Such great times we had together.  So many memorable ones it's hard to choose. The one that caused the most laughter was the one that we went to Fairview Heights to Sam's in her two door car.  While there she decided to buy a microwave.  It took 5 times of unloading and reloading to get it in the car with all the other stuff.  We laughed till we cried over that one.

Then the time we were headed to Fairfield to the Farmer's store and were so busy talking we ended up in McLeansboro but made the best of that incident too.

And then of course the time we got lost and ended up on Scott AirForce Base during heightened alert.  We explained our misdirections and they let us go on with the correct directions but not before she made me promise not to tell anyone about it!

We canned green beans together, made pepper relish and of couse every project we started on she always did the sewing and me any ceramics .  We went to Home extension together, went to camp together.

Since we both moved to Florida we talked almost every day on Instant message.  I still find myself looking for her online.

I remember Joe used to say she could go anywhere and stay as long as she wanted as long as he had his egg sandwich.  

Such memories I will cherish forever . 

Not a specific instance, but no matter what age I was, I remember being met every morning with grandma asking me if I wanted eggs, bacon and toast for breakfast. Until I was out of college, I usually accepted! Even then I was told, "you know you still have to eat enough, that (fruit, oatmeal, etc) isn't going to last you long"

We moved from our first house to our current house two days after Christmas in 1987.  Joe and Jackie came out to help us move.  As usual, mom found a job that she could take charge of and did, telling me not to worry about the kitchen, instead I should focus on getting the kids' stuff unpacked and organized.  Twenty seven years later the kitchen is still organized exactly the way she organized it when we moved in.