i thought we could all use a good laugh today.
enjoy.
oh 1988 my love for you will never die.
yay for really high side pony tails…..when are they coming back?
and how about the little house on the prairie look i am sporting?
it's precious.
hope it made you smile.
Ashlie - Oh my. Thank you so much, it’s good to laugh.!
princess lasertron - you look like the young girl from 13 going on 30
tell me you’ve seen that
deb meyers - Oh man, what a great laugh this morning : D
Thanks for brightening the day,
deb meyers
danyele - side ponies rock my face off!
jen - Please Please Please tell me where you found that lovely headboard…and your bed skirt….you’re so incredibly crafty, I’m sure you made it right???? Will you post more pics of it??? I’m in the thinking stage of a bedroom makeover and I need all the help I can get!
3 Peas in a Pod - My family has one of those photos too along with the Little House on the Prairie shirt. Mine was teal though and my hair was so high I was 4″ taller!!
Alyssa - Too cute…Love it. Who would have guessed you would grow up to be the mom of 5?
Thanks for the smirk today.
amy bell - side pony…i miss you. along with aussie hair spray and my little tiny curing iron. oh, and my pink comb to tease the hair……
it really is amazing we have hair after living through the 80s.
Jenn Thomas - I can’t find the right words to describe what I am thinking about that picture – I just love you Meg!
elizabeth - Awesome. I remember our family having Olan Mills pics taken at church, and afterwards their salesman was really pushing us to order a set. My dad looked at the awful pictures we’d just taken and asked the salesman if he could order pictures of the “sample family” instead!
By the way, I think your oldest daughter looks like your sister! (Though I’m sure wouldn’t be caught dead in those fab square earrings … unless it was 80’s day at school?)
julie - You’re brave. All of the proof that I lived in the 80’s is hidden forever. ANd ever. And ever.
hqm - Howling over here…I know with some searching we have an Olan Mills family portrait very similar. Love your sisters earrings!
PamperingBeki - Niiiiice.
Talby looks JUST like you.
And to whomever is asking to be your new stalker, ummm *I* was your stalker first! Just you remember that! I’ve already staked my claim.
ha!
jamie - Thanks for that! Loving the side pony, I wore mine like that too and thought I was all that. Jamie
elisa - How is it that your sister looks so normal (non-80’s-ish)?? Well besides the earrings. And the wacky shirt.
Oh and I still need your address!
Diane - I don’t think there was a picture taken in the 80’s that didn’t have that lovely blue background. It’s just the perfect backdrop for everything.
Traci Thorson - that is great. good old olan mills photography. we all have some of those in our albums. thanks for sharing and the laughter!!
Deb - Love it! I’m going to get a gradutate bob. I think I had one in 1988. Only one side was shorter than the other. Is that back in?! Lol.
Kat - I love it. I was an 80’s girl. Don’t you love how they painted the eyelashes so thick. Must have been Photoshop version 1.
gina - Your family could be my family!! We have one so similar from that same time from Olan Mills also! Too funny. Thanks for the laugh.
Katie - I think we all have pictures like this. The older I get, the funnier they are.
Jill J - Hi Meg, I’ve been reading for a while, but have never commented. I just couldn’t help myself with those square earrings. It’s an overlooked 80’s fad. Everyone remembers the scrunched socks and keds, the biker shorts, the side pony, the acid wash jeans. But nobody ever remembers the square earring. TOO FUNNY! Thanks for the laugh. And p.s. I totally agree with other commenters…Talby!
Jennifer - Made me smile and giggle 🙂
Wendy - Oh, the side ponytail… It’s like a long lost love… I used to wear mine like that, but mine wasn’t as fluffy as yours – drat my straight hair!
Hmmm… I wonder if I can dig up any of my old prairie skirts…
My First Kitchen - Okay, can I be your friend? Because I’m ready. I make a really good one. I’m not that clingy, I won’t stretch out your shoes (assuming we have the same sized feet), I’m great at keeping secrets, and I’ll beat up any girls who say nasty things about you. Okay, scrap that last one. I’d probably just run. But in my head I’d totally go to bat for you. So can we? Please? Can we be friends?
And I just realized since you don’t know me, you now might think I’m a crazy stalker. I am not. I am normal. I just love your blog. And because your blog seems to be a great representation of you, you seem pretty awesome, too. Can’t wait to come back.
And I’m heating up the crimper for our slumber party since we’re friends now.
Serendipitous Girl - Oh. My. Olan Mills was a family favorite of ours too! We sported the “fall leaves” look … despite living in Southern California where there were no fall leaves to be found!
Kate - that, is amazing. pure and simple.
Courtney - and Olan Mills!!! are they even still around?!?
Dawn - And the bangs. I had the bangs that were lacquered into place. You could have bounced quarters off my bangs and they would not have budged.
Staci - Can you say “Talby”!!!! Oh my goodness…it’s her!! I had a shirt very similar to that 🙂 And high side ponies…I might just have to try one today 🙂 Brian will CRACK up when he gets home 🙂 Oh, I do miss the 80’s.
Hope @ Monkey Giggles - yes indeed, You mean side ponytails are not IN style. Drats, I need to go redo my hair.
Kendall Smith - Wow–Talby looks SO much like you!!! I really notice it in this picture!!!
mom - These church photos are just great, aren’t they!
Thanks for the laugh.
kitchendoor - Oh man. Meg, your blog is where I go whenever I need a smile. Thanks for sharing all your gorgeous photos–and all your silly ones, too.
Amy - I swear I had your sister’s same earings! Oh the 80’s. Only those who lived it would understand.
Nina - it did……haha
have a great day
traci - You’ve come a LOOOOONG way baby!!!!!
sara's art house - Love that ponytail!!!
Beth - Meg, I needed that smile (actually I laughed out loud) this morning. Love the pony tail (my 9 year old likes to wear her hair like that and thinks it’s veeeeery fashionable) and the little house look. Beth
Blanca - Hey I just used the side pony tail a week ago. The company I work for always does a post holiday party for us in January and the theme this year was the eighties. What’s funnier is that its and Olan Mills portrait.
lorel - hee hee. Very funny! I think you have been saving this up for just such an occasion, when we all need a laugh. As Sara – say this in your Nanny’s voice – nice blouse, nice dress, nice skirt, and nice earrings. Also, for dad, nice blazer and nice handsome glasses! Love you!
Rachel - I am loving the side pony tail!!! I think we all had dresses like this or very similair; thanks for sharing!
lee ann - Oh Hilarious! I think we have the same family picture…in ’88……by Olan Mills! Except, I’m sporting some very fine Normandy Rose jeans. Oh how I loved them…..with the little rose embroidered on the pocket.
Jess - Awww. I was right there with ya. Hair, dress and all! (I’m just not brave enough to scan them into my computer!!) I am seeing the side ponytail here too. At church on Sunday and at the gym last night! Thanks for making me smile.
Lanny Stanard - Okay ! That is soooo cute I’m smiling right now 🙂 Thanks for sharing! you rock…
Lanny 🙂
Rosemarie - Classic – I would have looked at your hair and told my mom I wanted a side-pony, too!
Gwyn - Cyndi Lauper, we love you for making the side-ponytail soooo fashionable. How did we live without it?
Kameron - I love that we all have that Olan Mills picture. My dad used to take us there and we’ve got a few doosies through the years. I kinda miss my “catch a wave” bangs!!
Brooke - uummm…this is hilarious!! my favorite is huge bangs with the sprial perm…that is awesome!
Melly - By the stamp on the photo, I’d say 1988. Classic. Doesn’t everyone have an embarrassing Olan Mills photo? Now I feel old…I was 24 and starting my career and just a year from meeting my fantastic husband. My hair was almost to my waist and the perfectly fluffed bangs made me “closer to heaven”, as big hair and Texas are synonymous. I sported a side pony on occasion. I miss big hair…
Lazy Mom Leslie - Love it! Hate to break it to you, but side pontytails are back. All the girls in middle school wear them here in TX. It is so important for us take family pictures, even just a snapshot taken by a friend. In 20-30 years your own kids will look back at themselves and laught just as we do now! Thanks for sharing.
Sandy - I LOVE it! Your sister looks a lot like your mom.
Shannan - I am pretty sure that a contestant on the Bachelor was wearing a side ponytail a couple of weeks ago and it caused me threw me into all kinds of flashbacks.
This photo rocks! I love the high-waisted yoked skirts. I had some jeans that were similar, although they were of the “envelope” variety, where you button them up and then fold them down. 🙂
Darby - Thank YOU! Stinkin’ hilarious!