Tag Archives: Christmas

Then You Can Dream About It, and It’ll Be a Whole Garden.

Posted on December 24, 2013 by judisunshine

You know, George, I feel that in a small way we are doing something important. Satisfying a fundamental urge. It’s deep in the race for a man to want his own roof and walls and fireplace, and we’re helping him … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Family, Friends, The '80s, Work | Tagged A Day Late and a Dollar Short Terry McMillan, apartments, Christmas, Colorado fires, creche, cruises, Dorothy, Fontanini, George Bailey, Holly Hobbie, Hurricane Sandy, it's a wonderful life, jimmy stewart, Little Orphan Annie, miracle on 34th street, natalie wood, nativity scenes, ornaments, Shannon, St. Nick's Day, Wizard of Oz | Leave a comment

It’s Christmas Time In the City

Posted on December 8, 2013 by judisunshine

I never went to see the ball drop in Times Square on New Year’s Eve. I never took a carriage ride in Central Park. I never even went ice skating in Rockefeller Center. But as my third Christmas in Colorado … Continue reading →

Posted in Apartments & Other Domiciles, Friends, Going Out, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged bar crawls, carriage rides, Central Park, chestnuts, Christmas, Christmas in New York, cigarettes, Colorado, crisp air, energy, gasoline, glittery sidewalks, Greenwich Village, ice skating, John Denver, LIRR, magical (AHHHH!!!), Manitou Springs, Myspace, New Year's Eve, New York City, NYC, Rockefeller Center, Silver Bells, skyscrapers, TImes Square, winter | Leave a comment

A Good Memory From My Most-Hated Grade

Posted on November 8, 2013 by judisunshine

I hated sixth grade. It was the year my parents made me go to Christian school, after I’d finally and painstakingly eked out an identity for myself at Chatterton, the public elementary school in my district. I wasn’t the prettiest, … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s, Women | Tagged " corsages, 1986, banquets, Chatterton Elementary, Christmas, Connect Four, costumes, essays, gymnasiums, Halloween, hoedowns, Ireland, Long Island, Madonna Virgin Tour, posterboard, private school, prom, public school, Saint Lucy, sixth grade, Snickers, South Shore Christian School, Sweden, The Rock, topographical maps | Leave a comment

The Costumes of My Life! Part I

Posted on October 24, 2013 by judisunshine

As many of you already know, I’m in love with Halloween, and costumes especially. Were I a more knowledgeable geek (and also had more money (which I probably would if I were a more knowledgeable geek)), I’d be at every … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Family, Friends, Going Out, Lists, Miscellaneous, School, The '80s | Tagged 1975-1987, Angel, Annie, blue eye shadow, Christmas, colored hairspray, costumes, Dorothy, elementary school, fabric paint, fairy, fluorescent socks, Glinda, glitter, gypsy, Halloween as satanic?, hoop earrings, interdenominational Christian school, Janis Joplin, leggings, Manitou, pierced ears, punk rocker, side ponytail, SSCS, the 80s, Thingamajig, Thundercats, tiara, Wicked Witch of the West, wings, Wizard of Ox | 1 Comment

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

I Must Break You?

Posted on January 28, 2013 by judisunshine

I’ve always written journals, in some way, shape, or form. I remember in Christmas 1985 when I was 10, getting this matching set – stationery, pen, some cardboardy-decorated desk thing which name’s escaped me, and a journal. It was not … Continue reading →

Posted in Childhood, Miscellaneous, Movies, Romance, The '80s, Women, Work | Tagged 1985, blogging, Christmas, diaries, divorce, Dolph Lundgren, Garbage Pail Kids, headshots, Ivan Drago I must break you, journals, Ken Tarantino photographer NYC, Pamela Ribon, Rocky IV, Shannon, Sylvester Stallone, Why Girls Are Weird, Word document | 2 Comments

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

The Ballad of Pecan

Posted on August 18, 2012 by judisunshine

It was a Spring day in 1996. I was in my bedroom on the third floor of my Baldwin family home, with two new kittens that were now my babies. One orange and white, one tabby/stray that earned him the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Apartments & Other Domiciles, Cats, Childhood, Driving & Other Transportation, Family, Friends, Miscellaneous, Women | Tagged 1996, ACE bandage, Archie Andrews, Bootsie's Ghost, brothers, cats as family, cats glaring at you from underneath the Christmas tree, Christmas, Cordelia Chase, Crispin, Cupcake, cynical cats, Da End of Da Road, Da Kitties, Da Pets, Dead Man's Party Season 3 Buffy, family moving away, Game of Thrones, happy for the community, hot apple cider, Jughead Jones, Ken Kesey, long life, madonna/whore complex, Magic Trip, Molloy college, North Shore Animal League, obligatorily indignant, Oneonta, Pecan, phileo love, poets, possums, proverbial eyebrows, Pumpkin, RIP, Rupert Giles, Seth Green, Spring, Spring 2008, Stella Luna is the best restaurant in Oneonta, tabby cats, The Shield, the sixties, Tommy, tummy rubs, turning 25, Vic Mackey, Walton Goggins, Welcome home Tommy, West Side Story | Leave a comment

30 Days of Non-Humbug: A Quest To Grow My Heart Three Sizes

Posted on November 29, 2011 by judisunshine

Every Who down in Whoville liked Christmas a lot, but the Grinch, who lived just north of Whoville – did not. The Grinch hated Christmas – the whole Christmas season. Now, please don’t ask why; no one quite knows the … Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellaneous, Uncategorized | Tagged Amy Grant, bah humbug, Christmas, grinch, It Came Upon a Midnight Clear | Leave a comment

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Tag Archives: Christmas

Then You Can Dream About It, and It’ll Be a Whole Garden.

It’s Christmas Time In the City

A Good Memory From My Most-Hated Grade

The Costumes of My Life! Part I

Trendz

I Must Break You?

Pen Pals

The Ballad of Pecan

30 Days of Non-Humbug: A Quest To Grow My Heart Three Sizes

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