FRIDAY THIS AND THAT- FOOD FROM THE 60s and 70s

I thought it might be fun to 

visit the 

FOODS SOME OF US  MIGHT REMEMBER.

Let's start with breakfast.

Any of you ever eat these?

OR

Notice how they proudly displayed the word

SUGAR?

LOL-That's a definite NO NO in today's cereal aisle.

After a nice bowl of cereal swimming in

WHOLE MILK

did you wash it down with

OR 

one of these?

Maybe mom was downing a quick cup of this-

You went off to school and came home.

Did you have this for an after school snack?

Or maybe this?

CHUCKLES!!!!

Did your mom make this for dinner?

SPAM THE ALMOST HAM

It might have been served with side of this:

Or maybe you were from a modern family

and ate these?

And what did you have for dessert?

After a nice dinner did you sit around and watch

Did you snack on these while watching 

the old black and white TV shows?

Or maybe you had a box of 

CRACKER JACK

back when they had 

REAL PRIZES!

Maybe you washed those down with this...

While mom, being ever weight conscious,

poured this over a glass of ice...

And..sometimes a little milk got heated up

and you drank a cup of this before

going off to bed in a sugar coma.

Feel free to share your own wonderful

food memories!

I will tell you one little 'story'

that I am NOT proud of----

When MAGIC CHARMS came out 

I WAS CHARMED!

I ate so many of them at one sitting

that I was sick for 2 days...

yes-indeedy---

To this day I cannot even think about

eating them

without feeling slightly nauseous.

I now call them 

YUCKY CHARMS!

So, if that is on your morning breakfast menu,

please take me off the guest list.

Because 

TRUST ME-

It will not be pretty if I show up!

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Have a great day-

fill it with 

GOOD MEMORIES

not like the one I have of 

LUCKY CHARMS!

Leave your own memories 

in a comment and tell me

what I missed!

DO YOU BELIEVE YOU CAN? CAN I BE A HIPPIE AT THIS AGE? HMMMM...

Well...

Jumping in with both feet

and hoping my butt will follow.

I am sad to say I no longer
have a camera.
I gave two of them away
at Christmas.
I was going to use
MY PHONE 
to take back few pics--
Yes! I! Was!

But then-

I surfed the web a bit,

found Pinterest and...

well...here you go.

Here is a day in my

Imaginary Life.

Can I get an Amen to

THAT THOUGHT?

Sometimes all we have to do

is believe in ourselves...

even if others are consumed with

doubt...

I do believe that I CAN!

Morning will find me on my way

to Starbucks or taking a
grandgirl to school.

This is a scene that is common in

our neck of the woods this time of year.

After a drive through

Winter Wonderland,

sipping my hot coffee,

I would love to come home to this

Sweet Tree

holding court on my sun porch.

Walking into my kitchen

I would find these happy

little faces smiling at me.

 

And, instead of making  

hair bows----

I might be tempted to make

a sweet little skirt...

or two...or three....

Won't be making one in my size,

thankyouverymuch,

because I already am

HIPPY enough.

Oh- Hippies---

Remember the 60s & 70s?

I do---

I loved the clothes-

Fortunately, 

I missed the drugs and free love

that was part of my generation.

I was 

TOO RESPONSIBLE

to do anything too wild.

I am thinking of going back to 

being a hippie...

but this is what I am afraid 

I would look like now...

Oh! Wait!

I will never be 

THAT SKINNY!  

Have a good day-

Let your hair down and

have a little fun!

I'll be back in a couple of days 

to share what new venture

I have embarked on....

Who says an old dog 

can't relearn their old tricks?

More Reminiscing- HAIR-DO'S FROM THE 60s

Well, I did the 

No-Boys-Allowed  products of the 60's here

 ~one about Hair PRODUCTS from the 60's here

~ one about SCENTS of the SIXTIES here

~ one about the CLOTHING of the 60's here

So--Now that we have put on our 

SECRET deodorant,

Used enough DIPPTY-DOO 

so our hair won't move in a hurricane,

sprayed ourselves with Love's Fresh Lemon scent,

and got our groove on with a Gunne Sax dress-

Let's FIX OUR HAIR, 

shall we?

So---

What was popular in the 60's for hairstyles?

We had the TWIGGY cut

which was pretty easy care.

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AND we had the BEEHIVE

which took a pound of lacquer hair spray 

to hold it in place.

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How about THE BOB?

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Or did you have the  

SPLIT BANG HI-TOP?

You needed one can of Aqua Net 

per day for this baby!

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We had the long loose look

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And-oh-yes- 

Let us NOT FORGET

THE BOWS!

There was the BIG BOW style---

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And the 

LITTLE BOW STYLE

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And let's not forget 

THE FLIP!

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Speaking of FLIP~

Did YOU flip over a BOY that 

had a cut like

THIS ONE?

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-OR-

Were you more likely to go for a guy that

wore his hair like this?

The "bad boy"?

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As for me?

Well, I usually got stuck with someone that

looked like THIS-

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How about YOU?

Do you recognize yourself in any of the  

1960's hairstyles above?

Or remember seeing pictures of 

YOUR MOM like that?

Or scarier still- Your GRANDMOTHER

that looked like any of them?

Spill the beans!

Meanwhile,
I'll be pushing the old beans around 
over at the VA this morning...
see you later!