Saturday 9

Samantha 

Your Mother Should Know

Welcome to Saturday: 9. Hosted by Samantha., 

Saturday 9: Your Mother Should Know (1967)

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) This week's featured artists, The Beatles, invite us to get up and dance to a song that was a hit before your mother was born. Do you enjoy the oldies? How old must a song be before you consider it "old?"I have always really enjoyed the music of my parents and thought of the 40’s and 50’s as transitional. But I would have to say anything before that would definitely be OLD!,Now you need to know I was born in 1950 so I grew up hearing a lot of that transitional music. 

2) Paul McCartney knew bandmate John Lennon's mom, Julia, and credits her with introducing him to the ukulele. Do you recall any of your childhood friends' mothers with fondness? I had two very close girl friends I remember their moms fondly.  But I cannot remember their names. 

 
3) Paul's own mother, Mary, tried to instill in her son a sense of pride in his appearance and saw to it he always left the house in a clean, ironed shirt. Paul says that, to this day, when he smells fresh laundry, he thinks of his mum. Is there a scent or sound that reminds you of someone you love who is no longer with us?  When I think of momma, I smell baking ham, cornbread, pineapple upside cake, green beans . I can hear her albums playing on the stereo, and she most often had the sewing machine going. 

4) George Harrison was the only member of the band to have any formal musical training. His mother, Louise, supported her son's musical ambitions and made sure he got guitar lessons. Did you take music classes as a child?

My mother bought a piano over time payments and it did take a while, but she had had lessons and she was adamant I take lessons whether I learned to play or not. She was pretty strict about. But I loved playing and took for twelve years and a couple of years in college. My final recital piece was over 

 30 pages long.  It was Rhapsody in Blue. 

5) Ringo Starr was a sickly and often hospitalized little boy. His mother, Elsie, took a job as a barmaid so she could work at night, leaving her days free during visiting hours. When were you most recently in a hospital? Were you an admitted patient, there for an outpatient procedure, or visiting someone?

While in therapy recently .I had a sharp ish pain around my heart especially after exercise. My therapist sent me to the emergency to be sure.  All tests were normal and since then I have come to realize it was hormonal related behind my breast.  I had had those years ago, but not lately . I remembered then I had  been on a hormone for a bit recently. 

6) Mother Winters always gave our own Crazy Sam peppermint tea to calm her stomach. Do you have any tried-and-true home remedies to share?  Not really.

7) Sam's mother always tips 15% in restaurants. Sam has worked in food service and is more judgmental, tipping between 10% and 25%, depending on the quality of the service. What's your tipping policy?  Ever since covid and lack in the work force we see waitresses working kitchen, bussing tables etc, so we usually give a better tip usually 30 or 40%.  Around appropriate holidays we will leave a hefty tip.  We like to see the expression on faces and hope it makes their holiday a bit more cheerier.

 
8) Sam's mother still gets the Sunday paper because of the sales fliers. She makes separate lists for each store, picking up grocery and household items where she knows they are on sale. Sam thinks her mother's strategy is a waste of time and gas and prefers one-stop shopping (even better, online one-stop shopping). Are you more like mother or daughter?  We are fortunate our store sends us very nice value coupons on items we typically buy.  Sometimes we will once to get a free jar of mayo of dozen eggs.  We do use those coupons each week but We do not take the local paper or clip coupons from magazines. 

9) Sam is celebrating Mother's Day with her mother's favorite, Hershey Bars. Would you prefer classic milk chocolate, dark chocolate or chocolate with almonds?I really prefer dark chocolate. And if it is Lindt Lindor chocolate I’m a happy gal!