Dance

Last night the family went to a dance. I am the only one in the family who has (I mean had) never been to a dance. It was so much fun!

We did the Virginia Reel and a circle dance where the ladies changed partners and got to dance with all the men. (I couldn't find any video for it, but I looked.)

The only awkward thing was that we were told to dress in a "cowboy/cowgirl" style. When Osanna, Mom and I arrived... Well, mostly just Osanna and I looked like we had got those instructions. The host was delighted and we decided to have fun no matter if we looked a bit silly. :)

1958

I guess autograph books were the "thing" in 1958. I was snooping around in my mom's things and found hers. Big Daddy (her dad) said "To my Angelpuss who sometimes acts like a Demon" but, on the whole, most people thought she should stay as cute and sweet as she was.

Her girlfriends had special little ways of saying things like:

2 cute
2 be
-----
4 gotten

2 young
2 go
-----
4 boys

and "sitting on (picture of a top) of the (picture of the world)
and "my (drawing of a heart) (drawing of a pair of pants) 4 U

Her boyfriends also had cute things to say like:

"Gayle Gayle in the tub
Gayle's mother forgot the plug
Oh my goodness! Oh my soul!
There goes Gayle down the hole"
(He also added "your cute and I really mean it")

And after she broke her nose:

Roses are red
Violets are blue
you have a nose
like a B-52

*I kept the spelling and capitalizations as they were written.

Anne Frank

I just finished reading Anne Frank.