Tag: parents

• I’ve Missed You Too–But Not That Much: Baking Cookies With Mom

  Notice my spotty attendance here on my own blog, and in the “like” and “comment” sections of blogs I normally read?  Well, I’ve missed you too–but not that much. I haven’t missed you because I’ve spent three of the past four days in a warm kitchen with my strange 72-year old mom baking Christmas cookies…

  JunkChuck

  December 18, 2014

  Narrative/Journal

  bake, children, christmas, cookies, mom, parents, tradition

• My Parents Were Awesome (Well, not my parents, but…)

  Here’s a Found Summer Photo I can actually source.  I lifted it from a cool as cucumbers tumblr page called My Parents Were Awesome.  Sadly, my parents were not awesome–they took us on vacation in October because the crowds were shorter–visiting every restored Colonial Village from Saint Augustine (we had time to tour the fort,…

  JunkChuck

  July 18, 2014

  link, Photo I Like, sheer awesomeness

  1970s, america, awesome, classic, concert, cool, ford, galaxie, parents, summer, vintage

• The Inherent Dangers of Elf on the Shelf

  Originally posted on Everything is Better Wrapped in Bacon: It started in 2005, not really the “Tradition” that Bing Crosby is. If you’re like me, then the holidays are a time of elaborate decoration, gift-giving and the hidden look of disappointment in your parents’ eyes as they come to terms with another season that you’ve…

  JunkChuck

  December 16, 2013

  Commentary, Uncategorized

  A, child’s, children, christmas, chucky, elf, kids, lie, on, parents, play, santa, shelf