Thursday, August 13, 2009

Obsolete in 10 Short Years

So I drug an old Coach purse out of my closet today to use for a day trip downtown, and I discovered a treasure trove of stuff inside. An old wallet filled with obsolete items to make me smile. 10 years isn't really old, it's not supposed to be at least, but in these crazy times life changes so dramatically that 10 years seems like 100 in human evolution.
Here's things from my past that are no more. . . .
Remember Bank One, gone! My childhood home on Harlee, sold. Y2K scare warnings on your ATM receipts! We really thought the world was coming to an end!
I had like 7 of these coupons in my wallet. I remember going to have pictures developed every other week! It was a fortune! Never any more! Thank the Lord for digital. And poor Eckerd's. Over run by Walgreens and the stupidest name in stores, CVS.O.k. Not sure if these guys are obsolete, but I sure hope they are. Three of the biggest travesties in my life. . . our Expedition, my wedding photos, and this horrible excuse for a crown in my mouth! Oh, the Gold Crown card. Essential for any Beanie Baby Hunter. I was a professional, never left home without my cardboard, dot matrix printed membership card.Oh, these cutie pies. Can I just say their childhood is obsolete practically, they're BOTH in COLLEGE now! OMG!

Thank goodness Amy's teacher dresses are now obsolete! But can we just pause to remember how adorable Emily and Brooklyn were as babies, those days are certainly over, big girls that they are now. And the fact that we even carried around all these wallet sized photos in the first place. A bygone era. Now we just click on safari so we can pull up our blog on our iPhones to show off the latest greatest pics of our families.
But the most amazing transformation and most obsolete item of the last 10 years. . .

Jason's hair!

What will the next 10 years do away with? We can only imagine, and look forward to the laughs it will bring. . .

2 comments:

Mimi Martin said...

That is so so funny! We should all have time capsules hidden away in old purses - don't open for ten more years. It does make me a little sad that in ten more years, Brooklyn and Emily will be grown, in college... ;(

Jessica said...

Isn't it fun.. I found an old purse the other day and it had my old key ring... Keys to my old house and my crappy old Dodge Neon. And, do you remember those little telescope things they used to give you at six flags with the teeny tiny picture inside from when you first got to the park. So fun! : ) I loved your unexpected walk down memory lane!