- Big boxes of crayons
- Home Improvement episodes with a heavy Randy plot line
- Hearing my favorite songs on the Imagination Station (AM 1060)
- Getting letters in the mail from my penpal, Kayla
- Disney movie soundtracks
- New Littlest Pet Shop toys (the original ones, not the big headed creatures of modern-day)
- School clothes
- Book Fairs
- The Utah Jazz
- New CDs
- Irrigation day (the ditch was my favorite place to play)
- Walking to the store with a ten dollar bill
Things I got excited about as a teenager:
- Getting passed a note
- Chinese food
- When my car would start on the first try
- Scrapbooking supplies
- Getting to choreograph and teach dances
- Exchanging school photos with friends
- Letters in the mail from my missionary boyfriend (I always come home from school during lunch to check the mail on Mondays)
- Wide-leg jeans
- Ham, egg, and cheese bagels from McDonald's
- Having a Walmart in town so we no longer had to drive to Tooele
- Rearranging the bulletin board in my room
- Stealing silverware from restaurants (confession: I had a shoebox full of restaurant silverware under my bed)
- The Stanley Cup (I loved hockey as a teenager)
- Riding my bike home from my friend, Michelle's, house (it was all downhill)
- Scotty driving past my house on his way home from work (my house wasn't even on the way)
Things I got excited about as a young adult:
- Painting walls shocking colors
- Harry Potter book releases
- Free food at work
- E-mails
- Double dates
- The craft store
- Adam Sandler movies
- Fun pajama pants
- Make-up
- Yard sales
- Blog comments
- Positive pregnancy tests
Things I get excited about now:
- Fresh paint
- Amazon packages
- Being alone in the car
- Library books on the hold shelf
- Free birthday meals
- Finding dresses at the DI
- Free shipping
- Vans
- Children sleeping
- Dr. Pepper
- Good hair days
- Grocery shopping without kids
- Pay day
- Hoodies
- Clean sheets
- Blog comments
- A clean house
- FAFSA grants
- Good parking spots
2 comments:
I've recently been thinking about what I used to get excited about versus now. It's interesting to see the changes and you have an amazing memory!
I love that we had such parallel childhood excitements! And better yet, that we shared so many of those memories. Except I don’t think I ever walked to the store with a $10 bill...and now I’m feeling jipped about the whole thing. ��
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