For over a week my internet connection has been spotty, to say the least. My neighborhood is getting AT&T Fiber, which is great but has been causing some grumbling from all of my neighbors. You don’t realize just how much…
S: Sticker Books
I didn’t collect many things in the ’80s, but I did make an exception for stickers. My sticker book was gold! I used a large photo album with cellophane pages that kept the stickers covered and protected. The smarter kids…
R: Roller Skating
Another birthday party spot on my A-Z list. The roller rink was where everyone went for parties or to hang out with friends on the weekends. I spent many of my weekends and birthdays skating around the roller skating rink,…
Q: Quirky Soap Operas
In the ’80s I started to watch soap operas, mostly when I got into high school. The ’80s had a ton of soap operas to choose from: Guiding Light, Days of Our Lives, General Hospital, The Bold and the Beautiful,…
P: Parties at McDonalds
I don’t know any of my friends who didn’t have at least one of their birthday parties at McDonalds. It was the place to go. We had a McDonalds right down the street from my house and we would go…
O: Out of the Blue
Many artists impacted me in the ’80s, especially the early ’80s. But later in the decade, in the midst of my hair band obsessions, one young female artist really struck a chord with me. Her songs were catchy little pop…
N: Notes
Back in the ’80s kids didn’t have cellphones or texting. Nope! If we wanted to talk to our friends in school without disrupting the class or being caught by the teacher we passed notes. We would pass notes for basically…
M: Madonna
If Michael Jackson was the King of Pop, Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone was the Queen. Madonna broke onto the scene in 1982 with the club hits “Everybody” and “Burning Up”. But it wasn’t until her debut album, Madonna, that she…
L: Lost Boys
Sleep all day. Party all night. Never grow old. Never die. It seems like there have always been vampire movies. From the original Nosferatu, to Interview with a Vampire, to the campy, but fun Once Bitten, even the latest Twilight series,…
K: Keepsakes from Avon
I loved growing up in the ’80s! We had so many cool toys, but we also got to enjoy the super cute and fun Avon keepsakes. I thought it would be best for this post to just show some of…
J: Jem
Jem.Jem is truly outrageous,Truly, truly, truly outrageous.Woah! Jem!The music’s contagious, outrageous!Jem is my name,No one else is the same!Jem is my name! There were a lot of really great cartoons in the ’80s. We covered some of them on last…
I: “I love” Mix Tapes
If you didn’t grow up in the ’80s or have never made a mix tape, you really did miss out. A mix tape was a compilation of songs recorded in a specific order. Some were random genres while others were…