Things I'm Old Enough to Remember

Okay, I'm not that old. But lately, working with our youth group or volunteering for summer camp, I've noticed that I'll reference something that I at least thought was well known and receive blank stares in place of recognition. Do you know why? There's a generation gap. I am not old, but I have finally crossed that invisible bridge from the youngest generation. So, in honor of that achievement, this post is all about

Things I'm Old Enough to Remember.

1. When gas was 98 cents per gallon
2. When Saturday morning cartoons included Winnie the Pooh
3. When there was nothing after the credits - or even, when the credits were in the beginning and there weren't even credits after the story
4. The sticker, "Be Kind, Rewind!"
5. Steve Green
6. Stirrup pants
7. When blue M&M's began to be produced
8. The Pipestone library with Mrs. Griebel in the children's room and Mrs. Wahl behind the front desk
9. The gel pen craze
10. Beanie babies
11. Going places without a cell phone in case of emergencies
12. Pen pals
13. Tightening cassette tapes with a pencil
14. Pong
15. Pushing a lawn mower
16. When owning a refrigerator box made you richer than ever before as a child
17. When a sheet + chairs = a tent
18. Oregon Trail II
19. The Saturday morning tv jingle, "After these messages we'll be right back!"
20. Sandi Patty
21. Purple sweat pants and white Reeboks
22. Coloring with crayons
23. Homemade play dough
24. Paper doll cutting parties
25. Radio dramas
26. Airports pre-NSA
27. Strawberry kiwi Lip Smackers