WBRepo-Ship of Thieves-Remember the Magic Pt 11

[katypop]

Since everyone started posting pictures....I made myself crazy trying to figure out where all my childhood pictures are since mom died. My brother cleaned out the house and we each have a storage shed filled with her stuff. I talked to my brother today and asked him. Then I walked past a big box under my desk at home and voila!!! All of mom's pictures were in that box. WOW I didn't even know they were there. I just didn't remember from a year and a half ago when everything was crazy. So I'll go through them and post some on here in the next couple of days.

John has posession of his pictures and that box is handy so I'll post some of him too.

Time to take a walk down memory lane.

Hi Deb I'm glad you found the pics
Hope John is feeling better soon. How are your legs? Any sign of improvment? I hope so!

Kathe

 

[katypop]

You would be proud of me.....Brooke wore peach capris and purple shoes today

Not caught up and not going to try. I love and miss you guys though Is it Friday

Hi Gaylean If Brooke wore a big smile with them, then that is all that counts

Kathe

 

[katypop]

Just want to send hugs to Lisa and to anyone else in need of them.
Kathe

 

[gaylean93]

It's probably a good thing that I was never a father, because I think I would have been very strict. This is probably what my kids would have looked like:

Well they would be really out of style.

 

[gaylean93]

When I got this in my email, I thought of all of the nostalgic pictures everyone is sharing here. I love them and this fits right in with them.



TO ALL THE KIDS WHO SURVIVED THE

1930's, 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's!!

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they were pregnant.

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a can and didn't get tested for diabetes.

Then after that trauma, we were put to sleep on our tummies in baby cribs covered with bright colored lead-base paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, locks on doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had baseball caps not helmets on our heads.

As infants & children, we would ride in cars with no car seats, booster seats, seat belts or air bags.

Riding in the back of a pick up truck on a warm day was always a special treat.

We drank water from the garden hose and not from a bottle.

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and no one actually died from this.

We ate cupcakes, white bread, real butter and bacon. We drank Kool-aid made with real white sugar. And, we weren't overweight. WHY?

Because we were always outside, playing....that's why!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day. And, we were O.K.

We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes a few times,we learned to solve the problem.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo's and X-boxes. There were no video games, no 150 channels on cable, no video movies or DVD's, no surround-sound or CD's, no cell phones, no personal computers, no Internet and no chat rooms.

WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

We were given BB guns for our 10th birthdays, made up games with sticks and tennis balls and, although we were told it would happen, we did not put out very many eyes.

We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just walked in and talked to them.

Little League had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to learn to deal with disappointment.

Imagine that!!

The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the law!

These generations have produced some of the best risk-takers problem solvers and inventors problem solvers and inventors ever.

The past 50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.

We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned how to deal with it all.

If YOU are one of them? CONGRATULATIONS!

You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated so much of our lives for our own good.

While you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave and lucky their parents were.

Kind of makes you want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it ?

~

The quote of the month is by Jay Leno:

'With hurricanes, tornados, fires out of control, mud slides, flooding, severe thunderstorms tearing up the country from one end to another, and with the threat of bird flu and terrorist attacks, are we sure this is a good time to take God out of the Pledge of Allegiance?'

I loved riding in the back of trucks. My kids get to do it at the river and they love it too. I wish the kids could go outside and play and not come home until dark

 

[gaylean93]

Oh no.....I just heard on the news that a 15 year old boy and a 13 year old girl in Jr. High in Arkansas were having sex in school and they put it on the internet. How sad is that. I would be scared to raise a child today. Think about their peer pressure?

Haven't you heard about the lipstick game The girls put different color lipstick on and the girl wins if her color is on the most guys and I don't mean kissing either What do these girls get from this?

 

[gaylean93]

Hi Gaylean If Brooke wore a big smile with them, then that is all that counts

Kathe

She did I need to be a cooler mom.

 

[HollyTyler]

Sounds like it's going to be a very exciting trip for you and Tyler, Holly I bet he'll be jumping up and down all weekend, once you tell him, sure you want to tell him this early

Absolutely! I want him to feel as excited as I am.

 

[katypop]

Absolutely! I want him to feel as excited as I am.

Have fun telling him Holly! Just wanted to say hi and bye! I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open, so I'll soon be off to bed. I need to get up early to clean my house, make chili and maybe a cheese dip for Sunday, then I go into work until midnight.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Kathe

 

[katypop]

She did I need to be a cooler mom.

I think you're already a pretty cool mom

Kathe

 

[HollyTyler]

Have fun telling him Holly! Just wanted to say hi and bye! I'm having trouble keeping my eyes open, so I'll soon be off to bed. I need to get up early to clean my house, make chili and maybe a cheese dip for Sunday, then I go into work until midnight.

Have a good weekend everyone!

Kathe

Hi and bye Kathe! Goodnight!

 

[HollyTyler]

Wow, I've been gone a couple hours and NOBODY POSTED.

Well, I have to get to sleep anyway. No Friday night partying for me. Goodnight all!

 

[gaylean93]

I think you're already a pretty cool mom

Kathe

Thanks I'm having a hard time.

 

[gaylean93]

Wow, I've been gone a couple hours and NOBODY POSTED.

Well, I have to get to sleep anyway. No Friday night partying for me. Goodnight all!

What is this about?

 

[tink1963]

Hello everyone, I'm here.

I loved riding in the back of trucks. My kids get to do it at the river and they love it too. I wish the kids could go outside and play and not come home until dark

I use to love to stay out playing until dark. But back then we didn't have computers or video games either. It was bikes and outdoor stuff with the neighborhood kids.

 

[tink1963]

She did I need to be a cooler mom.

You are the coolest mom.

 

[tink1963]

Wow, I've been gone a couple hours and NOBODY POSTED.

Well, I have to get to sleep anyway. No Friday night partying for me. Goodnight all!

Holly, I think you might still be here. Your green light is on. So you decided to stay for the friday night gab fest

 

[gaylean93]

Hello everyone, I'm here.



I use to love to stay out playing until dark. But back then we didn't have computers or video games either. It was bikes and outdoor stuff with the neighborhood kids.

I'm sure my kids would rather be with other kids but they can't go out front much because other kids don't go out so there is no one to keep them out of trouble and apparently horrible people want them

 

[gaylean93]

You are the coolest mom.

SSSHHH Nan doesn't know it yet and all the others but I love to razz Nan

 

[gaylean93]

Holly, I think you might still be here. Your green light is on. So you decided to stay for the friday night gab fest

I'm going to call her.