Tuesday Ten-Ten Things About

I saw Winn Dixie recently. It was a pretty good film, not the best acted but there was a lot of things I liked about it. Espcially the 10 things she wanted to know about her mother. So if I had a daughter or son, here are 10 things I would tell her/him about their grandmother (my side):

1. She had pretty long brown hair when she was younger.



2. She liked to play softball with friends when I was little. (at least I assume she liked it, later on she had a real hate for sports)



3. She is good at baking and cooking.



4. Angel food cakes were made for me from scratch on my birthday.



5. She started her own antique business at 30 or so.



6. She majored in biology in college and got her masters when I was small.



7. She enjoyed clothes shopping, especially high end clothes at a Worcester store called David Berwicks (I think).



8. Weddings are not among her favorite things.



9. Independent "intellectual" films, plays, and dance are the types of entertainment that she enjoys. (or enjoyed, don't forget I haven't talked to her in 10 years)



10. She felt trapped in her previous life.

Tuesday Ten In Memory of My Grampa

Probably 10 years or so ago, my grandfather died on this day. He meant a lot to me, and here are ten things that I remember about him:

1. He loved national geographic, and we used to watch it together.






2. He kept Captain Crunch cereal under the sink for me as a special treat, and if in season, it came with big fat blueberries on the bottom as a surprise,






3. He used to have to read with a magnifying glass (by the way, I thinkI am headed in that direction).






4. We also watched Lawrence Welk together.






5. In the evenings, we enjoyed a bowl of jello made with canned fruit in it, and cool whip on the top (of course).






6. LOL, he had a CB attena that got higher all the time, and he "created" it himself.






7. He also "created" the clothes drying rack in the backyard for my grandmother out of our old swingset.






8. I spent too many weekends to count with them as a child. They looked forward to those.






9. He used to take out his teeth to horrify us as children. (us=me and my cousins).






10. He used to take me shopping with him at Spags.