I remember when I was a teenager. I'm still working on the 30s ... although more on the back end these days.

But my 20s? GONE.

So much stuff - college and graduation and parties and bars and all kinds of pointless social stuff and 3 jobs and dating and marrying and kids and moving and moving again and job loss and job gain and job loss and job gain again oh and then more moving.

So I guess I'm wondering ... anybody else feel the same way? Because I honestly still feel like I'm in my 20s. But the mirror says different.

The older I get the more I realize (a) I'm stupid, (b) the things that seem important really aren't and the truly important things always get taken for granted, and (c) I really like vintage stuff that doesn't seem vintage somehow.

Here's some cool vintage stuff to look at, via colourlovers.com.

WHO IS IT: My mother, me (blue butt) and my sister (pointing like she's never seen the ocean before) in North Carolina, circa 1973.

Thanks to my Uncle Kurt for scanning it, my cousin Ben for uploading it to Facebook, and my cousin Maria for reminding me what year it was.

BURNING QUESTION: Can you believe they had color photography back then?

MORE FOR YOUR MONEY: This was our first and last family vacation. Ever. But it looks fun, huh?

SCENE 1:

(as the kids were petting baby chicks at the Apple Orchard south of town)

ME: "Awww. Aren't they cute? I wonder what their names are."

TIM: "I know. That one's Hotwing. And that one over there is McNugget..."

(I hit him with my purse - random people laugh - the kids ignore us)

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