RITA-isms

Words of Wisdom....

If you sneeze three times, you need to blow your nose.

 Popcorn - the cure-all:   It’s good for

a.     sore throat (scrapes all that nasty phlegm from throat

b.      constipation (it adds bulk)

c.      diarrhea (it works the other way, too)

Best meal to eat when you’re sick:  Grilled cheese sandwiches and Campbell’s tomato soup.

 You can always add salt, but you can’t take it out.

 Always make more food than you need.

Sugar buns

 Always buy a coat that covers your butt.

 Buy a carpet that’s “muckaldy”   (mom’s word meaning multi-colored) It won’t show the dirt.

 Slickity-slack (mom’s word meaning shiny - as in pantyhose, satin dress or slacks)

 Dookie (mom’s word for butterscotch bread pudding topping that she used since a child when she couldn’t pronounce it.  We call it the same thing.

 Egads!!!

 Design rule - the momma, papa, baby principle - tall skinny papa, medium momma and short, fat baby.  Also - condition, condition, condition.

 Carry a a bag  or other suitable tote

 “Dibbies on the toilet!”

 Let’s go do the “F” word - flop on the bed.

 Making the bed properly is an art - mom was the only one in the family that knew how to do it - the nurses didn’t have the knack either.

 Lyle Lovett - he’s a hunk - Mickey Rooney runs a close second. Hubba- hubba!

 As ever, Rita       (mom’s sign off)

 Get into my cubbie hole. (that space between the crook in grandma’s knee and the back of the couch where the grandkids found sanctuary)

Grandma’s weekend - that magical - mystical weekend in July when grandma took her grandkids away.