Before the modern convenience of DVRs and even VCRs.. people had to carefully plan their television viewing.  I’m sure my parents turned down social invitations on Dallas night. Psh, you didn’t miss Dallas. It just wasn’t going to happen. You had to make it a point to be in front of the television when your favorite show came on.. and the commercials.. you just had to suffer through them, no fast forward. 

These were some of the favorites around our house when I was a kid…

You can click each video to see the intro for the show. Memories….

Oh, and the commercials.. 

So here we go with another WBW.. 

 

FLICKER aka ‘THE BEST RAZOR EVER’

This was my very first razor. These were awesome.. you got 5 razors in 1. When one got dull, you just gripped the center wheel and turned it to a new one. I can’t believe they stopped making these!

 

ZINKA

Who knew avoiding a sunburn could be so much fun? All you needed was a tube of Zinka… the brighter the better. Nothing like smearing turquoise and hot pink goo on your face before a day at the pool… and we thought we looked cool. 

 

TRAPPER KEEPERS

I loved my Trapper Keeper. I truly believe this is where my love of stationary and office supplies started. I am addicted to notebooks, pens, post-its, planners, markers, washi tape, etc. Shopping for school supplies was the highlight of the year. That was the only silver lining to the otherwise dark cloud of ‘back to school’ looming overhead as summer came to an end.

I’m going to be starting a new thing here at ASG.. WBW aka ‘Way Back Wednesdays’. Once in a while on a Wednesday we are going to take a stroll down memory lane.. a little nostalgia is always fun. Here is today’s installment. 

 

HYPERCOLOR SHIRTS

Everyone had or wanted one of these shirts. They were the hottest piece of wardrobe for kids in the late 80’s/early 90’s.  I think I had a pink one.. I’m not sure what happened to it. I probably wore it out. 

 

PHOTO KEYCHAINS

I loved these! What vacation or trip to an amusement park would be complete without a photo keychain? I came across this on Pinterest and it’s one of those things that you don’t remember until you see it, and then you’re all like, “Oh yeah! I remember those!” 

NEON PHONE

Ah, the neon phone… that would light up when it rang. There was something soooo cool about getting to see the neon innards of a phone. Millions of teenage girls across the USA had these in their rooms. Kids today will never know what it’s like to beg your parents for your own phone line.. or to slam a phone on the receiver in anger.. hitting the ‘end’ button on a cell phone just doesn’t have the same effect. 

CUTE LITTLE PORTABLE RADIO… that I never got to have.

Yeah, I’m still a tad bitter about this one. I wanted one of these so bad it hurt. My friend and next door neighbor had one.. I wanted one.. bad. Really bad.  It’s one of those childhood pains that never goes away. I swear, this would have been life changing. Who knows where I would be if only I had gotten one of these awesome, way cool, cute radios. *sigh* Sadly, we’ll never know….

 

I’m going to show you how to change the boring icons on your iPhone to super cute designs. It is so easy to do, and just follow this step by step tutorial and you’ll see just how easy it is. There are going to be a lot of photos, so just follow along.

Ok, let’s get started.

First, go to the app store and download the Cocoppa app. It’s free and it looks like this.

Once you download the app, you will have to create an account. You can either signup through Facebook or with your email.

 

Hit the search button at the top of the screen.

Type in whatever app icon you are wanting to replace.. I started with Pinterest. (I’m not really sure why, but I got more designs by typing in the app I wanted to search instead of selecting the icon below the search box.. just a tip.)

 

Common apps have a TON of cute designs to choose from.

Once you find the one you like, click it and it will bring you to this screen. Hit ‘download’.

From this screen, you search for the app icon you want to replace. Select the icon you want to replace. You can just enter it in the search box if it doesn’t automatically pop up below. If it’s an uncommon app, and you don’t see it right away, you can scroll through and manually search for it.

The next step is to enter in what will be displayed under the icon. Most are short and simple.. once in a while you will come across a long description. Just edit it to say what you want. Try to keep it to one or two words only. Then click ‘ok’.

A screen pops up reminding you NOT to delete the old app icon. Do NOT.. I repeat.. DO NOT delete the old icons. The new icons are just shortcuts.. you still need the old icons them to work… so just click ‘ok’. (I’ll show you what I did with all of mine at the end of the tutorial)

We are almost done! The next screen will be for you to add the new icon to the home screen. Click the button shown below..

Then, the final step is clicking ‘add to Home Screen’.

Click ‘add’…. and Voila! That’s it!

Now, you are ready to use your new icon!

Ok, now since you have to keep the old icons.. all I did was made an ‘Old Icon’ folder and moved it to the back page on my phone.

 

 

It’s no secret that I’m a summer girl. I love the sunshine, the warm breeze, the long days, the trees full of leaves, the smell of fresh cut grass.. all of it. Shorts, flip-flops, and tan lines… doesn’t get much better than that… living life like a Jimmy Buffett song.  Also, there’s that little thing called summer break. I love having my kiddo all to myself for those 3 months (give or take) out of the year. No waking up early, no alarm clocks, no packing lunches, no homework..  absolutely no hustle and bustle whatsoever.

 

Seriously.. Christmas is all winter is good for and Christmas is over, so now I’m ready for Jack Frost to get to packing. Winter is just icky. All the sickness gives my inner germaphobe an eye twitch… the sneezing.. the coughing.. just all around germy, flu-like nastiness. No. Thank. You. Hand sanitizer is my friend. We’re tight.. like PB&J.

Another thing the irks me about winter… I hate coats… literally loathe them. I don’t see how people up north tolerate really frigid temperatures. We actually get by pretty easy compared to some places. I wouldn’t survive. I just know it. I am a wuss with a capital ‘W’. I’ll admit it. No shame.

This was the first super cold day that I had to break out the coat, coat. Normally, I try to get by with a ‘light’ jacket for as long as possible. 

My feet stay cold.. my skin stays too dry and my hands are chapped from all the extra hand washing. Blah!  My language is so much more colorful during the winter.. nothing like trying to pump gas with a 90mph minus 50 wind blowing the entire time. I’m ashamed at some of the words muttered under my breath during these times.  I’ve tried the whole ‘mind over matter thing’.. chanting ‘it’s 75 and sunny.. it’s 75 and sunny’. Yeah, that crap doesn’t work.

The countdown to summer has officially begun.

160 days… 19 hours.. 56 minutes and 19 seconds.

Bring on the sunshine.