Growing Up

This article got me to thinking about my childhood, and how I remembered it.

https://getpocket.com/explore/item/the-best-parts-of-your-childhood-probably-involved-things-today-s-kids-will-never-know?utm_source=pocket-newtab

Memory is a weird and flawed thing so take these with a grain of salt

* 4 channels on a black and white tv to choose from.
* Getting excited about birthdays and Christmas because thats when you could get your top wish list items
* Shampoo in glass bottles
* "Trilogy of Terror" with Karen Black - the commercial alone gave me nightmares
* Pueblo radio station KDZA for music and the KDZA Jingle Bell Rock contest
* Fall in Colorado meant a week away from school for hunting season
* Pulling weeds in the yard - oh how I hated lawn work
* Not having any spending money
* Wheat Chex, Shredded Wheat, or Oatmeal were my choices for breakfast
* The house phone was for emergency's - if you want to talk with your friends walk down the street to their house and say hi.
* School could be stressful but also exciting
* The Scholastic Book Club and the excitement of both pouring over a new newsletter to choose some new books and the followup excitement of receiving your purchases.
* Summers spent in KS visiting grandparents and relatives.
* Eating at home for breakfast, lunch, and dinner because eating out was rare.
* The local Dairy Queen was open seasonally and getting a banana split was such a treat.
* If I wanted to get anywhere it was either walking or my bike.
* Breaking my two front teeth after an unfortunate skateboard accident
* My first real job at Chuck E Cheese and all the new friends I made there.
* Learning that world extended past my block and past Pueblo.