Flashback Friday!

Remember when? Christmas was about going to church, coming home going to sleep and never really being asleep?

When my first Brother and I were 11 and 10, we got up at 2am and found 1 gift that he got from Santa. It was a Chinese Checkers Board. We were obsessed with the game when we went to visit my grandmothers house on Sundays, we'd play against our Grandfather or Grandmother or our Aunts and uncles and cousins. We played and played everytime we visited. (which was like once a week atleast) So when we saw this game under the tree, we squirreled it away into my brother room and we played all night until 6am when we got couldn't contain the excitement any longer and went and woke up our little sister so she would wake up Mom and Dad.

Remember when, the last week before Christmas was time to decorate and finish up the shopping?

Remember when you would line up to go see Santa one last time just to be sure he didn't forget what you wrote him in that letter last week? You knew he had lots of letters, you really didn't want to get yours lost in the pile.

Remember when you would go to the see Santa at the local fire station (it was the biggest red/yellow truck available) and bring home a bag of candy? this stuff

*santascribe photo found on google

Remember when every classroom had a Christmas Tree from Primary to Grade 6?

Remember singing in a Christmas Concert at night? Or reading your prewritten part, because you didn't get picked to sing (please mouth the words).

Remember going door to door singing? but it wasn't singing to houses, you went singing to the Downtown stores instead which got really cold really quick?

What do you Remember from Christmas gone by? Have you kept any of those traditions or has time taken the innocence away? 

It must be the Moon?Random Tuesday

the Moon! that must be it, I'm totally out of sorts today. I'm in fog. I went to get youngest because he called from school, but he called back to say he's staying.  He's been sick since last Thursday with a bad stuffy cold but wants to go "down town" with his class today. He's pushing through. OK, so I figure I'll get some things done in town.I was 3/4 of the way there when he called the cell. Car answered.  I hate a wasted drive into Fredericton. I go to the bank, I try to put the checks? in the cash slot. after pressing Cash and Checks, I press no receipt and then wait for the thing to give me a receipt? 

Ok so I'm leaving the bank and some one is coming into park, they pick the spot beside me but I forget they are longer than I am, so have to then resteer to get out. Why didn't I think of that before I started out? because I'm so not into today. I did not hit the other car, I did not hit anyone. OK so as I'm heading back to my home, I spot the Dollarama.. what did I need. What did I need. I'll go in look around, and I'm sure it will come to me. 10 Plus dollaramas later I realized I didn't get the thing I needed. They are great there at that location, so I ask can I leave this here? and go back. yep off I go, pick up the scrubby sponges and check out again. As I'm checking out I'm dropping coins because I'm positive I have Cash in my bag enough. Yep. I think it's safe to say it's time to go home before I do more damage. 

Am I the only person that drives past every place saying "do I need something there?" before still driving on? I can't be the only person that has a running list in their head but never seems to accomplish any of it? 

Happy Tuesday I hope this is random enough, HA! oh the dentist office called. REmember way back when when every random Tuesday had a dentist appointment? well now it's mostly the phone calls reminding us they want more money. 
Speaking of dentist appointments, when you go to get fillings done who does the filling? Not the drilling but the actual filling of the tooth? 
 

Draft!

I started writing something earlier. It was too long for a FB status and too short for a blog post. So here sits Draft... waiting. But for fun, today I will hit publish.


Do you Dream? Do you remember your dreams? If you remember your dreams are they in the morning or during the night? Seems lately most of my dreams happen on the island. I only lived on the island 22yrs. Next year I'll have been out of there 22yrs, funny how that happens. I do wonder if I dream of home because it's the Thanksgiving weekend? hmmm? See? short.