June 17, 2009

Blast From The Past; Livin That Country Song...

I've been reminiscing a lot about my childhood lately; Remembering the days before, yet leading up to my life altering and impending Amish makeover...These were some good years...I think its only as an adult that I can finally appreciate what I had growing up; An easier life with less stress where my only worries were whats for dinner? and do I really have to take that nap? I realize that this doesn't apply to everyone out there, and it certainly doesn't apply to every moment of my young life, and that's okay. It just makes the times that it does apply, that much sweeter to remember...So I hope you don't mind while I take us back to what this life of little worry looked like 19 years ago...

I'm the one with the widows peek snorting water out of my nose:p

This was me! Non matching shoe laces, hideous pants and all but life was good while holding that lollipop:p

I was 6 and living in probably the smallest town known to man somewhere in the heart of Pennsylvania. Our town had one main road with no stop lights, a post office and one tiny gas station. "It's a good place to raise a family," I'd hear my dad say growing up, all the while knowing he wanted to be anywhere but there...Now that I think about it, he was right...Glen Hope is the sort of place famous country singers write songs about. It's that slow town where everyone knows your name and where Mr. and Mrs. Pearl, on those hot summer days, give Popsicles out to all the neighboring children. It is full of first of the month church potlucks, American flags and grandma and grandpa in their rockers watching the world pass by. You couldn't walk down a street or side walk without seeing the childhood games of Tic Tac Toe and Hop Scotch drawn out in squirrely chalk...Between that and the jump ropes every kid owned, life didn't get much better...Summer was my favorite time of year. It was full of frequent trips to the local swimming hole, later bedtimes due to longer days, The smells of Grandad grilling while we played Kick The Can and caught fire flies by the jar. Running bare footed, I would eat my weight in watermelon while taking special care to also raid my grandma's berry bushes every chance I got:p This was the age of jelly shoes, penny candy and a time where EVERYONE drank Pepsi out of a can. During those years, kids didn't play video games or spend hours upon hours watching T.V. Nope, mom and dad booted their butts outside and used catch phrases like "Go get the stink blown off of you." My own mother used this one a lot! These are just a few of the happy memories I have. I've always appreciated that I have them, but lately I've been acknowleding them more then normal. It could be that I've finally realized I'm getting older and older and further away form theses memories. Or it could be all the recent stress development at work doing it...Either way, thank you for letting me share:) Writing about those days do a lot for my in ability to relax, Ha! What about ya'll? I'd love to hear what you remember being great as a kid:)

A must edit: Two nights in a row I've been accosted by ugly little creatures of this earth! Last night I was out walking Bella when her and I was attacked by a very white and very hyper bat, EKK! While just now I was out, yet again, walking my puppy and as soon as my feet hit the sidewalk across the street from our apartment, fifteen humungo flying cockroaches started running at my feet! NOT really liking Georgia at night right now...

16 comments:

  1. Cute memories!! My brother and I used to pack "picnics" and go "explore" all day during the summer. In reality, we bagged up some fudge and pb sammies and dug around in the backyard hahaah!

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  2. My mom totally used to lock us out of the house so she could vaccuum. Haha your memories were sweet - something you definitely write down and share with your kids.

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  3. I always enjoy a little pause for childhood nostagia. :)

    Bats and cockroaches? Dead God, let me never be posted to GA. Please.

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  4. great memories!!!!!! i remember going for rides with my best friend erica in the "sloppy ja-lopy" pulled by our older( and now gay) neighbor boy down the street. we'd go o "moonlit cruises" around the block( we lived on a cul-de-sac/dead-end) ahhhhh that was the life......trips to the pool and climbing tall tall trees.....so simple!!
    oh and about your flying buggies.......Florida has them to! before my hubby joined the army we lived there for about a year. soooooooo nasty i know what your talking about unfortunatley!
    thanks for sharing your memories...its taken me back to mine!!!

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  5. Aw, I enjoyed that! I always remember playing outside with neighborhood kids and in our back yard. No matter what though I always had to be home when the porch light came on. I remember the toy "skip it" that was many many hours worth of use!

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  6. I would totally love to go back to childhood- it's great. Thanks for the glimpse into yours. PS: I am not officially completely UNINTERESTED in Georgia. Bats, flying cockroaches... NO THANK YOU!

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  7. Great post girl! Wonderful memories, mine was similar to this. I also lived in a VERY small town with one street. Good times! Thanks for taking me back to those memories of my own ;)

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  8. Cute pics :)

    By the way...your edits freaked me out!!!

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  9. I love reading about people's memories. Even when you don't have the best childhood/teenage years, you still remember the good memories. Nothing is ever all bad, at least not that I've found. The things I remember the most are my grandparents family reunions, and the wax bottles with the sugary liquid inside that we would always have as kids. Candy cigarrettes...can you even get those still????

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  10. That sounds like the perfect kinda town. : ) This made me smile, like huge. = D

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  11. What sweet memories and adorable pics!!

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  12. allright after the bat and flying cockroaches I cant remember what I was going to post about your memories. I'm just feeling icky reading about the cockroaches and you must really love your doggie to take her out and face those!

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  13. My mom used to lock the door too sometimes.

    Once all four of us "ran away" to the backyard and ate berries, drank water from the faucet, and stayed in our playhouse. We came in for dinner and my mom seemed so relaxed and happy. Probably the day of peace and quiet did her some good, and she was probably hoping we would "run away" again!

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  14. Aww I love a stroll down memory lane :)

    Very cute!

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  15. This was a great post! Your childhood sounds so much fun :)

    Somehow I doubt you'll be fondly posting in 10 years about bats and cochroaches though. ew!

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  16. I loved reading this! I lived in a pretty small town too and there were a lot of kids right around my street that I was really close with. *I'm a bridesmaid in one of their weddings next year actually* We used to play kick the can and catch fireflies all summer long. As well as playing "house" in the woods, long days of swimming and bike riding, walking down to 7-11 for some sort of treat. We were almost never inside and i definitely didn't even want to come home until I had to (I would here my dad whistling for me from the front porch)Thanks for making me think of all those great memories.

    I think I would be traumatized from the bat and roaches!!

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