Sunday, October 5, 2008

Garth's - Dad's Seven Things.

Seven Things I Plan to do before I die:

Take mom (Loretta) to Europe: Paris, Germany.
Finish my Personal History.
Visit all 50 States.
Stay below 170 pounds.
Make my wife happier.
See all children married in temple.
Be a kinder, gentler Man.

Seven Things I do now:

Do yard work - mow lawn, shovel snow.
Work long hours.
Enjoy traveling eastern Iowa
Enjoy working for the Church.
Love my Wife - Loretta.
Be proud of all my children.
Enjoy the blogs.

Seven Things I can't do:

Touch my toes with my legs straight.
Read without glasses.
Run 10 miles.
Stop eating when I am not hungry.
Speak Swahili.
Buy a Mini Cooper.
Drive as fast as I would like.

Seven Things that I love about my wife:

Beautiful
Witty
Happy
Compassionate
Excellent Mother and Grandmother
Best Friend
Tender

Seven Things That I Say Most Often:

What ever!
Hello, This is Garth.
Iowa FM Group, This is Garth.
Where are You?
No.
Where are you going?
How much?

Seven Celebrities that I like

Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black. She even took his name.
Clint Eastwood
Faith Hill and Tim McGraw - because they have stayed married.
President Bush
Jimmy Durante
Harrison Ford
Tom Hanks

Seven Favorite Foods

Strawberries
Tomatoes
Grape Fruit - pink
Loretta's Hot Whole Wheat Bread
Salad
Peaches

Seven people who I invite to do this.

I will leave this part to my kids.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

hmmm.... I thought you could speak Swahili!!
Which states do you have left to visit?

Garth and Loretta said...

Which states left to visit? Florida, Alabama, Miss, Georgia, Carolinas, Tenn, Maine, Vermont, NH, Conn, Delaware, Hawaii, and Alaska, I think.

Melanie said...

Yeah, you did it! I am like a proud little momma! Thanks for taking the time! You're awesome!

Rachel said...

Oh....Loretta I found your blog through Koni's blog....and I have been wanting to make some home made bread but I need a good recipe. Do you share yours? If you do that would be awesome!!! racheleng82 AT hotmail DOT com

BTW - so fun that you blog! I just set one up for my mom and she's excited to start. It's fun to read what you're up to!!! So glad that I found it.