7:00AM AND DRINKING WITH MY MOM, DO I HAVE A PROBLEM?
EVERY NOTICE THAT UNCLE ROG HAS THAT JAY THINGY, HE NEVER LOOKS AT THE CAMERA EITHER.
BOY I CAN SEE WHERE THE GIRLS GOT THEIR GOOD LOOKS.
BOY I CAN SEE WHERE THE GIRLS GOT THEIR GOOD LOOKS.
OOPS, I JUST THREW UP IN MY MOUTH A LITTLE.
I GOT NOTHING...........
THAT'S A WHOLE GROUP PICTURE FULL OF UGLY.
I do miss mom and dad alot but I wish they could have seen how big our family is now. They have a great legacy going, I should be so lucky. We all seem to have turned out pretty well, not bad for a bunch of public aid junkies. I have always been proud of the fact that everyone of us has always had a job. And a bonus none of us is in jail.
One of my favorite stories about mom is, she was going to the grocery store. Image that mom at a grocery store. Anyway I was about 4 or 5 and I wanted to go. I was standing by the front porch crying to go. But she insisted I was not going. so I got so mad I took my glasses off and broke them right in half. That showed her.
Got a story?
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Boy, your mom was a real beauty in her youth!!! You guys must have really worn her out. I have so many fond memories of your mom, even though I knew her only a short time...but my fav is that she always let me pick up the check ;o) (but I sure did enjoy all our lunches together, so it was worth every penny)
One of my favorite memories of Grandpa was one time when I threw a huge fit (imagine that!) so I couldn't go out to eat with mom and dad and they left me with grandpa. He got up, hobbled into the kitchen with his cane and made me some strawberry shortcake to eat for my supper. I remember eating it while watching wrestling on TV with him. I also remember talking on his cb radio with him a lot. I was "Irish Kelly".
I remember Grandma taking me to Boag's for breakfast so I could eat one of their yummy cinnamon rolls. And to this day, I will never forget spending the night there one night and I found a new package of markers in the desk drawer and I tried to sneak off with them in my suitcase. Grandma caught me and I will never forget how horrible I felt for trying to steal something from her. I don't remember her being mad or anything, I think she let me keep the markers, but the memory of getting caught has always stayed with me.
My first job was at the Plaza. About two years after I had quit, mom meets me at the door with a very serious letter from the State of Illinois. She looked scared. It seems that the owner of the Plaza had screwed a bunch of employees and here is a check for $350.00. I remember taking mom out to eat at Elders. She was so happy. I can't describe how I felt. Such a simple thing but it made her feel like a queen. I just wish their could have been many more of those outings. I love you mom and miss you more than Joe.
Jeff
I still miss my morning calls from Elaine -couldn;t get going until we had discussed everything from kids to soaps to family.After she died, I would think of calling for years until it sunk in she wasn't here.Joe-if you think she is going to drink THAT brand of beer,,,you will be waiting a long time- where is the Falstaff? Now Ed's calls were a whole 'nother story....they were ALWAYS an errand!I actually have so many favorite stories I would have to do my own blog....so let's leave it at I still miss them
I also miss Mom and Dad, and I also have a story. Mom was supposed to go to the store, but she ran inside the house and ripped off my glasses. All she said was Joe broke his and needs a pair. It was a few weeks until I saved enough soda bottle and Klinkker money to buy me a new pair at Ben Franklin.I didn't care it was for Joey.You have to back your brothers play.
As I said on my own blog, the greatest legacy mom left me was the ability to laugh in spite of adversity.
I would have preferred money.
Your mom was a true giver. She always cared about other peoples comfort before her own. I once had the honor of going with her to Jill's grave. It was Easter Sunday and we put an Easter basket with flowers in it on her grave.
Later I wanted to go to the store with her, but she said I could only go if I wore Jay' glasses.
26 years is a long time Elaine and you are still missed.
What a great tribute to Mom and Dad. I was crying one moment and laughing the next at all the comments. Most of you didn't know that I had to learn to see without glasses because the boys needed them more than me.
My story about Mom is her doing a cartwheel in the backyard, her foot hit the clothes-line and wrapped aroung her ankle and she was caught.
She would have had a ball with this crazy group and I know she would have loved e-mail. She liked writing letters and couldn't always remember who she told what.
Love you and miss you Mom.
Look, Tim (Monkey-boy) had hair.
Jan, that's one of my many fun memories too. She was a pistol.
I just hate that I didn't get to know either one of them. I would've loved to have met both Grandma & Grandpa....instead I just hear the stories so much, it feels like I was there.
It just dawned on me last night that I was the same age as Drew when Grandma died. In fact, her funeral was the same day as my First Reconciliation and Drew has his next week. It kind of puts it into perspective just how young I really was and why I don't remember as much as I'd like to.
I laughed at the image of her doing a cartwheel and getting stuck in the clothesline!
She would love our get togethers now. She'd throw out cut-downs with the best of ya!! And she'd get a kick out of all the grandkids and greatgrandkids.
My favorite memory of Grandma is when she was in town she would take only me to the old Wendy's (which is now a bank) because I was the only one who liked salads and we would have the salad bar (back when Wendy's had amazing salad bar.) I really do miss Grandma, but she shows up to get togethers every once and while, I think it's silly you all think she's dead.
Oh shit... that was Aunt Jer, nevermind.
Oh and how did Grandma and Grandpa get John Denver, Paul Williams, John Lennon, AND Earnest the Monkey-Child to pose with them??
Omigod, Eric, you do indeed win. Aunt Jer, aka Grandma
I remember mom breaking soda bottles and using a coat hanger to make me glasses just so I could take out the klinkers. Mom I miss you and consider myself lucky to have had you. To have you for a mom was a blessing and we were all lucky. Have a Falstaff for me.
jay t.
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