Blog to the future...ode to the 80's

You grew up in the 80s if . . .


I did not write this I found it online, but man oh man can I RELATE!!!

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word SIKE
2. You watched the Pound Puppies
3. You can sing the rap to the Fresh Prince of Bel-Air and can do the Carlton Dance
4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy
5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.
6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls
7. You know that "WOAH" comes from Joey on Blossom
8. Two words: Hammer Pants
9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock"
10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and spokey-dokes or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect
11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales" (Woo ooh!)
12. It was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons
13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head
14. You saw the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles on the big screen...and still know the turtles names
15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school
16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side
17. You played the game "MASH" (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)
18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it
19. L.A. Gear....need I say more?
20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM" in Kindergarten. (She's Truly Outrageous.)
21. You remember reading Tales of a fourth grade nothing and all The Ramona books
22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF"
23. You wanted to be a Goonie
24. You ever wore fluorescent neon clothing (some of us...head-to-toe)
25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted
26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf
27. You took lunch boxes to school...and traded Garbage Pailkids in the schoolyard
28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets
29. You still get the urge to say "NOT" after every sentence
30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts
31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band
32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hook up.
33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.
34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly shoes.
35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"
36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"
37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.
38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.
39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.
40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.
41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.
42. You remember Popples
43. Don't worry, be happy
44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.
45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do..getting yelled at by younger hip members of the family)
46. You remember boom boxes and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.
47. You remember watching both Gremlins movies.
48. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!!"
49. You remember watching Rainbow Bright and & My Little Pony Tales
50. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot
51. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac
52. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool...and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB"
53. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By The Bell," The ORIGINAL class
54. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - > YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME
55. You just sang those words to yourself
56. You remember watching Magic vs. Bird
57. Homemade Levi shorts.. (the shorter the better)
58. You remember when mullets were cool!
59. You had a mullet!
60. You still sing "We are the World"
61. You tight rolled (pegged) your jeans
62. You owned a banana clip
63. You remember "Where's the Beef?"
64. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' 'bout Willis?
65. You had big hair and you knew how to use it
66. You're still singing shot through the heart in your head, aren't you!

a bump on a blog

Yeah, so I had a lot on my to do list today...instead I decided to get my kids dressed up and take pictures. :) (Actually I dressed up two and undressed one because I wanted to document his irresistable chubbies!)

Blog-gone Cute

My kids have been thrilled with the 65 degree weather this week. My daughter asked today if the WARTHOG saw it's shadow.
"The Warthog?" I asked
"Yeah mom, you know on Warthog's day???"

She would kill me if she knew I posted this. :)

Top 10 Reasons Why I Homeschool

Somebody suggested I do this so here it goes! In no particular order.

10. I have always wanted my children to be individuals.

9. I believe in spontaneity and flexibility in education.

8. I want a very close family.

7. I don't want my kids to grow up too fast.

6. I don't want my kids out of the house for 8+ hours every day.

5. I love that my kids will be able to spend lots of time on the things that really excite them!

4. I feel like God asked me to and He has never let me down when I obeyed.

3. I don't want my kids labeled, held back, or rushed in their education.

2. Sleeping in

1. It is one of the most challenging things I have ever attempted and it is helping me become more patient, loving, and less self-absorbed. I always joked that I didn't have the gift of serving and God decided it was high time I developed it! In the same year he called me to homeschool and teach Sunday School every Sunday. When will I learn to stop saying "I will never..." to God! :)

What's the blog deal?

I am sad today. My Jacky-boy has a loose tooth. It's so funny how my perspective changes with each child. With my oldest, Jacey, I was thrilled with each new milestone. Always so excited to see what she would do next. It was so amazing to see her do new things that she couldn't do before and to brag to anyone who would listen about her new feat! Now she is just old enough that I look back at pictures with regret. Wishing I could have that moment back and that I hadn't rushed her quite so much. I hate that I so often wish that I could have done things differently.

With Jackson it was much different. First he is a completely different person than Jacey. He let me know right off the bat that he was going to be calling the shots and I had to gently mold him to avoid wrath! My regrets from my first-born helped me to just let him be and laugh, rather than stress out about the next milestone. So now instead of a loose tooth being exciting, it is heart breaking. I know that a season is ending and I will never have it back. The days are fast approaching when the baby fat will fade, his smile will change, his chubby hands and feet which I love so much will become bigger and stronger. God forbid the day will come when he doesn't want to hug and kiss me and I am no longer the prettiest woman in his life. Don't get me wrong I know I will celebrate all the great things that happen to him and the man he will become, but it will hurt when I am not the one he wants to marry anymore. :)

This blog really did not have much of a purpose...just a mother's mourning. Probably not rational, but painful nonetheless!