• General Foods introduces TANG
• USSR launches Sputnik, first satellite
• The Frisbee gets renamed & nationally marketed
• Jimmy Hoffa elected president of the Teamsters Union

SONGS:

• Love Letters In The Sand - Pat Boone (#1)
• Love Me - Elvis
• Blueberry Hill - Fats Domino
• Tammy - Debbie Reynolds
• That'll Be The Day - Buddy Holly
• Little Darlin' - The Diamonds
• All Shook Up - Elvis
• Diana - Paul Anka

PRICES:

• House $20,000
• Average Income $4,494

• Standing eyelevel beside my parents bed to see my new baby twin sisters (2yrs old)
• My older sister teaching me how to skate on bob-skates in our back lane (3yrs old)
• My older cousin getting mad because I had gotten into his Easter basket and took one bite out of each one of his Easter Eggs (3yrs old)
• Getting myself lost, because I wanted to go go to the store to buy my big sister some encyclopedias (4yrs old)
• Being terrified of my own shadow (which was huge) because it was dark out; I was standing at our back doorway, the light in the house caused my shadow to appear on the wall of our garage (4yrs old)
• Playing with worms & getting my rubber boots stuck in the mud (4yrs old)
• Discovering ants ... I suspect this must ...

1972 ~ 15 years old and just starting high school ...

• Alice Cooper
• David Bowie ~
  • Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars
• T-Rex
• The Who
• Uriah Heep
• Pink Floyd
• Mott the Hoople
• Jethro Tull
• Led Zeppelin
• Deep Purple
• Elton John
• Queen
• Van Halen
• Black Sabbath
• Rolling Stones
• Bob Dylan
• Lou Reed

• Canine Massage Therapy
• How to make my own soap
• Paint in Watercolor
• How to STAY organized at home:P (like that'll ever happen!)

• ITALIAN
  • Chiante's
  • Fiore Cantina Italiana
• CHINESE/ASIAN
  • Panda Hut
  • Asian Connection
  • Wok Box
• CANADIAN ~ STEAK/SEAFOOD/PASTA
  • Moxies
  • Lazia
  • Motorant Restaurant
  • Sawmill Prime Rib & Steakhouse
  • Friends & Neighbors Cafe
  • Joey Tomatoes Kitchen Inc
• FRENCH
  • The Creperie
  • Continental Treat Restaurant & Martini Ba...

• Puppy Breath
• Home-made Bread
• "Baby's Own" Soap (any of the others just don't quite measure up)
• Gas Stations
• Fresh Laundry
• Sandalwood
• The Woods
  • The Woods first thing in the spring
  • The Woods first thing in the morning
  • The Woods right after a rain
  • The Woods in the fall ... they all have different smells; each one unique and equally awesome!
• Lavender ~ lavender anything
• Fresh Ground Coffee (preferably Starbucks)
• Camp Fire
• Sweet Peas & Lilacs
• Nag Champa Incense

• Sweet Marie (given by my Mom)
• Pokey (given by my Dad)
• Shawna~Hawnee~Three~Fingers (given by my Aunt & Uncle)
• Ditza ... Hebrew meaning "Joy" (given by my best friend, Laureen)
• John Wayne (given by my daughter, Sam)