Remember When

[bacali]

Walking? Well, I do remember.... through the meadows and up mountains...
Actually I tried to catch the school bus, but, if I didn't.. my walk was over a mile, too.

Remember "Veni, Vidi, Vici "  .... I came , I saw , I conquered.
First thing I learned in Latin class, and I still remember it.     
The teacher would be so proud of me.     

[ponytail]

Never took Latin. We had German and French in junior high that we had to take.

Remember those awkward PE classes where they taught you how to dance and for your final grade you had to dance with the boy's PE instructor?

[Sergeant Prankster]

Sarge never danced with his PE instructor!   He did, however, wash out of Mrs. Botsford's (that was her name--no kidding!) school of etiquette, dance, and culture for young men and women of fine breeding.  He still has nightmares about being tapped on the shoulder by Mrs. Botsford's arm extension----a long pole with a small feather duster at the end.  It was a sign of her displeasure.  Just thinking about it still gives him the willies.  Yikes! <shudder>

[Prairie Dawn]

Remember those HUGE one piece snowsuits your mother would CRAM you into so you could play outside in the snow? 

(For about ten minutes......then you would have to go in to use the bathroom   )

[bacali]

Remember those HUGE one piece snowsuits your mother would CRAM you into so you could play outside in the snow? 

(For about ten minutes......then you would have to go in to use the bathroom   )

Oh, my Lord, YES.... you couldn't move in them.

Remember the smell of the burning leaves in the Fall before we ever heard of air pollution?
And , falling in those huge raked up piles.... so much fun.

[Prairie Dawn]

LOVED jumping in the leaves!

Remember when you would go Trick or Treating and neighbors would invite you in for cider and cookies?

[ponytail]

Remember going to Progressive Dinners? Each hostess would serve one part of the meal and you would travel from house to house. Never see those anymore.

[bacali]

Remember-- Tupperware parties?
I had so much Tupperware... but, it was the only way to get out of the house and away from the children...way back then...

[ponytail]

Yep--been to one or two of those.

And Avon--and Mary Kay

[Snowbird]

Remember when adults use to tell us if we crossed our eyes they might freeze that way. 
Remember when adults use to tell us if we hung upside down or stood on our heads that the blood would rush to our heads.  I use to wonder if it would rush to our feet when we stood up. 

[ponytail]

...and coffee stunts your growth.

Remember when you used to make your Halloween costumes instead of buying them at the store?

[bacali]

I remember , even with my own children, coming home and putting a towel on the living room rug and dumping all our "loot" out.
We were all so excited just to get all these different kinds of candy.  My hubby usually confiscated anything chocolate. Were those great days or not?
Now, the trick or treaters throw out the candy.You have to be so careful. Sad.
This takes all the fun out of the whole experience.

[ponytail]

Remember those Thanksgiving pageants you put on for your parents at school? So much fun.

[bacali]

Remember trying to get the "item" of that Christmas season and none of the stores had any left.
One in particular..... I remember....is the Cabbage patch doll.  And she HAD to have it !!!

[bacali]

When I was young, my parents used to call fridge...the icebox. ( even though it was long past that time of the box with the ice )