I Got Tagged re: Childhood Memories

Platinum Girl tagged me. I'm not highlighting the blogs below because I'm lazy and don't feel like going back and forth.

1. Every Passing Moment
2. ~Apple-Pathways~
3. crashmebabyonemoretime
4. Perpetual Writer's Block
5. It's My World

The top five things I miss about my childhood are:

1. Playing with the boys -- Considering I still do this today (ha ha), I used to love playing with the boys. We would build forts, or play army, ride bikes, go swimming in the neighbor's pool, play basketball, kickball etc... It's funny because it seemed like in every neighborhood that I lived in, there were always more boys than girls.

2. Singing -- I used to sing all the time. I had dreams of being either a singer or a hairdresser. I sang so much that my mother made me go in the bathroom and sing to myself. I could stay in there for hours just singing songs I knew or even songs I made up. Now you couldn't catch me singing in public unless it's Rich Girl by Hall and Oates, and/or the beers are flowing. I'll still sing loudly in my car or on my motorcycle. One other funny is that my sister forced me to learn all the words to "Private Eyes" and make sure I did the hand claps on beat. She treated me so bad.

3. Not Worrying -- My parents never gave us allowance. If we wanted something, all we had to do was ask for it. I didn't know how much things cost. All I knew was whether they said yes or no. I hate how kids now are so wise about money and know what their parents have and don't have. I had no idea. I just thought I was the same as everyone else. Now, I don't really worry about money, but I am a saver. I hope that when I have kids, they never know if I'm poor or rich. To this day, my sisters and I never like asking my parents for money. We all would rather save ourselves than ask them. I don't really know why. They usually gave us what we wanted.

4. Swimming and Wearing Shorts -- My neighbor, Colleen, had a pool. We would go to her house almost every day and do the "Nestea Plunge" into her pool. It was so much fun. Now I hardly ever go into pools or even go swimming for that matter. I don't know why I loved it so much when I was younger and I don't now. I haven't really thought about it. I was telling YB today that I have grown out of my shorts wearing phase. hee hee. I never had a shorts phase, but now I never wear shorts. I might wear them once a year (exercise not included) if that. I think I have three pairs and I pack them sometimes on my trip but I never actually wear them. I think it's bcause I get too cold if I go anywhere and there is air conditioning.

5. Last but not least, I miss Talking on the Phone -- I know, it's really odd for me to say that considering I hate talking on the phone. I can remember being in middle school, and my friends and I would talk on the phone for hours and hours. We would laugh and talk about people like it was our job. When we went to each others' houses we would get our school directory and call boys and prank call people and laugh some more. Those were definitely the days. All that was possible becuase no one had caller id. HA!!HA!! I don't know what the kids would do now. Sucks to be them.

I had a great childhood and it was fun to think about these things. Thanks PG.