OK...everyone, for some reason is telling 10 facts about themselves. So here goes 1. I had typhoid fever and double pneumonia when I was about 2 1/2. The only thing that saved me was the doctors at the Dallas, TX hospital asked permission to use this new experimental drug called sulfa. They said without it , Id probably die. Mother and Daddy okd it...and here I am. 2.When I was fourteen, my family (4th generation Texas!)made a huge step and moved to Albuquerque, NM from Texas. It was like the wild West to us, and we loved it! 3. I met my future husband when I was 14 1/2, and we married three years later. 4.Our first Thanksgiving away from our family was in November 1959. Wed just moved to Nashville, and couldnt afford to go home to Tx or NM. I wrote Mother and got her recipe for her delicious dressing, and she said If its still not moist enough, just add another egg or two. She forgot to say earlier to add some water, too. I must have added 5-6 eggs before it got moist enough. It tasted pretty good, but if you stuck your fork into it the wrong way, it bounced off the plate! 5 The first time I saw Elvis was in Albuquerque when I was about 16. I was aggravated because all those silly girls kept squealing and freaking out and I couldnt hear him! (I was pretty prim and proper in those days. I know you cant believe that!) 6. The year Echo was a senior in high school, a bunch of we moms took the kids to Daytona Beach for spring break. A young man Echo had a date with went her to another hotel to inform some girlfriends their aunt had died. She left the car with him since they couldnt find a parking space and got to the girls room just in time to look out at the ocean and see our car go into it. The police cited him for reckless driving, but he said the accelerator stuck and he couldnt slow the car down. He was in Daytona studying at a school to become an airline pilot, so I found an attorney there and swore in an affidavit that I believed him. We were not vindicated in Bobs eyes until a year later, when GM sent us a letter saying there was a recall for Cadillacs because the ACCELERATOR was sticking! 7.I have broken my back, shoulder, left leg, and feet (4x) over the years. Nothing recently, thank goodness. I can definitely empathize with people on crutches! 8. I never cleaned a fish in all the years Bob and I were married. I told him, You catch them and Ill cook them. The same goes for venison. I simply refused to learn. 9. The first few years Bob and I lived in Nashville, we would go to the Country Music week (it used to be for radio stations, dj.s, etc.) and all the record companies had hospitality suites in several of the hotels. Wed go and just hang out, watching all the celebrities and big wigs come and go. 10. The first time we went to New York City, I was only 18 and Bob was 21. I was so intimidated I stuck to him like glue. One morning I awoke not feeling well. Bob was still asleep, so I decided to go down to the lobby and get some aspirin. The next thing I knew, I was in the elevator sitting on a chair and two bellmen were on each side of me. I had fainted in the lobby! Can you imagine how Bob must have felt to be jolted awake by 2 strange men barged into his room, carrying his wife on a chair? 11. I used our refrigerator door as a message center when the kids were growing up. One time when Echo wasnt quite ready for a date, her date wandered into the kitchen and started reading the refrigerator. When Echo came out of her room, he said Wheres your mom, Echo? She answered I dont know. Why? He said,Well, theres a note of your refrigerator that says, Let Mom out. All the kids burst out laughing because Mom was Dee Dees horses name! (Moms Little Nip.) Dee Dee and I both had horses that we boarded, and I had just left a reminder to her to Let Mom out (of the stall)!
Posted on: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 20:39:06 +0000
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