I guess it wouldn't surprise anyone that I was a weird child lol. I was a nice mix of barbie/pink/dress wearing and teenage mutant ninja turtle/camo wearing/wrestling/video game playing. That might be the effect of growing up with an older brother. I was never much for baby dolls...my cat slept in the doll crib and I pushed her around in the doll stroller. My favorite thing ever was my elaborate toy horse stable set up. I was a horse lover. I started riding when I was in kindergarten and I had toy horses, toy stable, collected grand champions (remember those?), watched horse movies. I was horse crazy. Infact my favorite move EVER growing up was wild hearts cant be broken..an obscure live action disney movie about....yes horses.
I also loved reading. I learned to read at 4 and haven't stopped since. My first book was where the wild things are. I loved arts and crafts..still do. And writing...still do. I have journals and diaries from when I was 7/8 years old. Funny to go back and read
My favorite days where summer days when we would go to the library and I would come home and curl up in my beanbag chair and not come out of my room until supper. Then I would take a bath and curl back up in my beanbag and do the same until I fell asleep. My mom would come and make me get in the bed. Such simple days. Noone used to believe me how fast I would read...still don't. Yes I can polish off a normal size novel in 2 hours. As you can guess I was hard to ground because my ideal weekend was being in my room alone with nothing but my books!
I drove my parents crazy because my three favorite pairs of shoes growing up (at different times) were my pink converse, my cowboy boots and my hiking boots. My hiking boots really drove them crazy because I insisted on wearing them with my frilly church dresses. I won't ever forget this really fancy christmas dress....huge standout shiny skirt, velvet top, big bow etc....guess what shoes I wore with it? Yep hiking boots. It was a sad day they fell apart
I was a video game nerd....We had an atari before I was out of diapers. I cut my teeth so to speak on pac man and qbert. My real addiction came though when I was 6 and we got our NES and I met Mario. And then not long after I got my gameboy. I can still play through the original marios and tell you where all the secrets are! Heck I still am a video game nerd...I have a DSi, Wii, PC, Android phone, and tablet. 3DS is next on my list. We got our first computer when I was 8 and that brought with it where in the world is carman sandiego....I never did find carman BTW. And later on Sim City and the Sims.
And last but not least. My love for animals start young. From the time I can remember when asked what I wanted to be when I grew up I would say veterinarian. I know thats not likely so I have adjusted it to vet tech at some point down the road. We got our first dog when I was 6 months old. A golden named Buddy. We have pics of Buddy laying beside my playpen while I played. When I was 3 we got our 2nd golden princess. Not long after that my cat fever began. I wanted a kitty so bad. I begged and I begged and I begged. Not long after my 5th birthday my great aunt showed up at our house with a maine coon kitten who I named muffin. Muffin was my sidekick for 17 years (and died inmy arms)! Over the years I have rescued numerous stray cats. Then Rosie the chihuahua came along after princess died in 98.Pumpkin my angel kitty in 2003. Dusty in 2004. Ellie in 2007. Abby in 2012 after we lost Ellie. May I add Rosie is still alive and kicking lol. I can't imagine life without my babies...they make me smile on my darkest days and I consider them an important part of my therapy. Ellie was an unimaginable loss...one I thought I would never get over but then Abby came into my life and won my heart.
So theres my ramblings. My first flashback friday. Next Friday's topic is the TV Show Today's Special
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