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You know I’m excited about the big day. Here are me and my brothers and sisters, all babies, I’m the oldest. I like the part where I get to jolt them with electricity. Wuuuhaaahaaaa. Today is Ricky’s birthday — he’s the werewolf here, while in real life he has transformed into a marathon runner this year. Happy birthday, Ricky!
Okay, this is the last day of my little fixation with retro laminates. (For now.) As you know, I am a devotee of the Sherwin Williams Suburban Modern palette, both interior and exterior. So, I have gone through Arpa’s line of solid-colored laminates and for the most part, been able to line up 10 colors [...]
These are new from Formica. Both look like they could swing either “warm” or “cool” – that is, work across the spectrum from reds (and pinks) to blues. I really like the Linen – a very typical look for the 50s — Hey, Formica, can we have it in green, blue, pink and yellow?!: And, [...]
UPDATE (Oct 2011): Click over to –> this story to get an update on all three sources for boomerang laminate. In wake of the news that Formica is discontinuing, or has discontinued, two shades of our beloved boomerang laminate, I started receiving reports from readers of other discontinuations. I checked with the super duper helpful [...]
Over at her blog The Home Project, reader Linn and her husband continue to chronicle the remodel of their adorable bungalow kitchen. Recently, they rolled up their sleeves and installed a stainless steel countertop right over the old, existing laminate countertops. The headline: When first considering the stainless steel countertop option, Linn contacted a big [...]
Wow, does anyone know about countertops like these? Becky recently bought a time capsule and her french provincial kitchen (I’d call it) includes these countertops. Reminds me of these Fritz floor tiles. Anyone work with this back in the day who knows? Kind of, an early-days version of Silestone or the other composite-quartz countertops sold [...]
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Another delicious vintage system by Sunbeam to organize your appliances 
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LOL! I LOVE IT! Thanks for the entertainment Pam – and thank your siblings too!
Maryann
JibJab is great! this one is very fun…and what a good looking family! you and your siblings have great, genuine, bright eye, smiles…makes you want to sit down and have a cup of joe with you all.
Wow! Very cool.
Am I looking at the graphics? No. Listening to the song? Nope. I sat watching and thinking “Those parents certainly didn’t skimp on the dental work…Everybody has beautiful teeth!”
Enjoy the weekend
Upon secnd viewing:
Are we related???
Your “monster” brother is the “separated at birth” twin of my brother Kevin! Really….
Hey Pam – This is awesome! I about wet my pants, thanks for the Friday morning chuckle. And oh yeah, I haven’t posted pictures of my remodeled kitchen yet where I used all your suggestions; the Dishmaster, turquoise boomerang countertops, stainless steel edging….I promise, they’re coming and I’ll email you as soon as I have my house back in order enough to take the photos and do the kitchen justice!
Happy Halloween….
Milster
How fun Pam!…how about a post of retro-Halloween treats and costumes?
I used to listen to this album every Fall. Great song, great video.
I love this! JibJab always makes the best stuff. Happy Birthday to your brother!
Hilarious Aunt Pam my dad is going to love it!
Damn, Pam, that Monster Mash was too cool! And Nora? What’s not to love? She’s everybody’s quintessential grandma. Can we a”adopt” her, since our grandparents are not with us any longer? (And for that matter, now, neither are many of our parents.) I believe the eyes are the windows to the soul, and when you look into Nora’s soul, you see goodness and love. I can picture her baking cinnamon rolls and sugar cookies in that marbelous kitchen! Or maybe preparing a big Italian meal, like my grandma used to. I get so nostalgic longing for those happy days of the ’50s when life was easy and people were good. Is that why so many of us “liberals” hearken for a better time when our country was the greatest? We had it all, didn’t we? You go, Nora!