Other memories from Miami before I move on to Georgia. ○ Racing my dad with my siblings around the perimeter of the house. He bet that if we beat him we’d each get some money. My little brother barely beat him. We were so excited! ○ Drive-thru convenience stores. Similar to fast food stores, you […]
Christmas Magic
The year was 1985. Our decorations were few, limited to a wooden tree that was placed on top the piano (that’s all I can remember anyway). As children we knew there wouldn’t be many gifts. There wasn’t enough money. But we were going back to Utah to be with grandparents, and uncles, and aunts, and […]
Marcus
I believe that every person that comes into your life comes for a specific reason. Sometimes we don’t know until years later why we had certain associations that lasted only a few months or just a year or two. All who have touched my life – for good or bad – have helped to make […]
Me and Music
Music has always played a big part of my life. Some very early memories include singing “Naranja Dulce” “Los Pollitos” and other Spanish tunes. I wore out our cassette tape and book of Let’s Sing Together. I loved looking at the illustrations as I sang along to the tape. My own children have worn out […]
The BIG move
We moved to Miami in the summer of 1984. My mother was one month away from giving birth to my younger brother Jon. It was a difficult time for all of us, including my parents. They had grown up in Salt Lake and lived there the majority of their lives (except for a year or […]
Repost: Thanks & Giving Trees
Sorry for the break in memory posts. The baby started throwing up early this morning so it has been a long day. Here is one of my most popular posts from back in 2008 to get you started on thinking about gratitude and service. Hopefully I’ll be back tomorrow with new reminiscences about Miami. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ […]
Miami heat
In Miami we lived just one block away from Tropical Park. This made up for the fact that the interstate went right behind our house. Going from a quiet Salt Lake neighborhood to the constant noise of cars speeding by took some getting used to. Even though there was a high chain-link fence separating our […]
Oh to be five again…
just a photo today as I’m busy taking care of sick children and a sick husband due to a stomach virus. Please, oh please, can we all get it as soon as possible so it doesn’t spread out for weeks? © 2007-2010 Chocolate on my Cranium, LLC all rights reserved © 2007-2013 Chocolate on my […]
The Nerd of the Herd
Building on my topic from yesterday I thought I’d post this very poorly written assignment from my English 111 class. It covers an incident that occurred while living in Miami. Maybe it will help answer Andalucy’s question: “Has there ever been a time in your life when your positive outlook failed you? When you felt […]
i ♥ nerds…& geeks…& even dweebs
Like my library catalog card I made? It totally describes me…only after reading this post you have to decide which one I am: a geek, a nerd, or a dweeb. Read the definitions. There is a difference! Though I willingly admit I have fallen into all three categories throughout my life. As mentioned previously my […]
Spud Nut
I do like other foods besides chocolate. Honest! 1. French Fries, preferably from Wendy’s. They’re even better dipped in a chocolate Frosty! 2. Baked Potatoes – plain and unadulterated with a dollop of butter and some salt and pepper. 3. Mashed Potatoes rich with sour cream and butter. 4. Cracker Barrel Hashbrowns 5. Homemade Country […]
Grand living
The Salt Lake neighborhood we lived in was grand. It really was a terrific place for families. There were so many kids to play with! Most were in our ward (church congregation) and we went to the same schools. Our church building LeGrand Ward was just a couple blocks up. Emerson Elementary was another block […]
Christmas is coming!
Interrupting my scheduled personal history posts…. My kids were flipping through their scrapbooks the other day comparing what they all looked like as babies. We came upon some of our old Christmas cards. Boy have my kids grown! It’s really easy to see when comparing cards from year to year. I love sending and receiving […]
Jolly fun
I lived in Salt Lake City for the first six years of my life, just two houses down from my paternal grandparents and about 8 blocks away from my maternal grandparents. Both sides of the family were close by with aunts, uncles and cousins providing constant entertainment. Being the oldest grandchild on my father’s side […]
Chiclets
Have you ever seen the tooth fairy? I haven’t but I’ve heard her. I lost my second front tooth (on top) and couldn’t wait to see how much money I would get the next morning. I was so excited I couldn’t go to sleep. I was laying on my side facing the wall when I […]
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