This could be fun since there are so many of us from different ages and nationalities. When you were a kid, what were one/some of the things that you really looked forward to or enjoyed. Without all the responsiblities of adulthood. For instance... here's one of mine....
I LOVED waking up on Saturday morning to watch cartoons. Justice League and Bugs Bunny. Younger generations don't know about having only 12 tv channels and cartoons only being on from 6-noon on Sat. mornings. There was something wonderful about looking forward to seeing something that wasn't available all day every day.
Also when all the neighborhood kids... appr. 15 of us would get together for a huge game of Hide n Seek or Kick the Can. Then having a huge picnic outside when the game was over. PB&J sandwiches, chips, and apple or cookies, and Kool-Aid.
When the debate is lost, slander becomes the tool of the loser. Socrates I always loved stuff that glowed in the dark, and I still do now. In my bedroom I had glow in the dark stars all over my ceiling.
Shit like that still fills me with wonder...
Like magic, you know!
saddling the horse and taking off for the day
Have the courage to make the change, the strength to see it through, and keep the faith that it will turn out for the best!
I loved riding my bike everywhere in the hot summer......and my dad taking me horseback riding.
Watching cartoons on Saturday morning and mom making French toast for breakfast.
Riding bikes with friends. Climbing trees and learning to throw a spiral football pass.
Seeing my dad come home from work. He always had a smile and a hug for me.
Saying something as innocent as "Man that's queer" and it not meaning anything other than "unusual".
Catching fireflies and then letting them go.
Knowing that if I misbehaved one of the other mothers in the neighborhood would tell on me. Or disciplined me herself and no one thought it strange or nosy. By the same token, with those other mothers there, I knew I could run to them for help if I needed to.
Walking barefoot in a mud puddle after a rain.
Watching Chiller Theater on Friday nights.
Jeesh, I could go on and on.
ohhh puddle stomping! i loved that!
How about going camping? In the back yard. Sometimes, with blankets. Sometimes if you were lucky, a dad would put up a real tent.
Sitting on my dads shoulders watching the 4th of July parade. Seeing EVERYONE stand up and put their hand over their heart.
Christmas parade was just as good. The caboose was Santa!!
Watching a train go by and waiting for the caboose and waving to the conductor. And he waved back!
riding in the back of pick up trucks...
catching frogs and tadpoles in the river..and bringing them home to scare our mom.
ice skating on the out door rink at night under lights watching snow flakes glitter down...
Playing with the neighbourhood kids at the front in the street, someone once in a while yelling 'Car!' and everyone moving to the pavement
Snow days
Easter egg hunt in my pjs!
Friday nights, which was always good old kiwi Fish n Chips night in our home. Beat the hell out of eating my greens every other night.
Someone else paying the bills and picking up the tabs.
The same GQP demanding we move on from January 6th, 2021 is still doing audits of the November 3rd, 2020 election.
Other than cartoons i actually always loved crap Saturday night tv, except in the 90s it was all awesome not the shit they show these days
no responasibilities, can have complet hakuna matata
I loved going out on my bike first thing in the morning, hanging round with my gang and not coming home until it was getting dark...
Summers in Greece and waking up in the morning to catch the morning ride from the towns bus driver down to the beach. Bobo would shift into gear after coughing up a lung. He would stay up long past the last moment we saw him on the way home. He would play Greek music loudly and focus on the winding road which would slope at about 65 degrees down from the edge. It was like a thrill ride before reaching sun drenched beaches of rock or sand, depending on our vote.
Get off the bus and see squid and octopus hanging from the mornings catch awaiting our lunch time pangs. Then stroll up the pier, climb the old vacant towers alongside the water that were previously used to load cargo. Jump as far as you could so as not to hit the rocks, tag the sandy bottom and emerge to a roar or laughter, depending on your landing. Hours idly wasted, just having fun, and living.
Wow, tough act to follow!
Eating breakfast in the morning during summer vacation and not coming home again until dinner time. I think we roamed from one of town to the other.
Going on family road trips and folding the backseat down in the station wagon and sleeping in the open space, no seatbelts required.
Staying up all night reading on weekends or vacations and it not mattering, because I didn't have to get up early for anything.
Playing ghost in the graveyard
I love that I grew up in a town where a kid could be a kid and not have too many worries.
I love that I could go the the beach everyday.
I love that in the winter our grade schools would freeze the playfields so there was a ice rink and we could skate until it was dark.
I loved the cartoons! OMG Saturday mornings were the best!
I love that I grew up with a great bunch of guys and we are all still good friends today.
I love that in the summer I fell asleep to live music drifting in my open windows...
I love that when ever I stopped by grandma's house she always had cookies in the ready...
Most of all I love that my parents trusted me enough to allow me to do all the stupid shit I did and the freedom to do it....
I would have to say i miss the old school cartoons they showed on Saturday mornings!
Going to the store with a quarter and getting bunch of candy.
