After having an Atari in the house for the last 10 days, it's brought out quite a flood of warm-n-fuzzies for this little daughter of the 70's ... I was already touching on some of my best childhood movie memories in my last post, but since then I've remembered so many more fun things from 'back in the day' - it's as if a door in my mind opened, the memories have been vivid and clear - kinda wild. I recalled an email FW that was being passed around about 3 years ago and was able to find it again (thank you, google!) ... anyone remember this one? I've eliminated the entries that just didn't speak to me, but believe me when I tell you that each and every one of these photos below mean something to me ... ah, those beautiful 70's ...
If you were a little girl in the 70's ...
You had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked ...
You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it ...
You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute ...
You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island ...
You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days ...
YOU had Star Wars action figures, too ...
You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic - with the thermos inside!
You owned "Klick-Klacks" and smacked yourself in the face more than once ...
You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits ...
Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession ...
You had either a "bowl cut" or "pixie," not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill" ...
You wore a poncho or gauchos ...
You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon ...
You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once ...
You wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really bad; you wore that Little House on the Prairie-inspired plaid, ruffle shirt with the high neck in at least one school picture; and you despised Nellie Olson!
You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle) ...
It was a big event in your household each year when the "Wizard of Oz" would come on tv. Your mom would break out the popcorn and sleeping bags!
You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry ...
... Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy?"
You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat ...
You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume
books ...
You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft, which was the first 'real' perfume you ever owned ...
You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color ...
You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs ...
You used to tape songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker ...
You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record albums ...
Guilty as charged. I had or did every single one of these things. Even the swingset that tipped over. And that Dorothy Hamill haircut wasn't the best look I've ever tried (nor were the prairie dresses for that matter!), so my mom deserves a special mommy hug to have smiled through those phases! And by the way, I would have added to the list a shout out for the 6-million-dollar-man and the bionic woman - I even had a Jamie Sommers barbie for crying out loud ...
For me, all of these things were a big part of my youth - hilarious now, but oh so important to me back then! What I wouldn't give to have a home video to watch or to go back as a fly on the wall and see my 10-year-old self for a day ... alas. The memories will have to suffice - well ... memories and an actual Atari console. With 10 game cartridges. Including Ms. Pac-Man and Frogger. What do you guys think - do any of these relics from the 1970's especially speak to you guys, too? Thanks for putting up with my walk down 1970's Lane today ...
12 comments:
You nailed it...Bionic woman, Grease, Barretts, Shaun, God...Margaret, 8 Ball. I still have my Simon game. Love Boat, De-plane,De-plane. Did you mention Charlies Angels or Dukes of Hazard?
Such a fun trip down memory lane!
Oh...and my metal lunch box was Holly Hobby and my mom had the Dorothy Hamil haircut!
OMG, where to begin.
My sister and I would sit in front of the tv when Grease came on, and we'd have our tape recorder. We would hit record and tape the music off of the show. We also had our own Pink Ladies club! :) We made our own microphones with foil, and we sang all the songs. haha.
We had the 8 ball, the Simon game, friendship pins were HUGE with us, the braided barrettes brought back a ton of memories too! I had forgotten about those. Yes, read Are you There God a hundred times. lol! I had a lot of Holly Hobbie stuff. LOVED Gopher on Love Boat.
OMG. What a fun post! Thank you for the memories. :)
OMG...I had forgotten all about those ribbon barrettes!! I had my hair parted down the middle with barrettes on either side! I had a holly hobbie lunch box and bedding. I was only allowed to stay up past 8pm on Monday nights to watch Little House. A banana seat was a must! I always wanted Simon game and never got one. I also wanted the operation game and never got that either!
Fun post Sloan!
OMG...I had forgotten all about those ribbon barrettes!! I had my hair parted down the middle with barrettes on either side! I had a holly hobbie lunch box and bedding. I was only allowed to stay up past 8pm on Monday nights to watch Little House. A banana seat was a must! I always wanted Simon game and never got one. I also wanted the operation game and never got that either!
Fun post Sloan!
First--Shaun Cassidy.
Second--Muppets!
Third--I WAS Laura Ingalls!
Fourth--Gauchos with a poncho!
Thanks for this. I'm still laughing.
Our girls will think of Bieber Fever, American Idol, flower clips, flip flops, . . .
Those barretts...we made them by the dozens...
I would hang up my posters of Shaun that I got with my school book orders...
I have to admit that it was a little disappointing when I went on a cruise and it was nothing like the love boat...i ways wanted to be Vicki and live with my dad on a boat...how exciting!
Oh thanks for the memories!
T.O.T.A.L.L.Y! We used to play "Name That Tune" using one of those old push the button down tape recorders. Do you remember Name that Tune?
LOVED THAT! Wish I could share it on FB.
:-)
You brought back some good memories. I sure remember my Gouchos and still have a sort of love/hate relationship with Ponchos : )
Hmm, I wonder where I could get me some Love's Baby Soft?
Dana
This is awesome!! I'm sitting in my room shouting YES! And I just lost it with the barrettes!! My neighbor used to make them and I had them in almost every color!!! Those were the days:). How funny. What a great trip down memory lane! Loved this. Absolutely loved this.
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