Grandma's Potato Soup

Ok, so I'm in the airport right now doing this from because I made it last night so this is my best attempt for the moment. I'm putting down what her recipe says and what I did.

Ingredients:
4 cups small  chopped potatoes ( I did 5 for this recipe)
3? cups chopped onion
3 cups chopped celery( I did 4)
1/3 cup green pepper
5-6 cups milk ( I did 8 and then grandma added more later because she likes it really soupy)
4-5 slices bacon cooked and chopped
1 Tbls. of the bacon grease
2 teas. salt
1 Tbls. Parsley
1/3 c. butter
1/3 c. flour
(I put in a teaspoon minced garlic as well as powdered garlic and some pepper)
( I also added about 6 oz. cream cheese to the vegetables right after they were drained andmixed it in as it melted. I really like the added cheesy flavor and thickness this gives the soup but it is not a part of Grandma's original)


Boil and cook potatoes, onion, celery and green pepper
In medium pot melt butter on low
slowly mix parts of cold milk and flour and pour into melter butter
continuously stir with wooden spoon until the mixture seems to stay on the spoon and flour and milk and butter are well mixed
drain extra water off of cooked vegetables
add milk and butter and flour mixture
add everything else
Cook for a while to warm up and thicken
add a can of clams to make it into clam chowder