WAY BACK WHEN

I clicked on a link at Facebook and boy was I happy to see this site. It takes us all back to the the 60′s when things were so much more simple and relaxed. As I read the content, boy I had to agree with just about everything on it. I remembered my mother using that coke bottle with a stopper on it and sprinkling laundry to iron them.

 I used to love the smell of freshly ironed clothes. Mom had the same wooden ironing board until we had to sell the contents of the house and the board never sold. It remained in the house for the next owner. We had a big old wooden radio in the kitchen that sat on the counter for years. It still worked, but was replaced with a microwave oven. Not sure where the radio went, but wish I still had it now..it would be worth more than it was then. 

So many new conveniences that make our lives easier, or do they? I can remember it taking all day for mom to make a big pot of soup and her tending to it ..made the house smell so wonderful. Now the crock-pot does that in no time and it tastes similar but not really the same. Did your family ever use Green Stamps? We got them at the local A&P store for groceries we bought. I knew we had to go out of town just to redeem them. Mom bought an iron and many other items we needed at home. I can still taste that nasty glue they had on them. Mom made us kids do the licking of the stamps.

Everything is fast now.. the faster the better, some say. I am one to think that slow is better to enjoy every minute of life. Nice to look back on things that really help us see how far we have come along.

HOPE YOUR WEEKEND IS A GREAT ONE!!

MEMORY LANE

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So many here in spaces are relating stories from their past

and childhood.. so here is one of mine…

 

Long ago… when I was back in grade school, I used to love

Valentines day and making those little envelopes to keep

the valentines in from all the kids in the class. My 2nd grade teacher

decided that each one of us would pick a name out of a

bowl and we would get that person a special little surprise.

I picked the name of a person I didn’t like that much, but I had

to go along with the class. Some kids were trading names

back and forth so they could get their favorites. I asked to

trade with someone, but no one wanted to.

 

I remember going to our then 5&10 cent store and looking

for just the right thing for a surprise. it had to be small and inexpensive.

I decided on Silly Putty because the package it came in

was red and it was small. I wrapped it up in some old

tissue paper my mom had and placed it in the envelope when I got

to school. We could not hardly wait to have the party and open those

envelopes up. Some added candy to theirs and some had more

expensive things than others. I thought maybe mine would not

be all that great, but when I opened up my envelope that had

my valentines in it.. LOW AND BEHOLD  someone had bought

ME silly putty too!! I just laughed over that. I watched the kid’s face

when they opened their envelope.. there was a big smile on that

face so I knew it was okay.   Funny how we remember those times

in our lives as the best and they were the most simple ones.

 

 

I wish we all could go back to the simple times in life, maybe we would

all be a lot better off.

Supposed to be in the high 40′s here again today and I am sure going

to enjoy every minute of it.

 

HOPE  YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL DAY TOO!

CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS…

 
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Do you and your family have a special holiday ritual or tradition?

I try to take my picture with the Christmas tree every year.

Don’t care if the whole tree is in the picture or not. The

background is what is so nice to to look at. I try differnt poses

until I get one I like. Digital cameras make this so much

easier. Instantly seeing what you look like saves you a lot

of guess work too. Mom used to make us sit near the tree

and have our pictures taken so I guess that is where I got

the idea from. Kids in our family always

have that one shot that is special. 

 

Dad got the tree with us kids helping pick it out. He always

set it up, and Mom decorated it

by herself, while dad was at work.I always loved the smell of pine

in the house. Mom always had an

angel on the top and we still have one there.. only this one is

smaller now. Mom hung Christmas cards all over the french doors

that led to our kitchen. Now people seldom send cards anymore..

they call or send an e mail. I think we got less

than 10 last year. Traditions have sure changed over

the years, and I am sure they will keep changing. I hope the

Christmas tree will live on forever in one way or another.

I hope traditions keep getting passed on for a long time too.

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HOPE YOU ALL……..

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY MOM!!

 

     HAPPY BIRTHDAY

                      MOM!!

 

It finally has come. Mom is 82.. she was born on MAY 8.

She never hestitates to tell you that either. She is proud to make

it to 82 and being able to stay home and feel well and lose weight

like she has and stick to her diet. She is strong willed and still

remembers things that some of us forget. {She knows she watched that

show last week and what went on!} She balances her checkbook herself..

with a little tiny bit of help, but can still do the math and keep the

bills going out on TIME!!   These are great achievements for her. She

never handled the money or the bills or the problems of running the household

until my father passed away. It was a whole new world to her and she

handled it fine. Despite her handicap state, being wheelchair restricted,

she still is active in the kitchen can cook some and dry the dishes.

She remembers where the shut off valves are in the house and

can tell you stories of when she and dad first came here to this

house and worked to get it liveable.

I cannot show you a picture of her with her cake sis bought her.

She is terrified of having her picture on the internet. I respect her wishes

with that..at least the recent ones anyway. The picture above, she says

was taken when she was between 18 and 20. She had a few taken when

they arrived from Tennessee in Michigan where dad had found work.

She sent pictures back to Tennessee to the family there. (for my

friends who read this and know her don’t tell her  I posted it

here..she would kill me… I am sure ) LOL…

Tonight’s dinner will be a “real meal day” complete with

ice cream and cake if she wishes, and I so hope she enjoys

the whole day.

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Gas went up 15 cents here yesterday to 3.89.9…Wonder what the

limit will be where people just stop going if they don’t have to

and buying it when they absolutely have to? We have reached it

here and I think others will join in soon too. 4.00 a gallon is

not as bad as it is in other countries, but when you are stuggling to pay

the bills it is too darn high!!!  So many in this country are

in a bad way now. I pray for the new president whoever it may be,

they have a hard hard job ahead of them.

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HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A GREAT DAY!!!

WAY BACK WHEN…

We are going back again in the past. Way back to when our

town had a DRIVE IN THEATRE..Ours started in 1950! Remember those???

If you are young, you probably don’t. They are rare to find now

days. Back then you could take a whole car of people to

the drive-in for 5$.They would do a head count so,some of us

(not saying who) would hide

in the trunk and then get out and watch the movie after the car

got inside the parking lot. The picture above depicts the ads that

would run on the screen telling us of the wonderful treats the snack

bar would sell. You could get just about everything in there.

A mini-type restaraunt in it’s day. Kids would take jobs there

to watch the movies and make money at the same time.

In our town there was a swing set and stuff set out for

the young kids to play on right in under that screen so

they would not get in the way.Parents took us kids

along so they could go out and view a movie without

paying a babysitter. Us kids would sometimes

dress in PJ’s and go to sleep in the back seat with

blankets if the adults were watching a double header

movie. Those usually lasted until near 1:00 AM.

Those were the days…Now the only drive in close

to us is miles away in COLDWATER MI. Many people go there

to just experience the whole adventure as it once was.

Now days you can tune your car radio into the station and

the sound for the screen comes into your car.

Back in the old days a speaker was placed onto your

window and you could only hear from one side of your

car. There was a large button you could turn the volume

up with.  The speakers were

on posts that divided each parking space.

Teens who drove used the parking lot

for all kinds of things after the movie started,

many a car had steamed up windows!!

Some kids sat on the roofs of the cars

on a hot summer night. When the movie ended

the drivers of the cars would blow their horns

in approval if they liked the films. I remember the

grown ups didn’t care for that as it woke the

kids up who were sleeping. On some weekends,

during the daytime, the large parking lot was

used for swap meets.

I just remember that we loved to go there and

it was always a treat even if us kids did not like the

movie we had lots of fun.

Hope you have fond memories too, if not you missed

out on a wonderful part of U.S. History.

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You name it we have it..rain,sleet and now more white stuff is

predicted.. (sigh) poor birdies!! I think March may be going out

like a LION this year here. 

HOPE YOU ALL HAVE  A GREAT DAY !!!