craving chicken and oyster gumbo right now
23. She hands down ALL her levi's
24. "If it sits on a black bag, it comes on a black bag"
25. She has never ever ever shopped at the dollar tree since she caught the man using a mirror to look up someone's dress
26. She knows the words to every song on Moulin Rouge
27. And The Sound of Music
28. She owns a copy of TOMMY, the rock opera
29. If you turn the music own, it doesn't matter where you are...the seawall...a bar...the neighbors yard...she will always dance
30. She owns a Hi-Fi
31. And her hubby owns a reel to reel
32. And they use them!
33. She actually knows how to make Mamaw's chicken and dumplings
34. She was never ever a tattle-tell
35. She loved her goldfish so much as a child, she would tuck them into bed with her, comfy cozy on the pillow.....We made endless trips to McCrorys to replace them
36. She rescued hermit crabs from the beach and kept them in a shoe box in her closet
37. She's an incredible artist, and hasn't a clue...she paints from the heart, draws from the soul and goes... "there, that's it"
38. She just wants to go to the beach
39. She believes in infant swimming lessons
40. She loves the taste of beer
oh yeah and....
41. She only likes Lipton iced tea
42. She hates the dirty copy shop
43. She places no dollar value on anything tangible
44. She BELIEVES in meant-to-bes, moments, magic, God, and miracles
45. She has cooked, for probably the last 6 years on a BBQ grill...every meal, every day, every holiday....I mean, baked cakes, doggie bones, sausage and eggs, every MEAL!
46. She used to put Wesson Oil in her car and it ran just fine...sputtered and jumped and lurched...but it ran...Then Butch fixed it...and they had to sell it!
47. She saved all the dental molds from her office so that Chancellor could use them to "talk" with his hands
48. She can make beautiful cakes. She even offered to cook my wedding cake ...of course, on the Weber.
49. She has a freckle on her toe.
50. She loves people that she doesn't even know.
51. She stays in her pajamas all day on Christmas day. That doesn't mean she stays home. Last year we went to Tom's birthday party in flannels, Rhinestone sunglasses and bedroom slippers.
52. Baked potatoes made her sick when she was pregnant
53. She sometimes writes poignant love letters late at night and bops them in the mail.
54. She hugs strangers
55. Her grandaughter calls her Me'Me'
56. She once road a bus for 5 hours just to put a job application in at Burger King.
57. She used to read all of Nana's Harlequin Romances....because Nana did.
58. She bartended at 16
59. She held my hand and quided me through about 16 blocks of city traffic, on foot, after I accidently sprayed myself in the face with mace, and her legs are about a foot longer than mine, so we FLEW!
60. The two guys that were robbing the 7-11 at gun point waited patiently for her to choose her midnight munchies and check out with the terrified clerk, before pulling their guns..... (They got busted!)
WOW!
61. i love how i got an emergency phone call to rush over there an save her gold fish i still cracks me up about it this day an how u she always let us kids fight in the back seat
62. Um...Yeah I think you had to do surgery on that giant fish, Did she do CPR too? (ummmmm by the way, the fish is still alive!)
63. And you guys didnt just fight in the back seat....you slam bammed knocked the hell outa each other....and she just kept driving...singing to the radio! Cause there's nothing better than a good ole take down when everyone is buckled in!
64. She used to "bathe" 5 kids in the tub, by lining them up choo-chooo style in 3 inches of water and giving them ice pops!
65. She knows how to pop a bloody Mary into an iced tea glass and start early
66. She was such a nerd in the beginning that her best friends Mom, Miss Molly, MADE them sneak out one night, just so they could experience it!
67. She bakes her own doggie bones...on the GRILL!
68. She used to ride like 7 miles to work in the pre-morning darkness on Paiger's bicycle (with the training wheels pointed up!) I used to follow her on Curty's FIRST bicycle with the trainers pointing straight out! She was taller!
69. When she got in her first wreck and the police officer ask for her driver's license, she fumbled for it for a moment and then started handing HIM all the stuff in her purse while she dug deeper. He was left standing on the side of the road holding 1/2 dozen tampax, an empty wallet and a binkie!
70. When her grandchild was born, we rode all the way to the hospital on two flat tires...and while Anna was near fainting from the thumpity thump, bumpety bump, Kim told her it was the wind rocking the car!
71. She TOLD me that having a baby was like "pushing the house down"
72. She can keep a secret
73. She went BACK to work today!
74. When she painted the interior of her house, she painted AROUND all of the furniture! FOR REAL!
75. She used to wear Isotoner bedroom slippers to ballet class! Because they were pink?
76. And we used to go to the Oyster Bar for beers when we were done....And then, gaining spirit and learning plia's we went to the Oyster bar for beers BEFORE! And then they kicked us out!
77. She knows how to make Gumbo!
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