Working Wives & Bachelorettes: Back to the Future

Ok, so I dropped the ball yesterday – it was my turn to post. But the work day vanished in front of my eyes (most seem to be doing that these days) and even when I got home from work – we were right out the door to do some shopping.

Can someone please tell me how it is the end of October already? This whole year went WAY too fast. In fact, in Walmart last night there was a sign that said “61 Days Till Christmas.” Really, 61 days? Crap.

So then, I was laying in bed, and I was having a hard time falling asleep. Where exactly have the last 26 years of my life gone? They have flown by. It seems like yesterday I was getting my miniature Porsche 914 Power Wheels (which matched by dad’s REAL car) for my 16^th birthday. Now, here I am, getting married and buying a house? Weird.

I tell the little kids who ride at the barn and complain that they “can’t wait to grow up” that they don’t really want to grow up… it is WAY more fun to be little! And I wish I could go back in time – maybe not forever, but at least for a bit! Which, brings me to my Top 10 List for the day:

10 Most Memorable Items from Childhood:

10. My New Kids on the Block tape – loved me some NKOTB! In fact, it was the first concert I ever went to!

9. Troll Dolls – so weird and creepy, but for some reason I had a TON of them. I’m sure they are still in a box at my parent’s house

8. Beanie Babies – yes, I took part in this fad. However, I do not have hundreds of them. Maybe just 30 or so. But my favorite one was the Democratic Donkey, Lefty.

7. Grand Champion Horses – I had dozens of them! I didn’t collect the Breyer horses. These ones were my favorites – I had the English and the Western farms.

6. Kaboodles – what girl didn’t have one, or two, or three?

5. Stirrup pants – I HATED them, and maybe that is why it is so memorable for me. I always felt like I was pulling them up. They never fit me right.

4. Starter Jackets – like most boys and girls, I owned one of these. I had a Notre Dame Fighting Irish pull-over coat.

3. 2XL Toy Robot – long before Nintendo DS or DSi, I had 2XL “The Smartest Toy Robot in the World.” It was an interactive tape player. Lots of entertainment for long trips.

2. Skip It – “c’mon kids, gather round’ see what just skipped into town. Skip It, Skip It! But the very best thing of all, there’s a counter on this ball, try and see if you can beat your very best score, see if you can jump a whole lot more!” Strange that I remember the commercial. But my neighbors, Erika, Jessica and I, used to have contests to see who could get the highest number.

1. Barbies – how can these not make the list? These, I had hundreds of.

I probably could have made a top 100 list – Lite-Brite, Talkboy, Guess Who, and the list would go on and on… I LOVED being a little kid. It felt like time stood still then.

Not anymore. Here’s to wishing we could add just a few more hours to each day…