What I Miss About Summer From My Childhood
Today in Ohio, it is ninety degrees and warm. It got me to thinking about what I've really missed about Summer from my childhood. I love the lazy days of summer, but I really miss some of these nostalgic items that take me back to my youth in the warm months of the 1970s. You might share some of these memories yourself. It was a good and innocent time for me. Please leave me a comment here and let me know what you enjoyed about summer when you were a kid.
5 Dangerous Gifts To Give Children This Holiday
One of the joys of not having children is that you get to spoil other people's kids. There is nothing more amusing as to listen to the child's squeal of joy and seeing their parent's face tighten up knowing that you probably just bought their child a ticket to the emergency room on December 26th. Seriously, you hope that the children will be all right, but that feeling of dread you just gave someone in your family just makes me chuckle. I think I got this dark humor from my grandfather who was notorious for knowing the gifts that I thought were awesome, but helped to push my parents over the brink. As I remember, he came back from Italy one year with a spiked ball-and-chain and a crossbow that actually shot steel tipped bolts. I think I was nine. My poor sister ended up in the emergency room with that power duo. I caught her in the shoulder with a back swing. Ahhh, the folly of youth... If you enjoy torturing your adult relatives, as I do, here is a list of Dangerous Gifts To Give Children in your family. Read more...
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