Boomerang Archives

A blast from our past!

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Featured Booms

Summer/Fall 2005:
Car games: Driving in Our Car
Closet Organization
Family Camping: Bonding in the Woods
Family Camping tips
Lawn Games
Poison Ivy

Winter 2005:
Everlastingly Brite: Shiny Brites
Time Persons of the Year
Boomers at the Oscars

Spring/Summer 2006:
Boomer Interview: Glitter Workshop
Crafting: A Great Way to Recycle
Grillin' with Dad
Beach Memories: Cape Cod
Amusement Parks
Going Away to Summer Camp
Songs for Summer Camp

Fall 2006:
School lunches
They Really Were a Scree-um

Boomerang Hair Special:
A Trip to the Beauty Parlor
Hairstyles We Loved (and Hated)
Tonette and the Toni Home Perm
Tressy, the Growing Hair Doll

Winter 2006-07:
Have a Shiny Tinsel Christmas
A Christmas Story
Sweet Sweetarts

 

Connecting

Summer/Fall 2005:
Postcards:Greetings from Everywhere

Winter 2005:
Holiday Greetings Across the Miles

Spring 2006:
Welcome to the Blogosphere

Summer 2006:
Wildflower Walk with Me

Family Reunions

Fall 2006
Polaroid Pictures
Communing with the Spirits

Confecting (recipies)

Moroccan Stew
Stuffed Squash
Potato Salad 101
Stock Pot Chili
Coconut Lentil Soup
Zippy Bean Salad
Jello Poke Cake
Old-fashioned Deviled Eggs
Old-fashioned Lemonade
Pink Squirrel cocktail

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Reflecting

Family Vacations
Snow Memories
Thanks, Dad
Buildin' Forts
Back to School
First Kiss

Boomer Culture

Clothes
Can You Capri?
She Wore an Itty Bitty One: Bathing Suits

Collecting
Transistor Radios
Strategy Games
Toy Soldiers (aka Army Men)
Baseball Cards
Take a Troll Down Memory Lane
Lunch Box Mania
Everyone Loves Pez
Gurley Candles
Hot Wheels
Pet Rocks
Lincoln Logs

Holidays
Favorite Boomer Christmas Albums

Movies
Remembering Gidget: Sandra Dee
Films of Sandra Dee
Bobby Darin and "Beyond the Sea"
Drive Ins: Summer Horror Flicks

Music
Alice Cooper
10 Favorite Boomer Summer Songs
The Beach Boys
The Supremes

News
Fizzies: They're Back!

Toys
Favorite BoomerToys (part one)
Favorite Boomer Toys (part two)

Trends
Retro Design (part one)
Retro Design (part two)
Retro Design links

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Crafting

Reusing Christmas Cards
Mosaic Basics
Salt Dough Heart
Retro Wallpaper Lampshade
Crafting: A Great Way to Recycle
Retro-inspired Flower Pots
Macrame Basics
Castles in the Sand
Gingerbread Houses

Granola Girl (back to nature!)

Natural Hair Fun
Body Butter: Natural Sun Screen
Real or Fake? (Trees, that is)
All-natural Laundry Boosters
Composting 101
Nontoxic Gardening Tips
Sun Protection
Weeds to Feed On
Homemade Bath Salts

Boomer Rants

Here's to a Fit New Year - January 2006 (Betty)
Sitcom Mania - February 2006 (Roxy)
Earth Day is Everyday - April 2006 (Phyllis)
May is for Moms - May 2006 (Roxy)
School's Out for Summer - June 2006 (Betty)
Feelings for the Flag - July 2006 (Phyllis)
Buildin' Forts - August 2006 (Betty)
Chillin' in the Summertime with Family - August 2006 (Roxy)
Religion and Schools - September 2006(Phyllis)
Ghosts (and Goblins) of Halloween Past - October 2006 (Roxy)
Bowling anyone? - June 2007
Granoloa Girl wants tips - April 2008

 

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