Remember When!!

In college when everyone had long hair, I remember puling my hair into a ponytail on the top of my head and sleeping with 3 or 4 enormous rollers (some girls used beer cans). I remember some girls actually ironing their hair to make it straight.

Not sure if these were in all shoe stores at the time, but I remember the x-ray machines in Buster Brown shoe stores, to see if your shoes fit correctly.

yes to my Mom's weekly beauty parlor appointments. When my Mom had her big stroke at 80 that turned her into a vegetable, the lady that had always done her hair came to the house every two weeks to continue to wash & cut my Mom's hair for the 12 years she lay in that bed. Mother never knew, but Antoinette was a gem.

And yes to the X-ray machines to BusterBrown shoes.

Remember the old Sears catalogues?

I got a Wards catalogue a few weeks ago. Thought they were out of business?

Remember the old fridges (also called ice boxes). They had a small freezer section on top that you had to manually defrost every so often. What a mess.

My dad called the refrigerator 'the ice box' his whole life.

I remember having to defrost the freezer. Not a fun job chipping away at all the ice buildup.

Gramma - yes, I remember my Grandpa had a real IceBox in his basement & got blocks of ice to keep his homemade rootbeer cold.

We called it helmet hair.

Gma on the farm had water well, wood burning cook stove. Made the best biscuits. I always thought it was used if the top was too hot, or something burning.

Does anybody cook from scratch anymore?

JELLO with fruit in it.

Or Ambrosia.

green jello with canned pineapple.

Remember toys in the bottom of the cereal box or cutting out an Archie's 45 from the back.

Mood rings!

Did your mom ever put tape on the bottom of your bangs when she cut them?