60 random things about my Mom..Happy Mother's Day!

1) She has a major phobia. Frogs, toads, and thing that looks like or sounds like a frog...keep them away from her. Don't think it would be cute to chase her with one. She will never forgive you and she would probably have a stroke. She freaks out, freezes in fear and later, she will kick your ass. Seriously, it's not a joking matter.
2) She has a silly sense of humor. She likes simple silly jokes, they crack her up.
3) She had two daughters and we drove her nuts with our fighting.
4) She is a middle child and the only daughter.
5) She grew up on a farm and is not an animal lover. They are cute, but keep them away from her and don't even think about bringing one in the house....ewww, she hates that.
6) She spoils her husband. Seriously, I've told her to stop it but she doesn't.
7) She doesn't enjoy being reminded that she is the nut that married into this family...I had no choice, I was born into it.
8) She makes the best dumplings for me and Pop, even though she doesn't like hers hard like we do, she likes them soft and fluffy. We like ours cooked like bricks...lol.
9) Her favorite color is green but I always thought it was orange.
10) She named my sister, Tisha...my Dad named me....but he didn't get to name me Belinda....Mom put her foot down on that one.
11) She doesn't like farm caves or storm cellars as they are refered too...they creap her out. This has something to do with #1 on her list.
12)She met Nick Nolte in Nebraska, years ago when he was still a young guy and before he was ever famous.
13)Farorite color is green, she has always liked purple too.
14)The first car she owned was a blue with a white top, convertible Ford Fairlane.
15) She doesn't have a favorite number.
16)She cant' stand easy-over or soft cooked eggs.
17) Her favorite food is crab legs.
18) Most embarrassing moment was falling off the curb and landing on her knees while we were on vacation in Florida. We were leaving a restaurant and as we were walking out, boom she disappeared from my side vision. She put two holes in the knees of her slacks.
19)The dumbest thing she ever did has something to do with a drive she took between Seneca Kansas and Pawnee City.....I won't even go into that one...but I agree it was dumb.
20)Her CB handle in the 70's was Nebraska War Department. Her 16 year old brother in law, who was living with us at the time, gave her that handle.
21) When she was dating my Pop...she let him drag her into all kinds of dumb things, like putting the car on the railroad tracks and driving for miles, while drinking beer and hoping they didn't meet a train.
22) Read about every book in the Pawnee library growing up.
23)the best sour cream chocolate cake that she ever made for 4H sat in the oven for 6 hours, waiting to be baked, until her Dad got home and could change the bottle of gas so she could bake it.
24)She has made over 20 crochet baby blankets over the years...mostly for my friends because I suckered her into it.
25) She collects cookbooks, records, depression glass, collectors spoons from places she has traveled and coffee mugs.
26)She loves reading books but hates getting rid of them.
27) She hated American history in school but now she likes it.
28)her favorite piece of clothing ever was a mo hair sweater with 2 inch multi colored pastel stripes.
29) She married Allen Kaster at the Methodist Church in Tecumseh Nebraska in August of 1969 when he was back from boot camp. They will be married 37 years this year.
30) She called her Parents the day before she got married and asked them if they were coming to her wedding the next day. They couldn't plan an exact date because they had no idea when Allen would be released for his short R&R before reporting to where he was stationed again.
31)She use to go to Dubois NE for the free outdoor movies in the summer. Her favorite movies that they showed were the Ma & Pa Kettle movies.
32)She attended the same country school for 9 years and had the same teacher for 7 of those 9 years.
33) Her nickname as a kid was Annie Oakley because she was a sure shot with a hedge ball or Osage orange...depending on what you called them.
34) Her older brother taught her how to drive in an old farm pick-up while her parents were a way for a few hours.
35) She got a piece of glass in her eye when her little brother threw a dirt clod at her and broke her glasses. The glass is still in there. If it had gone any farther in, she would have been blinded in that eye.
36)When she was 4 years old, her Dad farmed with horses. When he came in with them after a long day of plowing, he would unhitch them and let her led those BIG work horses, Prince and Coalie, all the way over to the water tank for them to drink. They were so tired so there was no threat that they would take off.
37)She killed her little brothers pet rooster with a 2x4 up beside its head. It used to spur her when she would walk out to the barn and one day she had had enough. She didn't mean to kill it and it actually wobbled away before it dropped dead.
38)She can't swim, her head sinks and her feet float. Its strange.
39) She almost drowned in the Pawnee City Public Pool when she was a kid. Nobody noticed and luckily she was able to grab the ladder but it took a while and she was panicking.
40) She use to go tubing in Turkey Creek with her brothers when she was a kid. It was only 3 feet deep but her Mother used to get mad at them for doing it.
41)It was her job to get the milk cows back from the pasture and one day she came across a heifer that had just had a calf. She had to wait until the calf was able to stand and walk, then had to slowly get all the cows and the little calf back to the house. It took her 2 hours because the calf would get tired and she would have to wait for it to get up again before they could move on. She got in trouble because she was gone for so long but if she had left the heifer and calf behind she would have been in trouble because her parents would have to go back for it. It was a no win situation.
42) She moved to town in her junior year of high school on New Years Day. It was the first time that she had an indoor toilet, they had an outhouse on the farm.
43) Her new nickname is Aunt Jelly. My Pop is called Uncle Peanut Butter and their little niece decided that Aunt Jelly worked better than Aunt Millie.
44) She was named Mildred after one of her Dad's old girlfriends. Instead of naming her Mildred Maxine, her mom wanted to name her Jane Louise after her Grandmothers.
45)She has a shoe and purse fetish.
46) Her hobbies include sewing and crochet.
47) Her favorite snack is celery with peanut butter.
48)She is a jig-saw puzzle freak and for years had a 5,000 piece puzzle that she glued together hanging by our dining room table.
49)She plays the piano.
50) Fall is her favorite because she likes the colors of the leaves.
51) She collects Fairies and miniature shoes.
52) She is a fan of the Red Hat society but doesn't belong to a club.
53) Some people think she is artsy and put her in charge of the bulletin board at school.
54) Once when her parents were gone she tried to make taffy with her brothers.
55)When JFK was assassinated, she was in Shorthand class, room 206, second row from the windows third seat back.
56)She used to drive the tractor so the guys could lift the hay onto the hay rack.
57) She was involved in a very interesting pre-Halloween prank....it made the paper but she was never connected to it. I'm making her check the papers archives for the photo this summer.
58) She once answered the door without her shirt on...she did have a bra on...when the preacher stopped by to see her room mate. She had just finished washing her hair in the sink and had wrapped her hair in a towel. She completely forgot she had removed her shirt. She wondered why the Preacher looked at her so funny...until after she closed the door. Oops!

59) When she gets really mad...her upper lip starts to twitch...that means you better cut it out or your in deep crap.
60) She will never double cross her oldest daughter by plotting against her in order to punk her....because, I will find out and she knows the picture of her in her underwear WOULD turn up on my blog. She is safe as long as she is loyal to her Evil oldest daughter.