You Know You Grew Up In The 80s When...
You know what "Sike" means.
(Yeah...)
You know the profound meaning of "Wax on, Wax off."
(Yeah)
You know that another name for a keyboard is a "Synthesizer".
(Yep)
You can sing the McDonald's Big Mac, Filet-o-fish, quarter pounder and French fry song.
(I know the Big Mac song even though I never liked them!)
You know who Mr. T is.
(Yeah)
You know who Fat Albert is. And who was the old boy with the pink mask?
(Hey, it's Fat Albert. Pink mask? Not sure on that one.)
You ever wore fluorescent, neon clothing.
(I still do...hello!)
You could breakdance, or wish you could.
(um....no but we had a performance at an 8th grade mixer. I thought those boys were sooo cool!)
You wanted to be The Hulk for Halloween.
(Um...no.)
You Believed that "By the power of Greyskull, you HAD the power!"
(Nope...)
Partying "like it's 1999" seemed SO far away.
(Totally!!)
You thought that Transformers were more than meets the eye.
(I wasn't into them.)
You knew that knowing is half the battle.
(?)
You wanted to be on Star Search.
(Nope...those people seemed odd to me.)
You can remember Michael Jackson when he was black.
(Who's Michael Jackson?? Yes, of course I remember.)
You wore a banana clip at some point during your youth.
(Yes, yes, I did.)
You remember the garbage pail kids, and owned some.
(Nope.)
You knew what Willis was "talkin' 'bout."
(I sure did.)
You knew "Rut row raggy" and "Zoinks."
(Um...yeah...and it's still on for the kids.)
You HAD to have your MTV.
(It was just around the time we got cable when MTV came on. Miss the old MTV.)
"The Breakfast Club" become an instant classic.
(Yes. I adore Molly Ringwald.)
You remember when ATARI was a state of the art video game system.
(We had one, but my neighbor's Intellivision was better.)
You owned only cassettes.
(I had lots, but albums and 45's too.)
You were led to believe that in the year 2000 we'd all be living on the moon.
(No, I couldn't imagine the world at 2000.)
You remember and/or owned any of the Care Bear Glass collection from Pizza Hut or the Muppets glasses from McDonalds.
(Nope, but I had the Smurfs glasses from McDonalds)
Poltergeist freaked you out.
(Still does....)
You knew who Ben Stein was before you could win his money, "Bueller?"
(No.)
You carried your lunch to school in a Gremlins, ET, Dukes of Hazzard, Knight Rider, Strawberry Shortcake or A-Team lunch box.
(I don't remember...probably!)
You have ever pondered why Smurfette was the ONLY female Smurf.
(That never occurred to me!)
You know what leg warmers are and probably had a pair.
(Yes...is that bad?)
You wore biker shorts underneath a short skirt and felt stylish.
(I don't think so.)
You wore your Izod shirt with the collar up.
(No.)
You had a Swatch Watch with the Swatch Guard.
(No, only the cool, rich kids could afford a Swatch watch.)
Your Legos collection started with the free sets in a Happy Meal.
(Nope.)
You remember when Happy Meals came in a box, not a paper bag.
(Sure do, with cool toys too!)
You remember when Saturday Night Live was funny.
(No, never watched late night TV.)
You had Wonder Woman or Superman underoos.
(No...)
You know what a "Push Up" ice cream is.
(Yes....don't they still make those??)
You had to come in the house when the street lights came on.
(We didn't have street lights in the country.)
You had to change into play clothes after school.
(Not sure.)
You owned or knew somebody with a Commodore 64.
(Yes.)
You hated Scrappy Doo.
(No.)
You recorded songs off the radio with your boom box.
(Yes!!)
You wish you had a light saber.
(No.)
Somehow you still know all the words to songs played on VH1's "Big 80's" ("it's been 7 hours & 15 days...")
(No.)
Your arm was full of rubber bracelets.
(Like totally! Don't forget Jelly (sp?) shoes too!)
You have ever said, "Gag me with a spoon."
(I still say that.)
You have ever wondered what happened to Saturday morning cartoons.
(No, only the kind of cartoons they show these days.)
You had to get up to change the channel.
(Yes...)
You can still sing 1 to 12 from the Pinball machine on Sesame Street.
(?)
You thought the "Thriller" video was pretty cool.
(Yes.)
You remember the first time you went into a video store to rent a movie.
(No.)
You wore those wide, colorful shoelaces.
(No.)
Quiet Riot's "Come on feel the noise" was the best song - ever.
(It still is.)
You know where "I want my two dollars" came from.
(No)
You still cannot go in to the water because of that damn movie - Jaws.
(duh, dum, dah, dum....)
El Debarge's "Get a beat to the Rhythm of the night" plagued the radio every hour.
(OMG...I don't want to hear that song in my head...wiping memory!)
You remember life before minivans and SUVs.
(And seatbelts too!)
Supplies:
I distressed the edges of the layout to show the reverse color. I took a strip of the cardstock and wet it down really good and laid it on top of a texture plate and molded the paper to it. I let it dry completely and then sanded it slightly to show off the embossed areas that the texture plate created. This is a pic of my best friend's little boy...isn't he cute???
I sanded the cardstock and then tore the edges at the bottom of the layout. The title word "YOU" was created with a needle to etch out the letters and show the blue inner core on the edges. I wanted to pop it off the LO a bit more so I added a touch of stickles on top of the letters.
Supplies:
This is almost entirely from the June kit. See those distressed dots I have here and there? Those are from the new Glitz Design stamp I'm reviewing at ScrapFriends this month. I just used acrylic paint instead of ink. Gorgeous effect!
One of my first jobs was at the Brat Stop in Kenosha, WI. My sister was a server there and got me a job at their ice cream counter/take out area. It was such a fun time for me because I'd get to spend a couple of days with my sister and her friends. She was 8 years older than me so probably not always a good influence but I looked forward to it. 
From May '09 Kit except:
I used Valerie Salmon's "Sumo" LO from the April '09 kit as inspiration for this page.
Next year she'll be a Middle Schooler!
Unfortunately the event didn't go without some major mishap...namely Little Girl was the ONLY kid in the graduating class who did not receive a graduation certificate. She was handed someone else's certificate while up on stage so it looked legit. Once the ceremony ended and Hubby and I met up with Little Girl I noticed she wasn't holding her certificate. So I asked her where it was. BIG mistake! Suddenly she's fighting off tears while people are swirling all around us to reach the cake and punch sugar-fest. I steered her down the hall a bit so we were out of the way and tried to figure out what was going on. 
This week I pulled out Journey's Greatest Hits CD. Journey was a big part of my life in the early to mid 80's and listening to them again brought back a lot of memories.
One of my favorite photos from the parade. My Little Guy plugged his ears again this year in anticipation of the fire trucks coming by (he's almost 8 now). Ever since he was a baby he'd do this. My daughter joined him a few seconds later.
And then Little Guy grabbed my camera and took a picture of Little Girl and me.
Did I mention that I'll be guest designing for ScrapFriends for two-three months? I have a couple reviews coming up, one for Core'dinations cardstock and one for Glitz Designs stamps. I'll be sharing some layouts with you soon. 
