Grandma's Tunes

I haven't posted for a while, mostly because I don't know if I have any of grandmas recipes. The closest thing to a recipe I have from grandma (and it is a little joke between me and Dustin), is the time shortly after we were married and I called grandma with advise on how to cook a delicious steak as a surprise for my new hubby. For those of you who may not know or who may have forgotten, I'm not a big meat eater, and certainly not a meat cooker. She told me to throw some Crisco in a pan and then throw the meat in. Or at least that is what I heard.. So..that is what I did.. Her advise or my ability to follow her advise led to quiet the surprise alright- My new hubby walking into a smoke filled house and a poorly, inedible steak lying sadly on the plate.. We threw it out and went to Outback. To this day (literally, we just got back from Ethan's birthday dinner at Outback) that is how I offer to cook a steak.

So, while it is not a cooking story, I can contribute other memories. My number one memory will always be her back tickles, but a very close number two will be her songs. I loved singing with grandma, enjoyed listening to her sing. Songs from "Hey, Good Looking  Whatcha Got Cookin" to "Boot Scooting Boogie" (That one I remember driving down main street in Layton with grandma listening to it and I remember her telling me to learn all the words to that song cause it was a good one! Ha ha). My favorites (proof is that they are beautifully displayed in my scrapbook because they will always be timeless to me) are: "On A Good Ship Lollipop;" "You Are My Sunshine;"  "Playmate;" "I'm a Lonely Little Petunia in an Onion Patch;" "I Love Coffee, I Love Tea;" and even those as simple and beautiful as "I Am A Child Of God."

I also remember the piano. I have no clue the name of it but there was one song she taught me as a duet on the piano and it breaks my heart that I don't know what it is, or that I never got her to write down/teach me her part. Especially now that my Bo-b-ethan, and Miss Mack are wowing me with their mad piano skills. I would love for them to know that song.

I feel like grandma is probably a huge part of the reason I analyze my music, love to learn all the words to all my "jams" and find myself lying back to drink in the classics.

And while we are reminesing over items grandma listened to on the radio, I have to wonder? Do I love listening to Harry Potter on CD because I loved listening to Fibber, McGee and Molly with grandma. Lets face it HP is awesome on its own, but grandmas tapes defintely put me on the right road to enjoying books/shows on tape. I think others think I'm weird but I a perfectly ok just listening to Wreck-It Ralph while I drive and my kids watch it. I have probably watched it twice, maybe three times, but I could quote the whole darn thing practically by heart. And for that matter, it sure makes listening to the scriptures easy.

Thanks grandma!!