We also always got to go to Toys-R-Us and pick out one toy for the week. I remember wandering around the store forever looking for the *perfect* toy.

I also remember playing croquet. But maybe that sticks in my head b/c of “the terrible accident”

And the big baby stroller in Aunt Dee’s closet. The one with giant wheels.

And certs. Lots of certs. I loved certs.

And the forbidden barn.

The smell of Dial soap takes me back as well…

But food really sticks out in my mind though. Whenever I made a big deli sandwich I think of Grandma. Or raisins & spice oatmeal. And when I eat braunschweiger I think of Grandpa.

And Grandpa would always send us home in the car with a big bag of popcorn. Didn’t he?

I’d forgotten about what was in the closet upstairs! I remembered there was something important about it, but couldn’t remember what it was. And the cooties! Those were awesome!

There was that word processor in that room that you got, too. I remember being so confused about that thing. Why not put a full screen on it?

I remembered talking on all the extensions on the phone; they would do that when we called from home, too. I don’t know why I didn’t include that in the post . . . must have run out of room.

And I’d completely forgotten about the light switch in Dee’s room! That was the funkiest thing! And the police scanner, too! I forgot about that.

I remember the radio playing in the kitchen, but I don’t think I ever listened to it. But I do know the shelf you’re talking about. There were pencils in a can up there, too, weren’t there?

But I honestly don’t remember the carbonated water thing. I remember how excited Grandma was when they got a new fridge. The freezer was on the bottom and I thought that was so weird. But the carbonated water thing? Complete blank.

Dusty, I believe, was the dog before Sandy. I remember her (him?) as a gentle dog that moved very carefully and slowly. I think she (he?) was 5 or 6 by my first memory. By the time we were there for summers, 9 or 10?

Shag carpet on the steps. Game closet on the left as you came around the last turn at the top of the steps (across from the service guides). Exotic board games, cooties and pick up sticks.

Two small bedrooms with very little space between the bed and the desk. An old TV with a remote control that worked by clicking loudly at the TV. That was my room several years.

3 phone extensions and we’d all get on the phone to talk to Mom and Dad, but the line would get really quiet when we did that.

Aunt Dee’s light switch was the figure of a victorian woman that slid up and down rather than a switch.

Grandpa had a police scanner.

The door to the front porch had a deadbolt on it. I’d never seen one before and thought it was cool.

I was just thinking, the other day, about the carbonated water dispenser Grandma and Grandpa used to have. They had Tab mix in the fridge and could make pop! At least, that’s what I thought. I’m not sure that’s how it really worked, but…

I remember listening to Paul Harvey (had to ask Amy who the “…and now, the rest of the story” guy was) in the kitchen.

I remember thinking the phonebooks were huge on the shelf over the washer and dryer in the kitchen.

Good memories. Thanks, Kylene.