Tuesday 4: Blast From the Past

 

Blast from the Past


Welcome back to Toni Taddeo's Tuesday 4.. We are glad to have you here!

1. If you had one million dollars to spend only on yourself, what would you spend it on?

Gosh, only on myself??? That is a difficult question to answer. I can't imagine just buying something for myself with that much money. But what I would most likely do is buy the home I've always dreamed of...a large rustic cabin style home on a lake, with plenty of guest rooms (or extra guest cottage) to share with people who need a place to get away for a little rest and retreat.  Something like this: 

But nowadays one million dollars probably wouldn't be able to buy this...so whatever I could find within that price that meets this idea would make me happy. And I would like to have a housekeeper and cook to help when guests come. 

This might be more affordable:

2. You can do it again. What decade are you going back to and why? What's the attraction?

I assume you mean a decade that I have actually lived in?  Maybe the late 50's to 60's...that's when I was just growing up, but perhaps I'd like to be an adult in that decade. It was a "kinder, simpler" time, and people were good honest God fearing folks, not ashamed to bow their heads in prayer in public places like schools, and we were hard working, proud Americans. There was a lot of enthusiasm for living in this post WWII era, and young families were buying new homes, starting businesses or working a farm or moving across the country to a better life.  We loved God, our family and our country.  And I loved the cars from that era too. I love classic cars and wouldn't mind having one today.   Oh, and ladies still dressed like ladies and guys dressed like men and boys and girls were proud to be exactly that, boys and girls. And people/children didn't spend all their time with their noses in their cell phones or laptops. They actually had face to face conversations, the children played outside all day and were creative with their toys and games. If they didn't have something to play with, they created something. We played "let's pretend..." a lot...used our imaginations and were very physically active.

3. What's the last song that got stuck in your head? Alternatively, what's your current favorite song?   This song is called, "Take Up Thy Cross and Follow Me", and we sang it in our Easter Cantata at church on Easter Sunday. Here is a group of people singing it and doing a nice job with instruments, etc.  This song was buzzing around in my head and I was happy I could find this version to share with you.

My favorite song is very difficult to say. I love so many songs, mostly sacred, gospel, hymns,  etc. The list is really endless, from Handel's Messiah & Hallelujah Chorus, to "Jesus Loves Me, this I know, for the Bible tells me so. Little ones to Him belong, they are weak, but He is strong! Yes, Jesus loves me, Yes, Jesus loves me. Yes, Jesus loves me, The Bible tells me so."  I guess I would have to say Jesus Loves Me is my all time favorite. It is the first song I taught my babies...and actually sang it to them while they were still in my womb. I wanted them to know that Jesus loved them from even before the first breath they took.  Yes, that is my favorite song. It still speaks to me today. We sing it every Sunday morning in church when the little children go out to Children's Church. It's a sweet sweet song.

4. What items do you miss from the past and wish they were still around?

Well, that's another hard question. You are hitting a lot of soft spots today in my head and heart.  

Of course, they aren't "Items", but I wish my parents and grandparents and all those we knew and loved were still around, but I would never call them back from heaven. I look forward to being with them someday in heaven for eternity.  So back to the original question, what "items" do I miss from the past...

I'm drawing a blank here.  I would love to have lived in the era of lovely horses and carriages, women wearing beautiful feminine dresses and hats and gloves...

Uh, well, maybe not the small waistlines and bustles, etc.... LOL.

However I wouldn't want to bring back outhouses, chamber pots and doing laundry by hand.... I guess that's all I can think of right now. I rather miss the pre-technology era, but then again, I love sitting here at my computer and writing this to you now, and I probably would never have known you without this invention...so I guess we need to be careful what we ask for.

Thank you,  Annie, for coming up with these challenging  questions for Tuesday 4 today. I've had to really scratch my head and think, which is good for me, but not so good for my headache! LOL.  

God bless you all and have a wonderful day.