1. A good stroll down Memory Lane
Okay. So, my 25 year high school reunion is this weekend. (Let’s go ahead and have a moment of silence.)
My sister sent me some photos to commemorate the special event and I nearly fainted. This is the only one I can show you and still retain any semblance of dignity.
Apparently, 1988 was a good year for hair and eye shadow. And that’s a fact. Since I didn’t lose any weight for the reunion, a leftover spray tan and some Crest white strips will be the extent of my preparations. Unless I can get my hair to do this again. All I’ll need are 3 cans of White Rain.
p.s. My sister still has our cheerleading uniforms. I have no idea why except that we shared a closet in high school and finding things was a problem. I think she realized she still had them five years too late. And um, nice hair.
Well, okay, one more, since you begged.
Apparently, this was powder puff Homecoming, so I was dressed as a guy. That’s me in the rust colored three piece suit.
I hope we can still be friends.
2. Memory Lane, 2.0
I went to ETSU Quillen College of Medicine yesterday, with my beloved Taylor, who’s applying to med school this year. My two favorite people from that era of my life are still doing amazing work and it was SO wonderful to see them and reminisce. (Doug Taylor and Dr. Kwasigroch—I love you both dearly!) I graduated from there in 1998. 15 years ago. How is this possible? How old AM I?
I went through of brief period (3 weeks?) of ‘natural’ hair color, so good luck finding me. Here’s my message to my 28 year old self.
Dear thinner, but dumber version of me: “Get your highlights back, put on some more eye make up and stop over plucking your eyebrows. You may be a doctor, but you’re still a Southerner, now act like it. Also, enjoy the body. It doesn’t last forever. Love ya.”
And how in the world can my son be applying to medical school already? Oh, yeah, that’s right, I had him when I was 10.
Well, 20, which is almost the same thing. He’s home tonight, too, so maybe I can strong arm him into a game of Scrabble.
3. Good Friends doing Good Things
Melanie’s giving a video tutorial on the side bun. Run, don’t walk. HI-LARRY-us, is what she is.
Ruth’s day of fantastic giveaways is here. I cannot believe the stuff she’s giving away.
My adorable friend, Paige, sells THE BEST jewelry. Check out her Noonday shop!
My friend, Jen, wrote about how to save $500 right now! Good stuff!
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Oh my goodness. I am sitting here eating lunch and I nearly spit my chili across the table, I was laughing so hard!! This is too funny. Oh if we could only go back and really tell ourselves a thing or two about what’s in store.
I had very similar hair in the late 80s (and sadly enough into the early 90s as well). It was all about how poofy we could get the perms and high we could get the bangs. Oh, how I miss my permed hair. I keep hoping that look will come back in!
I enjoyed seeing your medical school class picture. I remember some of these physicians coming through during their residency. Dr. Beth Fox still pracitices here in Kingsport. Blessings to your son!
Oh, you were (are) adorable!!! My son is two years younger than you, so I know how fabulous all that sprayed hair was. In my day (the 60’s) we ironed our hair…..we would dry it first with a space heater….no hand held blow dryers then, and then iron it flat on the ironing board. Then we took giant (3 inches wide) rollers, roll it up and somehow slept on those crazy things. Now my hair is short and grayish blond and I don’t want to spend 2 minutes on it.
Yeah, I like to tell my young skinny self a thing or two…..maybe lots of stuff…..☺
Ohhh, how I miss BIG hair. How adorable were you back then too??? Thanks for sharing. Love your message to 28 year old you. It’s ok to act like who you really are. Oh how we love you, and your big hair too.
My 25th high school reunion is next year and your pics are so spot on. Those drapes! How did you manage to wear a gold chain and not pearls?!?!?! I still remember that style grabbing the hairs on my neck.
I have always said that if the flat iron had existed in my high school years, it would have completely changed my life! I love all the pics of you, especially the 3 piece suit! You were beautiful then, and you are beautiful now, inside and out! Thank you for sharing some old school pics!:)
What a fun post….I bet you and your sister laughed so hard looking at all the old photos! I am from the same era…..except instead of White Rain, Aqua Net was my hairspray of choice. Cheers to big 80s hair!!! If we hadn’t done that to our poor heads of hair, WHAT would our children have to scream and laugh about today?!! Have fun at your reunion!
Edie, I love all the memories. I went through school with a pixie cut so I’m not familiar with hairspray, but I remember all my girlfriends with the long locks. My 30th year reunion is next spring and it’s amazing how those kids have matured (don’t know about me). Have a great time! Remember that highschool was only a few years of your life, leave all the teenaged pettiness behind, if any, and celebrate who you are today!
PS: the kids laugh at my old highschool yearbooks photos too
DY-ING!!!
I FELL OVER IN MY CHAIR!!!
Fabulosity!!!
Oh, how I love me some big 80’s hair and you DO NOT DISAPPOINT!
And now I’m all in a Pretty In Pink/Breakfast Club craving mode 😉
I see an 80’s movie marathon in my near future thanks to you!
People think I have big hair now….but, no, not really, not at ALL in comparison to 1989 senior year!!!
Your photo very much so reminds me of my TRULY GI-NORMOUS hair!!!
And I miss the perm, I really do sometimes…..I’m not kidding…..nostalgia.
Enjoy the reunion.
And we in Casa Austin will send up prayers for your son’s med school applications, etc.
Hey–just a brief update–we’ve finished our 10 weeks of foster care training & next weekend do our updated child CPR, etc. training…..and soon we’ll be licensed and will have our new little blessing to take care of in Jesus’ name! I am so proud of our church’s advocacy of Orphan Care and am humbled to be a part of the journey! What’s most amazing to me are the people who have no affiliation personally with foster care/orphans, and yet who foster….for me it makes sense to do this because I was an orphan, I was in foster care for years until miraculously adopted later….but the people doing this, who went through training with us, who haven’t had my experience, just because they see it as a true mission/heart ministry….wow….I can’t even tell you how many truly Christ-centered people I met who are TRULY LIVING OUT JESUS’ LOVE!! I’ve been blown away by Lifeline, our core training organization, too.
****If you are ever looking for something to write about, Lifeline is A-MAZ-ING!!!!!!!!!! They are truly the hands & feet of Christ.
Okay, sorry to ramble.
Thanks for sharing the big hair.
It made my entire weekend! 🙂
Love/hugs/blessings,
Lana
lovelovelove – you always make me smile 😀
Can we have an Allume do over where all we do is gang out with coffee and chat please? My little sis went to ETSU too!! Finally, three cheers for the class of ’88 and all hail White Rain! Have fun!
Edie- I love you 🙂 My sister’s husband used to buy her hairspray (Aquanet) by the CASE! I kid you not! We probably got some kid of contact high or lung damage from all that aerosol spray! HA! Tease & spray- Thank you for making me laugh. Those days are long gone but I have fond memories 🙂
If only our daughters could fully understand how fabulous our hair really was. : ) Love this.
{Also, it was great to meet you in person at Allume!}
Marian Vischer
I had the hair in 1988, but my daddy refused to let me walk out of the house with that much shadow on my eyes. I tried once…4 shades of purple cover girl shadow…but he told me to take it off bc it looked like my gall bladder busted on my face. true story. i’m pretty sure he stole that quote from the likes of someone named jerry. can’t remember his last name at the moment.
hilarious. hope you had fun!