Category Archives: Family

Trendz

Posted on September 5, 2013 by judisunshine

While I’m no slave to fashion, I’m not immune to what’s all the rage, especially when I was a kid. Here are seven examples! Golddiggers/Termites When I was five, I really didn’t watch much TV. It was mainly the ‘70s … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Friends, Lists, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women | Tagged '70s, '80s, 1984, Barbies, Cabbage Patch Kids, Catholic school, charm bracelets, charm necklaces, Christmas, Corn Silk, Electric Company, fashion, Garbage Pail Kids, Golddigger jeans, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie, Madonna, memories, Mister Rogers Neighborhood, PBS, playground, puffy stickers, rubber bracelets, school, school uniforms, Sesame Street, Six Flags Great Adventure, sticker books, stickers, style, Termite shoes, Trends, Trivial Pursuit, Tweety Bird, Xavier Roberts | 4 Comments

To Nanny, On Her 91st Birthday

Posted on June 13, 2013 by judisunshine

Arrive. DING-donggggg. Shuffle shuffle inside. Tentative door open that got less tentative once she saw who it was. Echoey voices in the hallway leading up to the kitchen, where we’d say our hellos and have The Punch – filled with … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Childhood, Family, Food, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged banker's lamps, basements, Body Buddies cereal, bomb shelters, Chip, Christina Applegate, coffee, Cujo, dining rooms, doorbells, growing old is not for sissies, Kelly Bundy, Married with Children, Meadowbrook Parkway, Merrick, meteorologists, Nanny, New York, offices, pink roses, Pop-Pop, punch bowls, sherbet, shunning pork, staticky televisions, stuffed mushrooms, yellowed paper | 2 Comments

In a Manitou Minute

Posted on June 3, 2013 by judisunshine

It’s incredible, really. One minute, you’re standing in this new city with nothing but your suitcase, and then you look around and suddenly, you realize you’re surrounded by family. ~ Felicity As the 2013 summer season begins to kick off, … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Family, Friends, Going Out, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Work | Tagged Buffy singalong, Colorado, Felicity Thanksgiving, football Sundays, Manitou Springs, Sunday night dance parties, Townhouse Lounge, Travis Birkenstock | Leave a comment

Mermaids

Posted on May 27, 2013 by judisunshine

When I was seven years old, there were two things I loved most in the world, aside from my family and Santa Claus. One was Lake George. The other was playing with Barbie dolls. But when I played with Barbies, … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Miscellaneous, The '80s, Women | Tagged 1982, Barbies, creeks, grandparens, Lake George, Manitou Springs, mermaids, Willow trees | 7 Comments

Airplanes

Posted on April 22, 2013 by judisunshine

I grew up where throwing rocks in canyons is not allowed I grew up where growing up makes me awkward and proud I grew up where it was a difficult drive to the airport And I hope you have a … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Dreams, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women | Tagged Airplanes, American Airlines, ants, awesome wedding, Baltimore, Big Pharma kiss my ass, Chardonnay, Colorado, crab cakes, cruises, fear, flying, grandparents, JFK, Josh, magical, meteorologist, moms, New York, Nyquil, Olivia Newton-John, Rome, Rupert, Sammy's wedding, Schenectady, September 11th, steady work, Third Eye Blind, travel, Two of a Kind, weed, Xanax | 1 Comment

A Candle

Posted on April 15, 2013 by judisunshine

When I was young, there was pretty much no place I loved quite as much as Lake George, New York. I grew up pretty poor. To be fair, my parents were living the American Dream while it still existed, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Body Image, Celebrities, Childhood, Entertainment, Family, Miscellaneous, TV, Women | Tagged Alyssa Milano, American dream, Entenmann's, Freihofer, Lake George, Miracle Whip, New York, san francisco, squash, summer homes, Who's the Boss | 8 Comments

New York VERSUS Colorado!

Posted on March 19, 2013 by judisunshine

Do NOT mock my pro/con lists! ~ Rory Gilmore So a few weeks ago, I revisited New York. My home state, the place I lived for nearly 36 years. It had been nearly two years since I’d been there. Thanks … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Family, Food, Friends, Lists, Manitou, Miscellaneous, Restaurants, Women | Tagged altitude, Amendment 64, Atlantic Ocean, bagels, Benny Blanco's, Blue Moon, bridges, Chinese food, Colorado, commuting, Dabba Mints, Denver, Facebook, Hurricane Sandy, Josh, La Piazza, LNK, Long Island, Manitou Springs, Merrick, MMJ, mountains, Nassau, New York, obnoxious drivers, oceans, pizza, pro/con lists, Reefer Madness, Rockville Centre, Rocky Mountains, root beer, Rory Gilmore, Sammy's wedding, Schenectady, Suffolk, Townhouse Lounge, vegetarian, Waldo Canyon fire, weed, wine | 2 Comments

Dissed By Santa

Posted on November 27, 2012 by judisunshine

My mother used to work at Equitable in Manhattan. In 1982, when I was seven, the company planned a Christmas party, and all of the employees’ kids were invited. I loved my mother’s office, and the city at Christmastime, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Miscellaneous, Supernatural :o, Work | Tagged 1982, Christmas Eve, December, Equitable, Manhattan, office Christmas party, presents, Santa apologist, science versus faith, second grade, seven years old, Smurfs, U in behavior on report card | 2 Comments

Rewatching “Buffy”: My Top 15 S4-7 Desert Island Eps: Season Five

Posted on October 30, 2012 by judisunshine

Full disclosure: Season Five has always been my least favorite season, but when it comes to a show like “Buffy,” it’s a bit of a blessing to rewatch formerly less-favored seasons, because I don’t know them all like the back … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Buffy, Celebrities, Entertainment, Family, Friends, Lists, Superheroes/Villains, Supernatural :o, TV, Women | Tagged Alyson Hannigan, Amber benson, Amy Adams, Anya, Baldwin New York, Ben & Jerry's, Buffy, Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Five, Cher Horowitz, CK Comics and Collectibles, Die Hard, effulgent, family, Fool for Love, Giles, Halloween costumes, James Marsters, Joyce Summers, Kristine Sutherland, leather coats, NYC subway, Revenge TV show, Sarah Michelle Gellar, School Hard, She saved the world a lot, Spike, Tara Maclay, The Body, The Gift, The hardest thing in this world is to live in it, Willow, Xander | Leave a comment

Pen Pals

Posted on October 21, 2012 by judisunshine

When I was seven years old, my family went on vacation to a farm in Pennsylvania. While there, I met a girl named Rebecca, though the farm was not named Sunnybrook. She had long brown hair, and humored me by … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, School | Tagged 30s, AIM, Atari, being shy, BFF, blindside, blood ties, Boulder Creek, Christian virgins, Christmas, Cindy Lubbock Just the 10 of Us, Degrassi, Diary-X, dirt floors, embarrassing mom incidents, Facebook, family reunion, Farmville, hillbillies, hotel stationery, Jersey Girl, keeping in touch through email, Kentucky, marriage endings, movies and cheese doodles, Myspace, Online Survivor, Pamela Ribon, Pamie, passing notes, Pennsylvania farms, RIP my blogosphere friend we will remember you <3, Sars Tomato nation, seven years old, Shannon, sleepovers, slumber parties, small talk, Smuggler's Notch Vermont, T. S. Eliot, tattoos, Television Without Pity, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, When silly Aunt Tillie packed for her trip these are the things she put in her grip | 4 Comments

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