I swear, this isn’t going to be a meme-heavy blog for an entire year…but I’ve seen some fun ones as of late, so why not? Thanks, Hillbilly Mom!

“Were You A Snot-faced Spoiled Brat When You Were Growing Up?”

I can already answer that one for you…no. I knew how to use Kleenex.

Father went to college: Yes

Father finished college: Yes

Mother went to college: Yes

Mother finished college: No

Have any relative who is an attorney, physician, or professor: No

Were the same or higher economic class than your high school teachers: I’d say about the same.

Had more than 50 books in your childhood home: Yes, the majority of which were mine.

Had more than 500 books in your childhood home: No.

Were read children’s books by a parent: I assume my mom read to me, although I don’t know for sure.

Had lessons of any kind before you turned 18: No.

Had more than two kinds of lessons before you turned 18: No.

The people in the media who dress and talk like me are portrayed positively: I guess…?

Had a credit card with your name on it before you turned 18: No

Your parents (or a trust) paid for the majority of your college costs: No – they paid about half, though.

Your parents (or a trust) paid for all of your college costs: No.

Went to a private high school: No.

Went to summer camp: Yes, but it was the 1-week YMCA camp…not like Little Darlings or anything.

Had a private tutor before you turned 18: No, but I was a tutor for other kids at school…LOL.

Family vacations involved staying at hotels: No. I don’t count the weekend trips to neighboring cities for my dad’s bowling tournaments. That last sentence in and of itself should exclude me from spoiled bratdom.

Your clothing was all bought new before you turned 18: No…Mom made a lot of it when I was younger, and I shopped at a lot of off-price stores during high school to offset my one pair of Guess? jeans. Plus, for the first fifteen years of my life the only tickets in town were JC Penney, Sears and K-Mart.

Your parents bought you a car that was not a hand-me-down from them: No, but they did buy me a car in college that was a hand-me-down from someone else.

There was original art in your house when you were a child: No. Our art was rather unoriginal.

Had a phone in your room before you turned 18: Yes, but that was more to appease my dad than appease me.

You and your family lived in a single family house: Yes.

Your parent(s) owned their own house or apartment before you left home: Yes.

You had your own room as a child: Yes, but I am an only child. Would have been weird to share a room with my parents.

Participated in an SAT/ACT prep course: No – I don’t think they even had them back then.

Had your own TV in your room in High School: Yes – it was a tiny black-and-white thing, though.

Owned a mutual fund or IRA in High School or College: No.

Flew anywhere on a commercial airline before you turned 16: Once – from Portland, OR to Anaheim, CA. That was a family vacation, but we didn’t stay in a hotel.

Went on a cruise with your family: No.

Went on more than one cruise with your family: No.

Your parents took you to museums and art galleries as you grew up: No.

You were unaware of how much heating bills were for your family: I was unaware of the heating bills, but was painfully aware of our A/C bills during our brutally hot summers.