Comments on: Loopy’s Halloween Costume

By: kathyd

kathyd — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:51:08 +0000

I was absolutely floored when I got the easy Bake Oven because the only person I told was Santa in the Goldblatt’s store in Hammond Indiana (I grew up in NW Indiana) My mom was totally against that toy, so I never told her I wanted it. But I knew Dad had something to do with it because the package was marked “Yo Ho Ho” instead of Santa’s “Ho Ho Ho”.

We lived on a farm so I had the horse-lots of work but wonderful.

By: Abby

Abby — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 21:02:23 +0000

Oh man I was spoiled. I would look through the Fleet Farm Toy Land Catalog. No sears wishlist for us. I got the cabage patch doll when it was the craze. I got my barbie (fake) house, the barbie convertable, a 10 speed, a walkman, the easybake oven, and a turtle.

My brother & I never got what we really wanted, another brother or sister. Dang.

By: katiedo

katiedo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:04:46 +0000

Did you know the Pioneer Woman will be in St. Louis, Nov 17 at the Left Bank signing her book?

By: traceyincincy

traceyincincy — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:19:10 +0000

HAH !
my parents have 3 horses …uhm…lets call them pets …well, they dont ride them ….
they just love them …and put them in and out of the barn every day..clean the stalls …get the water ….open the different grazing gates ….and my mother feeds them carrots and apples ….so Sherri …maybe you could just ‘horse sit ‘ the next time they go on vacation !!

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:46:54 +0000

I really, really, really wanted a bride doll. I probably got socks and underwear and a blouse instead. I was raised in the 40′s and 50′s and there was little money for gifts. )

By: Seanna Lea

Seanna Lea — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 18:17:08 +0000

I don’t remember wanting anything that badly. We moved a lot growing up, so anything I became too attached to was easily something to go into storage the next time we moved. I mostly wanted books, which was fine because Mom loves books too.

By: Helene

Helene — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:52:34 +0000

Friday I needed an easy apple tart and found a recipe from Pioneer Woman on the web. It was great. I had no idea this really is a person with a blog and a new cookbook. I can’t wait to see it.

By: Helene

Helene — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 14:50:45 +0000

I really really really wanted a dog. We lived in a small apt in the Bronx (my mom is still there after 52 years). My parents would say that when I grew up and had a home with a yard, I could get what I wanted. Well my husband had a dog when we married but the dog died when our youngest was 7 months. I waited til she was 3 to consider a dog and found out that she was highly allergic to dogs. So I have patiently waited for 18 years. She left for the summer June 3 and I got a dog June 7. My daughter was home for a few weeks before starting college and her allergy wasn’t that bad. So at 53 I finally got my wish. Happy is 1/2 lab and 1/2 golden retreiver and didn’t make it through guide dog training. She is a joy.

By: Wanda in AR

Wanda in AR — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:15:36 +0000

I learned to play the piano when I was 4. I would go over to various friends house and play and play. I begged and begged for a piano, even thru my teens. I practiced thru the years at friends and at church, but I never got a piano. I moved out at just before my 23rd birthday (yes I moved out late in life not counting leaving for college) when I got married. I never did get the piano. About 2 years later, my parents purchased a piano. To this day it is a sore spot with me. After they got it, my mother had the nerve to tell me, you will have a piano when I die. I answered back that I would burn it before I would let it in my house. What my mother doesn’t really realize is I have no plans of letting that piano in my house.

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:06:39 +0000

I always wanted an Easy Bake Oven too. I also wanted a horse. I never got either one! lol I never had a Raggedy Ann and Andy doll either so when I was about 14 I asked for a set. My mom and dad got me a set from a lady who made them. Darn it…mine looked like the real deal but Ann did not have a heart embroideried on her chest. Oh well….I still have those dolls.