Tuesday, July 22, 2008

Back in the olden days...

Here are the rules:


1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn't matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!

2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. You might be surprised about what random things people remember about you. If you leave a memory about me, I'll assume you're playing the game and I'll come to your blog and leave one about you! (Provided I haven't already done so...)

Now, get to joggin' down memory lane!

12 comments:

Kevin said...

Wow, Mrs. Condren, eh? That's funny.

I remember a lot now that I am thinking of it. I remember one night (or maybe several nights) when the old gang was at the house you guys had on the flats and we were down in your basement telling ghost stories. I think we did that in several places. By Nikki's house and we even ventured out to the old cemetery by the Rowley's house. When we were out there, there was either a cow or some other beast just outside the cemetery fence line and it was making noise. We all were a little scared, but I remember you being pretty scared. Plus, we were arm-in-arm, and you were holding pretty tight, so I didn't mind so much. ;)

Renae said...

Hmm, my earliest memory of you was back in the Jerry Bench days. I was about 11 or 12, so you'd have been what? I don't know. What is the age difference? I'm currently 32. Anyway, I thought you were a child, and I was quite practically grown up. -Ha! Anyway, we were practicing some scene, and it was taking FOREVER. You were behaving rather badly. Probably just a kid tired of being in the hot sun, and made to walk up on the stage again, and again, and again. Anyway, I don't know what you were doing precisely, but I remember thinking that it was very naughty. Your mom kept yelling "COLISTA!" over and over and over again. I knew that I could never forget your name after that day, and I never did.

I also remember one time when there was a guy that was drunk or something, sitting on a balcony at the Alan House place, or somewhere around there. I was acting like a weirdo to mess with his mind or something. What made it fun was that you were laughing, and laughing. I love people who laugh!

Bruce said...

i remember when you and i went on assignment together and you had to kill that guy. then as we were driving away you asked me if i was hungry and you said "i could just kill for some tacos right now!" it was so funny. we laughed and laughed.

Sarah-Lynnetta said...

I remember hiding in your car outside the apartments from the crazy cookie dough man. Do you remember? Hehe!

I also remember the time you went with us on a little trip and there was a guy trying to get you to come hang out with him. Then you made up a story as to why you couldn't hang out with him. Do you remember? I sat in the bathroom laughing while you were on the phone with him.

timpani76 said...

I was so nervous about meeting you for the first time since John had talked up about how you were the coolest chica ever to walk the planet. And then, when I did finally meet you, I had a horrible headache from sitting on the lawn and watching the pageant, so I fell asleep in the backseat of you car.

I remember you asking John (in a sleepy haze) if I was OK, and John said I was fine. I was pretty embarrassed that I blew my chance to impress you in some way, and just fell asleep instead.

colista said...

I love this memory thing!! It's bringing back a lot of things that I had forgotten. Thanks guys!

Anonymous said...

My fav. memory is when we were abt. 10 and we went swimming in the River, and we collected all kinds of shells. I just kept thinking- if my Dad knew we were doing this, he would kill me.
But, my least fav. memory is when we were at City of Joseph practice, I had gotten my hair cut short and you came and told me I looked like a boy! I was so mad at you. I think you could tell, because you said I looked like a cute boy. I don't think that was helpful. lol Cori

Corisse said...

Okay, that last one was from me

Kim said...

I think my first memory of you, you probably didn't even notice me! It was a Girls' Camp at the State Park in Keosauqua, (one of like only 2 that I went to), and I vividly remember you, Charlene, and Nikki, hiding behind some table, and probably bushes and any hiding place you could find, shooting water guns at all the girls who didn't notice you! You were always laughing and super fun! And you still are! Now I have great memories of you as the most awesome PTO president there ever was!!

Eyepoke said...

Wow... many good ones! Starting when you were about 12 or 13 and you sent me a letter that ended with the phrase : "Sorry- I've got to go CATCH A CRIMINAL!"

cracked me up to no end.

Then the millions of CoJ adventures... I remember Nikki showing up at the campground by herself and shouting for me to come talk to her through the passenger window of the car she was driving... and when I get up to see what she wants I see the car is full to the brim with Colista and about a million other people hiding on the floor.

Last one-- when Jerry had his CoJ reunion and you and I showed up for him and Don O.'s monolgueueueeu (sp?) and we wound up ignoring them/ making fun of them (in a niceish way) in the back of the room, laughing very loudly, (but silently at the same time) even though we were grown ups by then. (don said something about :" once lighting struck very closely to the cheese factory"... that's all I remeber from his storying-- but i have to say I love that phrase now)

You rule.

Tuesday said...

HEY!!! i remember the Mrs. Condren thing too. ah good times...

lets see...one memory i have of you...i remember when we used to make our own movies and people usually ended up dead. LOL i wonder what people would think of us if they saw those. i remember one with you, me, charlene, nikki, and ... dang, i cant remember her name - charlene's cousin. we were at the visitor's center like it was a mall. LMAO. and someone died in the elevator. and then we went back to nikki's and someone died there. did you end up killing the killer? LOL i have those tapes. i need to see if i can get anything off of them....

love you!!!

Lindsay said...

Colista,
Hey, I love your blog. I'm sorry to hear about your dad too. I wanted to let you know that Ariane, Anna, and Jared all have blogs too. Cray huh. They are linked to mine. I'm starting to love the internet. We are trying to talk Abi into it if anyone could find her long enough to talk to her. Anyway check it out.
Here is mine and you will see the links for the other ones. www.westsiderussells.blogspot.com
Yeah, this is so freaking fun.