Hellooooooooo out there!

Hows everyone? Im doing pretty good. About time for a nap though! I had a song stuck in my head today. Then I realized that it was a jingle from a commercial they played when I was a kid. Do you remember the "C&H Pure Cane Sugar" commercials? Made in Hawaii, grown in the sun? I had that song stuck in my head today. I clearly remember the commercial and remember singing along. Hawaiin ladies dancing with grass skirts on.

I started thinking about some of the other commercials from when I was a child. "Weebles wobble but they dont fall down", "A Slinky, a Slinky, everyone loves a Slinky", "Give it to Mikey, he'll eat anything". Do you remember the ones for Silly Putty? My mom hated that one. Especially after she bought it for me, I left it in my pocket, it went through the laundry and ended up on everything in the dryer. I never had silly putty again. EVER lol

It's amazing to me that kids these days don't enjoy being a kid anymore. Its all about being grown up. WHen I was a kid, being grown up was putting play makeup on my giant Barbie doll head. Or cutting the hair off of my Barbies lol I had many bald Barbies. I wish I had it now, it would probably be worth a small fortune, my Donny and Marie Osmond dolls. They held theyre own microphones and had a set of clothes to change them into. Those were the days. I dont remember what they were called, but I had a sand type of toy also. It was only about 1/4 inch thick and had white and blue sand in it. Oh yes, The Magic Window! You could also get one that was white and pink sand that glowed in the dark. You turned it around and made mountain shapes or whatever your little mind could fathom. I remember getting the glow in the dark one for my 6th birthday. I was so excited. I tore it out of the cardboard display box, ran to my sisters room, turned on her lamp, put it on top to "charge" it and ran off to play. an hour later there was a nice light bulb sized hole in the center of it. My parents were shocked it didnt start a fire and they bought me a new one later that week on the condition I didnt put it on lamps anymore.

Kids are in such a hurry to grow up. They dont realize until they really are grown, how precious being a kid is. I can only hope that one day things will change and kids will be kids. Be kind to them, let them play, remember what it was like when you were 5...

Wow its been a while!

I've been good, been keeping myself busy, and not letting things get me down too much. I will be posting more later, but tonight I'm playing games and relaxing... :)

Looking forward to better days

Well its been a long time since I last posted. So much has been going on. My husband has been fighting infection and dealing with the RSD, my mother had a stroke and I ended up flying to be with her for a while, my psoriasis is flaring... The last couple of months have been hectic to say the least. I find myself wanting to yell out "Calgon take me away!" lol for those of you who are too young, Calgon was a bath soak back in the day, may still be on the market although I haven't looked for it and I haven't seen any commercials for it either.

So today is my step daughters birthday. She was born on Friday the 13th which used to be an inside joke that is was the reason she was so evil lol But in the past few years she has grown into such a beautiful woman with a family, including a step son of her own. It is so wonderful to spend time with her now as an adult. When she was young, it was rough. She put me to the test bit time and did her best to make my life as hard as possible. But as she got older God did his handy work and she became an incredible woman. I find myself talking to her on the phone and giggling with her about our men and just having a genuinely good time talking with her. I am amazed with her. She is caring, considerate, loving and kind to people and animals. So her and her husband are coming up to visit us because in her words, "All I want for my birthday is to spend it with you guys". So I have her cake ordered, we are going out to dinner with them and we will spend the day together talking, maybe playing games together, possibly watch a movie. Its these quality times that I charish so much. Never being able to have children of my own, she stepped up and became mine anyway. I cant say enough about her and how wonderful she is.

I love you Camie, Happy Birthday sweetie!