A vintage Easter card to enjoy.

A Memory

For as long as I can remember my mother hosted a Christmas Eve party. It was a big affair that required a lot of preparation. She would work for weeks on the menu, decorations, grab bag gifts, the bar set-up and so on. It seemed everyone we knew was invited, aunts and uncles, cousins, family friends and anyone else who wanted to stop by. ( Uncle Bob's brother is in the picture above) These parties lasted well into the night .( I can remember wanting people to leave because we were afraid Santa would not come because we were not bed) Mom would serve a huge buffet which always included herring. Bobby would  try and try to get us to taste it, I know I never did. Sometimes Mrs. Mundinger would play the piano and we would sing Christmas songs. When we weren't singing the stereo was playing Christmas records until it was time to track Santa on the radio. As we got older the parties were scaled down quite a bit. Eventually it was only our family which was a lot. People would stop by during the day to reminisce about the "old days". We all have such fond memories of these parties.

Vintage Friday

A few weeks ago I found this book at an antique store and knew I had to have it. I have actually been reading it and enjoying the advice. It was published by The Dartnell Corporation in 1958.

Thankful Thursday

I'm thankful for...

1. Christian radio every morning.

2. Roberta...today is her birthday.

3. Bryce has a new job.

4. A freezer full of food.

5. E-mail.

Vintage Friday

I found these pages while going through a bag of embroidery someone gave me. I don't know how old they are, however, I also found newspaper clippings from 1961 in the same bag. I really like Nora and Tilly, ( I've always liked paper dolls ). The colors on both pages are very bright.

1959 First EVER Barbie Commercial

Happy Birthday Barbie

I have always loved Barbie. I had this Barbie with several different hair colors. I also had a few bobbed hair Barbies . I played with my Barbies all the time. That's all I wanted for my birthday and Christmas. If my grandma was taking the bus to the "shopping center" I would ask if I could go with because I knew she would buy me a new outfit from the dime store. I would try to pick one with a lot of accessories,  things like records or books.