In His Image

sisters sharing the journey

Oh, My, Barbie April 29, 2009

Filed under: children,friends,Fun Facts,Just For Fun — Amy @ 4:04 am
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live-action-barbiecamperMany afternoons after school and long hot days in the summer, Lori and I would meet in the park near the creek under the big oak tree and play Barbies.  She had the plane and I had the camper…or vice versa.  Our brothers played G.I. Joe’s not far from us, but rarely included us.  We could play for hours.

Barbie turned 50 in March.  Wow!  Stephanie, my friend and fellow blogger, has a post that gives the problems with Barbie’s proportions were she an actual human.  As you have probably heard, she would have serious health problems.

I enjoyed reading the proportions related to actual human size.  I’ll keep my own imperfect body.  Click HERE to go to her post.

 

Who Invented Strands of Electric Christmas Lights? December 26, 2008

Filed under: Fun Facts — Amy @ 5:45 am
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Surprise! Surprise!  christmas_lights

Thomas Edison, the inventor of the first successful practical light bulb, created the very first strand of electric lights. During the Christmas season of 1880, these strands were strung around the outside of his Menlo Park Laboratory. Railroad passengers traveling by the laboratory got their first look at an electrical light display. But it would take almost forty years for electric Christmas lights to become the tradition that we all know and love.

From the Library of Congress website

 

 
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