Thanks to my friend, Shelly Hornback, for sending this over to me.
Take a moment to sit back, relax and savor the wonderful moments of your childhood. While you’re at it, remind yourself to do this more often.
You were a girl in the 1970s if you:
•Had that Fisher Price Doctor's Kit with a stethoscope that actually worked.
•Owned a bicycle with a banana seat and a plastic basket with flowers on it.
•Learned to skate with actual skates (not roller blades)that had metal wheels.
•Thought Gopher from Love Boat was cute. (It’s okay to admit it, you know…)
•Sported either a "bowl" or "pixie" cut, not to mention the "Dorothy Hamill.” (Did people sometimes think you were a boy?)
•Wore rubber boots for rainy days and Moon boots for snowy days.
•Played on a "Slip-n-Slide," on which you injured yourself on a sprinkler head more than once.
•Thought your Holly Hobbie sleeping bag was your most prized possession.
•Wore a poncho, gauchos, and knickers.
•Hoped Santa would bring you the electronic game, Simon.
•Played with the Donnie and Marie dolls with those pink and purple satin shredded outfits. Or possible you had the Sonny and Cher dolls?
•Spent hours in your backyard on your metal swing set with the trapeze. The swing set tipped over at least once.
•Wore homemade ribbon barrettes in every imaginable color.
•Wanted to be Laura Ingalls Wilder really, 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 Oleson!
•Dreamed your first kiss to be at a roller rink!
• Thought PONG! ("video tennis") was the most remarkable futuristic game you ever saw!
•Had a hairstyle with "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, like you were going to “take flight.”
•Know who Strawberry Shortcake is, as well as her friends, Blueberry Muffin and Huckleberry Pie.
•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.
•Fought with your girlfriends over which of the Dukes of Hazzard was your boyfriend.
•Had Star Wars action figures!
•Asked your Magic-8 ball the question: "Who will I marry… Shaun Cassidy, Leif Garrett,David Cassidy, or Andy Gibb?"
•Wore out your Grease, Saturday Night Fever, and FAME soundtrack record albums.
•Tried to do lots of arts and crafts, like yarn and Popsicle-stick God's eyes, decoupage, or those funky potholders made on a plastic loom.
•Cooked Shrinky-Dinks.
•Taped songs off the radio by holding your portable tape player up to the speaker.
•Had subscriptions to Dynamite and Tiger Beat.
•Learned everything you needed to know about girl issues from Judy Blume books.
•Thought Olivia Newton John's song "Physical" was actually about aerobics.
•Wore friendship pins on your Nike tennis shoes, or shoelaces with heart or rainbow designs.
•Drowned yourself in Love's Baby Soft - which was the first "real" perfume you ever owned.
…And most importantly, you wanted to be a Solid Gold dancer.
