Tagged!

Ihave been tagged by Mark, from http://meanderingmusingsmustermadness.blogspot.com/
to talk about my "Top 5 Favorite Childhood Memories".
When i first saw that Mark had chosen me, i felt a pit in my stomach. WTF would i talk about? After having a scout around at others top 5, it was easily felt, the love and fondness everyone has for their childhood.
I didn't have a bad childhood. I mean, i was never beaten, i had food on my plate although never anything that resembled milk and cookies after school. It was more like water, perhaps cordial if we were lucky and fruit. It was on the very odd occasion that we were treated to cake, or donuts etc. it wasn't because my parents couldn't afford it, even though my mum stayed home, my father earned a great wage. It was because of my mother, she had a fixation on our teeth. She was paranoid we'd need teeth filled or pulled because of holes caused by too much sugar. Today, i have not one filling, my teeth are near perfect. When your a kid, you don't think of that though, you think about everything your missing out on, everything your friends have and you don't.
My childhood was full of fighting with my brother who is 4 yrs my junior. We hated each other, nothing too much has changed 30 years on. I don't hate him, i dislike him and always have. I find him to be very bitter and just a generally nasty person. My hope of course are that his little girls never have his personality.
To find 5 greatest moments from my childhood is difficult. You see, my mother and father never spent time with me, playing games, chatting about the day....it just never happened.
I could never have friends over, my dad was a shift worker so laughing and just having a good time in general was banned in my house, otherwise he'd wake up! Fortunately, i did have a few friends that i could play with out in the street.
When i was very little, there used to be an elderly couple who lived next door. I remember, they used to spoil me as they could never have their own kids. I used to get candy from them, cookies and great birthday presents. The lady used to take me to the movies and walk with me while i road my bike.
My mother was a very forgetful person, well, not with herself, just with the 2 of us kids. I remember when i needed pens or special items for school and she'd always forget to bring them home.
I remember when i would get my school report, both my parents would yell at me for talking to much. LOl i know now why i did, it's because they never used to bother to talk to me so i was getting my fill from school! I would be punished for a bad report. It would mean i would never get the xmas present i most wanted. I remember one year i wanted a typewriter, my father banned me from getting one.
My childhood had no defning 5 moments of greatness. Infact it was probably very boring. i rarely saw my grand parents, and when i did they were cookie cutters of my mum and dads ideals. No escape.
I hope i haven't depressed anyone, and please don't feel bad for me because i have learn't to deal with it all. My later teenage years were heaps of fun.

If you all want to write about your top 5 favoritist moment as a kid...hop to it!!
Apologies if none of this makes sense, i am sitting in the dark, nearly fallingasleep.
take cafre all.