Written Wednesday, July 9, 2008.
What did you do as a child that got you into the most trouble with your parents? How did they handle it?
"Well, this is the last one, but I'll write a few things that are going on right now. For now I'll answer this. I think I have answered similar questions that will have the same answers. None of my brothers and sisters, as well as myself, ever had a spanking. We were talked to sometimes by our mother, but she was so gentle and soft spoken it never hurt us. We did feel bad if we said something unkind and she would say that wasn't very nice to say or do. The soft tone of her voice made us feel worse than if she ever yelled at us. Which she never did.
"Our dad was gone a lot, so he never said anything. Once in a while he would say we were just like the Berrys (my mother's family). I never minded him saying that because I loved my mom's family. They were closer to us and they loved us."
Monday, October 8, 2018
Life Story--Historic Events--Grandma Anna
Written Tuesday, July 8, 2008.
Where were you and what were you doing the day the wall came down in East Germany? The day President Kennedy was assassinated?
"I was home sewing for people. i was so happy the wall came down. It assured me we wouldn't have another world war. At least that's what I thought. I was working in a store when a lady came in and told about President Kennedy. When I got home I turned on the T.V. and watched it. We just had a very small T.V.l It was worse to me when his brother, Ted Kennedy, was assassinated. I felt bad for their mother. Mote than I did for them and now that we have lost 2 sons, I know more than ever it had to be hard on her."
Where were you and what were you doing the day the wall came down in East Germany? The day President Kennedy was assassinated?
"I was home sewing for people. i was so happy the wall came down. It assured me we wouldn't have another world war. At least that's what I thought. I was working in a store when a lady came in and told about President Kennedy. When I got home I turned on the T.V. and watched it. We just had a very small T.V.l It was worse to me when his brother, Ted Kennedy, was assassinated. I felt bad for their mother. Mote than I did for them and now that we have lost 2 sons, I know more than ever it had to be hard on her."
Life Story--Shopping--Grandma Anna
Written Monday, July 7, 2008.
Did you go shopping much with your mother? Where was you favorite place to go shopping?
"We never went shopping because there was no place to shop here, and we didn't have the money to go shopping. Our shopping was done out of Montgomery Ward Catalog. If we saw a cute dress or skirt and blouse we liked, she would make one just like it for us with no pattern. She ordered the material from Montgomery Ward or used material from something some one gave her for sewing for them. Some of the ladies were quite large and she could get 2 dresses from one they have her for sewing for them."
Did you go shopping much with your mother? Where was you favorite place to go shopping?
"We never went shopping because there was no place to shop here, and we didn't have the money to go shopping. Our shopping was done out of Montgomery Ward Catalog. If we saw a cute dress or skirt and blouse we liked, she would make one just like it for us with no pattern. She ordered the material from Montgomery Ward or used material from something some one gave her for sewing for them. Some of the ladies were quite large and she could get 2 dresses from one they have her for sewing for them."
Life Story--Favorite Magazine--Grandma Anna
Written Sunday, July 6, 2008.
Do you have a favorite magazine? Describe it and the kinds of things you learn from it or enjoy about it.
"My favorite magazine was the Relief Society magazine and Children's Friend. My kids loved that one. I enjoy the Ensign, even though I don't read all of it. It is a wonderful magazine. I do take the Good House Keeping magazine. It's interesting because of the recipes, the different ways of describing decorating. Some I like and some don't appeal to me at all. But every one can't like the same thing."
Do you have a favorite magazine? Describe it and the kinds of things you learn from it or enjoy about it.
"My favorite magazine was the Relief Society magazine and Children's Friend. My kids loved that one. I enjoy the Ensign, even though I don't read all of it. It is a wonderful magazine. I do take the Good House Keeping magazine. It's interesting because of the recipes, the different ways of describing decorating. Some I like and some don't appeal to me at all. But every one can't like the same thing."
Life Story--Household Chores--Grandma Anna
Written Saturday, July 5, 2008.
"Were you responsible for any household chores growing up? What were they? Which did you most enjoy and least enjoy?
"We weren't assigned any particular job, but most of us did just about anything from washing laundry on a wash board, doing dishes, tending babies, sweeping the floor. We had no carpet.
"I would love to have had my mother have a home as nice as mine. It needs a lot of repairs, and they will get done, but it was more important to send our two grandsons on missions. The house will keep and if it falls in we have a very nice travel trailer with a king sized bed, night stands, closets, cupboards, bath with a nice shower, living area with couch, chairs, cupboards, and a nice kitchen with a nice stove and over, microwave, central heating and cooling. What more could we ask for. Think of the homeless."
"Were you responsible for any household chores growing up? What were they? Which did you most enjoy and least enjoy?
"We weren't assigned any particular job, but most of us did just about anything from washing laundry on a wash board, doing dishes, tending babies, sweeping the floor. We had no carpet.
"I would love to have had my mother have a home as nice as mine. It needs a lot of repairs, and they will get done, but it was more important to send our two grandsons on missions. The house will keep and if it falls in we have a very nice travel trailer with a king sized bed, night stands, closets, cupboards, bath with a nice shower, living area with couch, chairs, cupboards, and a nice kitchen with a nice stove and over, microwave, central heating and cooling. What more could we ask for. Think of the homeless."
Life Story--Water--Grandma Anna
Written Friday, July 4, 2008.
Tell how you feel about water, playing in it, seeing it, using it. Tell various bodies of water you have seen and how they made you feel.
"I can't swim, so I'm afraid to get in big bodies of water. When we were little kids, we played in the irrigation ditch water, until the people made us stop. I have seen the Pacific Ocean and big lakes. They are beautiful. I wouldn't want to get in them or go boating in a small boat, or a large one."
Tell how you feel about water, playing in it, seeing it, using it. Tell various bodies of water you have seen and how they made you feel.
"I can't swim, so I'm afraid to get in big bodies of water. When we were little kids, we played in the irrigation ditch water, until the people made us stop. I have seen the Pacific Ocean and big lakes. They are beautiful. I wouldn't want to get in them or go boating in a small boat, or a large one."
Life Story--Childhood Friend--Grandma Anna
Written Thursday, July 3, 2008.
Describe a favorite childhood friend and some things you did with her.
"My favorite friend was my sister Colleen. We went to school together. She was a year older and a grade ahead of me. We went to different places together, like ball games.
"Once in a while, when we could each save a dime, we would go to a movie. We mostly stayed home and talked, read, homework, or helped our mom with the babies.
"If we ever had a nickel we'd buy a candy bar, She always broke in a little uneven and then said, "Oh, I'll just take a little from yours." It took me a long time to know I was being snookered."
Describe a favorite childhood friend and some things you did with her.
"My favorite friend was my sister Colleen. We went to school together. She was a year older and a grade ahead of me. We went to different places together, like ball games.
"Once in a while, when we could each save a dime, we would go to a movie. We mostly stayed home and talked, read, homework, or helped our mom with the babies.
"If we ever had a nickel we'd buy a candy bar, She always broke in a little uneven and then said, "Oh, I'll just take a little from yours." It took me a long time to know I was being snookered."
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