A few weeks ago, one of our garage door openers (the little clickers, not the big mechanism in the garage) stopped working. When we discovered they were going for $40 new, we were like, “What!” and immediately went to eBay where we got one for about half that. So, we were back to two functional openers, no more having to make sure the person who was getting home first would have the clicker.
Tonight, I tossed my coat in the washing machine, then the dryer. When I pulled it out of the dryer, I discovered…you guessed it…the new opener was in the pocket. Guess what doesn’t work anymore. Grrrr. Definitely a smack myself moment.
Okay, today’s look back at fun books from childhood. I’ve always loved survival stories, and you can’t get much better than The Swiss Family Robinson.
I was fascinated by how they salvaged all those items from the shipwreck and were able to make a home on that deserted island. One of my favorite places at Walt Disney World is the Swiss Family Robinson Treehouse. It would be so cool to have one of those in the back yard. 
I still love stories of survival, whether they’re true stories such as a book I read after visiting Yellowstone National Park about people who survived attacks by grizzly bears or works of fiction. I even incorporated a survival-in-the-wild theme into my newest young adult book that’s currently under consideration. I really hope that book gets published because I love that story.
Anyone else like Swiss Family Robinson or other survival stories?
December 17th, 2005 at 9:05 am
There’s another book I haven’t read in years, though I recall enjoying it a lot when I was a kid. And I loved the treehouse at Disneyland which is probably the same as the one at Disney World.
It was the first thing we went through when we went there when I was ten.
December 17th, 2005 at 9:09 am
Heck, I didn’t go to Disney World until I was married, and I still love the treehouse.