1 I WAS BORN IN NORTH IDAHO
2 I NEARLY DROWN IN THE FLOOD OF 1948
3 WE PLAYED WHERE A CASINO NOW STANDS
4 I WOULD STEAL SOME KID'S SLEDS WHILE THEY WERE IN SCHOOL (I WAS 4-5)
5 I LEARNED TO SWIM AT THE COW CREEK SWIMMING HOLE
6 WE USED A GUNNY SACK WITH SEALED 1 GALLON CANS FOR FLOATATION
7 I RODE A FREIGHT TRAIN FOR 30 MILES WHEN I WAS 10
8 I SOLD THE SPOKANE CHRONICLE ON THE GREAT NORTHERN EMPIRE BUILDER
9 WE COULD GO PLAY OR FISHING ALL DAY LONG AND OUR PARENTS DIDN;T WORRY
10 I ONCE LIVED IN A HOUSE WITH NO PLUMBING AND WE HAULED OUR WATER
FROM TOWN IN A BIG RUBBER BLADDER
11 MY DAD WAS A POLICE OFFICER
12 MY DAD WAS A DEMOCRATIC COUNTY COMMITTEEMAN
13 MY MOTHER WAS THE STRONGEST WOMAN I HAVE EVER KNOWN
14 GRANDMA HARPER MADE ME FEEL LIKE I WAS HER ONLY GRANDCHILD, SHE HAD DOZENS
15 GRANDPA HARPER WAS THE JANITOR AT SOUTHSIDE GRADE SCHOOL AND WOULD LET ME HELP HIM CLEAN THE SCHOOL AND RING THE HAND BELL AT THE END OF RECESS TIME
16 I LOVE OREGON STATE ATHLETICS (PRIMARILY FOOTBALL AND BASEBALL)
17 I NO LONGER CARE FOR HOCKEY AT ALL PRO LEVELS AS IT IS ONLY ABOUT MONEY AND NOT THEIR LOVE OF THE GAME :(
18 2 OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN RODEO, AUSTIN DOES ROUGHSTOCK, AND HE ALSO GAMING EVENTS, AND KENNEDY DOES GAMING EVENTS
19 OUR OTHER 2 GRANDDAUGHTERS ARE VERY GOOD SOCCER PLAYERS
20 JAY LOVES THE OUTDOORS AND WILL MAKE A VERY GOOD HUNTER AND FISHERMAN
21 I WOULD LOVE TO LIVE IN BONNERS FERRY IDAHO
22 I MET LINDA CRUISING BROADWAY IN DOWTOWN PORTLAND ON A TUESDAY NIGHT
23 I LOVE LINDA MORE THAN ANYTHING IN THE WORLD
24 WE HAVE 2 GREAT DAUGHTERS AND SONS IN LAW
25 I ONCE FLOATED ON A HOME MADE RAFT IN A FLOOD IN BONNERS FERRY(I SHOULDN'T HAVE SURVIVED THIS LONG)
26 I AM SCARED OF THE GRANDVIEW CEMETERY (ACTUALLY ALL CEMETERIES)
27 I LOVED LIVING IN YAKIMA WASHINGTON
28 I MISS MY CANADIAN COUSINS DEARLY (VELMA, CARLA, & LAURA)
29 I LOVE SPENDING TIME WITH MY COUSIN IN LAW IVAN BARTEL (BUT DON'T LET HIM KNOW IT)
30 I WAS A WAREHOUSE MANAGER IN KENT WASHINGTON
31 I DEARLY LOVED LINDA'S MOTHER LELA (SHE COULD BE AS GRUMPY AS ME) IT WAS FUN
32 I THINK LINDA'S DAD IS A GREAT GUY (HE TOLERATES MY JOKES)
33 I THINK LINDA'S STEPMOM IS A LOT OF FUN (SHE TRYS TO BE GRUMPY LIKE ME BUT I AM THE BEST AT IT)
34 I MISS BUFFY, KATY, & JO SO MUCH MORE THAN PEOPLE REALLY KNOW (PETS)
35 I DID NOT KNOW LINDA'S UNCLE WAS A WAR HERO (8-9 BRONZE STARS)
36 I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO LINDA'S FAMILY REUNIONS
37 I WISH THE PLATTS FAMILY WOULD HAVE MORE BESIDES FUNERALS
38 I WAS HIT IN THE HEAD WITH A BASEBALL BAT (IT DIDN'T HELP KNOCK ANY SENSE IN TO ME
39 WE ICE SKATED ON THE SLOUGH BY COW CREEK ROAD
40 MY BROTHER BILL AND I FISHED FOR LING THROUGH THE ICE ON THE KOOTENAY RIVER
41 I ONCE STOOD IN FRONT OF A TRAIN BECAUSE I THOUGHT I WAS SUPERMAN (ONE OF MY AUNTS SAVED ME)
42 BONNERS FERRY WAS AND IS A GREAT PLACE TO GROW UP
43 I HAD A GREAT TRIP TO BONNERS WITH JAY AND MANY THANKS TO BUD LARSON FOR BEING A WONDERFUL INFLUENCE TO JAY, HE STILL TALKS ABOUT THE TRIP
44 I ALMOST SHOT MY BROTHER BILL BY ACCIDENT
45 WE MOVED MY SISTER FROM MARYLAND (WHAT A TRIP THAT WAS)
46 A BLIZZARD IN WYOMING AND SPENT 2 NIGHTS IN NATIONAL GUARD ARMORY IN LARAMIE
47 I WAS HIT BY A CAR IN DOWNTOWN BONNERS FERRY WHEN I WAS ABOUT 8-9, IT DIDN'T KNOCK ANY SENSE IN THIS TIME EITHER
48 I HITCHHIKED AROUND THE U.S. WHEN I WAS 16 WITH ABOUT $10.00 IN MY POCKET.
49 I PUT MY MOTHER THROUGH WAY TO MUCH GRIEF (I KNOW SHE IS READING SO MY DEEPEST APOLOGIES TO HER)
50 I NEVER TRULY UNDERSTOOD THE HARPER WAY UNTIL JAY AND I STAYED WITH AUNT EVALIE (WHAT A TRULY REMARKABLE MOTHER, GRANDMOTHER, GREATGRANDMOTHER, AUNT, AND POWERFUL WOMAN SHE WAS.)
51 I WOULD HAVE NEVER THOUGHT MARK WOULD BE AN LDS BISHOP (YOU ARE AWESOME)
52 SOMETHING HAPPENED I THOUGHT WOULD NEVER HAPPEN JEANNIE (CAREY)KING AND I ARE FRIENDS AND COUSINS (I APOLOGIZE FOR HOW I WAS IN MORELAND)
53 GRANDPA HARPER WAS A GREAT BASEBALL PLAYER AND FISHERMAN
54 I CAN STILL REMEMBER GRANMA & GRANDPA HARPERS HOUSE, EVERY NOOK A CRANNY
55 I REMEMBER SITTING ON GRANMA & GRANPA HARPER'S PORCH LISTENING TO GREATGRANPA ENGLAND TELLING TALES OF THE OLD WEST
56 DID I MENTION I AM SCARED OF HIGH WINDS, AND I DON'T KNOW WHY
57 WHOA I LIKE MY JOB ( THE THOUGHT JUST HIT ME)
58 I ONCE WAS TIED TO A TREE THROUGH A BELT LOOP ON MY PANTS (I WAS 4-5)
59 I TOOK OFF MY ALL CLOTHES AND GRABBED MY WAGON AND RAN AWAY TO AUNT JUNES HOUSE
60 GOT ABOUT HALF WAY THERE AND A COP ASKED ME WHAT I WAS DOING NAKED AND PULLING A RED WAGON I TOLD HIM I WAS RUNNING AWAY ( MY FIRST RIDE IN A COP CAR)
61 IF YOU SEE ERRORS IT IS BECAUSE I AM TYPING IN DIM LIGHT (ALSO I DON;T TYPE WELL)
62 I NEVER LIKED MRS. EDDY OR MRS. MARTIN (TEACHERS)( I DON'T THINK THEY LIKED ME EITHER)
63 LINDA'S DAD REALLY LIKED MARV STURMAN (A COUPLE OF OLD WOODSMEN)
64 MY MOTHER LOVED ME MORE THAN I EVER DESERVED
65 I EAT A POP TART ALMOST EVERY DAY, WILD BERRY IS THE BEST
66 I GET UP ALMOST EVERY MORNING JUST BEFORE 4:00AM
67 I WILL DO IT EVEN WHEN I RETIRE
68 OYSTER STEW IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE FOODS
69 I HATED CAULIFLOWER WHEN I WAS A KID, BUT I LOVE IT TODAY
70 I LOVE MACARONI AND CHEESE (WISH AUSTIN WOULD SHARE MORE OF HIS
71 LINDA MAKES THE BEST POTATO SALAD AND MACARONI SALAD
72 WHY CAN MY BODY GO AS FAST AS MY MIND THINKS IT SHOULD( I WAS IN THE LOW LOW 10'S IN THE 100 YARD DASH WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH BUT NOW IT TAKES ABOUT TEN MINUTES)
73 I COINED THE PHRASE I'M NOT AS GOOD AS I ONCE WAS BUT I'M AS GOOD ONCE AS I EVER WAS
74 DWIGHT CALDWELL WAS ONE OF MY BEST FRIENDS AT SNAKE RIVER HIGH
75 I NEED TO GO BACK TO MORELAND IDAHO AGAIN
76 I AM ALWAYS SEEKING SOMETHING FROM PAST (I LIKE RECONNECTING WITH PEOPLE)
77 I REMEMBER RIDING STEERS AT THE BOUNDARY COUNTY FAIR WHEN I WAS ABOUT 10 OR SO
78 WHEN AND WHERE WILL IT EVER END
79 I LOVE MY SISTER IN LAW JENNY SO MUCH, SHE WAS A TRUE BLESSING IN MY LIFE
80 I ONCE GOT SLAMMED IN TO A FENCE BY A BULL AT THE KIDS RODEO AND CRACKED 3 RIBS
81 I REALLY LIKE HELPING AT THE RODEOS
82 SOMEDAY I NEED TO TRAVEL TO SPRINGFIELD MO. AND LOMPOC CALIFORNIA
83 I HAVE FORGIVEN JOHN POSTON BUT NOT FORGOTTEN
84 WE ONCE HAD A PIG THAT WE RODE OUT IN THE PASTURE
85 I MUCKED STALLS FOR A LIVING ON SAN DIEGO
86 I ONCE FIRED MY BROTHER JOHN (HOPE HE HAS FORGIVEN ME)
87 MY BROTHER DICK AND I ABANDONED A CAR ALONG SIDE THE ROAD IN NEVADA AND SAID WE WOULD MEET IN MONTANA, I DID NOT SEE HIM AGAIN FOR SEVERAL YEARS
88 I MISS AND LOVE MY SISTER DEARLY
89 I SHARE MY BIRTHDAY WITH A WONDERFUL LADY
90 I REMEMBER VALLEY VIEW SCHOOL BEING HUGE, AND NOW THE HALLWAYS AND ROOMS SEEM SO SMALL, WHY IS THAT
91 THE MINUTE MY DAD DIED I KNEW BY THE FEELING THAT CAME OVER ME
93 BUSIER THAN 2 FLIES HAVING SEX IN A TEXAS TORNADO IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS
94 I APPRECIATE LYNN AT ORIENT ELECTRIC LAUGHING AT MY STUPID JOKES
95 PEOPLE DON'T BELIEVE ME WHEN I SAY WE HAD TO WALK TO SCHOOL IN THE SNOW ABOUT 3 MILES (IF YOU DON'T BELEIVE ME I CAN GOOGLE THE ROUTE)
96 JOANNE YOUR DAD WAS A GREAT FIDDLER
97 I AM SO LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CLASS OF 63 REUNION IN JULY, 2008
98 KENNEDY JUST GAVE ME A TICKET FOR NOT TYPING FAST ENOUGH (ANOTHER RIDE IN A COP CAR I GUESS
99 DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER THE BASEBALL FIELD ACROSS FROM PARADISE VALLEY ROAD
100 IS THERE STILL DANCES HELD AT THE PARADISE HALL I MUST HAVE BEEN 10-13
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2 comments:
I loved getting to know some more information on you! I wish I could have know Grandma and Grandpa Harper... they sound like fantastic people!
I have to dissagree on the pop tart thing as Cinnamon and Brown sugar is the best!
Lots of Love!
Amanda Bartel
Daddy, WOW...after all these years I am still learning new things about you! Yes, I agree that Grandma Marty was the strongest Woman I have ever known too!
Love you!
Carebear
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