October 22, 2015

Throwback Thursday: September 1985

September 1985. The bad hair choices begin…

How was I not the most popular kid in middle school?

Isn’t this the hair every girl wants on their thirteenth birthday?

Items of note:

We are both wearing San Diego tee shirts, although we never visited there as kids. My grandfather lived there for a few years. I wish we could have visited him.

Long live Entenmann’s cakes!

For my birthday I received a birthstone ring and a phone extension in my room!

I've been blogging for over twenty (2 decades! 2-0!) years and I'm apparently one of the few over-50 female bloggers who haven't sold out to THE MAN yet; hence this blog remains quirky, homespun, and unprofitable. No big. However, if you're from Disney, Doritos, or Dave Matthews Band, I'm open to talk about selling out.

I live in Southern New Jersey with my husband WM, and our dog Murphy. I'm an adult who likes Disney but not a Disney Adult. I used to work a fun (really!) office job in Philadelphia, but since March of 2020 I'm a work from home hermit. So if you're looking for a childless, slightly round, marginally boring GenX woman's blog to follow, you've come to the right place! :)

Kimberly's bookshelf: read

Spitting Gold: A Novel

by Carmella Lowkis

Meet Me at the Lake

by Carley Fortune

I am an Old and I know, I KNOW, that I am far too old to be reading cute summery books about attractive young people experiencing summer lovin'. But until we get these fun fizzy books with 50 year olds finding love at a seaside physical ...

tagged: fiction, borrowed-from-library, romance, women, and summer

An Offer From a Gentleman

by Julia Quinn

tagged: borrowed-from-library, romance, and fiction

Tom Lake

by Ann Patchett

tagged: women, fiction, and borrowed-from-library

Mrs. Nash's Ashes

by Sarah Adler

A plucky heroine and academically minded hero? A road trip to Key West? Optimism v pessimism?? Adults being adults and using their words to keep disagreements from lasting more than a few hours? Sign me up forever.

tagged: fiction, summer, women, and own-hardcopy

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