Hi There I am sitting here at work day daydreaming about Christmas time as a kid. I cannot help it all I have been hearing on the radio is Christmas ads, my email is being bombarded by sales, sales, sales. I wish I could go back in time for just one Christmas and be a kid again. Toys where simple back then. You actually had to use your imagination. I was surprised that I found pictures of some of my old favorite toys as a child as you will see below. What are some of your favorites that bring back good memories, please let me know in your comments.
Now I got a slinky every year and it was broken or in a tangle every year by Christmas after noon.
I longed for this Barbie camper for ever, my girlfriend got it first and I was so envious....I finally got one though!
Play-doh was always a good gift until it got all mucked up with fuzz, and hair and who know's what.....also it made your hands smell gross
And this!!!! One of my all time favorite gifts.....It was the Charlie's Angels hideway house. I had all 3 angels too, for some reason I always favored Jacklyn Smith (the Kelley doll) and was mean to the Kate Jackson doll (Sabrina doll).
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I have so much stuff to do between now and Thanksgiving it is driving me mental. We are having Dave's family over to the new place for the first time for dinner. So We are cooking for 5 or 6 extra people, it may not seem like a lot but since I do not really entertain more than 1 or 2 people I have stuff to buy. Never thought about it before but I guess I need more than 1 serving spoon and fork. Well here is the list that I will have to get (this does not include the food:) more serving bowls, a platter for the turkey, gravy boat, gravy separator, brush for basting turkey, thermometer and holiday tablecloth with matching mats and napkins....oh yeah and napkin holders. Not too mention we do not have enough chairs for 7-8 people....hmmm?
The painting is still not done and you know what I do not care....LOL It will be done by spring time.
Dave wants to get a 20-22 lb turkey...I think he is mad. I say 14-16lb would be fine. I do not even like turkey that much, that is why I am buying a ham too. I figure I will make Caesar salad. For appetizers: a shrimp plate, a veggie plate along with pepperoni and cheese, nuts, olives, pickles, fruit....so they can pick at stuff.
Then for the main meal, Turkey, Ham, gravy, stuffing, mashed potatoes, boiled onions, corn, peas, asparagus, broccoli, cranberry sauce and fresh rolls. I am making so many veggies because not every body likes them all so they can have a choice.
Boston creme pie and eclairs for dessert, I think his sister will bring her famous cheese cake. I hope I am not forgetting anything. I really just want it to be over with because I want to decorate for Christmas....hee hee
Below is an entry from my old journal its is the Good Old Days:
Be sure to refill the ice trays, we're going to have company after while.
Watch for the postman, I want to get this letter to Aunt Mary in the mail today.
Quit slamming the screen door when you are on your way out!
Be sure and pull the windows down when you leave, it looks like a shower is coming up.
Don't forget to wind the clock before you go to bed.
Wash your feet before you go to bed, they are nasty from playing outside all day barefooted.
Why can't you remember to roll up your pant legs? Getting them caught in the bicycle chain so many times is tearing them up.
You have torn the knees out of that pair of pants so many times there is nothing left to put a patch on.
Don't you go outside with your good school clothes on!
Go comb your hair; it looks like the rats have nested in it all night.
Be sure and pour the cream off the top of the milk when you open the new bottle.
Take that empty bottle to the store with you so you won't have to pay a deposit on another one.
Put a dish towel over the cake so the flies won't get on it.
Quit jumping on the floor! I have a cake in the oven and you are going to make it fall if you don't quit!
Let me know when the Fuller Brush man comes by, I need to get a few things from him.
You boys stay close by, the car may not start and I will need you to help push it off.
There's a dollar in my purse, get 5 gallons of gas when you go to town.
Open the back door and see if we can get a breeze through here, it is getting hot.
You can walk to the store; it won't hurt you to get some exercise.
Don't sit too close to the TV. It is hard on your eyes.
If you pull that stunt again, I am going to wear you out!
Don't lose that button; I'll sew it back on after awhile.
Wash under your neck before you come to the table, you have beads of dirt and sweat all under there.
Get out from under the sewing machine; pumping it messes up the thread!
Be sure and fill the lamps this morning so we don't have to do that tonight in the dark.
Here, take this old magazine to the toilet with you when you go, we are almost out of paper out there.
Go out to the well and draw a bucket of water so I can wash dishes.
Don't turn the radio on now, I want the battery to be up when the Grand Ole Opry comes on.
Eat those vegetables, they'll make you big and strong like your daddy.
That dog is NOT coming in this house! I don't care how cold it is out there, dogs just don't come in the house.
Sit still! I'm trying to get your hair cut straight and you keep moving and it is all botched up.
Hush your mouth! I don't want to hear words like that! I'll wash your mouth out with soap!
It is time for your system to be cleaned out. I am going to give you a dose of castor oil tonight.
If you get a spanking in school and I find out about it, you'll get another one when you get home.
Quit crossing your eyes! They will get stuck that way!
Soak your foot in this pan of coal oil so that bad cut won't get infected.
When you take your driving test, don't forget to signal each turn. Left arm straight out the window for a left turn; left arm bent up at the elbow for a right turn; and straight down to the side of the door when you are going to stop.
It is: "Yes Ma'am!" and "No Ma'am!" to me, young man, and don't you forget it!
Y'all come back now, ya hear!
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slinky, clackers hot wheels and gi joe was cool.
I had playdough and slinkys when I was a kid too, lol. My all time favorites tho were: tea sets, my cabbage patch doll (I name her lisa, my brother sat on her head and it came off :(, my peaches and cream barbie (I threw all of my barbies away when I turned 11 cuz I thought I was grown), pj sparkles (Even when she stopped sparkling and all she had left was her painted on bathing suit I still loved her, lol), my smurfmobile (my mom gave it away when I was too big to ride it anymore, I still wanted to keep it) , I had a strawberry short cake bike ( my first bike, I begged my dad to take the training wheels off, lol)...gosh, so many memories... :)
The one present that is most memorable to me is the I Dream of Jeannie doll that had the long pony tail?...I think that long pony tail lasted until Dec 27th before one of my three older brothers cut it off. So I had the only Jeannie doll with a crew cut. LOL But I loved her anyway!
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