Thursday, January 14, 2010

To be a Johnson...

Characteristics of being someone from my family that I was blessed enough to be a part of.
Must love ketchup

Must love mustard - heck - any condiments!

Must LOVE pepperoni pizza

Must be able to live in the upstairs of the house where there is no heat.

Must be able to live in a house constantly under construction.

Must be able to do as much as you can with little money

Must know how to milk a cow or goat

Must know how to collect chicken eggs

Must be willing to get a tan by climbing out onto the roof of the house

Must be able to camp out in the dark on the super tall hill behind our house

Must put up with two of our constantly feuding neighbors

Must know how to drive on gravel roads and how loud the radio should be with the windows open

Must be able to mow large yards on a slope.

Must be able to say good bye to pets easily.

Must love to play in the dirt.

Must love hard well water.

Must be able to cook for 9

Must be able to get car out of the muddy driveway

Must be able to share clothes with sisters

Must love long dusty gravel roads.

Must know how to fix your cars seat when the road's washboards shake it loose

Must know how to deal with problems as they arise

Must know how to get a snake out of the house with a laundry basket

Must have a sense of humor

Must be able to clean house, especially when a boy is coming over...

Must participate with the church Christmas programs until graduated from high school or married.

Must get a part time job to pay for your own car, clothes and college.

Must be able to describe how to get to your house to a boy.

Must be able to live without pizza delivery - unless you can work two pizza joints against each other... It only works once.

Must know how to side a house

Must know how to start a fire in a woodburning stove without burning the house down

Must know how to burn trash

Must know how to read and understand the to-do list your mom leaves you

Must be able to explain why the tv is warm when you were supposed to be folding laundry

Must know how to can tomatoes

Must know how to drive a tractor

Must be able to love your family with all your heart!


I think I mastered the list!

5 comments:

Sonya Ann said...

"Must be able to do as much as you can with little money"
This is the #1 rule in our house.
I think that I can do most of the things on your list but there are a few that I can say that I have never done. I have never milked an animal. And I haven't gotten a snake out of the house with a laundry basket. I have gotten a bird out of the house with a pool net. Does that count?

Macey said...

The little money one definitely works for my house! My husband lived in a "constantly under construction" house and it drove him nutso! He HATES doing anything to the house now. :/

KK said...

Hmmm, I can do about half those things!

A.Marie said...

Oooh...Oooh...I can do lots of those things! Does that mean that I get to be part of your family! :)

kado! said...

i LOVE ketchup!!!!

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