my mom:
- has one brown eye and one eye that is green and brown.... freaky!
- loves to play practical jokes - you learn to feel the sheets before getting into bed very quickly when she is around
- is very compassionate
- loves to laugh
- drinks coffee before doing anything in the morning
- has been married to my daddy for fifty years (that is a crown worthy trait - just joking, Daddy!!)
- loves to travel
- loves to eat "anything sweet"
- doesn't like chocolate, "unless it has nuts in it"
- makes the best coconut cake
- can sew
- likes nothing better than to play on the floor with my daughter... they are a riot together.
- reads the paper everyday and cuts out articles she knows I will like
- likes to walk
- introduced me to the love of cemeteries (yes, we are the crazy people who will stop on the side of the road and go snoop in an old cemetery!)
- doesn't like corsages
- has a beautiful flower garden, that she named in honor of my girl
- has lived all over the world (just about!)
- is known for pushing my dad down whenever they travel alone, and then laughing... (JUST JOKING!! Just wanted to see if you were still reading this, mom!)
- doesn't operate a computer
- rarely watches tv
- still brings me home gifts, whenever she travels
- loves my old friends as much as I do and loves to hear about them through my updates
- Says "oh pity!" all the time, in fact she is famous for it!
- loves cats
- hates dogs,but puts up with mine - cause she is a great mom!
- loves decorating
- gives the best presents for birthdays and Christmas
- is the HARDEST person to shop for though
- likes to watch the hummingbirds fly by her kitchen window
- loves the mountains
- loves the beach too
- makes shopping fun, especially our bi-annual jewelry shopping trips
- doesn't "get" the scrapbooking phenomena
- still uses a non-digital camera!
- waits on my daddy hand and foot
- hates to iron
- hates to dust
- loves her log cabin
- likes lemon meringue pie (but not really the meringue part)
- eats a biscuit by taking out the inside fluffy part and just eating the crunchy outside part
- doesn't like the feel of raw dough
- doesn't mind cutting up a raw chicken -- go figure?
- like family genealogy
- likes history
- hates reading books
- used to be a window designer for a department store
- worked in the library while my dad was in school
- has been a substitute teacher
- is a preacher's wife
- was always a stay at home mommy after I came along
- never balances her checkbook, but then one day she did and had over 800 EXTRA dollars in there -- who does that????
- is godly
- a gracious hostess
- likes scented candles
- loves my husband, like he was her son
- likes to make gingerbread houses at Christmas
- makes a mean hot dip
- doesn't like cream cheese
- didn't eat pizza until she was married
- likes to listen to classical music on the digital tv
- loves British comedies on public tv
- hates Murder She Wrote
- likes green plants, but not fresh flowers in the house because "they remind her of a funeral"
- makes a great meatloaf
- makes my favorite macaroni and cheese, but she won't eat it
- doesn't like pasta
- loves the color blue
- is neat and organized
- is a great wife, a super grandmother, a loving friend
- creative, content, happy
- affectionate, fun-loving,spontaneous and...
- THE BEST MOM IN THE WORLD!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!
Love, Beverly
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