tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post2703122926674156498..comments2024-03-25T13:25:19.911-05:00Comments on My Pretty Baby Cried She Was a Bird: Photo Friday: A Cavalcade of Color EditionLisahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-66546370006865630242013-03-18T09:50:51.155-05:002013-03-18T09:50:51.155-05:00Haha, so sweet! And that's a cute little guy, ...Haha, so sweet! And that's a cute little guy, too!<br /><br />And isn't that the TRUTH about people dressing appropriately for their age. I'm twenty seven and I've actually had moments in the dressing room where I was like "Am I too old for this *particular* spaghetti strap top?" Not all spaghetti straps ever, mind you, just the one I was trying on. And I think I was! I'm not asking all women over thirty to dress like Whistler's mother...just not like their own daughters, at the very least!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-49990053590479210392013-03-18T09:49:13.528-05:002013-03-18T09:49:13.528-05:00I love time capsule houses like that. There's ...I love time capsule houses like that. There's something to them being the same when you were a tiny and still the same now that you're grown that is just so comforting. Also, lawdamercy the furniture of that era, in state, perfectly as it was-- I want that for my house! Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-59939098494066962562013-03-18T09:46:54.188-05:002013-03-18T09:46:54.188-05:00Those sharp edges are at exactly forehead level, t...Those sharp edges are at exactly forehead level, too! Poor little gals. And I am cuckoo about the hairdos, especially that one bouffant. I need to cut my hair so it's more congenial to that kind of teasing!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-16145195408454036852013-03-18T09:44:24.702-05:002013-03-18T09:44:24.702-05:00The vintage maternity outfit is killing me. She ha...The vintage maternity outfit is killing me. She had another two or three over the years in those photos, and every one was just as to-the-nines. Can you imagine? I love to think that I might look like that when I'm in a "delicate" condition, but will actually probably be wearing an oversized "Run with the Big Dogs" t shirt, stretch leggings, and oversized Reeboks for any and all terms of pregnancy, haha! We'll have to see someday.<br /><br />Also, I love those after-the-fact conversations where someone has missed something fundamental. And you're all "Ok, I know what we're both thinking...what about those lampshades!!!!!!" and he's "Uh, what lampshades?" You know it'll be the first thing he sees next time he does see them!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-54688862060290883172013-03-18T09:35:14.360-05:002013-03-18T09:35:14.360-05:00My readers have eyes like eagles! I am just now no...My readers have eyes like eagles! I am just now noticing the socks you mentioned.<br /><br />I think my sister and I might have had similar matching tshirts, but with our weird, cult member bowl cuts that we sported for most of the late eighties/early nineties. I hope in ten more years I can look back on these photos fondly!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-37527920287234971482013-03-18T09:34:14.958-05:002013-03-18T09:34:14.958-05:00Sharp eye! Now I'm curious, too! :)Sharp eye! Now I'm curious, too! :)Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-85577433206408972432013-03-18T09:34:03.412-05:002013-03-18T09:34:03.412-05:00Oh, that's the worst-- I bet those patterns yo...Oh, that's the worst-- I bet those patterns you described were so gorgeous in their original, new-to-the-house state. But at least the one in the master bedroom is still intact! Also, I love that you have taught me the word "sculpted" to refer to carpets; the kind my grandmother had was exactly that, but I didn't know the word for it!! Also, when I googled that term, I found the <a href="http://media.merchantcircle.com/5189683/IMG_0078_medium.jpeg" rel="nofollow">exact carpet </a> my parents had installed circa ~1983 in the house I live in now (long gone, but...maybe it's for the best?). Nostalgia!<br /><br />Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16842611749073935723noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-80012946674644203772013-03-15T20:58:46.014-05:002013-03-15T20:58:46.014-05:00I swear that could be my little brother in the pic...I swear that could be my little brother in the picture with the baby-it looks just like him! He was born in 1966, so thankfully no baby switching, just VERY SIMILAR!! <br /><br />I adore these multi-generational pictures, you see the whole gambit of fashion. I also love how the older generation actually owned the fact they were older, they weren't trying to look like they were 35! Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08066711967134481582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-1143953538573818272013-03-15T19:05:55.597-05:002013-03-15T19:05:55.597-05:00Ohhhh, the bedroom shot reminded me so much of my ...Ohhhh, the bedroom shot reminded me so much of my grandma's house that I could actually smell it! Her house is an amazing 1970s new-build with so much great furniture and drapery and duvets and carpets and almost everything perfectly of the era... Miss Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06952933650748631441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-29103415004792708942013-03-15T11:04:33.666-05:002013-03-15T11:04:33.666-05:00These are so great. This woman's hairdos! Incr...These are so great. This woman's hairdos! Incredible. I'm pretty sure my grandma's house had that same carpet - in the same color. And as someone who works with children, I have to wonder how many head injuries that yellow bi-level table in the girls' room was the cause of!Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03855231109386696167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-60381306223593573842013-03-15T10:49:23.963-05:002013-03-15T10:49:23.963-05:00You are KILLING me with the Craigslist score tease...You are KILLING me with the Craigslist score tease!! All of these photos are so, so beautiful. And wow, I'm pretty sure that I could never look as good as she did while pregnant. One of our elderly neighbors has those exact same lampshades and believe it or not, we've been to her house twice and the Mister says that he's never noticed them!! Gonna have to get his eyes checked...Eartha Kitschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08189308677139650882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-25833367972502747312013-03-15T10:31:50.454-05:002013-03-15T10:31:50.454-05:00The best part of the pictures for me is that Bob&#...The best part of the pictures for me is that Bob's socks *perfectly* match his golden rod suit. AMAZING. <br /><br />My sister and I have one picture in coordinating neon splattered t-shirts with side ponytails on the tops of our heads and it probably is one of my favourites. It's so perfectly adorably 80s.nancyworegreenstockingshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08316700968114544389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-47361707296504710652013-03-15T10:30:59.875-05:002013-03-15T10:30:59.875-05:00This is one stylish family! I only wish I could s...This is one stylish family! I only wish I could see all of that powder blue car parked in the driveway of the house. It looks sweet.MySpecialAgenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09525843471899448071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1978925481748522797.post-39762323959076102122013-03-15T09:10:51.640-05:002013-03-15T09:10:51.640-05:00HA! I ripped that same carpet...along with a robi...HA! I ripped that same carpet...along with a robins egg and white semi shag and a velvet red sculpted out of my house just a few months ago. They were all original to the house and unfortunately in really bad condition. The red dye had even hitched a ride on people's feet and deposited itself down the hallway a bit! The one consolation though, is that the original avocado green sculpted in the master bedroom was in perfect condition. It literally looks as though it was put down yesterday! And don't even get me started on the brown and white starburst/flower power patterned super low pile in the luandry room that was able to be saved! I love it! I just wish my grandparents hadn't taken out the carpet in the dining room and kitchen in the late '80s. I'd always remembered it being tacky fab and when we changed out my stove, we found a perfect square of the original underneath. And it was every bit as tacky fabulous as I remembered! Super low pile, Moroccan tile print in oranges, yellows, and browns. Beautiful!Dolly the Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474700945219253368noreply@blogger.com