- 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
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!
ReplyDeleteI 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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