I got this email today, and I loved it so I thought I would post it to share with all of you!
go back...
....Before the Internet or PC or the MAC......
....Before semi-automatics and crack....
...Before Playstation, SEGA, Super Nintendo, even before Atari...
...Before cell phones, CD's, DVD's, voicemail and e-mail....
....way back....
....way.....way.....way back.....
I'm talkin' bout hide and seek at dusk
Red light, Green light
Red Rover....Red Rover.....
Playing kickball & dodgeball until the first...no...second... no...third
Streetlight came on
Ring around the Rosie
London Bridge
Hot potato
Hop Scotch
Jump rope
Duck....duck....GOOSE!!!
YOU'RE IT!!
Parents stood on the front porch and yelled (or whistled) for you to
come home - no pagers or cell phones
Mother May I?
Hula Hoops
Seeing shapes in the clouds
Endless summer days and hot summer nights (no A/C) with the windows
open
The sound of crickets
Running through the sprinkler
Cereal boxes with that GREAT prize in the bottom
Cracker jacks with the same thing
Ice pops with 2 sticks you could break and share with a friend
...but wait.....there's more....
Watchin' Saturday Morning cartoons
Fat Albert, Road Runner, Tom & Jerry, Heckle & Jeckle, Pink Panther,
Richochet Rabbit, Schoolhouse Rock
Watchin' Sunday morning oldies (Abbott & Costello, Three Stooges,
Tarzan, Shirley Temple OR WONDERAMA!!)
Wonder Woman & Super Man Underoos
Catchin' lightning bugs in a jar
Your first day of school
Bedtime Prayers and Goodnight Kisses
Climbing trees
Swinging as high as you could to try and reach the sky
Getting an Ice Cream off the Good Humor Truck
A million mosquito bites and sticky fingers
Jumpin' down the steps
Jumpin' on the bed
Pillow fights
Sleep-overs
A 13" black and white TV in your room meant you were RICH
Runnin' till you were out of breath
Laughing so hard that your stomach hurt
Being tired from PLAYING
WORK: meant taking out the garbage or doing the dishes
Your first crush
Your first kiss (the one that you kept your mouth CLOSED and your eyes
OPEN
Rainy days at school meant playing "Heads up 7UP" or hangman" in the
classroom, remember that?
Oh, I'm not finished yet....
Kool-Aid was the drink of the summer
So was a swig from the hose
Giving your friends a ride on your handlebars
Wearing your new shoes on the first day of school
Class Field Trips with soggy sandwiches
When nearly everyone's mom was at home when the kids got there
When a quarter seemed like a fair allowance; and another quarter a
MIRACLE
When ANY parent could discipline ANY kid, or feed him, or use him to
carry groceries...And nobody, not even the kid, thought a thing of it.
When being sent to the principal's office was nothing compared to the
fate that awaited you at home.
Basically, we were in fear for our lives but it wasn't because of drive
by shootings, drugs, gangs, etc.
Our parents and grandparents were a much bigger threat! And some of us
are still afraid of em!
Didn't that feel good? Just to go back and say, "Yeah, I remember
that!"
Well, let's keep going!!
Let's go back to the time when...
Decisions were made by going "eeny-meeny-miney-mo"
Mistakes were corrected by simply exclaiming, "do over!"
"Race issues" meant arguing about who ran the fastest.
Money issues were handled by whoever was the banker in "monopoly"
Catching fireflies could happily occupy an entire evening
It wasn't odd to have two or three "best" friends.
Being old, referred to anyone over 20.
The worst thing you could catch from the opposite sex was cooties.
Nobody was prettier than Mom
Scrapes and bruises were kissed by mom or grandma and made better
It was a big deal to finally be tall enough to ride the "big people"
rides at the amusement park.
Getting a foot of snow was a dream come true.
Abilities were discovered because of a "double-dog-dare"
Spinning around, getting dizzy and falling down was cause for giggles.
The worst embarrassment was being picked last for a team.
Water balloons were the ultimate, ultimate weapon.
Older siblings were your worst tormentors, but also your fiercest
protector
If you can remember most or all of these, then you have LIVED!!!
Tuesday, March 13, 2007
Sunday, March 11, 2007
Thursday, February 22, 2007
Through Enough
Back in September of last year I wrote a journal entry about a little boy in the tri-state area who had been murdered by the people that he trusted to love him. My Dad showed me this cartoon in the paper this past Sunday, and I thought I would share it. It is so beautiful to me.
Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Sweeps
I was reading a top ten list today of people that this blogger wouldn't mind being seen killed off in sweeps week, and it asked for comments of our own top ten list.
Since I have been lacking in my top ten list, and since they are never really complete, I thought I would add mine to this blog.
10. Meredith Grey needs to die in this weeks episode of Grey's Anatomy
9. Jenny Schecter b/c who doesn't want a little less Jenny on the L Word
8. Susan Meyer yeah, b/c i am just so tired of her character on Desperate Housewives
7. Desmond from Lost b/c he just confuses me.
6. Elliot Reed she is soooo annoying on Scrubs, and since I think I heard that the show is going to end, they might as well....
5. Donald Trump from the apprentice (though I don't watch it) wouldn't it be great if he were "fired"
4. The Entire Cast of ER Because the show just sucks anymore
3. Walter Ugly Betty's on again off again boyfriend, b/c he cheated on her...I wouldn't miss him
2. so my last two are from the L word as well.... Tina and
1. Kit
I just don't think they bring much to the show...keep in mind I so miss the original owner of the planet....she was GORGEOUS so I am biased...also, Tina just doesn't really bring anything to the show.....just don't like her. Maybe they could all be in a nasty car wreck together.......
Since I have been lacking in my top ten list, and since they are never really complete, I thought I would add mine to this blog.
10. Meredith Grey needs to die in this weeks episode of Grey's Anatomy
9. Jenny Schecter b/c who doesn't want a little less Jenny on the L Word
8. Susan Meyer yeah, b/c i am just so tired of her character on Desperate Housewives
7. Desmond from Lost b/c he just confuses me.
6. Elliot Reed she is soooo annoying on Scrubs, and since I think I heard that the show is going to end, they might as well....
5. Donald Trump from the apprentice (though I don't watch it) wouldn't it be great if he were "fired"
4. The Entire Cast of ER Because the show just sucks anymore
3. Walter Ugly Betty's on again off again boyfriend, b/c he cheated on her...I wouldn't miss him
2. so my last two are from the L word as well.... Tina and
1. Kit
I just don't think they bring much to the show...keep in mind I so miss the original owner of the planet....she was GORGEOUS so I am biased...also, Tina just doesn't really bring anything to the show.....just don't like her. Maybe they could all be in a nasty car wreck together.......
Tuesday, February 20, 2007
40 years old
Today Feb 20th would've been Kurt Cobain's 40th birthday. How very very sad.
Neat that he will always be 27 to us though.
I wasn't a huge nirvana fan...but was nonetheless saddened to hear of his death.
Neat that he will always be 27 to us though.
I wasn't a huge nirvana fan...but was nonetheless saddened to hear of his death.
Monday, February 19, 2007
50 Years Old?
Awww...I didn't know that I had never lived in a world with out "The Cat in The Hat"! Click to wish a Happy 50th Birthday!
Thursday, February 15, 2007
I'm a Humanitarian
Do you know how you re-tell story and it is never as funny as when it actually happened? Well that will probably be the case here.
I lived a pretty sheltered life growing up. I grew up in a small town where everyone knew everybody else and I went to an even smaller Catholic Highschool. It was so small that there were only 22 in my graduating class. When I learned to drive my brother (Matt) and I would love to go around together. Matt and I were never trouble makers but we did do stuff like drive around and steal people's campaign signs out of their yards...for some reason we thought this was hysterical. We had a mutual friend who would hang them all over his walls in his bedroom.
We would also save up all our lunch money that Mom and Dad had given us for the week and go and get a Strawberry Shake from Hardee's after school. What rebels we were. One day we were driving over the river to Cincinnati (to probably pick up my dad from work downtown). I had some extra change from our milkshake purchase in the dash board. I saw a man standing at the end of the bridge at a light. He had a sign that said "Will Work For Food". I immediately felt my heart break for him. I thought it was so sad. How humiliating that must be to have to stand there w/ a cardboard sign begging to work just so you could have something to eat. We were sitting at the light, and I said to Matt that we should give him our extra change. I was also very fearful of the poor man. I grabbed the change, opened the window just a crack and threw the change to the man. It scattered all over the street. The poor little guy was scrambling for the change and waving up at as saying God Bless You, Thank you So much...I gave a quick wave and drove on. To this Day my brother makes fun of me saying..."I'LL MAKE YOU WORK FOR YOUR FOOD". I doubt that I will ever live this down. I was watching a show that on Comedy Central and it reminded me so much of my giving nature.
So, did it come across as funny as it is when Matt makes fun of me for it?
I lived a pretty sheltered life growing up. I grew up in a small town where everyone knew everybody else and I went to an even smaller Catholic Highschool. It was so small that there were only 22 in my graduating class. When I learned to drive my brother (Matt) and I would love to go around together. Matt and I were never trouble makers but we did do stuff like drive around and steal people's campaign signs out of their yards...for some reason we thought this was hysterical. We had a mutual friend who would hang them all over his walls in his bedroom.
We would also save up all our lunch money that Mom and Dad had given us for the week and go and get a Strawberry Shake from Hardee's after school. What rebels we were. One day we were driving over the river to Cincinnati (to probably pick up my dad from work downtown). I had some extra change from our milkshake purchase in the dash board. I saw a man standing at the end of the bridge at a light. He had a sign that said "Will Work For Food". I immediately felt my heart break for him. I thought it was so sad. How humiliating that must be to have to stand there w/ a cardboard sign begging to work just so you could have something to eat. We were sitting at the light, and I said to Matt that we should give him our extra change. I was also very fearful of the poor man. I grabbed the change, opened the window just a crack and threw the change to the man. It scattered all over the street. The poor little guy was scrambling for the change and waving up at as saying God Bless You, Thank you So much...I gave a quick wave and drove on. To this Day my brother makes fun of me saying..."I'LL MAKE YOU WORK FOR YOUR FOOD". I doubt that I will ever live this down. I was watching a show that on Comedy Central and it reminded me so much of my giving nature.
So, did it come across as funny as it is when Matt makes fun of me for it?
Wednesday, February 14, 2007
crazy ladies
Wonder if any of you know that I have a strange fascination with 
I am not sure why. Maybe because I was told they were lucky. But they are cute little creatures. I have loved them as far back as I can remember. I used to love to watch this little short on Sesame Street and sing along.
I have a tattoo of a ladybug....and I think she has brought me good luck since I got her.
I am not sure why. Maybe because I was told they were lucky. But they are cute little creatures. I have loved them as far back as I can remember. I used to love to watch this little short on Sesame Street and sing along.
I have a tattoo of a ladybug....and I think she has brought me good luck since I got her.
Ellen and Gladys
Check out this clip from Ellen. It is a litte long, but I have not laughed so hard in FOREVER!
Saturday, February 10, 2007
Being a Mom is TOUGH
Carly called me to let me know that after I deleted her myspace account her friend had created her a new one and that she gets on it while she is at her Dad's every other weekend. I couldn't believe it. I had to delete her first one b/c , now get this, an 11 yr. old from her class was leaving messages like you are a SLUT and a Whore.....what the fuck???? They are 11!
Anyway she called to say that her dad saw her getting on and she lied to him and told him that it was her friends' account. He wanted her to pull it up for him and she told him it was her friend's and she didn't know the password. He's not too bright, which I assume is why he didn't say, well just pull it up for me the way you just had it up....oh well. She called to beg me to delete it before her dad saw it again. She said that she knew what she was doing was wrong b/c she was shaking so bad when she signed on.......
It's so hard to punish her b/c I feel as if I have done enough damage to her. She has been w/o a mom that is there for all the school functions...a mom that she had to wear a mask to be around, a mom that to just be able to look at while talking to she had to stand in the window on the porch looking in as I sat on the other side looking out -me on the phone her on a cell, a mom that she had to visit in a hospital.....A mom as far back as her mind can reach has always been sick.
Anyway she called to say that her dad saw her getting on and she lied to him and told him that it was her friends' account. He wanted her to pull it up for him and she told him it was her friend's and she didn't know the password. He's not too bright, which I assume is why he didn't say, well just pull it up for me the way you just had it up....oh well. She called to beg me to delete it before her dad saw it again. She said that she knew what she was doing was wrong b/c she was shaking so bad when she signed on.......
It's so hard to punish her b/c I feel as if I have done enough damage to her. She has been w/o a mom that is there for all the school functions...a mom that she had to wear a mask to be around, a mom that to just be able to look at while talking to she had to stand in the window on the porch looking in as I sat on the other side looking out -me on the phone her on a cell, a mom that she had to visit in a hospital.....A mom as far back as her mind can reach has always been sick.
Tuesday, February 06, 2007
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SETH
Ten Things I love About Birthdays
10. Presents
9. My choice what's for dinner....actually i choose everyday....i just realized that....
8. Cake
7. Ice Cream
6. peeps singing a song w/ my name in it
5. wishing
4. blowing my germs all over the cake
3. talking to people that i haven't in a while
2. cards from hallmark
1. i get to hear from my bone marrow donor.....loves her
Seth, I hope you have a very happy 34th birthday....I LOVE YOU!!!!!
10. Presents
9. My choice what's for dinner....actually i choose everyday....i just realized that....
8. Cake
7. Ice Cream
6. peeps singing a song w/ my name in it
5. wishing
4. blowing my germs all over the cake
3. talking to people that i haven't in a while
2. cards from hallmark
1. i get to hear from my bone marrow donor.....loves her
Seth, I hope you have a very happy 34th birthday....I LOVE YOU!!!!!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Sometimes...
I sneak a peek at Flavor Flav on VH1 to see what he is up.
Also, I got alarmingly excited today when I asked Nicole Richie to be my friend on myspace and she accepted....Then I immediately changed my TOP TEN friends and made her #1
I think I am coming down with something
Also, I got alarmingly excited today when I asked Nicole Richie to be my friend on myspace and she accepted....Then I immediately changed my TOP TEN friends and made her #1
I think I am coming down with something
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
THE POLICE ARE COMING!!!
Thanks to Pop Candy for this tip! I am so excited!
Go ahead, let out a scream: Today it was announced that The Police are definitely reuniting and will perform on the Grammy Awards. The trio -- Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers -- will open the show Feb. 11. Other plans, including a possible reunion tour, have not been announced.
Here's a link to the last time The Police played together, at the 2003 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
The Police Bring back so many memories to me of my way cool parents. They were seriously cool (I thought). I just love listening to stuff that reminds ms of those days, rockin' out to WEBN's Dawn Patrol with Mom and Dad on the way to school!
Go ahead, let out a scream: Today it was announced that The Police are definitely reuniting and will perform on the Grammy Awards. The trio -- Sting, Stewart Copeland and Andy Summers -- will open the show Feb. 11. Other plans, including a possible reunion tour, have not been announced.
Here's a link to the last time The Police played together, at the 2003 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
The Police Bring back so many memories to me of my way cool parents. They were seriously cool (I thought). I just love listening to stuff that reminds ms of those days, rockin' out to WEBN's Dawn Patrol with Mom and Dad on the way to school!
Monday, January 29, 2007
Top Ten Ways to Disrupt the Waiting Room
So As most of you know I am a cancer Survivor. I truly believe that if I was unable to laugh through it, I wouldn't have come this far. I only wish I had seen this list back when I was going to the office 7 days/week
1. Ask everyone around you to do things "stat".
2. Offer free prostate exams.
3. Ask everyone nervously whether they have a "spare catheter".
4. Pop a tape in the VCR of you in an avocado-eating contest.
5. Supplement bland waiting room periodicals with nurse-fetish pornography.
6. Give your best rendition of that dance-floor classic: The Naked Raptor.
7. Hold up sign that reads, "Free chemo in the parking lot".
8. Initiate spelling bee. Be unflinchingly cruel with errors.
9. Leaf through every magazine in the room, shake hands with everyone else and then say loudly, "Jesus, this flesh-eating scabies itches like a mother".
10. Repeatedly refer to the doctor you're waiting to see as "The Trembling Butcher".
1. Ask everyone around you to do things "stat".
2. Offer free prostate exams.
3. Ask everyone nervously whether they have a "spare catheter".
4. Pop a tape in the VCR of you in an avocado-eating contest.
5. Supplement bland waiting room periodicals with nurse-fetish pornography.
6. Give your best rendition of that dance-floor classic: The Naked Raptor.
7. Hold up sign that reads, "Free chemo in the parking lot".
8. Initiate spelling bee. Be unflinchingly cruel with errors.
9. Leaf through every magazine in the room, shake hands with everyone else and then say loudly, "Jesus, this flesh-eating scabies itches like a mother".
10. Repeatedly refer to the doctor you're waiting to see as "The Trembling Butcher".
Wednesday, January 24, 2007
Monday, January 22, 2007
Mac Beautiful
OH MY! This Girl Reminds me of Seth...
I could totally see him at the Apple Store singing this...
I could totally see him at the Apple Store singing this...
Wednesday, January 10, 2007
Monday, January 01, 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR
I truly hope that this is a Happy Healthy Wonderful 2007 for my friends, family and me!
My brother is moving back from North Dakota. He and his wife are expecting their 4th baby any day. He was transfered to Wilmington Oh. We are excited for him to get home and I have been reminicing alot lately about him and things we used to do. I was the older sibling, and maybe because of this (who knows why I did half the things I did) I was always testing his loyalty to me. I would tell him I woudl DIE if he didn't help me back onto the couch (even though I was making myself fall off). Once I told him I would die if he didn't drink the Potion of Motion That I had made for him. It consisted of Water, I believe some milk, Every single spice in the spice rack, there was even a Bay Leaf floating on top. Matt always drank the potion of motion, always saved me from near death when I was falling off of the couch to the floor which was a whole Foot Fall...
Once I was going to die if he didn't get into the dryer. We had a dryer that you could sit in and rick yourself back and forth holding onto the spinners on the sides. It was fun. It was lots of Fun, until I closed him in and turned it on....I kept hearing his little yelps for HEEEEEEELp *BOOM BOOM* hhhheeeeeeeeelllllppppp *BOOM BOOM* that was him getting his heavy cotton dry cycle....I was afraid b/c I could figure out what button stopped the drying and the yelling and the *BOOM BOOM* sound. I tried to push the Permanent Press, the Fluffing.....IT CAME TO ME. Just open the door Maggie! So I did and my brother stumbled out a little dizzy a litte flushed by so BOUNTY FRESH.
My brother is moving back from North Dakota. He and his wife are expecting their 4th baby any day. He was transfered to Wilmington Oh. We are excited for him to get home and I have been reminicing alot lately about him and things we used to do. I was the older sibling, and maybe because of this (who knows why I did half the things I did) I was always testing his loyalty to me. I would tell him I woudl DIE if he didn't help me back onto the couch (even though I was making myself fall off). Once I told him I would die if he didn't drink the Potion of Motion That I had made for him. It consisted of Water, I believe some milk, Every single spice in the spice rack, there was even a Bay Leaf floating on top. Matt always drank the potion of motion, always saved me from near death when I was falling off of the couch to the floor which was a whole Foot Fall...
Once I was going to die if he didn't get into the dryer. We had a dryer that you could sit in and rick yourself back and forth holding onto the spinners on the sides. It was fun. It was lots of Fun, until I closed him in and turned it on....I kept hearing his little yelps for HEEEEEEELp *BOOM BOOM* hhhheeeeeeeeelllllppppp *BOOM BOOM* that was him getting his heavy cotton dry cycle....I was afraid b/c I could figure out what button stopped the drying and the yelling and the *BOOM BOOM* sound. I tried to push the Permanent Press, the Fluffing.....IT CAME TO ME. Just open the door Maggie! So I did and my brother stumbled out a little dizzy a litte flushed by so BOUNTY FRESH.
Friday, December 29, 2006
OVER
I AM OVER THE HOLIDAYS.
We have made it through Christmas and the sharing of each other w/ one another's famillies. We just have to make it through New Year and we will be Aces.....
I sure hope that 2007 has some good stuff in store for the Ledbetter-Lockard Families. My brother and Sis in Law will be having their 4th baby any day now. Hopefully he will be a happy healthy little guy.
We have made it through Christmas and the sharing of each other w/ one another's famillies. We just have to make it through New Year and we will be Aces.....
I sure hope that 2007 has some good stuff in store for the Ledbetter-Lockard Families. My brother and Sis in Law will be having their 4th baby any day now. Hopefully he will be a happy healthy little guy.
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