Pocket Rocker
Hello, Monday! 
Sorry that I didn’t post about dinner last night. It ended up being a really late night for me– plus, I still needed to write my Health post for the week. If you’re curious, Mal and I ate dinner at my mom’s house last night, which I wrote about over at Trading Up Downtown.
When I was at my mom’s house last night, she pulled out an old-school favorite of mine: a Pocket Rocker! Total blast from the past, right? My mom was cleaning the attic the other day and stumbled upon this gem. Surprisingly, it still works!
I used to love my Pocket Rocker! I’d put it in the basket on the front of my bike and ride all over the neighborhood, rocking out to Tiffany, The Bangles, Debbie Gibson, Belinda Carlisle, and Whitney Houston. I thought I was SO cool with my Pocket Rocker and banana seat bike. Man, those were the days!
Breakfast
This morning, I rocked the Oats in a Jar for breakfast. My beloved Nuttzo was just about gone, so I used the semi-empty jar for my oats.
In the mix:
- 1/4 cup old-fashioned oats
- 1/4 cup oat bran
- 1/3 cup frozen blueberries
- 1/2 tbsp chia seeds
- 1 tbsp flax
- 2 tbsp chopped walnuts
- Cinnamon
I also enjoyed a wonderful homemade iced latte with breakfast.
Delicious! 
Oatmeal Seed Extravaganza
As you probably know, my blog buddy, Kath, and I both love chia seeds and flax in our morning bowl of oats, so we arranged a special deal with OpenSky: chia seeds and flax seeds are 30% off from now thru midnight on Tuesday!!! If you’ve been meaning to stock up, a 1/2 pound of organic chia seeds AND a pound of organic flax seeds is just $13 for both. There’s only 20 bundles available, so act fast!
Question of the Day
What do you consider the “coolest” toy from your childhood?
P.S. I have my second check-in for Lose the Dough this afternoon. 
Wish me luck!
Tags: chia seeds, flaxseeds, OpenSky, pocket rocker
Gabriela @ Une Vie Saine — March 22, 2010 @ 7:25 am
Oh my gosh, I was in love with my Beanie Babies and Giga Pet!! I always had a few Beanies with me. Love the Nuttzo oats, such a great nut butter! Happy Monday!
shelly — March 22, 2010 @ 7:29 am
I have never heard of a Pocket Rocker! I am a pretty low tech girl, my fav toy was anything barbie!
Julie — March 22, 2010 @ 7:33 am
Oh my gosh I’m so pumped, I just bought the chia and flax seeds! I was thisclose to buying a giant thing of chia seeds last night but they were $20. So glad I didn’t waste my money!!
I don’t think I ever had a pocket rocker
I had some cool toys growing up, but for some reason I was randomly reminicing about my skip-it last night. It was pink and alwasy flew off my ankle and under a car, but it was super fun!
Anna @ Newlywed, Newly Veg — March 22, 2010 @ 7:36 am
Oh my gosh, my sister had one of those and she would NEVER let me borrow it. Typical older sister
Hmmmm…not sure how cool it is, but I sure did love my lite brite
Haleigh — March 22, 2010 @ 7:37 am
I was obsessed with beanie babies, american girl dolls and those hand held electronic pets that you had to feed and take care of.. what were they called? I can’t remember.. ah well.. and I shouldn’t even get into how obsessed I was with all things Hanson when I was in elementary school.
I have never tried Nuttzo before but after all the positives reviews.. I think it will be my next nut butter to try. Ya know, after all of the 4 jars that I already have are gone in my cabinet.. haha! Hope you have a good Monday! xoxo
emily — March 22, 2010 @ 7:38 am
Easy Bake Ovens! I never had one and it haunts me to this day; my husband already promised I can buy one whenever we move to a house
Sarena (The Non-Dairy Queen) — March 22, 2010 @ 7:39 am
I do love flax in my oats. I have not tried the chia sees yet though. I know I need to check them out! My favorite thing as a kid was my boom box. It was huge and had two cassette players. I could play music, sing to it and record it! I loved it. Good luck this afternoon…but I know you don’t need it!
Estela @ Weekly Bite — March 22, 2010 @ 7:43 am
I use to have one of those pocket rockers!!! I LOVED it!
Jessica @ How Sweet It Is — March 22, 2010 @ 7:43 am
I was talking about the Pocket Rocker on Twitter a few weeks ago!! I had mine and LOVED it. I know I had Taylor Dayne and The Bangles to go wtih it.
Marisa (Loser for Life) — March 22, 2010 @ 7:44 am
Oooh, great deal on the chia/flax seeds!
Good luck this afternoon!
Freya @ Brit Chick Runs — March 22, 2010 @ 7:48 am
My coolest toy….probably my barbie set! She came with a horse, car, trailor, dog…it was pretty immense
Have a good afternoon!
Kelly — March 22, 2010 @ 7:49 am
Good luck with the Lose the Dough check in. I think I would always schedule mine for Fridays because I have a little trouble eating healthy on the weekends haha.
So many cool toys from childhood. I never had a Pocket Rocker though! I missed out!
Foy Update - Cook. Garden. Write. Repeat. — March 22, 2010 @ 7:57 am
I love that place mat. So pretty.
Annie@stronghealthyfit — March 22, 2010 @ 8:01 am
How cute, I’ve never seen a Pocket Rocker! I would have loved one of those when I was a kid. I guess my favorite toy was my huge costume box
Kelly — March 22, 2010 @ 8:13 am
Umm I was in love with my skip it! That thing was da bomb!
Samantha Angela @ Bikini Birthday — March 22, 2010 @ 8:13 am
Oooh. Good luck with Lose the Dough. I have my month 2 check in for my bikini birthday this week too. Eek!
Beth @ Beth's Journey to Thin — March 22, 2010 @ 8:16 am
i have yet to try Oats in a Jar, but I love my oats so I can’t wait!
Probably my moon shoes from childhood…
Jenny — March 22, 2010 @ 8:20 am
I had the coolest remote controlled car!
Jessica — March 22, 2010 @ 8:25 am
I think I had all of those tapes as well! So funny.
The coolest toy from my childhood was a pogo ball. Those rubber balls with the saucer around them that you stand on and bounce, so fun! It would be a good workout now to.
Ann @ Appalachian Appetites — March 22, 2010 @ 8:31 am
Good luck this afternoon! And thanks for the chia seed offer
Thirtyandhealthy — March 22, 2010 @ 8:34 am
Aw wow I’d never heard of a Pocket Rocker before. Guess they never hit the UK or if they did maybe I was just uncool! I had so many favourite toys- I adored my space hopper and my barbies though. I cried when my Mum sold my barbie collection on me when I was 10
I also loved a toy phone I had when I was 4, it spoke to me- until I was running up the stairs, fell over and landed on it. 
Jen — March 22, 2010 @ 8:36 am
Oh wow – I started laughing when I saw the pic!! The pocket rocker was definitely one of my favorites too! I would carry that thing with me all over the neighborhood playing “I Think We’re Alone Now” over and over again.
Kyla — March 22, 2010 @ 8:41 am
Giga pets, beanie babies, barbies, the Spice Girl dolls, and my American Girl Kirsten were some childhood favs. Can you tell I was a 90′s kid?
Lindsay @ The Ketchup Diaries — March 22, 2010 @ 8:41 am
Ahhh! I LOVED my pocket rocker too!! It was probably one of my faves. My friends and I used to put it on and then make up dances. We were so cool, obviously
Heather (Heather's Dish) — March 22, 2010 @ 8:41 am
hahaha that’s so funny! this’ll show what a dork i was/am, but i never really played with toys (except my barbies), but rather i read all the time! i do love a good etch-a-sketch though
Kelly @ Healthy Living With Kelly — March 22, 2010 @ 8:46 am
Coolest childhood toy? I had one of those battery powered pink barbie corvets! haha..I would drive down my sidewalk thinking I was SO cool!! haha!
kalli@fitandfortysomething — March 22, 2010 @ 8:53 am
oh i loved everything Barbie and of course my big wheel and bike!
so cute that your mom found that
Kelli — March 22, 2010 @ 9:03 am
Definitly my Michael Jackson purse!
Tracey @ I'm Not Superhuman — March 22, 2010 @ 9:03 am
I was a big fan of Debbie Gibson and Tiffany, too. Those were my favorite cassette tapes back when I was in first grade. I feel so old. I think at that time my favorite toy was the skip it. You’d hook it around your ankle and skip over it as the device counted how many times you’d skipped over it. Come to think of it, that sounds like a workout device!
Madeline @ Greens and Jeans — March 22, 2010 @ 9:06 am
When I was in 6th grade we ALL had giga pets and we would play with them under our desks! Of course, the teachers all knew but we thought we were so sneaky!
Jenn (j3nn.net) — March 22, 2010 @ 9:21 am
I never had a Pocket Rocker, I loved all of that music though. I miss the 80s
lol Riding your bike in the summer was the BEST!
My coolest toy from childhood? Cabbage Patch Kids! I also really loved my Speak ‘n Spell.
Jenn
Lauren @ Eater not a runner — March 22, 2010 @ 9:23 am
Looove nuttzo! Probably my original Nintendo. It was the best b-day present ever!!
Sophie @ yumventures — March 22, 2010 @ 9:27 am
Awesome pocket rocker! My Mom found my Skip It in the garage last year. Love it!
stacy — March 22, 2010 @ 9:28 am
I looooooved my Pocket Rocker! I had Ritchie Valens and Tears for Fears. So happy to see that pictured on your blog (which I also love)!
Lauren @ Running Examiner — March 22, 2010 @ 9:32 am
Hmm, I LOVED my Easy Bake Oven. More specifically, I loved the idea of it, because the little confections always tasted awful
sarah (the SHU box) — March 22, 2010 @ 9:36 am
we are SO the same age (born may of ’80!)
i didn’t have one, but i REALLLLY wanted one . . . and you just listed all of my childhood musical favorites. ha!
Amanda@lessonsinmoderation — March 22, 2010 @ 9:39 am
That Pocket Rocker is hilarious. I had the exact same one! I have to say my coolest toys were my Cabbage Patch Kids. I loved those things! But my Pogo Ball was a close second.
Sarah — March 22, 2010 @ 9:39 am
Your oatmeal always looks so un-voluminous in the jar – especially compared to other bloggers who do the OIAJ. I can’t imagine that that amount would fill me up!
Kait — March 22, 2010 @ 9:40 am
I’ve never heard of a pocket rocket before but I was all about following any trend there was, guess I’m a sucker.I think the most random toy from my childhood was Pogs…who even came up with those!?
Cynthia (It All Changes) — March 22, 2010 @ 9:48 am
Good luck with the check in. You should be fine!
My favorite toy was my cabbage patch that I would make listen to me teach as I practiced my future career. She was always so naughty.
Jack Bennett — March 22, 2010 @ 9:49 am
@kait 39 ummm…. pocket rocket means something QUITE different from this…
I LOVE extreme oatmeal with nuts or nut butters. It is a great breakfast and keeps you full for hours!
Whitney @ Whitinspired — March 22, 2010 @ 9:53 am
I think my polly pockets were my coolest toy. And I had these certain types of dolls that came with a birth certificate in a dissolvable packet…you didn’t know what the baby was until you dissolved it in water. That was pretty cool too!!
Kristine — March 22, 2010 @ 9:57 am
Need I say the word: POGS!!!! Hahaha!
Jenny — March 22, 2010 @ 10:01 am
Wow I’ve never even heard of a pocket rocker?! but the Skip-it was amazing: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5eNcFRit8M
Erin @ Cooking and the City — March 22, 2010 @ 10:03 am
I sooo miss my Pocket Rocker – I wish my parents had saved mine. How cute were those tiny tapes??
I also loved my Skip it!
Laurie @ Write to Live — March 22, 2010 @ 10:04 am
Pogs! I totally loved those! I don’t even remember the point of them or the games my friends and I played with them.
Ali — March 22, 2010 @ 10:05 am
I had OIAJ this morning too! love.love.love. I don’t think anything could have beaten my barbie obsession when I was younger…but I gotta admit I did love giga pets and tamagachis!
Mirae — March 22, 2010 @ 10:05 am
I’ll preface by saying that I’m a longtime reader. I must say that I’m among the growing contingent of readers who are tiring of the constant barrage of Open Sky posts here and on Kath’s blog. It seems like a way for bloggers to make a buck and get more stuff for free. I would much rather have your Open Sky posts on a separate page–they’re beginning to be quite intrusive. There comes a point in every blogger’s ascension when he or she must ask: Am I a writer or a salesperson?
Steph D — March 22, 2010 @ 10:10 am
Peter! Hahhaha i was so sad i forgot that at mom’s. But i guess it worked out so you could see it!!!!! Did mom tell you that there was 3 of them? Why did we have 3?
Hannah — March 22, 2010 @ 10:34 am
I have never heard of a Pocket Rocker, and still have no idea what it is! The coolest toy from my childhood… hmm, I didn’t have a lot of toys, really. But I loved Polly Pockets!
christie — March 22, 2010 @ 10:37 am
I had one of those babies that went to the bathroom and you had to change the diaper. I didn’t have the pocket rocket but I did have a walkman. As a child of the 90′s I remember jamming out to mariah caery and paula abdul
Courtney — March 22, 2010 @ 10:38 am
I loved my Skip-It! I would rock that wearing my fanny pack and scrunchy. Lol!!!
Rose — March 22, 2010 @ 10:44 am
My coolest toy from childhood was definitely this fluffy white dog that was motorized and moved across the room. It was very hip circa ’89.
Nicole, RD — March 22, 2010 @ 10:59 am
I’ve never heard of a Pocket Rocker – how fun! I had a boom box that I BLASTED Michael Jackson from and did tumbling routines to. Ahhh, past times
Jessica @ The Process of Healing — March 22, 2010 @ 11:09 am
Oh yum… OIAJ are the best thing EVER!
Sara — March 22, 2010 @ 11:36 am
Oh my gosh..total blast from the past! I loved my Pocket Rocker!!
Meghan@traveleatlove — March 22, 2010 @ 11:40 am
I had a pocket rocker with the little Bangles tape! The Bangles were my first ever live concert when I was 6. So cool!
Tara — March 22, 2010 @ 11:40 am
Pahahahahah I just bust out laughing at the Pocket Rocket. Too funny.
jaclyn@todayslady — March 22, 2010 @ 11:53 am
Hmmm Barbies will probably always be my #1!
OIAJ…. so good!!
Erinn — March 22, 2010 @ 12:12 pm
thanks for the chia seed and flaxseed offer Tina! Chia seeds are so expensive out at my local Whole Foods, and now I have them, woohoo!
Lindsay — March 22, 2010 @ 12:12 pm
Coleco vision video games were the coolest and way better than the Nintento. OMG, Whitney, Bangles, Belinda, when I hear them I instantly feel 12 years old again. LOVE them so much
Daisy — March 22, 2010 @ 12:20 pm
how in the heck does that still work?! I am amazed. I had the exacta same one. The Tiffani tape was my favoriteeee. great blast from the past.
Liz — March 22, 2010 @ 12:22 pm
BTW – I saw your Rent The Runway dress in this week’s US Weekly!
Kim — March 22, 2010 @ 12:31 pm
I used to love Debbie Gibson! I even dressed up as her for Halloween one year! It’s so fun to remember the 80′s!
Maura — March 22, 2010 @ 1:10 pm
I loved my Barbies/American Girl dolls/and Nano pet. Those were the days…Beanie Babies were pretty cool too.
Tina — March 22, 2010 @ 1:28 pm
@Liz: You did? What page? I just read through that issue and didn’t see it!
Arlene @ Adventures in Weight Loss — March 22, 2010 @ 1:43 pm
I must have been too old for the Pocket Rocker … had a Cabbage Patch doll that I loved, and quite the collection of Barbies and Strawberry Shortcake dolls. But my all-time favorite toys would have to the very low-tech hula hoop and jump rope. I used to play with those things for hours!
Now, if only I still did, I could count that as a workout!
Jenn @ LiveWellFitNow — March 22, 2010 @ 1:44 pm
Cabbage Patch kids hands down! I loved those things and I think my mom still has a bag of about 10 of them in my closet at home.
Good luck with lose the dough! I started a challenge of my own over a month ago and am so proud to say that it has been awesome! I have lost inches everywhere and nearly a whole dress size! I love challenges…such a great way to feel inspired and change up your routine.
Lynn (The Actors Diet) — March 22, 2010 @ 1:52 pm
i never had a pocket rocker but it looks like we had the same taste in music….weirdly, i now have the same agent as debbie – i mean, deborah – gibson.
Deirdre — March 22, 2010 @ 1:55 pm
My coolest toy from childhood had to be my American Girl doll Molly. I just loved her and all the stuff she came with. I also loved her story. I guess I was a history dork even back then.
Christina — March 22, 2010 @ 2:08 pm
I loved my tamagotchi’s, barbie collection, easy bake oven, and my brother’s creepy crawler bug maker haha
Teri [a foodie stays fit] — March 22, 2010 @ 2:09 pm
agh! of course! I finally broke down and bought chia seeds last week and now there is the opensky discount! oh well!
my favorite childhood toy was…a calculator. seriously. haha!
Bree@beeskneeslife — March 22, 2010 @ 2:51 pm
Oh my! I loved Pocket Rockers! I never had one but all my friends did – I was sooo jealous.
I was just thinking about old school toys, and the Skip It came to mind. We were also watching the I love the 90′s show on VH1 last weekend, and they were talking about My Buddy and Kid Sister…you know you remember the commercial and song that went with it!
My faves were Barbies, my Nintendo Game Boy, and Legos
Diana(mymarblerye) — March 22, 2010 @ 3:32 pm
I’m so behind on your posts but I just wanted to say you looked amazing in that dress! Agents might be calling for some modeling
anyways my fave old toy was my glo worm!
rachel — March 22, 2010 @ 4:27 pm
I have never heard of a pocket rocker although I am only a couple years younger than you (May ’82!). My fav toys were definitely My Little Ponies, and , when I got older, American Girl Doll – Samantha. I could play with those toys for hours!
Laura @ GrapeSugar — March 22, 2010 @ 4:34 pm
I loved the pogo ball I had! And the Barbie McDonalds, it came with mini big macs, shakes, etc.!
I just realized we have the same wedding date by the way! Gorgeous day wasn’t it!?
Lindsay Perrone (goodiesgalore) — March 22, 2010 @ 5:51 pm
I want that pocket rocker so bad! Pocket rocker sounds like a sex toy, doesn’t it?
Staceyhttp://stacey-healthylife.blogspot.com/ — March 22, 2010 @ 6:25 pm
I really gotta try this oats in a jar when my pb gets empty.
Andrea @ Fit Healthy Fun — March 22, 2010 @ 8:57 pm
Pocket Rocker! I totally listened to Tiffany’s “I Think We’re Alone Now” on that thing. Totally 80s!