The Good Old Days

Every once in a while I'll be watching an old movie, or having a conversation about the good old days and I'll suddenly remember something from my childhood/teen years/early 20s that I loved so much, but have since forgotten.  Some of them are things I just took for granted, and some are things that have been replaced with "bigger and better" in the world of technology and television.  Here are some of the things I really miss from the days when life was about having fun and being fancy free:

MTV's Singled Out

 How awesome was this show?!  Jenny McCarthy and that guy who looked like the older

brother from Boy Meets World matching up 20-something singles by way of game show. 

It was raunchy, dirty and funny.  I loved it.

Sleeping In

Ah, the days before having children who think sunrise is the perfect time to wake up.

Impulsive Road Trips

It's Friday afternoon and you're off the next Monday.  You're bored. 

Friend says, "Hey, let's go to Atlanta."  You say, "Okay!"  Good times.

 

Writing notes

You remember....spending an entire class period doodling little designs and writing your

friend's name out in multiple colors and shapes, then writing the note in alternating ink colors. 

After that, of course you had to fold it in some strange, awesome way.

Snail mail

Before the e-mail/chat/facebook era.  They usually started out, "Dear Jess."  I have a storage bin full of letters from friends who lived in different states.  We all used to write each other at least once a month before internet killed the postal service.  Sometimes I really hate the internet (until I remember if it weren't for internet I couldn't blog with you fine people, and then I get over it).

Summer vacation

No school, no work, no getting up early.  Nothing but fun, sleeping in, swimming and general laziness. 

Also, watching The Price is Right all morning because there's nothing else on tv.

Watching a movie for the 100th time and suddenly getting a

 grown-up joke or understanding what's really going on.

Above is one of the best examples.  I watched this movie a gazillion times as a child,

 and then one day when I was about 14, I realized what he was doing. 

I screamed, turned off the movie and didn't watch it again until I was 17.

Believing in Santa Claus

My sister and I every year would try to stay awake all night so we could meet him. 

We always fell asleep though.  I think Mom was slipping us NyQuil....

Slumber Parties

Makeovers, "light as a feather, stiff as a board,"  movie marathons, giggling, all-around fun.  (P.S.  I'm pretty

 sure the kid at the bottom right and the kid at the top left of the picture are boys.  This concerns me a little...)

Being in a band

I was in a band with four of my best friends from my church youth group when I was 15-16.  We practiced

 more than anything (we only actually played in front of people ten or eleven times), but we had a blast. 

What are some of the things you really miss?