Archive through October 16, 2002
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Archive through October 16, 2002
Abbynormal | Friday, September 06, 2002 - 08:19 pm     I was just over in the candy thread and it reminded of summers when I was a kid. I thought I would start this thread for HAPPY childhood memories...things that happened to you that you still remember to this day and that you look upon fondly. I was 10 or 11 and I was just crazy for the color purple. My parents bought me a new bicycle. It was the coolest on the block. It was purple of course, with a banana seat, a cool basket between the handlebars with daisies and purple and white streamers. I was IT. I SO rode that bike! I guess I had it about 2 weeks before it was stolen. (told you it was cool) I was heart-broken. My parents were pissed, but I guess they felt sorry for me so they bought me another one. This time it was a purple Schwinn. I had enough sense at the time to realize that this was THE cadillac of bicyles, so I kept it in the garage. It was a nice bike and I appreciated it, but hey, I really missed my banana seat, ya know!? I guess I had it about 2 weeks before the neighbor boy burned our garage down. Can you believe my parents bought me another bike??? These people wanted me to have a bicycle dammit! I have no idea what kind it was. I don't think they have a name for them. I like to call it the PeeWee Herman bike. Not cool when you are a pre-teen. What makes it even worse, was yes, it was purple. Unfortunately, I had that bike until I got out of high school. It just would not go away! I always look back on this story fondly, because my parents cared that I had a ride. They understood that to a kid, a bicycle is like a car, a necessity. Bless their hearts, they tried so hard, I guess they finally figured if they bought me an ugly bike, no one would want to steal it or burn it! |
Ketchuplover | Friday, September 06, 2002 - 09:41 pm     I don't have any childhood memories |
Abbynormal | Friday, September 06, 2002 - 09:47 pm     Ketchup, come on now! You have to remember when you starting liking ketchup. That's a happy time wasn't it?! LOL |
Cablejockey | Saturday, September 07, 2002 - 12:29 pm     I've taken to long sunset walks around the neighbourhood this summer, for the exercise and for the relaxing feeling one gets just walking. All this walking has brought back a lot of childhood memories, especially of being 8 or 9 and the joy of just running around during those long ago summer evenings. My siblings, some neighbourhood kids and my cousins--there were several who lived on the same street as I did--would play endless tag games or hide and seek as our parents would sit around talking and enjoying the cooling breezes that would finally come at twilight. At no other time of the year could you stay up so late or be outside at dark. We would always stay in sight of the adults but they would manage to tune out the screams and yelps we made for children are hardly ever quiet!! On my walks nowadays, I rarely see any kids running around playing. Most times I barely see any adults. Where is everybody? |
Whit4you | Monday, October 14, 2002 - 05:27 pm     Oh a happy childhood memory for me was sitting on a hillside in the sun melting crayons.... |
Lyn | Monday, October 14, 2002 - 10:06 pm     LOL Whit Your crayons reminded me of all the record albums I accidentally warped in the sun |
Vixeninvegas | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 02:52 pm     My favorite childhood memory.... well I actually have two. I had a best friend in elementary school who's mom was best friends w/ my mom. They got together & made barbie furniture (beds, chairs, etc.) out of shoe boxes & other household things. They made bedspreads, rugs.. everything you could think of & set it all up on a HUGE piece of cardboard to serve as the "floor" of our house. It was the coolest thing & only my friend & I had one. We were the stars of barbie play hour in our neighborhoods. Thinking back on this as an adult I realize how much time & effort my mom put into making this for me & it only makes me even more proud to be her daughter. The other memory I have is of my 7th birthday party. My mom arranged a "slumber party" - there were probably 8 or 10 girls that came & everyone brought their sleeping bags. My parents removed all the stuff out of our living room & supplied tons of paperdolls & safety scissors for each one of us. We played late into the night & it was so much fun. |
Rissa | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 03:19 pm     Ya know... sometimes something is said or written that just hits you the right way at the right time of the right day. So in tribute to those moments, I would like to send a sincere thank-you to Ketchup for the tea I just spit all over my keyboard. RFLMAO!!! |
Zachsmom | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 03:25 pm     KetchupLover- You mean you don't remember this ??? You were such a sweet little Tom!
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Car54 | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 03:46 pm     My best memory is from December the year I was 5. My birthday is the week before Christmas, and I turned 5 the year Barbie was introduced. My daddy had been sick the whole year and was in the Veterans Administration Hospital for months, and my mom had to take a job cooking in a restaurant to pay our bills. I wanted a Barbie more than anything on earth, and I had been saving forever to get one. I got a 50 cent piece for my birthday, and that gave me just enough to get her! Now I was 5, and kids that age do not think things through very well . Half the fun of Barbie is the dressing up. Well I had just enough to get Barbie, but not enough to buy any outfits. Once I got home and figured this out, I was a little disappointe, but I knew my mom did not have money for extras right now, so I didn't say much. For 4 days, I just played with her, but she only had her little tiger-striped bathing suit, so she really wasn't dressed to play very many games. On Christmas morning, my mom woke me up and we opened presents. I had opened all the boxes she had for me under the tree and there was no Barbie stuff. Then my mom went in the bedroom and brought out 2 HUGE coat-size boxes all wrapped up. I was surprised, but started opening them... they were FILLED with hand-made Barbie clothes. I was so excited I started crying! My mom did not have much money, but she knew I was going to get that doll for my birthday, so for months before Christmas, she stayed up nights after she got home from her job, sewing doll clothes, so it would be a surprise for me. She had a friend who was a professional dressmaker who gave her beautiful scraps. There were little velvet coats and hats, satin gowns, a little lace wedding dress, a little hand crochet skirt and sweater. I am 48 and my mom has been gone for 10 years, but I still have my Barbie clothes. |
Whit4you | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 04:39 pm     That's such an awesome story Car ) I was adopted at 8 1/2 and only got to take 2 things with me.. one was my barbie - that my little sister had bitten the nose off of... and the other a itty bitty pink dress with pop pom's on it. I had the dress for years, the Barbie I still have... and I showed my sister that barbie a few years back... told her I could never play with it without thinking of her. Didn't much like it when she bit my barbies nose off... but I'm glad she did - had a piece of my sister with me forever cause of that doll. |
Lancecrossfire | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 04:44 pm     Car, what a great story! It's obvious your mom thought you were a very special girl Very heart warming! Whit, isn't it neat about the little things that allow us to keep our loved ones with us as life goes on. |
Car54 | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 04:49 pm     Aw, Whit, that is a great Barbie story! I find that if I get women my age talking, most times the one thing we all have in common from childhood is Barbie. Isn't that amazing that she meant so much to us? My Barbies all had hair issues- I LOVED to do their hair..so much most of them had bald patches! (It took me a while to figure out the hair would not grow back!) Yeah Lance, I call that my "Movie of the Week" story...but it is true!!!! My mom may have made mistakes (who doesn't?) but one thing is for sure, if she knew I wanted something or that something was important to me, she did her best to get it for me! |
Twinkie | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 05:02 pm     My favorite childhood memories are an easy one for me. Every summer Mom, Dad, Sis, and I would pack up the car and drive from FL to Miss to spend a month with Dad's parents on their farm. Lots of relatives, Aunts, Uncles, and tons of cousins. And lots of animals: cows, chickens, horses, and hunting dogs. Tractors to play on and learn to drive. A huge porch....my female cousin my same age and I would have a contest to see who could swat the most mosquitoes at night and also see who could collect the most fireflies in our Mason jars. Such simple things but such great memories. Oh and can't forget about lots of singing and playing of instruments on that porch. ( wasn't too big on the outhouse tho) LOL |
Whit4you | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 05:36 pm     Ya barbies, and the wizard of oz... seems to me very few people 'my age' doesn't have The Wizard of Oz as one of their biggest memories of childhood. I don't think I had ever heard of a tornado before that show... and I know some parts of it scared me to death - I was 6??? or something like that when I saw it the first time... had to pretend to take a nap that day so I could stay up and watch it. The show was huge ... huge to me... I wasn't really clear on what was real and what wasn't at that young age and at that first viewing I never figured out that "OZ" wasn't real (to deep a story line for a 6ish year old I guess) One thing I wonder - did anyone ever have enough barbie cloths? Is that possible? LOL. I thank goodness I did not have a daughter... because she would have. LOL. I woulda went dead broke buying barbie cloths for her... and barbies of course (but I do think you can have ENOUGH Barbies.. like 20 or so... but cloths? there'd never be enough of those. LOL. I had a grand son... glad about that for now, but definately hoping to have a grand daughter... and so is Mattel I'd imagine |
Car54 | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 05:43 pm     Seems like they showed Wizard of Oz for Easter didn't they? I remember the once a year tradition! And Mary Martin in Peter Pan, and Leslie Ann Warren in Cinderella...used to watch them every year they were on! LOL... me too! We have an adopt a child thing at work for Christmas and I always try to get a little girl so I can buy her a Barbie and stuff! When I was little, there were about 6 little girls my age and in summer, we had so much Barbie crap we would haul it all out- it would take 2 hours to get it all out and set up our "houses" and then play for like an hour, and then it would take the rest of the afternoon to put it all away! We made Barbie furniture out of things like Kleenex boxes, and I stole my parents poker chips for dishes, and used the tops of acorns for cups! One of my favorite things was when my mom found a used Barbie beauty shop at a thrift shop...man! I loved that! I played with Barbies til I was so big I was embarrassed! |
Whit4you | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 05:52 pm     Car - if I have a granddaughter... I'll still be playing barbies... LOL |
Car54 | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 05:56 pm     Yup, I told ya, I STILL have my Barbie clothes..I just need me a little girl to play with! |
Pamy | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 06:33 pm     Car, I still have Barbie clothes my Mom made for me too!!! She also made matching clothes for me and my Chrissy doll. I collect Barbie's and they have their own room at our house. My collection is valuable but most of my dolls(especially the really valuable ones) were gifts from my Mom and Dad, so there is no way I would ever sell them. My Dad died in 1986 and my Mom died in 1997. Sometimes I go up to the 'Barbie room' and shut the door and play! It always makes me feel better remembering the day that I got a special doll from them. My hubby has inherited the tradition of giving me Barbie, and he gets just as excited as I do(he won't admit it, but I know he does!) So I guess the moral of my story is......you don't need a kid as an excuse to play with your childhood toys, just go play! |
Suitsmefine | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:27 pm     You guys are making me CRY!!!!!!!! I loved (love) Barbie too AND SKIPPER ----THE ORIGINAL SKIPPER!!!! She had those cool freckles just like mine! Oh, to be a kid again, IN THE TIME WE WERE KIDS!! I'm not much into some of the toys they have now. Eating ice cream (with the dog) in the sun with more ice cream on ya' than in ya'!!!Those were the days!! Oh, and when we were preteens, playing with the quiji(sp) board on the porch with a flashlight and scaring the !!!! out of each other! |
Car54 | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:31 pm     I had Barbie, Midge, Tootie,Skipper, and for some reason I always wanted my Barbie to be a mom...so we went to the party store and bought a package of those little tiny plastic babies that you use for party favors, and my Barbie would have Quints quite often. (But Barbie NEVER had a husband... how telling!) |
Twiggyish | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:37 pm     Car, I should have read your post first. We did the same thing with pretend furniture. (see Barbie thread) |
Suitsmefine | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:37 pm     If I were built like Barbie, had a dream house, a pink convertible, pink Jeep,and a beach house and all those G.I. Joes I wouldn't pick just one either......LOL |
Zachsmom | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:41 pm     Of couse Suits..Why should she have gotten married..when GI Joe was on Duty..she had Ken! |
Car54 | Wednesday, October 16, 2002 - 07:44 pm     Leads me to another childhood memory.... My dad was pretty sick all through my childhood, and our minister used to come visit him. When I was about 4, they say that he asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up.... I said "A Mommy." He said.."Oh, and who are you going to marry?" I said <4 year old raised eyebrow here> "I didn't say I was getting married!" Mom decided it was bed time a little early. <Shoulda known then!> |
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