Susanisms
Cottage Cheeseries
Susan's name for her doll family
Crit
Gifts were presented in these wrappings at birthdays
Grocery Bags
This was the building close to where Dad proposed to Mom
the HFAC
Susan's favorite dessert
Donuts
Mom said this famous line when Kent was plotting to go to the fruit stand with Baldwin
"What's all this about 50 cents?!"
Susan and Sally's made up word that means "oh dear"
Murphyl
This was the name Susan gave to an empty lot near her house in Ithaca
The Resting Fault
This breakfast food was served every Tuesday morning
Mush
This was the school where Mom did her student teaching
Orem Junior High
Mom's Favorite Hymn
Come O Thou King of Kings
Heidi caught Mom doing this while passing her on the basement stairs
Smuggling a lunch treat under her shirt
This "family member" is actually a grocery store
Uncle Harmons
The name of the river where Susan was baptized
Buttermilk Falls
This was the reward for jobs done well during the week
Candy bar
The name of Mom's missionary
Blaine Lee
The author of one of Mom's favorite guilty pleasure books
Agatha Christie
This food Mom snuck into foods for a solid year because she wouldn't waste it and we all hated it
Bunker Beans
Mom says this when food gets wasted
"It didn't fulfill its measure of creation!"
or
"Major waster!"
This "crass display" that adorned the wall of Susan and Sally's childhood bedroom
Dried corsages
Mom ends every Christmas Eve with having us sing this song
The Night Before Christmas
Mom placed 2nd in this type of contest at BYU her sophomore year
Speech
Mom's favorite late spring flower
Peonies
Mom had Scott rescue this food from the garbage can and then served it for lunch
Hot Dogs
Mom calls the carpool lane this
"HIV" Lane
The name of Susan's childhood teddy bear
Blackie-Whitey
The Orem Junior students called Mom this name
Clyde
Mom always made these treats for after sledding on a snowy day
Common Mom phrase that is a soft yes
"I suppose"
Mom did this gesture and scared the children in the pew behind her at church
She bared her teeth
Mom doorbell ditched and left these items behind
Mom's name for JoEllen's bestie Dawn Bunker
Donald
Mom did not watch much TV but often would do this when Heidi stayed home sick from school
Watch the movies Heidi was watching but from the kitchen on a barstool