Happy 85th birthday, Mom. This blog adds to your Merry Month of May, here are 85 memories to help you celebrate your birthday - the list will keep growing.
Love,
Jeff
85 Memories - Happy Birthday
Sitting in the leather brown chair while Dan and I brushed your hair
Watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan
The last time you spanked me and me laughing
Not letting me watch the Smothers Brothers and sending me to bed instead of spanking me, me not laughing
Macaroni-and-cheese dinners on Fridays – always with Velveeta cheese
Special birthday parties
Decorating for Christmas, especially the living room
Only having a modern Christmas only once in the family room
Clean clothes always ready
Having Mrs. Williamson over for dinner
Home-made tomato soup and egg salad sandwiches on cold winter cattle-working days
Not being all that pleased with hunting season
Driving Grandpa Steiner to church each week
Shopping for school clothes – the newest styles I didn’t know about
Coming to visit us in Corvallis after Daniel was born and saying right away, “Now the Steiner name will go on.”
You giving Jill the nickname, Jillybean
Updating us about the news in Wisconsin
Reading stories before bed time
Hosting a beautiful rehearsal dinner for our wedding
Picking me up after sport practices
You hanging clothes on the clothes line
Family picture with us sitting on the bench around the old walnut tree
Watching countless sport events
Calling to tell you Jan and I are going to have another baby
Going to open houses at school
Driving me to and picking me up from music lessons
Talking on the phone about once a week
Giving me deadlines of noon for mowing the lawn – and me staying in bed until the last minute
Staying away from the computer in Dad's office
Asking about how my kids are doing
Dancing at the USNA Graduation Ball
Sitting in the stadium waiting for Tim’s graduation – in your hat
Hearing how pleased you were with all of the USNA graduation festivities
Watching Mike walk at the Tomb of the Unknowns
Seeing you waiting in the terminal when Jan and I fly into Fresno
Waiving goodbye from your driveway when we leave
Sitting on the patio talking
Handmade Christmas stockings
The smell of the dining room furniture and your china cabinet
You dressed up for a special occasion
Saying good night when we visit
Driving to Gettysburg Battle Field together – helping you up into the backseat of the rented Dodge Durango – a fond experience
Taking tours of the yard back on the farm
Sympathy for Patrick the puppy when just got him and he peed on the office floor
You telling me how you missed Grandma Hauser after she died
Our summer month in Wisconsin in 1964
Visiting relatives – seemed like really old relatives (probably not much older than I am now)
Taking us to Catechism classes once a week after school
Driving you and Dad up to Sequoia Park
Playing your Broadway musical albums on the stereo
You singing in The Messiah at Christmas
You refusing to smoke a cigarette at the rodeo
Taking me to Boy Scout meetings
Surprising me at Boy Scout camp when I got my Eagle badge
Saying yes when I wanted to buy an electric guitar
Signing me up for summer school
You enjoying the grand kids’ fingerprints left behind after visits
Your desk with the painting of the dairy on the wall
Driving the grand kids from Oregon to Grandma’s house
Your cooking – everything is always great
Saying good night prayers every night
You enjoying your gardening – the flowers
You reading my copy of Cowboy Andy to the grand kids
Cooking great meals
You sending me clippings from the Times Delta newspaper
Your handwritten letters
You understanding when I wanted to talk about something
Your voice on the phone when you called about the tornado hitting the barn behind the house
You volunteering for the Young Republicans
When you took your real estate classes
Playing the piano
Thinking you would drive over and pick up dad after his horse fell on his leg
Me marching into your room early one morning and announcing there is no Santa Claus – or Easter Bunny either
Letting me help be Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny
Remembering every birthday
Your beautiful white hair
Grandma’s Break Room to the grandkids
Sitting in church
Your Cadillac CTS – with low mileage
Telling stories about relatives
Always having the house nicely decorated
Going to The Sound of Music movie in Fresno – wide screen
Reading the paper together when visiting at your house
Always looking classy, with each year, you remain classy
Sitting in the leather brown chair while Dan and I brushed your hair
Watching the Beatles on Ed Sullivan
The last time you spanked me and me laughing
Not letting me watch the Smothers Brothers and sending me to bed instead of spanking me, me not laughing
Macaroni-and-cheese dinners on Fridays – always with Velveeta cheese
Special birthday parties
Decorating for Christmas, especially the living room
Only having a modern Christmas only once in the family room
Clean clothes always ready
Having Mrs. Williamson over for dinner
Home-made tomato soup and egg salad sandwiches on cold winter cattle-working days
Not being all that pleased with hunting season
Driving Grandpa Steiner to church each week
Shopping for school clothes – the newest styles I didn’t know about
Coming to visit us in Corvallis after Daniel was born and saying right away, “Now the Steiner name will go on.”
You giving Jill the nickname, Jillybean
Updating us about the news in Wisconsin
Reading stories before bed time
Hosting a beautiful rehearsal dinner for our wedding
Picking me up after sport practices
You hanging clothes on the clothes line
Family picture with us sitting on the bench around the old walnut tree
Watching countless sport events
Calling to tell you Jan and I are going to have another baby
Going to open houses at school
Driving me to and picking me up from music lessons
Talking on the phone about once a week
Giving me deadlines of noon for mowing the lawn – and me staying in bed until the last minute
Staying away from the computer in Dad's office
Asking about how my kids are doing
Dancing at the USNA Graduation Ball
Sitting in the stadium waiting for Tim’s graduation – in your hat
Hearing how pleased you were with all of the USNA graduation festivities
Watching Mike walk at the Tomb of the Unknowns
Seeing you waiting in the terminal when Jan and I fly into Fresno
Waiving goodbye from your driveway when we leave
Sitting on the patio talking
Handmade Christmas stockings
The smell of the dining room furniture and your china cabinet
You dressed up for a special occasion
Saying good night when we visit
Driving to Gettysburg Battle Field together – helping you up into the backseat of the rented Dodge Durango – a fond experience
Taking tours of the yard back on the farm
Sympathy for Patrick the puppy when just got him and he peed on the office floor
You telling me how you missed Grandma Hauser after she died
Our summer month in Wisconsin in 1964
Visiting relatives – seemed like really old relatives (probably not much older than I am now)
Taking us to Catechism classes once a week after school
Driving you and Dad up to Sequoia Park
Playing your Broadway musical albums on the stereo
You singing in The Messiah at Christmas
You refusing to smoke a cigarette at the rodeo
Taking me to Boy Scout meetings
Surprising me at Boy Scout camp when I got my Eagle badge
Saying yes when I wanted to buy an electric guitar
Signing me up for summer school
You enjoying the grand kids’ fingerprints left behind after visits
Your desk with the painting of the dairy on the wall
Driving the grand kids from Oregon to Grandma’s house
Your cooking – everything is always great
Saying good night prayers every night
You enjoying your gardening – the flowers
You reading my copy of Cowboy Andy to the grand kids
Cooking great meals
You sending me clippings from the Times Delta newspaper
Your handwritten letters
You understanding when I wanted to talk about something
Your voice on the phone when you called about the tornado hitting the barn behind the house
You volunteering for the Young Republicans
When you took your real estate classes
Playing the piano
Thinking you would drive over and pick up dad after his horse fell on his leg
Me marching into your room early one morning and announcing there is no Santa Claus – or Easter Bunny either
Letting me help be Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny
Remembering every birthday
Your beautiful white hair
Grandma’s Break Room to the grandkids
Sitting in church
Your Cadillac CTS – with low mileage
Telling stories about relatives
Always having the house nicely decorated
Going to The Sound of Music movie in Fresno – wide screen
Reading the paper together when visiting at your house
Always looking classy, with each year, you remain classy
2 comments:
What a great post about Grandma!
Love all the memories!! I bet she LOVED reading them all!! You should print them out for her!
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