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Category: Memes - Monday Memories

When were you first allowed to stay home alone, and under what circumstances?

I don't remember the age. My mom had a typing service at home, but she had to go out sometimes to pick up the work. Sometimes I would get to stay home. I was supposed to stay home, of course, but sometimes I would walk around the corner and down a few blocks to the convenience store and buy a bag full of candy. You could get a brown lunch bag stuff full of candy for $2.00 back then!

When you were a kid did you have chores? What did you have to do? If you have children, what kinds of chores do they have? If not, do you think you will make your children do chores?

I don't think I had assigned chores. My mom used to pay me to do things like dust and vacuum. She would ask me to do other things, but I don't remember ever having a specific responsibility. I don't have children, and I doubt I ever will. If I did, I would give them chores.

I've been doing a re-org on my scheduled blogging. The This or That Tuesday meme is no more, so I'll be posting What's on TiVo? on Tuesdays from now on. I haven't been inspired by the 5ive Minute Stories words the last several times, so I'm going to replace that meme with a new one called Monday Memories. Here's the first question: Did you win any awards when you were a kid?

I won ribbons for being on the honor roll in junior high. I also won some trophies and medals for choir stuff. I was first alternate alto to the Texas high school All State Choir my senior year. That was cool because I got to go to San Antonio for the Texas Music Educators Association convention, but I didn't have to rehearse or perform. I got to walk around the river walk and chill!