How do you entertain a 3-year old in the evening when it’s dark by 5:30, blustery-cold outside, and you desperately need a respite from Candyland? If you’ve been craving something sweet like I have, you make sugar cookies. The imp and I had been planning a sugar cookie date all week long. I proposed making hearts as an [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘80’s’
July 10, 2008
Showing My Age: 80’s Style- Vol. 4
Give me a nostalgic twitch and a spare hour (or two), and I will come up with an 80’s post.
This Stawberry Shortcake in Big Apple City board game was based on a TV Special of the same name. I’m guessing that it was my first dabble into the world of cross-marketing to children. I don’t [...]
May 17, 2008
From The Baby-Sitters Club to Sweet Valley High: My Favorite Young Adult Books
The transition from pre-chick to mid-chick lit was relatively painless thanks to great books like these (shown with the covers as they were when I read them):
Sweet Valley High books were to my young adulthood what Trixie Belden books had been to my childhood– absolute reading bliss. I followed the series obsessively faithfully until I had [...]
May 15, 2008
From Trixie to Taffy: My Favorite Childhood Books
I have been an avid reader ever since the 2nd grade when my teacher, Mrs. Morgan, dazzled and impressed me (and every other kid in class) with her animated readings of Charlotte’s Web, Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, and the Mrs. Piggle Wiggle series. Like many, I devoured standards such as The Wonderful World of Oz, The Secret [...]
May 3, 2008
Showing My Age: 80’s Style- Vol. 3
Just when I thought I was over striped jeans and Jiffy Pop popcorn, Taoist Biker had to publish a comprehensive series of 80’s music blogs. That, coupled with finding an image of McDonald’s Garfield mugs I once owned, launched another nostalgia bender.
Was there any better way in 1981 to express your friendship than to place a bunch of [...]
March 14, 2008
Showing My Age: 80’s Style- Vol. 2
I couldn’t resist one more walk down memory lane (click here for the first trip).
Scratch n Sniff stickers will always hold a place near and dear to my heart. I spent many a Friday night selecting “grab bags” of stickers from the It’s a Small World store on the mall. Those stickers promptly found a [...]
February 24, 2008
Showing My Age: 80’s Style- Vol. 1
Veggie Macabre posted recently about cheesy intro songs for 80’s sitcoms (videos included). As I watched an insane amount of television in my childhood, these videos were a fun walk down memory lane. While on memory lane, I thought I would reflect on a few more things I enjoyed back in the 80’s. [This inspired my husband to [...]
