Things I Thought of Today From Whence I Was a Wee Lass AKA The Randomness of My Head

* I used to love going to my nan and pipe's for the candy and the air hockey table in the basement
* often times they had little lemon drops and were in a green tin and coated with powdered sugar
* they always had cookies. Always
* my first bike was second hand and spray painted a sparkly purple
* I never had training wheels
* I always wanted a banana seat but never had one
* I raced kids in our neighbourhood and hated that I had to use my sisters big bike until I realized bigger tires cover more ground with less effort
* we had a rake for our carpet
* my grandad made me a dollhouse with working lights and furniture like a lamp made out of a large wooden bead and a toothpaste cap for the shade
* I gave it to kids I nannied for but wish now that I hadn't
* we actually sang Christmas Carols around the piano. Once. That I can remember
* my signature photo pose was lips in a puckered O and eyes crossed but looking upwards
* my pretend name was always Cindy. My brother was Rick Hansen before we ever knew there was a Rick Hansen
* Amelia Bedilia rocked my world
* my first "crush" poster was John Schneider from the Dukes of Hazzard
* I swore I heard reindeer hoofs on Christmas Eve once but was old enough to know there was no Santa so didn't tell anyone
* I played dentist with my dad once and covered a Q tip in aluminum foil to make it a realistic dentist picker and proceeded to inspect his teeth. Aluminum foil and silver fillings to not go together apparently
* I came home one evening when I was older and went to say goodnight to my mom and she had a huge knife in bed with her cuz she thought she heard something
* the second floor of our second home had a stucco-like finish on the hallway walls
* when I fought my brother I would take his hand and scrape it along this
* my dad kept work files in my big closet and I read the court transcripts of murder suspects
* librarians knew all three of us by name
* we played yahtzee and ate chocolate covered graham cookies at Johnsons Cabins in Riding Mountain
* my brother became famous for smelling his food before he ate it
* once he smelled a banana cream pie and my uncle shoved his face in it
* we were camping and my mom was pissed
* I was taught by nuns for years
* in grade 6 I had a teacher who ended up being gay
* he was fired because of it
* I asked him to be my confirmation sponsor and loved that he said yes
* I saw him when I was older and working in a pharmacy
* I only knew it was him because he paid by cheque
* he died of aids that year and I tried to speak at his funeral but couldn't and someone else had to speak for me
* I wish I had the gift he gave me but I don't
* once I kicked a boy in the gnads and he spit on me. I think he was more shocked that I spit right back on him
* my first real boy crush was in grade 4 and his name was Tyler
* I don't remember my first day of kindergarden
* we had a squirrel in our house and my dad and brother put on rubber boots, caught it in a garbage bag and killed it with a two by four while my sister screamed at them
* I just watched
* I once drank milk and cream soda because we had no strawberry milk powder. I think it turned out ok
* we danced on my brothers bed to the very first mini pops record
* there is a smell that reminds me of a sleepover with my cousin where we ate tons of candy and rented the Wham! video
* I automatically think of that when I smell it. Its indescribable, I just know it when I smell it
* I was late for my ridiculously early curfew once by two minutes and you better believe my dad was sitting in the kitchen waiting for me, like out of a movie
* it didn't happen again
* we used to walk for probably over a km to get the regular transit bus to school, right since kindergarden
* my mom sewed little pouches into our uniforms to keep our bus tickets safe
* it was a fifteen cent ride
* there were two girls down the street, twins, leslie and laurie and they were plymouth brethren
* we never ever played in each others houses, always outside
* I told my parents I was going to see the movie "Baby" about the little dinosaur but I really went to see Girls Just Wanna Have Fun with Sarah Jessica Parker
* they wouldn't have let me seen it unchaperoned
* I got busted cuz we needed a ride home and weren't at the theatre we said we would be
* and we had boys with us
* if I ever wanted to ask my moms permission for something that would likely be a "no", I would ask her when she was napping or just waking up. It almost always worked
* my parents and grandparents used to smoke so much at christmas dinner my eyes would sting from it
* I never had a teddy that I was 100 % loyal to
* I still love change and new things
* I hope mck makes a list like this in 30 years
* and I hope she smiles when she writes it