I may have mentioned before, but my little brother Jeff started a new blog last year called Funny Video Search.  On his site he posts funny videos that he finds (or that people send to him), then he makes commentary about it.  For one reason or another, Jeff finds stuff from the early 1990's the funniest and he loves to somehow connect the funniness he finds to me and the stupid things I used to do when I was just turning a  teenager. Recently he posted the following video and blogged about the awesome MC Hammer Pants I used to wear circa 1990.  Its true! I did have at least one pair of mom-sewn Hammer pants of my very own.  They were the bomb! Check out this video, it is great!!

Watching this video was great! Those gold lame MC Hammer pants are the best! You can even buy a pair here.  I had to laugh at all the moves of the dancers, totally brought me back in time 20 years. Just to prove that I once could do some of MC Hammer's moves back in the day, here I am making a fool of myself by trying to do the "Chinese Typewriter" that Hammer made so famous. Hope this makes you smile today!

I wanted to quickly say Happy Anniversary to my parents who celebrated 36 years of marriage today.  I don't think they read this blog but I wanted to recognize this special date anyway :)
Here are my parents on their wedding day (5-19-73)
 

Mom and Dad,

I love you! Thanks for always loving and being so good to each other :)

My dad recently found this old-time photo that our family had taken about 20 years ago at the old Paul Bunyan Land in Brainerd, MN (which sadly has closed), so he scanned it and sent it to me and my little brothers.
Since I have been too busy to blog anything else lately, I thought I would share :)


Don't we look tough and intimidating!!??? LOL

Found a  couple old pictures of me on Halloween in past years, thought I'd post a few…..
I was about 3 years old on this Halloween, dressed as a gypsy.  See the terrible look on my face? If I remember correctly, I got sick with the flu later this same night and puked my brains out!! LOL

Here I am as Bat Girl

Not sure if this was Halloween or not, but I was dressed up in one of my dad's suit coats & tie! LOL


And I cannot believe I was ever a CLOWN!!! I HATE clowns!! I look like a little creep!! LOL


How about me as a UGLY WITCH

I am pretty sure I did NOT dress up between ages 12-19, so fast forward to college years! I am the farmer on the right side.  I am so embarrassed about the stupid cigs I used to smoke back in the day (GROSS! PS Its been over 8 years since I have touched a stinkarette)


I made a pretty good Devil!


Here I am as a Mensa Nerd (not too far off the mark! LOL) with Kimmy who was J-Lo that year


Then I was a Purple Lady


And here is last year semi-dressed as a witch

It is going to be a surprise what I dress up as this year (a surprise to me as well since I still haven't figured it out!)
Hope everyone has a Safe and Happy Halloween!

Here is my Gram when she was a young woman….. (Yes, my mom looks a lot like her!)


Since I scanned so many photos of my grandparents for their upcoming anniversary, thought I’d share a few of them over the years….

I went to see the new Indiana Jones movie last week and I loved it!!

I know it was cheesy in some parts, but then again, isn't that how all the old Indy Movies were too??!!

I was a huge fan of Indiana Jones as a kid.  Those movies were (collectively) one of the 12 movies I was able to watch as a kid. (We didn't have cable and we were restricted as far as what we could rent-strict mom!)
This is pretty much "the list" of videos I remember seeing over and over:

• Old-School Disney (non-animated) like Chitty-ChittyBang-Bang and Swiss Family Robinson
• Indiana Jones
• The Goonies
• The Karate Kid (series)
• Ghost Busters
• Sixteen Candles
• Police Academy
• Princess Bride
• Willy Wonka
• Adventures in Babysitting
• Never Ending Story
• Coming to America
• Star Wars (series) and Ewok Adventures

Who else loved the Indian Jones movies? What was your favorite movie as a kid? What movie can you recite on demand?

…..My younger brother Brian married his high school sweetheart, the love of his life, Michelle. 
What a beautiful wedding it was!

For those of you who know Brian and Michelle, you can just tell they were meant for each other! They are both hard-working and extremely wonderful parents to Annika, Bianca and Bennett.  Just look at this beautiful family! 

If I had some wine I would raise my glass to Brian and Michelle!

Congrats and Happy Anniversary you two, I love you!!!!

Happy Saint Nicholas Day!!

Does anyone know what I am talking about?? Click above link.

Celebration in the United States (from Wikipedia)

While feasts of Saint Nicholas are not observed nationally, cities
with strong German influences like Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and St. Louis
celebrate St. Nick’s Day on a scale similar to the German custom.^[5] On the previous night, children put one empty shoe (or sock) outside, and, on the following morning of December 6,
the children awake to find that St. Nick has filled their previously
empty footwear with candy and small presents (if the children have been
"good") or ostensibly, coal (if not). For these children, the
relationship between St. Nick and Santa Claus is not clearly defined,
although St. Nick is usually explained to be a helper of Santa. The
tradition of St. Nick’s Day is firmly established in the Milwaukee and
St. Louis communities, with parents often continuing to observe the day
with even their adult children.

When my brothers and I were kids, Old St. Nick came to our house every December 6th.  We would put our boots out on the front porch and later in the evening we would hear the doorbell ring and when we opened the door, nobody would be there, but our boots would be filled with candy!!  It was a very fun tradition, one I miss.

I think this may be one of my only connections to my German heritage, sad as that is.  I didn’t even realize this was a German thing to do in the U.S until I just looked it up.

Just curious if anyone else celebrates this or not?

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Other TFT posts this week:

Michelle on stay-at-home-mom vs working mom

Denise on bratty kids and babysitting nightmares

Zoe on how old is too old