12 Things About Betsy Walsh You May Not Know
1 – She never wanted to be called “Grandmother” or “Grandma” so she branded herself as the World’s One and Only “GranEWE” – EWE is her “classic” monogram (Elizabeth Walsh Eakin). You may have also known the relation to sheep/ram references due to her traditional initials being EWE. (EWE=Female sheep). Her license plate even had “EWE BET”.
2 – She’s a PROUD 60 year Redskins Season Ticket Holder.
3 – She’s lived all her life in Washington D.C./Northern VA(Falls church, Washington D.C., Arlington, McLean, Great Falls)
4 – Had a cat named “Dog”
5 – Shared her yard with a prairie dog and a one armed squirrel. She named the prairie dog “Scooter” and the one armed squirrel “Bandit” after one armed bandit slot machines.
6 – She was an avid Herend collector- http://www.herendusa.com/figurines.html
7 – Her 2003 BMW has less than 14,000 miles
8 – She became a “Great Granewe” with the arrival of “Lucy” on 6/29/2012
9 – She stopped years of smoking after 1 personal hypnosis session in 1989
10 – Both sets of Grand-kids were born 10 years apart!
Shannon Walsh 10/19/1989 Madison Walsh: 07/07/1999
Kaylee Walsh 1/29/1998Ace Walsh 2/5/2008
11 – Her Genealogy report states she is 99.7% Northwestern European with 93% British/Irish
12 – Had a cockatiel named “Bert” until he laid an egg!… then promptly got renamed to “Roberta”.