More stuff I remember that makes me old:

• Naugahyde
• Carol Merrill
• Romper Room Weather Colorforms
• Elephant bell pants
• Pearl Drops Tooth Polish
• The Carol Burnett Show
• Earth Shoes
• Eastern Airlines
• Leotards
• Creepy Crawlers
• Braniff Airlines
• Smothers Brothers
• The first Smiley Face
• Paper Dolls (real ones)
• The Monkees

And there's much more but I can't remember it.

5 for Friday

1. Bully, teacher's pet, geek, shy kid in the corner, or something else? I was seen as the really quiet girl who got on with her work, rarely participated in class and generally did very well. Actually, I spent a lot of time passing notes with my friends, writing letters when I should have been working and generally not listening.

2. What did/do you usually eat during lunch time at school? I'd have sandwiches. We did not have a cafeteria back then so we packed our lunches.
3. What did/do you normally wear to school? Thinking back to what you wore(if you've already graduated), do you like it? We had to wear dresses or skirts and the boys wore chinos and button shirts. Well we were much more presentable than kids now days I think.
4. Any sports/activities/clubs you participate(d) in? Nope. I wasn't sporty and I wasn't musical. That didn't really leave anything for me to participate in. I was also too shy and too reluctant to give up my free time to do anything like that.

5. Any worthwhile friends you (would) still keep up with after graduation? I've kept in touch with many of my friends since we left school. There were some I kept in touch with for years, but that dropped off. Now it's just meeting at funerals.

Favorites

• Flipper
• The High Chapparral
• Mannix
• Barnaby Jones
• The Secret Storm
• Love American Style
• Julia
• The Courtship of Eddie's Father
• The Edge of Night
• Welcome Back Mr. Kotter
• Room 222
• Here Come the Brides
• Dark Shadows
• Lost in Space
• Medical Center
• Family Affair

And your favorites?

5 for Friday

1. What is the best part about late summer?
Probably knowing that the cooler temps of Fall are on the way. Especially today with the 80º temps. But also Becca's  birthday.
2. What is your favorite memory and why?
That is going to require some thinking.
3. When you were small, did you realize summer vacations were not going to happen forever?
I take this question to mean did you realize when you grow up that you don't automatically get summer vacations from work/school... And the answer to that is yes.. eventually... when I got OLD!!! Which, of course, was a really really really long long time from then. :)
4. Where was your favorite summer vacation? why?
Camping! I loved to camp. Sitting in the woods and listening to the quiet after spending a day walking trails. Walking in the morning and picking up little stones. I loved the trips to the Turkey Run State Park. 
5. If you could have one last real summer vacation and cost was not an issue, where would you go and why? I would take my boys and their families and cross the country a few times seeing all the fun, neat things that we want to see.

Drivel

• Love is not a feeling, it is a behavior.
• You don't really have to have 8 glasses of water every day.
• "Parent" is actually a verb.
• Don't "say," just "do."
• How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. ~ Wayne Dyer
• That clean underwear thing you've always heard? It's true.
• Love is when two people know everything about each other, and it's okay.
• True friends stab you in the front. ~ Oscar Wilde
• A dirty diaper always needs to be changed as soon as possible.
• Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. ~ George Washington
• The only way to have a friend is to be one. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
• Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ~ Abraham Lincoln

5 for Friday

1. If there was one thing about your body you could change, what would it be?
I'd add wings. ;)
No, seriously, tho...I'd probably change my HAIR; I have the worst, most unruly hair in the entire Western Universe. I'd make it curly and uber low-maintenance.

2. Would you rather lose 10lbs or 10 points off your IQ?
Pardon the expression, but this one's a complete no-brainer. ;)
I'd rather lose the 10 pounds; ain't NOBODY making me dumber!

3. When you look in the mirror, are you happy with what you see?
For the most part I am happy with everything I see but it makes me "know I am getting older" and that is sometimes hard to accept. Mostly tho I am thankful. 
 
4. Have you ever dyed your hair?
Blondes do have more fun so ..... yes.

5. How often do you weigh yourself?
Given that I don't even OWN a scale...so never.

5 for Friday

1.Have you ever left the country you live in and where?
Nope. I've traveled a little around the states...but not much...and not near as much as I would like to!
2.What countries would you visit if time and money were not problems?
Time and money not a problem? When did I get a TARDIS?! That would be fantastic!... I want to start in the UK - England Ireland Scotland...
And I've been told that Italy is wonderful. So, that's on my list.  Australia for sure.

3.Out of all the foreign food you've tried, which is your favorite and why?
I don't really have a favorite...It all depends on the mood & the food. :)
4.Can you name all 7 continents?
North and South America Africa Australia Europe Asia.....and I had to cheat because I couldn't remember Antarctica. (It's been a day or two since I've been in school!)

5.Which continent are you least likely to ever want to see and why?
That would be the above forgotten Antarctica....just because BURRRRRRRRR!!!