memory 8- 10/28/09

San Louis Obispo, California is full of memories at Grandma and Grandpa's house. I remember going to Grandma's every day after school in kindergarten and 1st grade. I would ride the bus home with this girl Ursula and Grandma would meet me at the bus stop and walk me back to the trailer home. It always smelt so good in the house. We would walk up the stairs on the car port side and through the sliding glass doors. I would sit in the chair near the "laundry room" to take off my shoes and then get up on the stool by the counter while grandma made me either garlic bread (usually my choice) or toast- half with only butter, the other half with butter and boysenberry jam. Every once and a while I would get a special treat or cream cheese and chutney with wheat thins. I always remember sitting up there as grandma asked about my day and made me my after school snack. There was a picture of mom and the four of us kids on the wall next to the counter in black and white that I always loved looking at. After my snack I would watch tv, usually Winnie the Pooh or a recording of Peter Rabbit series. If Bud and I were being really good, sometimes grandma would bring us popcorn with m&ms in it. That always made me happy. To this day I still like popcorn with m&ms, or some form of chocolate but the garlic bread is still my favorite. Grandma was always so good to us and though we were always happy to see mom's car drive up, I always took comfort in knowing that tomorrow would be another day filled with grandma's special afternoon snacks.