That’s me. Is it you? Run through this check list that once again comes courtesy of The Happy Homemaker. The things that applied to my life are in italics. What do you remember?
YOU WERE A LITTLE GIRL IN THE 70′S IF. . .
You wore a rainbow shirt that was half-sleeves, and the rainbow went up one sleeve, across your chest, and down the other.
You made baby chocolate cakes in your Easy Bake Oven and washed them down with snow cones from your Snoopy Snow Cone Machine.
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. Mine was lime green and white with silver glitter in the seat, flowers on the chain guard and sparkly lime green and white streamers on the handlebars. It was awesome!
You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels.
You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!).
You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island. Hey, some freaky stuff went on there.
You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.
You had either a “bowl cut” or “pixie,” not to mention the “Dorothy Hamill” because your Mom was sick of braiding your hair. People sometimes thought you were a boy. I also had a “Carol Brady shag.”
Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.
You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon. I got it and my dad hated it because it made noises that let everyone know when you screwed up.
You had the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny
shredded outfits. I was a card-carrying member of the Osmond Brothers Fan Club and thought Donnie was the cutest, coolest thing ever.
You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.
You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
You had a pair of Doctor Scholl’s sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle).
They fell off on all the rides at the amusement park where your feet dangled. I’m sure more than one person suffered a Dr. Scholl’s induced concussion. You also had a pair of salt-water sandals.
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 wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink.
Your hairstyle was described as having “wings” or “feathers” and you kept it “pretty” with the comb you kept in your back pocket.
You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.
You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic.
You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.
Every now and then “It’s a Hard Knock Life” from the movie, “Annie” will pop into your brain and you can’t stop singing it the whole day.
YOU had Star Wars action figures, too!
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 Rick Springfield?”
You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album.
You tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick God’s eyes, decoupage, or those weird potholders made on a plastic loom.
You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts!
You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker. Didn’t you just hate it when you had waited all day to catch a certain song and then someone talked during it?
You couldn’t wait to get the free animal poster that came when you ordered books from the Weekly Reader book club. Double score if it was a teddy bear dressed in clothing.
You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books (Are you there God, It’s me, Margaret.)
You thought Olivia Newton John’s song “Physical” was about aerobics.
You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.
You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
You had a Big Wheel with a brake on the side, and a Sit-n-Spin. (Well, my brother did, anyway).
You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
You spent all your allowance on smurfs and stickers for your sticker album!
I think a lot of these are for girls who were born in the 70s, or at least the LATE 60s. I’ve decided to add a few more of my own:
You had a chambray shirt or denim jacket covered with embroidery. We were big on embroidering our jeans, too.
You watched television while relaxing on your bean bag chiair, which was sitting atop your shag carpet.
Your parents made you get up to change the channel on the televsion. Yes, but you didn’t have to do it very often with only 3 channels to choose from….and when HBO was new, we could watch it by putting aluminum foil on the antenna.
Your home was decorated with harvest gold, avocado green and brown.
You learned to macrame and you can use the word “jute” in a sentence.
You thought Tenille was lucky to have the Captain.
You’ve made a pop-top chain. I made the ones out of gum wrappers, too.
You took swimming lessons with a rubber hat on your head. It may have had rubber flowers on it.
You know that daisies, owls and mushrooms look really good together.
“Pong” was the greatest electronic invention EVER.