Catalog

Department Store Winter Catalogs!

My parents would sit me in front of one, and tell me to circle a few items I'd like for Christmas. It was a nearly impossible mission though, because the catalogs were absolutely FILLED with toys! 🤯 

Breaking Point

Even people who are relatively calm and patient have their breaking point...

...it didn't happen often, but when I did get angry...LOOK OUT! 😳😡🤯😅

Temperature's Rising

After a week of freezing temperatures, it feels like a heat wave when the days are over 50 degrees! 😎🌡

Cereal

The breakfast table...
no TV...
no devices...
all we had was reading the back of the cereal box to keep us occupied! 😅🥣

Comraderie

It's that time of year! The first weekend of December was my hometown's annual Christmas Parade! I spent many years participating in the parade as part of a drum corps, and later in our high school band!

Working on this cartoon reminded me of the comraderie we had. There's just something about being part of a group, spending time together "behind the scenes" as we worked on music!

There was nothing like when the whole group was in the groove! It'd get you psyched for the march down the long parade route...despite the freezing temperatures! 😎🥁

Leap

 

Our stairs had one terribly creaky step, which I always tried to avoid stepping on. That usually led to a game to see how many steps I could leap over on my way down the stairs! I just had to stop myself before I faceplanted the wall on the other side of the hallway! 😅👟

I'm Good!

I LOVED going outside to ride my bike...but when the temperature suddenly dropped, and the HIGH'S were in the 30's...🚲🥶💨