Wednesday, May 6, 2015

Hodgepodging for Mother's Day


My lovely mom at 18 years of age
(Right. She wasn't my mom then.)


Join Joyce and the Gang
for
She writes the questions;
we write the answers.
Answer the questions on your own post
and link up!


1. What's a phrase your mother often said to you? If you're a parent, is this something you now say to your own children?

There are two I can think of:

a.  Don't slam the door!
b. Go find something to do or I'll find work for you to do.

And yes, I also said those to our own children, although I know I changed the second one slightly, to: 'Go find something constructive to do.'


2. What is a scent you associate with your mother or your childhood home?

a. Bacon
b. Saturday morning caramel rolls
c. Fresh-mown hay

3. What's an activity you remember always doing with your mother (or someone who was a mother figure in your life)?


I don't actually remember doing many things with my mother. We tended to do our work separately. It was divided up and everyone took care of their own job. I worked in the garden or dusted furniture or set the table or did the dishes. Mom was doing other stuff.

We went to church together, went clothes shopping (which I detested) together, my mom making me try on clothes I hated. I always told her, 'I will know it [item of clothing I want] when I see it.' Unfortunately, I never saw it, but she kept trying. I know it must have been frustrating for her; it certainly was for me. I still hate clothes shopping. And, I will still 'know it when I see it.' I rarely see it.

Oh yes, there was swimming at the lake after the chores were done (milking and haying) on summer evenings. We all loved to go swimming and get a root beer at the root beer stand! Mom also loved picnics, and to this day I love picnics, even if it means just taking a sandwich outdoors on a blanket spread on the yard.

 Oops, not that one.


 Yeah, that's more like it.

4. Flared jeans, maxi dresses, and jumpsuits are 70's fashion trends back this spring. Are you on board? Which trend would you be most inclined to try? For the men...flared corduroys, wide-collared shirts, and floral prints...what say you? 

 This is an absolutely horrid thought. I hope you're not serious.

 My cute dad, left
My cute mom, victim of horrid fashion in clothing and hair
when she was 19
A friend of the family, right


5. May 6th is Teacher Appreciation Day and also Nurse Appreciation Day. Is there a nurse or teacher  you have especially appreciated along the way? Tell us why?

I don't think I appreciated any teacher at the time, but looking back, I appreciate my fifth grade teacher who, at my parents' first parent-teacher conference, gave my mom a set of multiplication flash cards and said, 'Take these home. Make her memorize them.'  She did, and I did. I am so grateful for that teacher.  If that teacher hadn't insisted that I memorize the multiplication tables, I might still be trying to figure out WHY  7x8=56.  Some things just need to be memorized. It makes life a lot easier.

6. If I came by your house, what would I find on your frig door?

You would find a ton of family photos and magnets from various places - and lots of fingerprints.


7. Princess Charlotte Elizabeth Diana made her royal entrance on Saturday, May 2nd. On a scale of 1-10, how much attention did you give to all the news coverage? 1=Who's Charlotte? 10=sat glued to the telly, cuppa in hand.

My interest was about 9, but my patience is sitting around waiting was 0, so no, I didn't stay glued to the TV.  I still like the name Alexandra better, but they didn't ask me.  Kate looked way too good to have just given birth, but I can forgive her. I guess. Besides, she has handlers. Real people don't.

8.  Insert your own random thought here.

My introduction to motherhood
Mr. C., Me, Our Firstborn
(approximately a hundred years ago)

Mr. C. just saw this photo and said,
'What were we, about 14??'

Yeah, it's scary, isn't it!


Happy Mother's Day
 to all the wonderful moms out there!

***

Check out my handcrafted, vegan soaps!
Buy any 5 or more, Get 1 FREE

'Southern Magnolia'

...and more! Check out all my handcrafted soaps at

51 comments:

  1. I enjoyed your post. Makes me smile to remember those days so long ago when I was young growing up!
    Happy Mothers Day to you too!

    ReplyDelete
  2. Your mom was a real beauty and I LOVED her outfit with your dad and their friend!! I laughed when I read about your hating to shop for clothes... our mothers could have exchanged horror stories. I STILL say I will know it when I see it... that applies to anything (trouble is you won't see it if you won't go look). LOL!
    Loved seeing your photo with your firstborn. Hubby and I were looking through high school annuals this weekend (his birthday) and we couldn't believe how much we've changed! Ha! Have a wonderful day. blessings ~ tanna

    ReplyDelete
  3. Oh my! I loved it all... great post! Didn't realize it was teacher appreciation day and just sent my little Bebe off to school with nothing to show appreciation. Ahhh! Can't do it all no matter how hard I try. :)

    ReplyDelete
  4. Loved your Hodge Podge as usual Judy!! And how young you and Mr C look! I will have to find a photo of me and the Mister to share on my blog on Mothers Day!

    ReplyDelete
  5. I enjoyed your answers and hodgepodge.. Your Mom is pretty. I remember picnics with my mom and family.. And our fridge is covered with pics and magnets..Happy Mother's Day to you! Enjoy your day!

    ReplyDelete
  6. Judy, such a darling picture of you with your first born. I love it. I noticed that palazzo (sp) pants are back in fashion. Good grief!

    ReplyDelete
  7. Love this post. Your mother is beautiful - and so are you!

    ReplyDelete
  8. Princess Kate's personal hair dresser went to the hospital and fixed her hair before she left... i know that is true because i saw it on line.LOL i was a 9 watching for the name, but online when i thought about it..
    the only thing i did with my mother was hanging out clothes and taking them in and canning food, all the process that we went through from picking, snapping and shelling.. she did love picnics but we only did that when we were traveling, we did a lot of traveling from Savannah to here in Bradenton to visit her mom and sister. her idea of a picnic was a loaf of white bread, a small jar of mayo and bologna, with a red checked clothe on a table if we found one and on the hood to the 53 Pontiac if not table. we also had pineapple/mayo sandwiches on picnic

    ReplyDelete
  9. Loved reading your posts and all the family shots, great old photos of your Mom and of you. Because I was born British and still sound like a Brit people keep expecting me to be all excited over the new royal baby. I enjoyed hearing the news of the birth. Charlotte is a sweet little one and I am very happy for her parents and brother George, and have enjoyed the news coverage. My middle name is Alexandra. Happy Mother's Day!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Judy, As usual I love your pictures. You and your little family so sweet. Hope your mother's day is a beautiful one. xoxo,Susie

    ReplyDelete
  11. I so look forward to Hodgepodge Wednesday! Joyce gives us such great topics to consider and everyone's answers are always insightful and fun. Your mom was a beautiful 18 year-old! Love the picnic memories and that you have passed on the fun! There is just something so homey and comforting about the smell of bacon cooking. Great post, Judy!

    ReplyDelete
  12. I absolutely love the photo of you and Mr. Cranberry with your first born!! I also loved seeing the pictures of your mom. I think I see some resemblance.

    I had to laugh at the question about the scent you associate with your mother. I would have to say -hands down- that I'd have to say PERFUME for my mother. She loves her perfume! When I was a child, I remember being carsick when we'd go to visit my grandparents. As we'd get closer to their house, my dad would smoke one more cigarette (he knew he wouldn't be able to smoke there!) and my mom would start reapplying her perfume (spritz, spritz, spritz, and so on) and the air in that car was stifling!! (My dad eventually quit smoking, but my mom still loves her perfume!)

    ReplyDelete
  13. such a cute photo - 14. :)

    caramel rolls - my mom made them too. thanks for the memory!

    ReplyDelete
  14. Loved the Mother, Daughter, First born and Hubby photo treats . . . Looking back is such fun . . .
    (How is it possible we can change SO MUCH!)

    ReplyDelete
  15. All the handlers in the world couldn't have made me look that good afer my 2nd : ) It took me a while to recover from that one! Happy Mother's Day

    ReplyDelete
  16. What a great hodge podge with these sweet photos! Your mother was a beautiful lady and I see the apple doesn't far fall from the tree...that photo of you as a new mom is gorgeous! Ah...sweet memories! I can't smell the scent of lilacs without thinking of my mom. I am sure there are many things I said to my kids that sounded like my mother too. As far as fashion goes, I do like the comeback of the maxi skirts and have several of them. Fun memories...great post!

    ReplyDelete
  17. We really did look like little kids when we look at these photos. What a fun post! Sweet hugs, Diane

    ReplyDelete
  18. A wonderful post! Aren't refrigerators supposed to be covered with photos, children's artwork and magnets?

    ReplyDelete
  19. Such a lovely sweet heartfelt post, your mother was lovely and your father quite dashing too! May you celebrate lots of love and happiness this Mother's Day and every day as well!

    ReplyDelete
  20. I really enjoyed reading all of your answers. I find it strange that as i grow older I can evaluate more of my mom's motives and also the way she worked. It is a different opinion now and a lot more negative for me. Your writing is fun and I like the oops photo to.

    ReplyDelete
  21. I loved your answers, and this post! Happy Mother's Day!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Judy.. what a beautiful picture of your mother. And I love the pic of you with your firstborn and hubby!! Wonderful post, as always dear Judy!

    ReplyDelete
  23. Hi Judy,
    I just realized I read question #6 wrong! I read IN your fridge door. LOL, help me when people read it. They will think I am one sloppy person. LOL

    I love that photo of you and Mr. C and your sweet little boy.

    Happy Mother's Day
    Carla

    ReplyDelete
  24. Those are great scents to remember from your childhood. Love your refrigerator. Really enjoyed all the photos from the past. Happy Mother's Day!

    ReplyDelete
  25. Your Mom is so lovely - those eyes! Loved your thoughts today. I've always loved the prettier fashions of the 70's - embroidered peasant tops, maxi skirts, but the men's fashions were horrible! My Mom said the same things to me! Funny how those 'Mom Sayings' are so universal! Hope you have a good day and Happy Mother's Day! Love the last photo :) xo Karen

    ReplyDelete
  26. Touching post, very heartfelt. Blessings Francine.

    ReplyDelete
  27. Your mom was so pretty, she would have looked great in anything she wore! And you dad was SO cute! I think the phrases me mom said to me were "You will sup sorrow with a LONG spoon" "Just wait till you grow up and have your own children, then you will know". "Stop crying, or I will give you something to cry about".

    ReplyDelete
  28. Lovely pictures and great post

    ReplyDelete
  29. Your mom is so pretty! Yeah we did look a bit younger then, didn't we? It seems hard to adapt to styles that we wore back then when they come around again. Wonder when the shoulder pads will come? We were so much younger back then, but we are so much wiser now, right?!

    ReplyDelete
  30. Oh, how I enjoyed your answers today! Several made me chuckle out loud:)

    ReplyDelete
  31. I enjoyed your answers. That picnic table with snow is a classic. My mom used to say "Good morning glory, rise and shine" to wake me up.

    ReplyDelete
  32. You mom sounded wonderful! I love: "Go find something to do or I'll find work for you to do."

    My mom always said springtime in Atlanta is a blessing not a season.

    ReplyDelete
  33. What a great post. Happy Mother's Day to you!

    ReplyDelete
  34. Well your mom is quite a beauty! I agree about Kate looking too good. I rolled out of the hospital just wanting a nap. No one did my hair/make up.

    ReplyDelete
  35. Your mom's photo is gorgeous. You certainly look like her. These were fun answers today. I wish you a blessed Mother's Day.

    ReplyDelete
  36. What a cute post! Love those vintage pics!

    ReplyDelete
  37. It is said that fashion trends come back a second time but I'm not so sure I want to wear those things again.
    I enjoyed seeing photos of your mother and you as a new mother, it's fun to drag out the old photos.
    Happy Mother's Day Judy.

    ReplyDelete
  38. This was a fun post, Judy. Your mom was very pretty and dare I say I liked her style. I think you look a lot like her.
    Although we say farewell to my mother-in-law this weekend, I will still pay tribute to my mom. Two wonderful women that I will always love. I'm looking at my fridge and thinking..."How boring." Time to get some photos up. :) Have a very Happy Mother's Day, Judy. Hugs, deb

    ReplyDelete
  39. Loved the read today and the pphotographsto go with it. Your Mum was very pretty and indeed your Dad handsome.This post brings back my own memories.

    ReplyDelete
  40. Mr. C is so funny ("What were we, about 14?")! Cute couple! I loved my bellbottoms when I was a kid; couldn't believe it when my mother told me she had worn them when she was a kid the last time they were in style.

    One of my mother's sayings (never to me because I was never bored): "Don't say you're bored. Bored people are boring."

    ReplyDelete
  41. PS (also to Tanna who commented about shopping for clothes): MY poor mother had to take me shopping for shoes, a dreadful task for someone with AAAA width feet!

    ReplyDelete
  42. Love the ?'s to think of my mom. I am going to post those on my blog as it is so nice to associate them with my mom. Enjoy your moms day.

    ReplyDelete
  43. Ah - lovely memories of your mum!

    ReplyDelete
  44. Nice post! You look a lot like your mother.

    ReplyDelete
  45. Lovely post about being a mother. Your mother was very cute!

    ReplyDelete
  46. A wonderful tribute to moms. I lost my mom at 26. She was my best friend. We spent tons of time together. My memories of her are precious. I am so happy I have them to cherish. It was a privilege to have her as my mom.

    Happy Mothers day friend. ENJOY your family

    Cindy

    ReplyDelete
  47. What a wonderful post. Love seeing the past pics and the stories. I remember so many of these same things growing up and special memories of times with my mom working around the house, shopping, going to church and vacations.

    Love your little pic at the end. Such a darling family.
    Happy Mother's Day.
    Hugs, CM

    ReplyDelete
  48. A wonderful post, photos and answers to the questions. Love the photo of you, Mr. C and your first born. Where do the years go?? Have a wonderful Mother's Day. Blessings. Pam

    ReplyDelete
  49. Nice post! Congrats on winning the drawing at Run A Round Ranch!

    ReplyDelete
  50. Your mother was beautiful. Had to laugh at the snow-covered picnic table. LOL at your comment about a hundred years ago. Kids (adults) look so young these days.

    ReplyDelete

Hi! And thanks for stopping in at Cranberry Morning. I love reading your comments and visiting your blogs. I am unable to respond to No-Reply bloggers, so please make sure to enable your email address on your blog. Also, many Google+ blogs don't allow me to comment because I'm not a member of Google+. So, I'm not deliberately avoiding you, but Google+ is not commenter friendly.