Childhood musings

Since my 40th birthday is literally a few days away, Jay has been asking a lot of questions about what I liked as a kid from food to TV shows to toys. So I thought I would do some musings here:

Food:
The food I remember most was fried chicken with mash potatoes and brussel sprouts. I remember on all the different holidays, my mom Karen, would make sugar cookies and put frosting on them. For example for St. Patrick's day she made shamrock shaped sugar cookies with green frosting. I also remember we would have hot dogs or bologna sandwiches with Fritos for lunch. I also remember her making sun tea out of Lipton tea. Honey Nut Cherrios was my favorite breakfast cereal and loved it when my dad made his AWESOME Belgian Waffles (from scratch) we would have it with vanilla ice cream and yummy strawberries. Oh! I remember on Fridays, Chris (my older brother, back then he was actually nice to me) and I would make pizza at home and when Dad came home from work we would eat and then go out an get an album (a vinyl that is!).

Now a days my food taste is a bit different as many of you know. However I still love Honey Nut Cheerios, mash potatoes, brussel sprouts, my Dad's AWESOME Belgian Waffles, pizza, and sugar cookies with frosting (I can not make a decent frosting though!) plus much more!

TV Shows and movies:

My very first movie in an actual theater was Disney's Pete's Dragon! I still love that movie, sadly I do not own it. TV shows...hum....I remember Scooby Doo, Bugs Bunny, Mighty Mouse and Green Acres. Funny thing about Green Acres, I can not sit down to watch it without Saltine Crackers! That is because I remember sitting to watch it and my mom Karen, would give me Saltine Crackers as a snack.

Today's favorite shows consist of CSI and others you can find on my Amazon Wish list (the link is on this blog).

Books:
My favorite book as a child was Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss. I also loved the Golden Book The Bunny Story.

Now my favorite author of all times is Jane Austen. I also enjoy Sir Arthur Cohan Doyle and Margery Allingham.

Toys:
Favorite toys as a child were the Little People Play House (I had the School room, and the House - and these were the wooden ones, not the crappy plastic they have today!), Baby Chrissy Doll, Holly Hobbit, and the little stuff animals. :-) I remember may Dad bring home boxes and I would make doll houses out of them and play for hours on the stairs with my little stuff animals...funny I preferred those over Barbie, however I still liked Barbie.

That is all I can remember at the moment, I am sure I will remember more as Jay continues to ask questions.

In the mean time....

Peace!
C & R