I was an 80s baby!

You Know You Grew Up In The 80's If...

1. You've ever ended a sentence with the word "PSYCHE".

2. You watched the Pound Puppies.

3. You can sing the rap to the "Fresh Prince of Belair " ...and can do the "Carlton".

4. Girls wore biker shorts under their skirts and felt stylishly sexy.

5. You yearned to be a member of the Baby-sitters club and tried to start a club of your own.

6. You owned those lil' Strawberry Shortcake pals scented dolls.

7. You know that "WOAH " comes from Joey on Blossom.

8. Two words: Hammer Pants.

9. If you ever watched "Fraggle Rock ".

10. You had plastic streamers on your handle bars... and "spokey-dokes" or playing cards on your spokes for that incredible sound effect.

11. You can sing the entire theme song to "Duck Tales". (Woo ooh!)

12. When it was actually worth getting up early on a Saturday to watch cartoons.

13. You wore a ponytail on the side of your head.

14. You saw the original "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles " on the big screen... and still know the turtles names.

15. You got super-excited when it was Oregon Trail day in computer class at school.

16. You made your mom buy one of those clips that would hold your shirt in a knot on the side.

17. You played the game "MASH ". (Mansion, Apartment, Shelter, House)

18. You wore stonewashed Jordache jean jackets and were proud of it.

19. L.A. Gear... need I say more.

20. You wanted to change your name to "JEM " in Kindergarten. (She's truly outrageous)

21. You remember reading "Tales of a fourth grade nothing " and all the Ramona books.

22. You know the profound meaning of "WAX ON, WAX OFF".

23. You wanted to be a Goonie.

24. You ever wore fluorescent clothing. (some of us... head-to-toe)

25. You can remember what Michael Jackson looked like before his nose fell off and his cheeks shifted.

26. You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the only female smurf.

27. You took lunch boxes to school... and traded Garbage Pail Kids in the schoolyard.

28. You remember the CRAZE, then the BANNING of slap bracelets.

29. You still get the urge to say "NOT " after every sentence.

30. You remember Hypercolor t-shirts.

31. Barbie and the Rockers was your favorite band.

32. You thought She-ra (Princess of Power!) and He-Man should hookup.

33. You thought your childhood friends would never leave because you exchanged handmade friendship bracelets.

34. You ever owned a pair of Jelly-Shoes. (and like ..24, probably in neon colors, too)

35. After you saw Pee-Wee's Big Adventure you kept saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

36. You remember "I've fallen and I can't get up"

37. You remember going to the skating rink before there were inline skates.

38. You ever got seriously injured on a Slip and Slide.

39. You have ever played with a Skip-It.

40. You had or attended a birthday party at McDonalds.

41. You've gone through this nodding your head in agreement.

42. You remember Popples.

43. "Don't worry, be happy"

44. You wore like, EIGHT pairs of socks over tights with high top Reeboks.

45. You wore socks scrunched down (and sometimes still do...getting yelled at by "younger hip" members of the family)

46. "Miss MARY MACK MACK MACK, all dressed in BLACK BLACK BLACK "

47. You remember boom boxes. and walking around with one on your shoulder like you were all that.

48. You remember watching both "Gremlins" movies.

49. You know what it meant to say "Care Bear Stare!"

50. You remember watching "Rainbow Bright" and "My Little Pony Tales "

51. You thought Doogie Howser/Samantha Micelli was hot.

52. You remember Alf, the lil furry brown alien from Melmac.

53. You remember New Kids on the Block when they were cool... and don't even flinch when people refer to them as "NKOTB".

54. You knew all the characters names and their life stories on "Saved By the Bell ", the ORIGINAL class.

55. You know all the words to Bon Jovi - SHOT THROUGH THE HEART.

56. You just sang those words to yourself.

57.You remember watching Magic vs. Bird.

58. Homemade Levi shorts. (the shorter the better)

59. You remember when mullets were cool!

60. You had a mullet!

61. You still sing "We are the World"

62. You tight rolled your jeans.

63. You owned a bannana clip.

64. You remember "Where's the Beef?"

65. You used to (and probably still do) say "What you talkin' about Willis?"

66. You had big hair and you knew how to use it.

Leave a comment to tell me what year you were born if you were an 80s child! I was 1980, right on the spot!

Petsitting, what a week!

Pros and Cons about this past week at my cousin Suzy's house:

Pros: My aunt came over to paint Austin's room. He is my cousin's son. His room was sooooo messy and my aunt and I cleaned it up, painted it, and decorated it. He was very surprised when he came home yesterday and thanked me for it (kinda).

The dogs and cats kept me company.Blackie, a mutt rescued from Hurricane Katrina

Raven, a fat but very sweet Dashchund

Brutus, the very quiet Golden (red) Retriever who does retrieve balls!Rascal, the mischievous skinny dachshund.
Tiger and Survi (short for Survivor)
Toby and Butterscotch (the father of the kitten)
Sunshine

(Snowflake was in hiding)

This is one of my summer jobs so I did get paid for taking care of many animals!

Cons:

Rascal got out one day and ran all over the neighborhood with me chasing him, I thought for sure he was going to get hit by a car. Then he saw a neighbor's dog and barked at him through a fence. As I tried to pick up the little bit, he tried to bite me! arrggh! I am ok though.

I got paint on my favorite jean shorts.

Blackie followed me everywhere and rubbed his nose on me all the time. As I tried to play with the other animals, he would cut in and try to bite them (not hard though).

Read about Tiger's Tragedy and Pride!

Tiger's Tragedy and Pride!

Tiger was the pregnant cat that I was petsitting. My cousin told me a while back that Tiger had become pregnant and it was unexpected because she thought Tiger was a boy. Very wrong! I figure she probably would not deliver until my cousin and her family returned from their trip. It was the day before they came back which was Friday, I was awoken by strange noises. Tiger had been acting weird Thursday night and had blood under her tail. I figured that she could do it on her own. When I woke up, I looked under the bed and saw a black kitten searching for its mother and Tiger was acting like nothing had happened. She wanted me to give her attention. I tried to put the kitten with her but she kept walking away from it. She had other kittens in her body and didn't try to deliver them. I thought she might not be ready for them yet. I closely monitored her, she delivered the kitten at eight that morning, and it was lunch time and I thought that it wasn't a good sign. I called the vet that they normally go to, called the neighbors to help put the cat into the carrier because she refused to go into it and rushed her to the vet. When I got there, the vet checked the birth canal and it was open, no blockage. Then they took an x-ray to see how many kittens were there. Three were shown on the x-ray. They induced her and waited, still nothing happened so she had to have an emergency C section. By that time, it was too late to save the kittens, they had died. As soon as Tiger went into labor, the body cuts off the oxygen for the kittens and apparently she didn't try to deliver all of them so they suffocated. I was so sad to hear this, I was also sadden by the x-ray of seeing the kittens who were given life to be cut very short. Tiger was still a kitten herself, she was only a year old. The vet told me that she's not mature enough to be a mother so that my cousin and I would have to help her nurse her baby. They also gave me formula just in case the mother completely gives up. I spend most of Saturday morning and afternoon sitting by Tiger and the kitten to be sure that she stayed with her baby. She wouldn't take care of the kitten unless someone was there with her. Everyone thanked me for saving the mother and the baby. The mother would have died later if I didn't take her to the vet. I was sorry I couldn't save the kittens but now I know a little about birth of kittens. I named the kitten Survi because it is short for survivor. I wanted the name to tell the story of the kitten's birth.

Meet Survi

It had been a long week but I am glad that most of the animals were ok and I didn't get bitten too hard.

No McDonalds?!

I hadn't been posting anything on my blog this week because I was in Holly Springs, NC staying at my cousin's house. Her computer doesn't work well and I couldn't get a wireless connection to use my laptop. I tried to access blogger from her computer but none of the links would work. I had to wait until I got back to Raleigh to write in my blog.

It's been a long week! I first came to Holly Springs (my cousin's house) on Saturday, July 1st. They were just leaving as I got there. I hadn't been to her house and the town in about two years. I heard that Holly Springs had grown up so much in two years. In fact, it is the fastest growing town in the state of NC. It might be true, I heard it went from 4,000 people to 16,000 people in just a few years. However, as my cousin was leaving, I told her I was hungry and asked her where the McDonald's in Holly Springs was. She replied, "There is no McDonald's in this town." WHAT!? I mean they had Andy's, Wendy's, Subway, Quizno's Subs, five Chinese restaurants, a draft house, pizza places but NO MCDONALD'S! I know towns that have a population of 200 and they have a McDonald's. I was shocked! It was the first "big" town I have ever known that didn't have a McDonald's. I had to drive to Fuquay Varina or Apex which were two towns outside of Holly Springs to get a Happy Meal, hehe.

Does anyone out there know a town that is big but doesn't have a McDonalds? Let me know because I am so curious about that. I am not a McDonald's lover (since I found a piece of paper in my cheeseburger, I am not too fond of Mickey Ds anymore!) but every town I know of does have a McDonalds unless it is a town that has less than 200 people.