RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM THE DOME...

I WAS SURPRISED AS I WAS DOING CHORES HOW MANY TOYS ARE LEFT HERE FROM MY CHILDHOOD!

I RECEIVED A WARM FEELING AS I THOUGHT OF ALL THE MEMORIES AND TIMES I SAT AND PLAYED WITH THEM. THE BURST OF HAPPINESS WHEN I RCEIVED THE TOYS MAYBE A CHRISTMAS OR BIRTHDAY OR AS MY MOM USE TO SAY " JUST BECAUSE"

BEAUTIFUL MEMORIES FROM THE PAST ARE WHAT GIVES US STRENGTH TO GO ON DURING THE ROUGH AND UNCERTIN TIMES IN OUR LIVES.

IM WISE ENOUGH TO KNOW NOT EVERYONE HAS WARM CHILDHOOD MEMORIES BUT FOR THOSE OF US THAT DO. ITS REALLY A COOL BLESSING. FOR THE LIFE OF ME I CANT REMEMBER THIS SESEME STREET CHARACTERS NAME. I THINK ITS THE COOKIE MONSTER (LOL)

I GUESS IN THE NEW YEAR ILL CLEAN OUT SOME OF THE CLOSETS AND DONATE SOME STUFF TO ONE OF THE LOCAL CHARATIES AND CHURCHES BUT SOME STUFF I WILL KEEP.

I FOUND BOARD GAMES MONOPOLY AND "TROUBLE" WERE MY FAVES AND THE THING IS BEING AN ONLY CHILD A LOT OF STUFF WAS NEVER USED i WAS AN OUTSIDE PLAYING WITH ANTS ( I LOVED BLACK ANTS AS A KID) I HAD SO MANY ANT FARMS AS A KID AND LIGHTNING BUGS AND SOFTBALL. MY FAVORITE WAS BEHEADING THE GIRL NAMED STACYS BARBIE DOLL.

THEIR WERE EXACTLY THREE HOUSES ON MY BLOCK AND OURS WAS ON THE CORNER BUT THE MAN AND HIS WIFE NEXT DOOR HAD A DAUGHTER SHE, LIKE ME WAS AN ONLY CHILD. SHE WENT TO CHRISTIAN SCHOOL AND I CATHOLIC SO WE GOT OUT AT DIFFRENT TIMES. BUT, WED MEET UP, SHE WAS CUTE TO LIGHT SKINNED WITH WAVY HAIR BUT SHE WAS KINDA FAT. SHE HAD BARBIE STUFF AND WED PLAY HOUSE AND I WOULD ABUSE OUR CHILD WHICH WAS BARBIE, BABY ALIVE AND A LITTLE BLACK DOLL WHOSE NAME I FORGET BUT IF YOU PULLED THAT HEIFERS HAIR IT WOULD GROW. BUT BARBIE I JUST HATED THAT HOE AND WOULD BEHEAD HER. LOL

WE ALSO PLAYED 911 WHERE WE WOULD HURT A ANT AND THEN TAKE IT TO OUR HOSPITAL AND TRY TO NURSE IT BACK TO HEALTH.

SHE WAS A COOL CHICK BUT HER PARENTS WERE REAL SNOBS. THEY HAD A POOL AND I SWEAR THEY NEVER LET ME SWIM IN IT. HER MOTHERS NAME WAS CAROLYN AND SHE WAS FAIR SKINNED WITH FRECKLES AND THOUGHT SHE WAS BETTER THAN US CAUSE HER HUSBAND WAS A BANKER AND THEY HAD A MERCEDES WE HAD A CHRYSLER AND MY MOM HAD A TOYOTA.

WELL, WHEN HER HUSBAND LEFT MY MOTHER HAD THIS REALLY SMUG SMIRK NOW AS AN ADULT I REALIZE THAT LOOK.

SO ANYWAY, WHEN IT WAS TIME TO COME IN SINCE IT WAS ONLY ME AND MY PARENTS THEY WERE OLDER ID JUST WATCH TV OR TALK ON THE PHONE TILL BEDTIME.

ITS AMAZING WHEN I WAS A KID MY BEDTIME FOR YEARS WAS 9:00 PM NOW WHEN I CALL MY FRIENDS WHO HAVE CHILDREN AT LIKE 1:00 PM THE KIDS ARE STILL UP ( I SWEAR THATS WHY KIDS SUCK AT SCHOOLS) THE ONLY TIME I SAW 1:00PM WAS IF I WAS SICK AND NEEDED MEDICINE! TIMES SURE HAVE CHANGED I GUESS.

PLUS KIDS ARE ACTUALLY ASKED OPINIONS ABOUT THINGS WHEN I WAS A SMALL FRY MY OPINION DIDNT MATTER WORTH A DAMN. IN FACT, I DONT REMEMBER EVEN HAVING AN OPINION.

ITS GOOD TO BE A GROWN UP