1982 Muppets Calendar- Part 1

 

June 13, 2015- Mom-Part 2

Some of her Bradlees salary helped to pay for most of our Catholic school tuition. She probably talked Dad into getting us braces. I doubt that he wanted to spend his money on that. He had no problem giving it to his family though.

   In the fall she would rake the leaves into low piles to make a house for us – these would divide the rooms of it.

   She always made sure that she got us nice presents for Christmas and birthdays. There was a board game under the tree nearly every year. We still have some of these, including Hangman, Battleship and Connect Four.

   We’ve had good times at flea markets and Chinese Auctions (which are now called tricky trays or gift auctions to be politically correct, I suppose). Some of both types of these events were at Roselle Catholic.

   Kathy and her mom Helen came with us most of the time. I got my Fred frog stuffed animal in a grab bag at a Chinese Auction in Mother Seton high school. Mike said that our grade school had one but I hadn’t remembered this until he mentioned it. 

   Some of the outdoor flea markets that we liked going to were Columbus (near Aunt Ann’s house), Englishtown, Westfield, and Woodbridge. I think that we went to Collingswood a couple of times too. US 1 Indoor Flea Market was our family’s favorite.

   Mom and I used to enjoy watching classic films together. Our favorites include Gaslight, Rebecca, Rear Window, The Uninvited, Arsenic and Old Lace, The Great Escape, The Adventures of Robin Hood, and To Kill a Mockingbird.  Sometimes Mike would watch them with us.

1979

 

 

Classic Movies that Mom and I enjoy

Mom and I watched alot of classic movies when I was a kid. I'm glad that she got me into such films. These are some that we both enjoy -

- The Adventures of Robin Hood

- Arsenic and Old Lace

- Rear Window

- Gaslight

- Rebecca

- Bell, Book and Candle

- The Great Escape

- White Christmas

- It's A Wonderful Life

- The Ten Commandments

- Harvey

- The Quiet Man

- Mister Roberts

- Mrs. Miniver

- Three Coins in a Fountain

- Mildred Pierce

- Doctor Zhivago

- Guess Who's Coming To Dinner

- The Spiral Staircase

- Giant

- Topper

- The Thin Man

- The Uninvited

James Garner

I loved James Garner in The Rockford Files and in those Polaroid commercials with Mariette Hartley. Some of his movies that I enjoy are The Great Escape, The Thrill of It All and Move Over, Darling with Doris Day, Boys Night Out, Support Your Local Sheriff, Support Your Local Gunfighter and Murphy's Romance. Another one for my classic cute guy list too.