Thursday, August 14, 2008

Happy Birthday !

Today is my mom's birthday. She is far away from me today, visiting in Mississippi. Thought I would take a few minutes and tell you a few things about my dear mommy to honor her on her birthday.

my mom:
  1. has one brown eye and one eye that is green and brown.... freaky!
  2. loves to play practical jokes - you learn to feel the sheets before getting into bed very quickly when she is around
  3. is very compassionate
  4. loves to laugh
  5. drinks coffee before doing anything in the morning
  6. has been married to my daddy for fifty years (that is a crown worthy trait - just joking, Daddy!!)
  7. loves to travel
  8. loves to eat "anything sweet"
  9. doesn't like chocolate, "unless it has nuts in it"
  10. makes the best coconut cake
  11. can sew
  12. likes nothing better than to play on the floor with my daughter... they are a riot together.
  13. reads the paper everyday and cuts out articles she knows I will like
  14. likes to walk
  15. 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!)
  16. doesn't like corsages
  17. has a beautiful flower garden, that she named in honor of my girl
  18. has lived all over the world (just about!)
  19. 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!)
  20. doesn't operate a computer
  21. rarely watches tv
  22. still brings me home gifts, whenever she travels
  23. loves my old friends as much as I do and loves to hear about them through my updates
  24. Says "oh pity!" all the time, in fact she is famous for it!
  25. loves cats
  26. hates dogs,but puts up with mine - cause she is a great mom!
  27. loves decorating
  28. gives the best presents for birthdays and Christmas
  29. is the HARDEST person to shop for though
  30. likes to watch the hummingbirds fly by her kitchen window
  31. loves the mountains
  32. loves the beach too
  33. makes shopping fun, especially our bi-annual jewelry shopping trips
  34. doesn't "get" the scrapbooking phenomena
  35. still uses a non-digital camera!
  36. waits on my daddy hand and foot
  37. hates to iron
  38. hates to dust
  39. loves her log cabin
  40. likes lemon meringue pie (but not really the meringue part)
  41. eats a biscuit by taking out the inside fluffy part and just eating the crunchy outside part
  42. doesn't like the feel of raw dough
  43. doesn't mind cutting up a raw chicken -- go figure?
  44. like family genealogy
  45. likes history
  46. hates reading books
  47. used to be a window designer for a department store
  48. worked in the library while my dad was in school
  49. has been a substitute teacher
  50. is a preacher's wife
  51. was always a stay at home mommy after I came along
  52. never balances her checkbook, but then one day she did and had over 800 EXTRA dollars in there -- who does that????
  53. is godly
  54. a gracious hostess
  55. likes scented candles
  56. loves my husband, like he was her son
  57. likes to make gingerbread houses at Christmas
  58. makes a mean hot dip
  59. doesn't like cream cheese
  60. didn't eat pizza until she was married
  61. likes to listen to classical music on the digital tv
  62. loves British comedies on public tv
  63. hates Murder She Wrote
  64. likes green plants, but not fresh flowers in the house because "they remind her of a funeral"
  65. makes a great meatloaf
  66. makes my favorite macaroni and cheese, but she won't eat it
  67. doesn't like pasta
  68. loves the color blue
  69. is neat and organized
  70. is a great wife, a super grandmother, a loving friend
  71. creative, content, happy
  72. affectionate, fun-loving,spontaneous and...
  73. THE BEST MOM IN THE WORLD!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU!

Love, Beverly

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