Groovy Research

So, I've been spending some time doing research on the 1960s, because I eventually want to do a scrapbook album about that decade (still working on my 1970s album). I've gotten a ton of pictures off the web, and some of them are just awesome! Check out the fashion statements:

Not to mention all the nifty household items. I have no doubt that Xander would look at these and just go...huh? What's that? Poor kid doesn't know what he's missing!

One thing that boggles me is I keep seeing ads for video phones. Did anyone actually have these?

Even the food ads were totall hip!

I can't post any family photos, because I haven't gone through them all yet, but I can assure you that there were some hipsters on both sides of family back in the 60s. No hippies, though, much as my mother would've liked to have been one!

If you have any 60s anecdotes you'd like to share, please feel free!

My Grandma Played Ball??

What I don't know about some of my family members is a lot. You know that question, where would you go if you had a time machine? I'd go back and interview my Dad's parents and his grandparents, my Uncle Tony, my great grandparents on my mom's side. All I know is what other people have told me about them, and sometimes it isn't much.

Take this picture for example:

This is my grandmother, Margaret Steigmeier (known to us as Meme). I never knew she played ball. Was she on a regular team? Was this a one-time special event? And what the heck is she wearing on her head?

I've e-mailed these pics to two of Meme's three kids, to see if either of them have some background on this for me. I can't even tell you the stacks of pictures, tons of scans, and towers of slides I have that are full of great moments captured on film...that mean absolutely nothing to me. Who are these people? What were they doing, thinking, feeling?

This is why I scrapbook. So that Xander and his future family will never have to wonder those things about me. Of course, with me it might end up being a case of TMI!!