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Stuck in the '70s

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About Me

I'm the mother of two teen-age sons. I'm a writer by nature. I began my Web site, Stuck in the '70s, back in 1995, and it has grown into a real monster!

My Interests

movies, British humor, writing, photography, cooking, ghost hunting, spelunking, flying, Ebaying, going to junk shops & flea markets & yard sales, crochet, cross stitch, electronics
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I'd like to meet:

Flight of the Conchords, Stephen King, Lucille Ball, Beverly Cleary, John Cleese, a real live ghost, Ellen Degeneres, Ricky Gervais, Erma Bombeck, the Mythbusters, Ernie Kovacks, Red Skelton, Ann Rule

Music:

Mainly '70s stuff. Is there anything else? Captain & Tennille, Carpenters, AC/DC, Aerosmith, Osmonds, Partridge Family, Hudson Brothers, DeFranco Family, Barenaked Ladies, Five for Fighting, Melissa Etheridge, Helen Reddy, the Monkees, Dave Koz, the Eagles, Foreigner, Chicago, Boston, ELO, Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Billy Joel, Tony Orlando & Dawn, Jim Stafford, Dolly Parton, Mac Davis, Journey, Cheap Trick, REO Speedwagon, Queen, Glenn Miller, many more
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Captain and Tennille intro Leo Sayer.

Movies:

good ol' fashioned scary stuff, comedy, disaster, chick stuff, British comedies, documentaries, true crime. My current faves include Kentucky Fried Movie, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, The Shining, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Bambi, Film Geek, Little Miss Sunshine, Thank You for Smoking, The Devil Wears Prada ...

Television:

FLIGHT OF THE CONCHORDS, Trailer Park Boys, My Name is Earl, The Office (both British & American), Amazing Race, Ghost Hunters, CSI, Little Britain, Waiting for God, Keeping Up Appearances, That '70s Show, Wonder Years, Brady Bunch, Partridge Family, After School Special, Schoolhouse Rock, Big Brother, Survivor, Family Guy, South Park, The Catherine Tate Show, Carpocalypse, Mythbusters, 1 vs. 100, City Confidential, The First 48, 48 Hours: Hard Evidence, Snapped

Books:

Stephen King, Lemony Snicket, Beverly Cleary, Erma Bombeck, Ann Rule, autobiographies & biographies, true ghost stories, Harry Potter, Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants

Heroes:

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My Blog

P.R.O. (Pregnant Retarded Ostrich)

OK. We work at the big home improvement warehouse.  we love our jobs and will not be disrespectful. My "husband" works at the PRO desk. When I was a kid, we would say "Yeah ... you're  a rea...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 08:22:00 PST

Times are good

OK. I just wanna say, life is good right now. It's been a long time coming. The Cubs are in first place. The Cardinals are 8 games back. My oldest son is doing excellent in college and has signed on a...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Sun, 16 Sep 2007 07:27:00 PST

Fall is coming! Fall is coming!

Over 3 weeks have passed. One son is a freshman in high school and the other is a freshman in college. We got the oldest moved into college. I've seen him a total of 2 hours since that happened. He's ...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Wed, 12 Sep 2007 12:28:00 PST

I’ve got to write something

This is not an award-winning entry. I just feel the need to touch base.I have not even been online in two weeks. What's up with that? I always figured when the boys got older, I could read books, go o...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:45:00 PST

I remember when Elvis died

I remember the day Elvis died.A young colleague tried to dispute it. She was born in 1981, the year I graduated from high school. We didn't have CNN or their headline news. We heard on the evening new...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 12:31:00 PST

Blogging and graduating, and guitaring and breaking arms and such

That's the Sweet Baboo in the picture, teaching No. 2 son some guitar "licks" or whatever the musicians call them. That's the old 1978 "disco stereo" in the background behind the Baboo. (See the '78 D...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 11:51:00 PST

Undeniable Chemistry & Unconditional Love

I learned 20 years of shit in one day today.After working 8 days straight, I had forgotten what year it was. While writing a check at the liquor store, I had to ask my "husband," "What year is this?" ...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Fri, 11 May 2007 09:32:00 PST

Didn't get to finish that one

Anyhoo -- the 16-year-old girl ran into my mid-life crisis less than one block after she backed out of her driveway. Luckily, her mom and stepdad (no one has parents who have stayed married forever th...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:55:00 PST

Connie the Convertible

Wow. Can you believe the amount of crap on My Space? Now, not only do I get 8 million pieces of spam a day, I'm also getting losers on My Space that want to put a free ad? That's a shame.Well, I have ...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Tue, 08 May 2007 10:38:00 PST

Quick update

Hey folks!Thanks for staying tuned. I apologize for that last rant. I'd been working 10 days straight at your local home improvement warehouse, including some hours past my bedtime. Sometimes to unwin...
Posted by Stuck in the '70s on Wed, 25 Apr 2007 08:03:00 PST