Who's that girl and why is she sitting on the hood of an '89 Mustang?
Whoever she is, will someone please tell her to put on a more respectable top? God forbid her children would see this photo someday. Oh, yes, in 10 years she'll have children. Two to be exact. And then she'll spend 5 years changing diapers. Five. But don't tell her that part, though.
Will someone also please tell her that she's making the right choice by moving to the big city after high school? That creative, artsy, right-brain void she feels will be filled. Hallelujah. And she'll discover espresso along the way. Double hallelujah. And that small town she was so adamant about leaving? She'll return with husband and children in tow, moving for the 7th--and last--time in her life.
And, for the love of all things good, please tell her to go easy on the candy, ice cream, and chocolate. She'll thank you when she's 34.
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GReat Hair!! Great post!! :)
ReplyDeleteHi from SITS!
I love this post !!! Yup, if only we knew then !
ReplyDeleteGreat pic!
ReplyDeletelol...great pic!! and what solid advice!
ReplyDeleteOh the things we'd tell ourselves if we could only communicate with Younger Us!
ReplyDeleteI LOVE this post... if only we could have guidance from our future selves!!
ReplyDeleteCute post! Happy SITS day!!!!
ReplyDeleteI have a few of those pictures... i don't know if i am ready to show them on the blog yet... hey atleast the pose is perfect!!
ReplyDeletenice hair! =)
ReplyDeleteyou look fab in there lady! and great advice! like MrsM, I wish we could tell our younger versions what and what NOT to do.
ReplyDeleteok, so the song from Cher just popped in my head, "if i could turn back time....if i could find a way". if we only could. id def lay off the candy & ice cream ;)
ReplyDeleteadorable post.
hi from SITS. id love to hear from everyone. im a newbie =)
happy monday all!!
If only we knew then what we know now...good morning from SITS!!
ReplyDeleteLovely photo, lovely post. Oh yes, if only we had that crystal ball!
ReplyDeletei think i had the same shirt!! great post, thank you for sharing
ReplyDeleteGreat post. Congrats on being FB
ReplyDeleteYou look hot!
ReplyDeleteOK...help me do the math. was this taken 10 years ago in '99 or in '89 (the year of the car)? Either way, you look hot!
Everyone should be able to send themselves a letter from from the future.
Ah the 80's. It's funny how life comes full circle sometimes, eh? Happy SITS day!
ReplyDeleteLove it, love teh 80s! I'm stopping by from SITS to say hello, congrats on being FB :-)
ReplyDeleteStopping by from SITs..awesome photo! I think your kids will enjoy seeing you like that...and that's a sweet car! Congratulations on being todays' FB!
ReplyDeleteCute, cute! Love the pic. Happy SITS day!
ReplyDeleteHow did you get my photo?!? Oh, sorry, mine has longer hair that reaches the sky. My mistake...
ReplyDeleteIf you see mine, please tell her to keep exercising during her second pregnancy or else she might have to go to Weight Watchers...just sayin'
Happy sits :)
Oh man... that is a great shot. And so funny are you!
ReplyDeleteHappy SITs day!
Gotta love the old photos.
ReplyDeleteLOL, yeah, we "never" cracked on our parents back when we were kids so ours better not even think about it! :-)
ReplyDeleteYou looked absolutely adorable. :-)
Have a Great SITS Day!
Stopping in from SITS - Thanks for the reminder that everyone didn't know everything when they were 20! I may have to steal this idea...just to remind myself that I made some right choices & the wrong ones turned out okay, too. Have a great Monday!
ReplyDeleteThis is an awesome post. If only we could travel back in time and tell ourselves a few thing. Lord knows I would have skipped guys until I met my husband :) OH yeah and like you said laid off the cookies, ice cream etc. etc. etc. :) Happy SITS to ya!
ReplyDeleteSigh. Yep - my list of what I would tell my younger self is about a mile long and includes things such as enjoying your high heels now because in twenty years, they will simply be an artifact buried deep in your closet, only to be found by your youngest who wants to know if you wore them in the olden days, back before there was electricity.
ReplyDeleteCute post! I love the idea of writing to my younger self. ;)
ReplyDeletewonderful post! the things we wish we'd known but would never have listened to or believed.
ReplyDeleteOh, some of the things I could have written myself 10 years ago. Or even better, 20!
ReplyDeleteI can make you feel better about the diaper thing - my youngest starts high school in the fall. He is the youngest of five. I have had a child in middle school for 13 straight years.
Yes, I'm old! LOL
Nice ride, and your hair is still better than mine was 10-15 years ago!! : )
ReplyDeleteI wish some one would have told me to go easy on the ice cream and cake. Goodness.
ReplyDeleteAwesome post!
Love the post! Looking at my daughter right now, I think I'm going to have hide my photos from that era. The shame is that even I catch myself sounding like my Mum - husband is laughing !
ReplyDeleteAwesome idea for a post. Happy SITS day girl!
ReplyDeletegreat picture! what i would give to tell my former self a few things.
ReplyDeleteHow fun!!! Loved it!
ReplyDeleteI can't wait to see what we have to say about our style sense of today. Right now it seems so right!
ReplyDeleteLove the pic and the car! This is a great post idea!
ReplyDeleteOver from SITS love the hair and outfit!!! Great pic!
ReplyDeleteStopping by from SITS... great post... if only we could all warn/applaud ourselves "back then". Great post! Congrats on being FB!
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
ReplyDeleteI've discovered espresso along the way, too. Double hallelujah just about describes it!
Haha! Great post...
ReplyDeleteif only we could send our former self messages to help our future or present self......love this post!
ReplyDeleteLove the pose. I had an '84 mustang.
ReplyDeleteOh My ..Ihave the same picture of me with hyoooge hair sitting on top of my car posing. so funny! It was 1987 though... I am a bit older. lol
ReplyDeleteWhich lil town are you from? I am in AR as well.
Happy SITS day! Great post :) I hide those pictures, far far away.
ReplyDeleteIf only we could go back and give ourselves a few pointers! Gotta love those old pics...takes you back doesn't it? (It's because you've been listening to MJ music right?)
ReplyDeleteThis was a funny post. Things we should have learned before we did them..
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun post:) Happy Sits Day!
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
ReplyDeleteIf only someone would have been there to warn me of my future! Who knew I wold have five kids!
Happy SITS day. I enjoyed your post!
ReplyDeleteCute Post!
ReplyDeleteKudos...great Post!
ReplyDeletefun post. Enjoy your day
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute post!!!
ReplyDeleteLove it!
ReplyDeleteHow Fun!!! Hello from SITS...congrats on your BIG day!!!
ReplyDeleteHow sweet!
ReplyDeleteHehe, that's funny! I have SO many of those pictures that I regret now- oh well, they're funny!
ReplyDeleteLove the hair! At the time you probably thought it was rockin' as I did with all my wacky high school 'dos :D
ReplyDeleteNice Hair, Nice Shirt. Oh the things we don't want our kids to see or know!
ReplyDeleteGreat post!! Stopping by from SITS!!
ReplyDeleteHi from SITS. If only we could go back and reassure our teenage selves that there will be some bumps along the way but life is gonna be great, especially after we meet our forever loves....the hubs and the kiddies!
ReplyDeleteHow adorable! Love this post!
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh :)
ReplyDeleteInteresting post! I too would like to lecture "past me" hehe
ReplyDeleteVery cute! If only a similar girl would have been told such important information. :)
ReplyDeleteLove it! Great, clever way to do a post. Happy SITS day!
ReplyDeleteHey from Sits!! What a wonderful post! No wonder hindsite is 20/20 huh? :)
ReplyDeleteAMEN SING IT SISTER!!!!
ReplyDeleteI like this! Happy SITS Day!
ReplyDeleteAh! I love it! How funny you are! Isn't it funny how things turn out the way we never would have expected when we grow up? Crazy world.
ReplyDeleteEven if I could tell my younger self things from my older self, my younger self wouldn't listen. In fact, she'd probably give my older self the finger. Live and learn.
ReplyDeleteHappy SITS Day.
ReplyDeleteWait 'til you have been married for 27 years and you see the curves your life takes.
This from a city girl who now runs a goat farm.
*LOL* Yup, I know this gal...know her well! xx
ReplyDeleteGreat idea for a post! I'm getting ready to move back to my hometown - dragging my husband and kids with me - after being gone for 12 years. I can't wait.
ReplyDeleteHappy SITS Day!
*L* great post. It's funny how we thought we knew everything..boy was I ever wrong. ;)
ReplyDeleteI love this idea (like a lot of other commenters)!
ReplyDeleteThose tops were h a w t back then! You were cutting edge!
I remember those days well! Crazy that we look at ourselves that way now, when we thought we were so hot back then! My kids just laugh at me!!!
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I love this! I have a very similar photo with a red nissan sentra. I may have to write something like this! Where did that girl go?
ReplyDeleteHappy SITS Day!
This is a great post!
ReplyDeleteHa ha! Love it!
ReplyDeleteSuch a unique post....Loved reading it! Gotta love the 80's
ReplyDeleteThat was funny!! Happy SITS day!
ReplyDeleteFun to look back sometimes.
ReplyDeleteSomethings don't change though...like my big hair...LOL
Happy SITS day!
How funny! Wouldn't it be great if you could have actually given 'her' all this advice back then!
ReplyDeleteHappy SITS Day!!
LOVE this post! Happy SITS day!
ReplyDeleteGreat post and I always love stumbling upon fellow Arkansan bloggers!
ReplyDeleteVery unique post...oh, what we would tell ourselves now. Happy SITS day to you!
ReplyDeleteWhat a cute photo. I can relate to wanting to give advice to our younger selves!
ReplyDeleteOh how fun! Wonder where I'll be in 10 years...=)
ReplyDeleteHappy SITS Day!
First of all, you spell your name exactly like mine. I automatically love you.
ReplyDeleteAnd this post is adorable!
I always think my kids will see pictures of me when they are older and think I was a major dork!!!
ReplyDeleteGreat post - love the off-the-shoulders shirt. Happy SITS day!
ReplyDeleteI'm totally digging the hair!!
ReplyDeletebeautiful pic and great blouse!! Stopping by from SITS!
ReplyDeleteLove the outfit and the hair!:)LOL This is great....wouldn't it be so nice if we could've told ourselves those things way back when?!:)
ReplyDeleteOh how I wish the grown up me really could go back and tell the young me a few things. Of course, the young me wouldn't have listened.
ReplyDeleteGreat post!
Hi from SITs. I'm going to my 20th high school reunion soon so many old pictures of me our coming out of the woodwork. Enjoy looking at your youth.
ReplyDeleteCute post. Happy SITS day!
ReplyDeleteMy grown-up self really could not have helped my teenage self, because my teenage self knew EVERYTHING already! :)
ReplyDeleteDropping by from SITS.
I love the idea of telling speaking to your younger self. How much less stress there would be. I guess we should just stop stressing and trust our choices for today's future.
ReplyDeleteBy the way! I was stopping by from SITS.
ReplyDeleteAnd tell her that isn't even the coolest year for the Mustang either.
ReplyDeleteStopping by from SITS. Congrats on being the FB!
Hiya from SITS! Congrats on being the FB of the day... 5 diaper-changing years?! Woo-wee...
ReplyDeleteLove your intro post!
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Cute!!
ReplyDeleteHappy SITS day!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a good post! Love it! I will have to bookmark your blog!
ReplyDeleteWow, I love it. :)
ReplyDeleteHindsight is wonderful, isn't it? Wish I had a scanner to go back um, like 30 years!
ReplyDeleteLuv the post!
Happy SITS day!
great post...stopping by from SITS
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Love it! Stopping by from SITS!
ReplyDeleteLove it! :)
ReplyDeleteLove it, stopping by from SITS a little belatedly to celebrate your FB Day! I think I might have had those boots...
ReplyDelete:)
What?! You should definitely show this to the kids. But keep it under wraps until they swear you were never young & "just don't get it"...then whip out this bad boy.
ReplyDeletevisiting from sits, what a lovely "peak"...nice post!
ReplyDeleteFabulous! And I think I had that top too!
ReplyDeleteHappy FB at SITS Day!
great hair...
ReplyDeleteOhhh, wouldn't it just be so grand to go back and tell yourself just ONE thing to do or not do?! I'm not sure if I would be able to narrow it down.
ReplyDeletehaha how cute!! Happy SITS Day! I had to come back for ya :)
ReplyDeleteLoving the hair AND the top. Even the high waisted jeans bring back fond{ish} memories. ;o)
ReplyDeleteCongrats on your SITS feature!