I flew back to Iowa today. Wednesday, Thursday & Friday I'll be going through mom's house; sorting, organizing & arranging items in the garage (& in mom's house) for family to go through & find treasures for themselves. Later we'll donate to The Salvation Army. Susan was a big help as well as Emily & others.
My mom is known for not throwing much away. I laughed hard when I found this tape recorder in the house with a note taped to the cover... "Tape Recorder Broken (eats tapes)." Hahaha... you never know when such an item will come in handy (ya know...if you want your tapes eaten). LOL. In mom's defense Brent said mom had asked him to fix the recorder.
Mom is also famous for scrapbooks and boxes full of newspaper articles & clippings of her kids and grandkids. It was fun to go through and find some oldies but goodies from the Iowa papers. That's Susan sitting with me at the kitchen table sorting, reading & smiling. Above right; clipping of Janna from college basketball days.
Track Highschool days for me... Runners of the year; Eric Juelsguard & Jane Hoegh. :-)
I'm sure you had a great time going through all your mother's treasures...your entire family were and are great athletes.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen. It was fun to see many of the newspaper clippings and letters too.
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