Tagged with childhood memories

Weathering the (Franken)Storm

If you’re reading this on the Eastern US Coast, I hope you’re tucked in with a supply of candles, matches, bottled water and batteries (not to mention books, blankets, and board games – why is it that all of my survival gear starts with the letter “B”? And yes, books are without a doubt considered … Continue reading »

Pointless Nostalgic Countdown: Our Winner!

Pointless Nostalgic Countdown: Our Winner!

Holy bananas! This is exciting. We’re about to announce the winner of our Pointless Nostalgic Countdown! Before we do that though, I want to thank each and every one of you for each and every one of your comments throughout our Countdown. You helped make it so much fun! (And helped me from being too … Continue reading »

Pointless Nostalgic Countdown: Day Five

Pointless Nostalgic Countdown: Day Five

Welcome to Day Five of our Countdown; thanks for not disowning me after learning about the “tortured poet” phase of my teenage years! Today’s items will give you an idea of the totally awesome (or not) fashion sense that I had in middle and high school: Hot Loops and Embroidery Thread Yes indeed, nothing says, … Continue reading »

Pointless Nostalgic Countdown: Day Four

Since it’s Friday, and since our Countdown is going so swimmingly, I have a gift for y’all today. Here it is: In high school, I was a staff member on ”Reflections” our literary magazine. Yes, it was just as pretentious as it sounds. Yes, I contributed overly-dramatic, cringe-inducing poetry about love and dreams and tropical islands. No, … Continue reading »

Pointless Nostalgic Countdown: Day Three

If you’ve visited me here before you’ve probably guessed that I’m a big music fan. What you might not have guessed, if you don’t know me outside of the blogverse, is that I’m a big, BIG Christmas fan as well. The wears-tiny-Christmas-lights-around-her-neck-and-starts-listening-to-carols-in-October kind of fan. So it makes sense that today’s item is a cd, and … Continue reading »