Strong daughters come from strong mothers
Jeanene
I have learned a lot from my Mom.
1. Hard work solves a lot in life
2. How to plant a garden
3. How to care for a garden
a. Weeding
b. Pulling the dirt back from the onions
c. How to pollinate squash (with a dust mop)
4. How to knit
5. How to can produce, meat, anything
6. How to be VERY frugal
7. To save buttons
8. Trying to accomplish a little something every day is a good philosophy especially as you age
9. Think about the repercussions of your actions
10. Think about what you're going to need so you only have to make one trip
11. How to keep a clean house-keep floors vacuumed and counters clear
12. Where to look for blueberries, strawberries and raspberries
13. How to make jelly and jam
14. How to sew
15. How to shoot a gun
16. To work hard
17. To cherish the history of things
18. Be curious about everything
19. Ambition is a virtue
20. To be independent
21. How to butcher a chicken and a deer
22. How to cook partridge
23. A love of growing things
24. A love of rearranging furniture
25. Changing decor for the season
26. How to use a chainsaw
27. Curiosity is a virtue
28. How to bake bread
29. How to make krumkake
30. How to make lefse
31. "Straighten up and fly right"
32. "You can't hold what you haven't got in your hands" In reference to a slipped fart
33. "Built like a brick shit house" In reference to something or someone solidly built
34. "Thin as a rail"
35. "Doesn't know his head from his ass"
36. "Anyone with an eyeball and an ass hole could see that"
37. " It went from hell to breakfast"
38. "Hell or highwater"
39. "Slicker then cat shit"
40. "It's not what you earn, it's what you save"
41. "Better put some elbow grease into it" -physical work
42. "Put it to rise" - to wait before acting
43. "Better add it to the soup" -it doesn't make a big difference
44. "Better have some get up and go" in other words ambition
45. "Do something, even if it's wrong" -just try
46. In response to falling down-"I don't see any blood running"
47. "Use your head"-a common refrain urging me to think
48."The more you cry the less you piss"
49.In response to having uninvolved parents, "Was he shit out on a fence post and hatched out in the sun"
50. "He doesn't know if he's on foot or horseback" someone who doesn't know what is going on
51. "Give it some gas" -add more power could be just lifting
52. "I don't have any umph" -not feeling powerful
53. "Rattles like shit through a tin horn"- someone who talks without thinking or making sense
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