The View on Memory Lane

Hi all.  I've been having fun with our new computer and high speed on http://www.cafepress.com/  I made a new t-shirt, but I have to wait to buy it until we've got an extra $41.  Here's the front of it:

Here's the back: 

Isn't this fun? 

Eric's having a blast too. 

He's been designing all sorts of political t-shirts.  It's too bad I've had to warn him about wearing them in school, since teachers are not above political fallout.

Luckily we haven't budgeted anything for t-shirts.  So now I'm wondering about intellectual property rights.  lol 

In other news, I started writing my sister a letter almost a month ago.  I suppose I should be finishing it up soon.  Last night we bought Season Nine of Seinfeld.  God I'd forgotten how much I miss those shows.  FUNNY.  I guess Jerry S. is a vegetarian too.  How cool is that?

Ooooh, I found some pics of things from my childhood.  My mom used to sell Avon and she'd buy me these little trinket type things.  They were no big deal really, but you know how it is when something's from back then.  Seeing them again means everything, particularly now since mom's gone.  So there was an Easter bunny pin whose face lifted up with perfume 'creme' in it.  Also a gingerbread boy pin, and a ghost finger puppet that glowed in the dark.  Inside it was lip smacker.  I still remember how that ghost smelled.  I think I had a white dog with brown spots pin too.  Holy GOD, I just found this online.  I can remember how it felt to open the top up.  Now this: I'm freaking out at this!  I'd totally forgotten about it.  There's lip stuff inside I think.

OK, so this is not Avon, but brings back great memories.  Remember these guys?  Awesome.  I loved the rounded kitchen chairs, my life-size play set had some just like them.  Fisher Price rocked! 

Here's the spoon ring from Avon, my mom bought both my sister and me one of our own:

I love it!  What do people do with things that mean so much to them?  Do you still have all the stuff that meant so much to you?  After my parents split up, everything sort of went to Hades.  I don't know what happened to most of my stuff but I can honestly say that I'm so grateful for the internet!!  Let's go look for some more fun stuff:

...and...

I also had a bunny with a fluffy tail:  Oh my GOD I'm so happy to see this again!!  Of course, my tail got slightly grayish from touching it all the time.  lol  This is kinda like being with my mom again.  I guess time travel is possible.  Here's another one; the only dog I had as a kid ha ha:   Isn't he so sweet?  Now I must find the ghost, I'll be right back:  Found him!  I forgot his name was Gilroy.    There was this weird texture to him.  Not weird really, but cool.  Sometimes when I was scared I'd sleep with him, cuz he glowed. 

I love Avon to this day.  My mom had a white box filled with various lipstick samples.  One time Vickie Smith and I took 'Very Cherry' and drew faces on our stomachs!  LOL  Good times.  It's funny how I don't remember where I put my Visa card 2 weeks ago, but I can remember that!  My favorite lipstick color was called Baby Orange.  I liked it because my mom told me that only I looked good in it with my strawberry blonde hair.  I felt quite special.  :-)  It was also in a dark blue tube and I thought the light orange looked pretty with it.

Here's one more: Fisher Price record player.  My favorite was the dark blue record, 'Edelweiss'. 

Oh my, I've gone on for longer than I planned.  I suppose I'll be going.  I hurt my knee yesterday so no treadmill today.  I'm going to do a 20 minute pilates class on dvd.  Wish me luck.