Happy Birthday - Guess How Old I Am! Hint: I'm Vintage :)

Vanity runs deep in my veins, I believe I got this from my Grandma Hoerth who aged very graciously and never complained about getting older; she just looked amazing doing it.  I had always hoped that I would have her genes and age as well as she did, but alas no such luck and I don't believe that I am as gracious about aging either. 

Although I am actually enjoying my life now more than I think I did in my younger years.  I think that I have grown and not just aged which makes my life more rich and have more depth.   As I get older I find I am more like the Willow than the Mighty Oak and things don't bother me as much.  I also value fun so much more and I don't feel guilty for having it.  I always had fun in my life but often I felt bad for being "silly" or "immature" etc.  But now, Who Cares?  I like what like and love what/who I love and for the lack of better words "I am what I am."

So overall I have to say that getting older is actually pretty cool, except I don't believe that I am getting wiser just more forgetful (not so cool.) 

Since I really don't mind if people know my true age I thought it would be fun to post pictures of some my favorites over the years and see if anyone can guess how old I am (or what year I was born in.)  While gathering these pictures I was really struck by how things have changed!  And now everything that I enjoyed as a kid is a vintage collectible; How strange is that?

Post a Comment how old you think I am based on these pics and clips (as a side note some of things may have been just before my time but during my childhood they were  still popular:)



 Lego Samsonite Beginners Building Toy No. 205 Play Set from
bigbangzero at http://ow.ly/nHKid

Fisher Price Play Family Farm 915 from WhyBuyNew at http://ow.ly/nHKvG

BEE GEES LUNCHBOX and Plastic Thermos,  The Brothers Gibb, Vintage Collectible from roguevalleyvintage at http://ow.ly/nHKRb

Vintage Graphic TShirt Red R Crumb Small Medium from TheyRoaredVintage at http://ow.ly/nHL4c

Mattel Barbie Goin' Camping Set with Breezy Buggy and Tent Trailer in Box from AttysSproutVintage at http://ow.ly/nHLnt

Disney Book Record The Rescuers from Vickie'sBeachHouse at http://ow.ly/nHLAC

Hot Wheels Corvette // Vintage Hot Wheels Chevrolet Corvette // Vintage Toy Car // Vintage Collectible Toy // Vintage Hot Wheels from GodsofVintage at http://ow.ly/nHM48

Fisher Price "Dress Up" Muppet doll Kermit the Frog from AndysMuppetsandMore at http://ow.ly/nHMhq

Vintage Poseable Care Bear Tenderheart Bear from WhiteCatVintage at http://ow.ly/nHLSN

Sony CFS 655 Sonorous 2 Speaker Cassette Radio Stereo Boombox from FrancFrancis at http://ow.ly/nHMHU

Bunch of Neon Jelly Bracelets from VillalobosVintage at http://ow.ly/nHN7R

Vintage Pac-Man Sticker Sheet from Stuckonstickers at http://ow.ly/nHNnK



 

 

Can you guess?  How old am I?

It's My Birthday! Can I get a Whoop Whoop!

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While I don't want to admit that I am getting older, just like many others, I am very glad that today is my Birthday!  It means I made it another year and this year I get to celebrate it as Mrs. Cornelius.  I woke up this morning to a beautiful card and little package at my computer.  Terry knows me well, he gave me four choices of outings for this weekend to celebrate my birthday.  Two were to go to my favorite beaches (very tempting,) one to go to the aquarium, and the last is to go to where they filmed one of my favorite old movies.  Of course I am going to pick the last one.

One thing I haven't talked much about is that I love going to the sites where famous or classic movies were filmed.  I am more interested in where they were filmed the movie than who was in them I guess.  So next week you will have to check back and see where we went and what movie it was from; I am adding a little suspense ;p  I hope you have a great day!  I am planning on having one

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Happy Birthday David Bowie

David Bowie turns 65 years old today.   Really, good Lord where does the time go?  Granted he is older than I am but I grew up with his music and it just seems like yesterday.


Growing up in the 70's and 80's was a really strange time but maybe it feels the same for all generations and I just noticed mine.   As I was growing up there was such a wide range of changes in things like technology and pop culture it wasn't the same country in 1980 as it was in 1970.  There are so many things that the kids couldn't live without today that were first introduced to the public during my teens.  Things like . . .Satellite dish, heck when I was young many of us still had black and white TVs . . . Cell phones, the phones in our home still had to be connected to the wall and it was a novelty to have a one in any other color than black or ivory . . . Computers, I felt so lucky that our family had a type writer (first one wasn't even electric.)  When these technologies changed so did our pop culture along with how and where we would listen to our music.

I the 70's, aside from a live concert, the radio, record player,  and boom box was where you would listen to your music.  But in the 80's along came satellite TV and MTV!   I was a typical teenage girl so I was obsessed with my music.  I liked rock and blues most and my favorites where David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Hendrix, Blues Brothers, and Alice Cooper but basically I loved all music from that genera. As a boy crazy teenage girl, MTV fed both of my obsessions by not only blasting the music but the images of what it was to be a big haired rock star.  Every boy and girl in my school dressed to look like either a member of Van Halen or The Bangles.

During the 80's, the band's or singer's hair was almost equally as important as whether or not they could sing.  If you didn't have the hair you might as well hang it up.  David Bowie had the hair, the talent, and the rebellious style that we all craved at the time.  Was it really so long ago that I was jammin' to Fame and trying to "rock the house down?"  Yikes! time flies...


Happy Birthday David Bowie and thanks for fulfilling the music needs of a rebellious teenage girl.  I hope you have a great one it was a lot of fun.