As I sit here drinking my cup of coffee and listening to some jazzy music, I think of how I became who I am today and then I remember the little things that made me smile. Although my mom told me I was born in Sioux Falls, my childhood remains in good ole' Iowa! A few different areas that my mind can remember like Ashton, IA. Ha I got to laugh! I was really young and yet a lot of people say you don't remember so far back in life but I like to think that isn't true because there are things that I remember without being told the story which I can only verify so much with my mom because she wasn't around so much. She was always working to put a roof over our heads and food on the table and Chris was my 'dad' at the time and he didn't care let alone he's no longer around.
I remember a few things though like when my older brother and I would go to the park there and in the middle of winter we'd be the idiots and stick our tongues to the pole on the play ground. It was like we took turns doing it even thought we both knew the result and that one of us would end up running home to get that cup of warm water. HA-HA!
How about that time I got chicken pox! The house that we lived in didn't have a bath tub, just a shower, so I remember my mom bathing me in the kitchen sink. Those are awful by the way! All itchy all the time! My mom would put that pink ointment all over me and I wasn't to fond of it all but it was good and eventually healed.
One winter in Ashton the power went out pretty much throughout the town. Remember this town isn't very big, just a quick guess it's maybe 1000 people if I'm a lucky guesser but most likely less. It got so cold this winter night that we had to go to a shelter. We had fish tanks at our house I remember saying that our fish will freeze. Turns out that they did. I believe this same night someone left a window open upstairs(why it was open I have no idea) but when we came home we had snow everywhere. Ha. Wasn't me :) The cold was ok to me because Chris at this point did take my brother and I ice fishing which was the only time I have went in my life time so far. I'd like to go again but just haven't. Although I'm now kind of a pansy when it comes to this cold weather!
Then comes Allendwarf, IA a small town about 5 miles from Sibley, IA. Allendwarf is appx 40 people if not a lot less by now! We lived there because Chris' dad or my 'grandpa Larry' lived across the road on a pig farm and believe he also owned the house we lived in. There comes a lot of memories with this house too! This is where I learned to ride a bike without training wheels. We lived on a curve on a gravel road if that explains how I learned not to fall! I was such a 'tomboy' and followed whatever my brother did probably what all younger siblings do. I even had my haircut exactly like his, an awesome bowl cut! HA!
I remember we had a lot of cats and I believe two dogs. I don't know exactly why I mentioned that but it seemed to fit with the memories popping up in my head. How about those slip 'n slides! Oh how I miss those! I don't get how people don't use those anymore! I got to say those were one of the most amazingly fun enjoyments of all time when I was a kid! Can't forget playing in the dirt! What is with parents these days that complain when their kids get all dirty because they're outside playing! When I see a kid all dirty all I got to say is 'Kodak moment' because they're having fun! Granite they should be cleaned up later so they look presentable but let them play!
I remember I made my mom mad one day because I decided I needed a haircut while she was gone. HA-HA! Don't leave the scissors out to were I can find them!This is also where my 'grandma Margaret' made me an awesome birthday cake! I wish I could have another one just like it! It was a barbie cake, with a ruffled dress made out of frosting and little edible beads, they were silver like bbs.
A TRIP TO THE BEGINNING TO BE CONTINUED.....
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