how grandma is your grandma

jeff, maj and i were cracking ourselves up tonight after determining that we have the most grandma-y gram in the whole wide world. jeff described it as 'putting six grandmas in a pressure cooker and then not even straining it, then boiling the remaining stuff down into a grandma-y sludge. that's how grandma she is.'

and then the check list was born. see how grandma your grandma is:

does she knit baby sweaters for every newborn she knows? YES!

(every time we asked a question, jeff answered with a jump, an uppercut and a YYYYES!)

does she have a famous apple pie recipe? YES!

is she squishy? YES!

does she use aquanet? YES!

does she get a weekly perm? YES!

does she have a cute grandma laugh? YES!

does she send you a hallmark card on every single holiday? YES!

does she wear a super-thin nightgown with matching robe? YES!

is she in a church group? YES!

does she volunteer in a soup kitchen? YES!

does she know how to get stains out using nothing but lemon juice, salt and sunshine? YES!

is she a questionable driver at night? YES!

does she have a carefully tended garden? YES!

does she hang her clothes on a free-standing clothesline? YES!

does she ply you with cookies and treats? YES!

does she know all the neighborhood gossip? YES!

does she have an eerie ability to quiet fussy babies? YES!

does she invite strangers she meets in the airport to her house to visit? YES!

has she adopted all of the neighborhood kids as her own grandchildren? YES!

does she have a sewing room? YES!

does she make you quilts, sweaters and socks? YES!

does she send care packages to school/your overseas residence? YES!

does she always have two kinds of trident gum in her purse? YES!

..the list goes on and on.