Black Jack and Clove - gross. But Beemans - I LOVE that stuff!
Razzles...the candy that turns into gum. Ahhhh.When I was young I was obsessed with gum. Actually, I'm not sure "obsessed" is quite strong enough to adequately express how I felt about gum. When I was 10 years old, I went to bed with gum in my mouth and woke up with gum in my waist-length hair. After using half a jar of peanut butter to get it out, my mom made a rule that we had to spit gum out of our mouths after 8:00 PM. And oh, how I hated her for making that rule (sorry Mom!). I wrote/seethed about it in my journal, but unfortunately I couldn't find that particular entry. But while I was searching for it, I did find an interesting entry.
Date: June 25, 1988 (age 11)I can't believe how accurate I was at age eleven! Ethan is six and can have gum. He has a daily chore. The 10:00 thing doesn't apply because we don't have neighbors with kids that live really close. I got married right before my senior year of college, then I had Ethan five years later. I teach eight piano students. We don't go on a 2-3 week vacation, but we go on many smaller vacations during the summer. We live in Utah.
When I grow up I will be fair to my children. They can have gum when they turn 7. They will have a daily chore. At the age of 12 they can wear nylons & makeup. They can play at 10:00 every morning. I will be at college while I am married, then I will have kids. I will have a part-time job. If there isn't year-round school then every summer we will go on a 2 or 3 week vacation. We will live in Utah or somewhere in the U.S.
Who would have thought an eleven year old knew what she was talking about?
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We have a gourmet market here, and they carry all those types of gum. If you want some, just shoot me an email and I'll stick a package in the mail for you. :)
Wow. Big League Chew. Totally remember that. I remember sleeping with gum in my mouth and it ending up in my hair and I'm just wondering, didn't I brush my teeth before bed and know that that meant no more eating? So weird.
I wonder if your predictions came true because they really were what you wanted and continued to want and so you made it happen. The Secret, you know. :)
That kind of makes me want to go find my old journals and do some reading.
The World Market sells all that "vintage " gum. I am just too cheap to buy it for my kids, unless for Christmas stocking stuffers.
I love gum, can't chew it cuz of crowns now. Bummer, and I have myself to thank for my bad teeth. Too much candy as a kid!
Love your thoughts on future predictions here.
Rosey
Big League Chew! I loved that stuff! Can you still get it?
Sounds like you knew what you want..and got it! ;)
Gosh-my 11 year old self was WAY off of where I'd be now:)
I used to LOVE Big League chew. That was the best part about going to my brothers' baseball games.
Every time I watch Napoleon Dynamite, I laugh my head off when he pulls out the Big League Chew.
My dad had this crazy idea about preventing cavities. He wouldn't let us chew any kind of gum except sugar free. Something like Trident. Oh, how I hated him for that. What kid in their right mind would choose Trident over Bubbleyum.
I can't remember what I thought my future would be like when I was 11. Probably something very similar to what it is.
Wow! That is so weird.
I don't think I was ever that perceptive. I know in high school I used to say I wouldn't marry anyone from Utah (those Utah Mormon's you know), wouldn't date anyone over 6'4" as that was just too tall... and had a few other random things.
Well I have now been happily married for over 8 years to a 6'8" Utah boy :)
That is SO funny. :)
Oh, I SO wish I would have kept a diary when I was young! You really were prophetic, huh?
Aaaawwww....Big League Chew. So many mamories......
Sounds like you can predict the future. Wanna predict mine?! Like that none of my other kids or me will get sick so that I can guarantee that I will be at the lunch on Saturday?!
That makes me like you more because I am a huge gum fan! I remember being thrilled when I went to Jr. High that you could chew gum in class. And I'm impressed with your 11 year old accuracy...but wondering why on earth you would punish a 12 year old with nylons?
My mom would not let us have the Big League Chew because it was supposed to be like chewing tobacco.
How ironic if you knew her now.
Does that first sentence mean that your mother was NOT fair to you kids???
Mom
Such a cute entry! And now I want me some gum!
Wow, you could see into the future! Haha. And your Mom's comment is hilarious!!
(My Mom's name is Vickie, too! Just a bit of Laurie trivia for ya!) :)
I hope your boys aren't wearing nylons and makeup at age 12 (or any age for that matter)...
uhm.....would you like to take a crack at my future???
Oh my word! I got a serious laugh out of this! Isn't it funny to see how dramatic we are at such young ages?! But then, it is also fun to see how perceptive we are! You were a prophetess at such a young age! :) I look forward to the bloggy lunch Saturday!
That is really cool! And I'm going to start calling you Violet from Willy Wonka.
The 11-year-old me was way off base. Same with the 18-year-old me. I don't think I could have predicted my future, and I'm glad I didn't try to. My life now is way better than anything I could have predicted then.
BTW, I love the clove gum and Beemans. I even enjoyed Black Jack as a kid.
P.S. Smaller world still. My mom's name is Vickie, too.
I was a huge fan of watermelon flavored Bubbalicious, myself. And Bubble Tape. James brought home a package of black jack gum a couple weeks ago and I mocked him for it.
I can't believe you even still have your journals from when you were younger. How cool is that?
And I too LOVED gum...any and all gum!
Love that journal entry...you were wise then too! And I loved the Big League Chew back in the day. Poor teeth. haha.
I've actually had razzles before. They're really yummy. :)
It's amazing how accurate you were at that age! I wonder if I have anything like that...
I saw beemans, cloves and blackjack gum for sale at the gas station last week. It reminded me of you. =) I was tempted to buy some, now I'm sorry I didn't.
I really wish I would have kept a good journal. I've gotten good laughs from my few random entries.
What a prophecy! fulfilled!
too cool...
Ha Ha! I love that you'll live in Utah, or "somewhere in the US." That way you left your options fairly open!
Looks like you are living out your dreams. Lucky you!
:~D
I haven't had any of those in years. I was never a good journal writer...I'm impressed with how closely you predicted your future. Very fun.
That is SO awesome!! You were an eleven year old prodigy clearly...LOVE this post! And I remember the gum and that my mom NEVER let me have any of it...sigh
I don't remember razzles or big league. I am old though. I remember the gum though. And I liked them all. Still do. I love food memories and connections.
Wasn't razzles mentioned on some movie or something?
Sweet Afton's in Gardner Village has all the old candy we ate as kids- even the ones we forget about like "Fruit Stripe" gum.
I was the same kind of 11 year old. Decided to be and Architect in the 4th Grade and my life went totally as scripted- right up until it didn't. LOL! I still got where I wanted to be but took a detour to Motherhood via infertility.
I have missed your blog! I just got caught up...
If you think buying beer for cooking or clarifying standing in front of a slot machine is akward, try explaining your brand new giant tattoo...
We'll see how that one goes for me ;)
LOvE your honesty, and your testimony.
Thank you!
My hubby and his brother liked gum so they made a gum wall in their bedroom. So nasty.
Way to be so spot on at age 11.
What?? You don't love clove gum?? That is the best flavor ever. When I visited my daughter back east I found clove flavored candy sticks. I thought I died and gone to heaven. I think I bought about a dozen of those things.
That's a pretty cute journal entry. I think it just goes to show how much of a genius you truly are.
At least you had a plan! When i was 11, all I wrote in my journal about were the boys I liked.
Lol!
Gum rules huh!
Definitely interesting!
Well my momma used to be strict about chocolates and gum but somehow I was able to sneak stuff from school!
Reminds me of good old days!
Cheers!
Those old journal entries are classic. And I was a huge gum fan too. Even now, the only way I can stay awake driving long roadtrips is to buy bubble gum and blow bubbles. :)
Sometimes wish that I kept up a journal. What I have is a book that I took out every few years and tried to write about all that I went through the past few years. It never had any logic to it and it always lacked something. However, it did tell me that a lot of what I wrote about still seems to hold weight even today.
I love Beemans and Clove gum!!! Those are so crazy weird but I love them!
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