Blast from the past...

Before Beanie Babies, before Ferby and before Tickle Me Elmo there was a bear....

Teddy Ruxpin

I remember being very little and being very exited when I received a Teddy Ruxpin as a present.  He was so cool!  I loved Teddy Ruxpin.

We played, he read books to me, and I was completely fascinated that his eyes and mouth opened and closed when he talked.Teddy and I had a great week together.   

And then tragedy struck..... Teddy was broken!!!!

It might have had something to do with me being extremely curious about how he worked.  I needed to know.  

I might have ended up poking his eyes out. 

I laugh now...but then, I was heartbroken.  It must have been a traumatic experience since I can still remember how sad it was when I asked....

"Maybe..sniff sniff...we can fix him?" Poor little me.  Poor little Teddy!

No, he was a goner.  

Then yesterday, my dad brought home his latest garage sale find...Teddy!!!  It was a beautiful scene as I embraced the little guy.  

First it was a little creepy since my dad thought it would be funny to peek the little Teddy head through my window, but then it was a happy reunion.  

Seriously creepy, dad.

I quickly put batteries in and pressed the magical button.....and nothing happened.

I guess I'm not destined to have a working Teddy Ruxpin.

Thank you Youtube....

Scene: Cheesy 50's info commercial

Announcer dude: Are you bored? Not sure what to do with all the down time you have? 
Well, look no further!!  There is a magical place you can go to waste hours of your time.  Youtube! Ta-dah!  Here are a few of my favorite musical selections.  Hope you laugh as much as I did...

And the Pips perform Heard it through the Grapevine and Midnight Train to Georgia. You may know them better as Gladys Knight and the Pips. 

 

LOVE this song.....

A little different now that you've seen the video?

And then there's Call me Maybe...the song that everyone is redoing.  Even the President? Whaaa?

Shout out to Ohio Grrls!!!!

Hope you enjoyed my random music selection for today!

There's a goat on the roof!

Before my grand trip to NYC, I went to Amish country in Ohio with the fam.  It's pretty there and you can get some great food, but it's not really my speed.  As in...it's too slow.  Aaaanyway.

One of the random things we did.

Wait! I guess doing random things runs in the family!  It's not just me!!! 

Sorry.

We went to a...I really don't know what to call it....farm/petting zoo/store?  We pull in and the first thing that catches my attention....

Oh, look a goat....on the roof!!!!  And he's not alone...

This would be the little buffet line for the goats.  Crazy.  

Goats on the roof.  Boggles my little brain.  Oh and see the sign about The big horse....

They're Amish, they don't lie....3,000 pounds of horse.  Gi.nor.mous. I'm not usually nervous around horses, but I wasn't getting too friendly with this guy.

Oh look another goat...

Hello little goat, do you want to be my friend? 
I want a baby goat.  I'd name him Billy the kid.  LOL. 
Pretty bad huh.
And yet, I giggle every time I say it. Ha!

But wait there's more!!  What is that in the corner????

I know it's hard to read..."Careful! Don't feed the Zorse."  Whaaa???  What the heck is a Zorse?

Naturally, a zebra/horse of course.

 

Who knew you could find a zorse in Amish country. 

 

2 points for the Amish on this trip. Well played, Amish. Well played.

Pretty sure I'll never grow up...

At church on Sunday a fantastic friend of mine in all her wisdom said,

They said we have to grow old, not grow up. 

True story.

How do I know I'll never grow up, because I still enjoy things like this...

A mini wall of crayons at FAO Schwarz in New York.

 

In fact all the pictures today came from FAO.  Next time you are in NYC, take a half hour or so to walk through there.  You won't be disappointed.  

You never know who you'll find...

I risked my life taking this picture.  Ok not really, but I did get yelled at a little.  They wanted me to pay crazy $$ to get my picture taken with them, and I just wouldn't do it.  But I couldn't resist my 2 favorite Marvel superheros. 

I might have jumped up and down a little when we saw this...

It's like Build-a Bear, but with MUPPETS!!!!  AHHHHH!  I probably would have bought one if I wasn't headed over to Tiffany's next.

You get to pick out the hair and nose and eyes and the body type.  So cool. Mahnah Mahnah.

Next stop....

 Someday I would love to build one of these guys....

Yep, it's going on the bucket list.

One of my happy places...

You may be shocked to hear that one of my happy places involves cold and ice (usually it is places more like this), but tis true.  And here's why...

Folks, hockey season in Toledo starts in 2 months!  Isn't it wonderful?

Saturday was their annual pick-a-seat event to purchase season tickets.  I went last year as well, and watched the free-agent try out practice/scrimmage.  This year they added more to the event.  He he he we had so much fun!  

 

This might also have been one of those "I know I am a dork." moments. 

 

Hmmm. 

 

Yeah, it was.

We shot some goals....

Take notice of the age of the other "players" on the ice at the time.

 Put us in coach!  Sitting on the Walleye bench. 

 

Watch out!!! Wow that is a super cheesy smile.

2 minutes for being too close to the zamboni.

She got caught too. Bummer.

We stuck around and watched the first round of the scrimmage games, enjoyed our free hot dog, chips and drink and went on our merry way.  Super fantastic fun!