Things Remembered

A trip down memory lane was inevitable with my birthday coming up especially since it is my last birthday in my twenties. Here are a few things I don't want to forget:

• Glowworms! I loved that thing when I was a kid.
  
  
• Rainbow Bright, who ended up being used by the neighborhood kids as a fun thing to run over with their car.



• Slap bracelets, back when they were made of metal and could really hurt!


• Jelly shoes, the down side to them was if it was hot and your feet sweat, your feet would then slide around in them.
  
  
• Sewing classes where I learned all I needed to know to make my own pillowcases.



• The awful black and brown carpet in the kitchen of my childhood home.



• Climbing on the top of the dog house to get on the roof when I wasn't supposed to!



• My fear of grapefruit knives after nearly slicing off my middle finger while trying to eat some grapes.



• The first time I saw my baby brother. I remember thinking that he was the fattest baby I had ever seen.



• My parents waterbed. Why did people ever think those were comfortable?



• Mazes in the backyard. My dad used to let the grass grow long and then use the lawnmower to carve mazes in the grass.



• Homemade music videos. I have a very vivid memory of my sister and I with the two boys next door making a music video complete with "plot" to the song "Blackcat" by Janet Jackson.



• Hiding things in the drop-down ceiling of my bedroom.



• Sharing a room with my sister that also doubled as the laundry room and a bathroom. It was a big room, but interesting as far as functionality.



• Driving the forklift when I was 12. Man that was scary!!



• Camping with the family in Yellowstone. This was also the trip that my Oma told me she had a dream about Pierce Brosnan and that "he was a good kisser." TMI!!!



• Driving through farmland on a trip and yelling "Beef Jerky" at the cows as we passed.



• Chuck-a-rama every year with the extended family for my Opa's birthday. He loved that place.



• Climbing the wall behind the house to pick cherries off the neighbor's tree.