Ponytails, Wooded Trails, and Camouflage

I got an email from my high school friend, Laura, and it brought back great memories. Can you relate to this?

If you were a little girl in the 70’s...

You had that Fisher Price doctor's kit with a stethoscope that actually worked. I vaguely remember playing with something like that.

You owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it. Oh yeah! Riding no feet, no handed down the middle of the street wearing only a bathing suit was the best!

You learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades) that had metal wheels. Yep, they rolled like butter...not really.

You thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute (admit it!) Nope, I couldn’t watch Love Boat.

You had nightmares after watching Fantasy Island. That was another show I couldn’t watch.

You had either a 'bowl cut' or 'pixie', not to mention the 'Dorothy Hamill'. People sometimes thought you were a boy. Not me, but my sister had that experience courtesy of our mom!

You had rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days. Gotta love those moon boots. I was just saying how warm they were and how I wished I had a pair now.

You owned a 'Slip-n-Slide', on which you injured yourself on sprinkler head more than once. Our friends did and there were quite a few injuries.

You owned 'Klick-Klacks' and smacked yourself in the face more than once! I don’t remember these!

Your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession. I didn’t have a Holly Hobbie sleeping bag unfortunately.

You wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers. I know I wore my socks really high. Does that count?

You begged Santa for the electronic game, Simon. I played Simon and rocked it out.

You had the Donny and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satiny shredded outfits, or the sunshine family. I think I was too young for these.

You spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once. Guilty as charged!!

You had homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color. (Oh yeah!) I LOVED THESE!

You had a pair of Doctor Scholl's sandals (the ones with hard sole & the buckle). You also had a pair of salt-water sandals. I wore Jellies too.

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 Olsen! Little House on the Prairie was a family favorite.

You wanted your first kiss to be at a roller rink! I remember holding hands with a boy named Nathan at the skating rink, but my lips were sealed.

PONG! ('video tennis') was the most remarkable futuristic game you've ever heard of! Space Invaders was my favorite.

Your hairstyle was described as having 'wings' or 'feathers' and you kept it 'pretty' with the comb you kept in your back pocket. When you walked, the 'wings' flapped up and down, looked like you were gonna 'take off'. I tried this and it looked horrible on me because my hair was so fine.

You know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie. I still enjoy them today.

You carried a Muppets lunch box to school and it was metal, not plastic with the thermos inside. Some were glass inside and broke the first time you dropped them. I actually think I had a Strawberry Shortcake lunch box with a plastic thermos.

You and your girlfriends would fight over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend. I always liked Bo the best.

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! I loved the Wizard of Oz. In fact, I was Nikko, the head flying monkey in the play during high school.

You often asked your Magic-8 ball the question: 'Who will I marry. Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett, or David Cassidy?' I had no idea who those guys were at the time, but I definitely used a Magic-8 ball.

You completely wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and Fame soundtrack record album. My brother, sister, and I danced to Grease Lightning on our coffee table. We thought we were so cool!

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. Brownies and Girl Scouts were great opportunities for those crafts.

You made Shrinky-Dinks and put iron-on kittens on your t-shirts! The Shrinky-Dinks were fun and I had a ton of iron-on shirts.

You used to tape record songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker. Oh yeah!

You had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat. Nope, I wasn’t allowed.

You learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books. (Are you there God, It's Me, Margaret.) It was educational.

You thought Olivia Newton John's song 'Physical' was about aerobics. It isn’t?

You wore friendship pins on your tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs. These were so fun to make!

You wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer. I’m not sure that’s true, but I did like to dance.

You drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft - which was the first 'real' perfume you ever owned. I can’t say that I used that.

You glopped your lips in Strawberry Roll-on lip-gloss till it almost dripped off. Yep, those were the gold ole days!