Thursday, February 17, 2011

Grandma Eckman's favorites, Part Two

This is the second exercise of my great-grandmother's favorite things as part of character development and refinement. Following is a random list, in no particular order of 43 of her favorite things. I don’t know why there are 43; I just pulled this from a web site:

1.             A Scotch at the end of the day before dinner
2.             Playing cards with family and friends
3.             Picnics
4.             Getting her hair done
5.             A drive
6.             A good piece of banana cream pie
7.             Watching “It’s a Wonderful Life” on television
8.             Easter dinner
9.             Her granddaughter-in-law Pat
10.           The way sheets smell after drying on the line
11.           Ironing
12.           Clucking chicken toy she received one year at a restaurant
13.           Sewing
14.           Listening to a good church choir
15.           A clean house
16.           Frilly lace underwear
17.           Laughing
18.           Couples holding hands
19.           Perfume
20.           Hot fudge sundae
21.           A walk on a pleasant summer evening
22.           Shrimp cocktail
23.           Full moon
24.           The smell after a spring rain shower
25.           A long, hot bubble bath
26.           Thick juicy steak
27.           “M*A*S*H” starring Alan Alda
28.           Biographies of great men
29.           Lipstick
30.           Bacon
31.           Warm sun on my face and shoulders
32.           Sunrise
33.           Going to church
34.           Filet-O-Fish sandwich
35.           Strong coffee with sugar
36.           Earrings
37.           A man in a tie
38.           Caramel apples
39.           Thunderstorms
40.           Caesar salad
41.           Hamburger and ice cream for supper
42.           Christmas carols
43.           Getting postcards

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