Saturday, June 24, 2006

The Saga of the Coat:

Oh how I loved this Sunday coat! I absolutely, positively begged my Mom to let me wear this to school one day - it was red and green checked with matching green woolen leggins, and a dark green scotty hat with a feather. Well, one day she finally let me wear my special coat to school with the green leggins.
Now this was during a real "boom" time at our school and my first grade was housed out in a white frame house on the property. All of a sudden our teacher, Mrs. Waterman, smelt smoke and went out into the cloakroom and she realized that the house was on fire. She hustled us out- through the flames and we all gathered on the playground, of course, without our coats. I was crying hysterically, everyone thought I was hurt!
Finally, I cried - "my Mom is going to be so mad - my good coat is in the fire!"
Of course, my Mom was not mad - they were just all so proud of Mrs. Waterman for getting us 27 children out of the fire safely. I remember that the picture was on the first page of the St.Louis paper - I drew a circle on the picture where my "special" red/green winter coat use to hang!

Mom and Winnie Jo/ 1947

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George Leo "Skip"/ Nov. 15, 1954

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Thursday, June 22, 2006

Thoughtful Questions:

Patsy and Fleta have posted and posed some interesting questions:
Four Jobs I have had in my life:
PreSchool Director/Teacher
Real Estate Agent
Program Director for my Church
Elementary School Teacher, K, K-1, 5th and 2nd
Four Movies I would watch over and over :(and have!)
Gone With the Wind
Notting Hill
Friend Green Tomatoes
Pelican Brief
We take movies down to the camper and Mike and I both enjoy eating our popcorn and watching old movies late at night in the camper/ after the camp fire.
Four Places I have lived:
St.Louis, MO
Liberty, MO
Kansas City, MO
Gladstone, MO
Four TV Shows that I love to watch:
Good Morning America
Paula Deen on the Food Network
Martha Stewart
Antique Roadshow
Four Places I have been on Vacation:
Florida
California
Texas
Colorado
Four Wesites I look at daily:
EBay
Now- my families blogs
That's it for even coming close to looking at daily - this just isn't my thing
Four favorite foods:
A medium-rare, juicy steak
Imo's Pizza (St.Louis style, thin crust, cheese pizza)
Fresh corn on the cob (white/yellow style, juice running down your arm fresh- picked)
Arkansas tomatoes

My Tribute to Aunt Betty:

Oh how I loved my Aunt Betty! I was always upset with Uncle Chuck for taking her away to California because then the visits were few and far between.
When Mom was living with us, Aunt Betty would call quite often and Mom even went out to visit Betty once. At that point and time in Mom's life, I really appreciated the break.
I was always "Winnie Jo" to Aunt Betty and we could talk and talk for hours. She really made me feel very special and when she died, I almost felt like someone had let all the air out of me! I was so thankful that I was able to go to her funeral and I really appreciate that Bobby did that for all of us.

Aunt Betty, Uncle Chuck, Bob and Tim

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Timmy Knight/ August 10, 1949

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Bobby Knight

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Bobby Knight/ April 5, 1945/ With both Grandma's

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Aunt Betty and Uncle Chuck

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Aunt Betty/Uncle Chuck Married April 30, 1945

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Aunt Betty

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Aunt Betty and Mom

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Aunt Betty

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Aunt Betty Graduation Day/ Green Forest High School

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