For my birthday I thought I would share some of my favorite things of mine over my 39 years and what life was like in 1977. Feel free to share you favorite things with me!
Cost of Living 1977
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 6.5%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 831
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 7.75%
Average Cost of new house $49,300.00
Average Income per year $15,000.00
Average Monthly Rent $240.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 65 cents
Bikini $9.00
BMW 320i $7990.00
Barbie Road Trip with Motor Home, Dune Buggy and a Bicycle $72.95
Wrist Worn AM Radio $7.95
5 inch Portable TV$147.00
New Stereo System$247.95
Middletown, New York
Ranch 3 bedrooms , 2 baths , living room family area and double garage $33,000
Famous People Born Today
Now to My Favorite Things!
Movies
1977- Saturday Night Fever
1984 - Footloose
1987 - Dirty Dancing (my first Grown up movie I was allowed to watch and own on VHS)
1995 - Clueless
1999 - 10 Things I Hate About You
2004 - National Treasure - One of my all time favorite movies
2004- The Incredibles
2009 - UP
A few series that I love are "The Hunger Games" "Pitch Perfect" "Twilight" and "Avengers"
My Favorite Musicals are "White Christmas" and "Sound of Music" although there are not many musicals I do not like.
Music
1977 - The Best of My Love - The Emotions
1980's - Loved Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, and Paula Abdul, Newsboys
1990's - Green Day, Weezer, No Doubt, Shania Twain, Boys ll Men,
200's - 21 Pilots, Imagine Dragons, Meghan Trainor, Maroon 5, Taylor Swift. Coldplay,
Pit Bull, TobyMac, Jamie Grace, and Andy Grammer
My all time favorite group is New Kids on the Block - I loved them as a teen and as an adult!
My Favorite Men
My Husband
My 2 Boys
My Daddy
My nephew
My Pop- pop
My Favorite Women
My Mom
My Grand mom I
My Grand mom P
My Amazing group of friends that I would never rank because they all mean so much to me
My Favorite Animal
White Tiger
My Favorite Color
Red and Black
My Favorite Food
Ice Cream
My Favorite Drink
Coffee
My Favorite TV Shows
Dancing with the Stars
Walking Dead
Game of Thrones
The Voice
Anything Cooking or Dancing related
My Favorite Books
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Twilight Series-Stephanie Meyer
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Cornicles of Narnia C.S Lewis
Wild Card by Lora Leigh
Books by Beth Moore, Christine Feehan, and Karen Witemeyer
Most Memorable Moments
Day I accepted Christ
Meeting my husband
Getting Engaged
My first official teaching job
My Wedding Day
The Birth of my boys
My parent's 30 anniversary party
The Day my niece and nephew were born
Watching my dad be ordained a Deacon
Day I had my weight loss surgery
Day my company was legal and official
Happy Birthday to all the April Babies and enjoy your month!!
Cost of Living 1977
Yearly Inflation Rate USA 6.5%
Year End Close Dow Jones Industrial Average 831
Interest Rates Year End Federal Reserve 7.75%
Average Cost of new house $49,300.00
Average Income per year $15,000.00
Average Monthly Rent $240.00
Cost of a gallon of Gas 65 cents
Bikini $9.00
BMW 320i $7990.00
Barbie Road Trip with Motor Home, Dune Buggy and a Bicycle $72.95
Wrist Worn AM Radio $7.95
5 inch Portable TV$147.00
New Stereo System$247.95
Middletown, New York
Ranch 3 bedrooms , 2 baths , living room family area and double garage $33,000
Famous People Born Today
- 1519 Catherine de' Medici, Italian born Queen consort to Henry II of France and later regent to her sons
- 1743 Thomas Jefferson, 3rd President of the United States (1801-09), born in Albemarle County, Virginia (d. 1826
- 1799 Joseph Rastrelli, composer
- 1866 Butch Cassidy [Robert LeRoy Parker], American desperado (Wild Bunch Passage), born in Beaver, Utah (d. 1908)
- 1946 Al Green, Forest City Arkansas, singer (Lets Stay Together)
Now to My Favorite Things!
Movies
1977- Saturday Night Fever
1984 - Footloose
1987 - Dirty Dancing (my first Grown up movie I was allowed to watch and own on VHS)
1995 - Clueless
1999 - 10 Things I Hate About You
2004 - National Treasure - One of my all time favorite movies
2004- The Incredibles
2009 - UP
A few series that I love are "The Hunger Games" "Pitch Perfect" "Twilight" and "Avengers"
My Favorite Musicals are "White Christmas" and "Sound of Music" although there are not many musicals I do not like.
Music
1977 - The Best of My Love - The Emotions
1980's - Loved Aerosmith, Bon Jovi, Whitney Houston, Cyndi Lauper, and Paula Abdul, Newsboys
1990's - Green Day, Weezer, No Doubt, Shania Twain, Boys ll Men,
200's - 21 Pilots, Imagine Dragons, Meghan Trainor, Maroon 5, Taylor Swift. Coldplay,
Pit Bull, TobyMac, Jamie Grace, and Andy Grammer
My all time favorite group is New Kids on the Block - I loved them as a teen and as an adult!
My Favorite Men
My Husband
My 2 Boys
My Daddy
My nephew
My Pop- pop
My Favorite Women
My Mom
My Grand mom I
My Grand mom P
My Amazing group of friends that I would never rank because they all mean so much to me
My Favorite Animal
White Tiger
My Favorite Color
Red and Black
My Favorite Food
Ice Cream
My Favorite Drink
Coffee
My Favorite TV Shows
Dancing with the Stars
Walking Dead
Game of Thrones
The Voice
Anything Cooking or Dancing related
My Favorite Books
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
Twilight Series-Stephanie Meyer
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Cornicles of Narnia C.S Lewis
Wild Card by Lora Leigh
Books by Beth Moore, Christine Feehan, and Karen Witemeyer
Most Memorable Moments
Day I accepted Christ
Meeting my husband
Getting Engaged
My first official teaching job
My Wedding Day
The Birth of my boys
My parent's 30 anniversary party
The Day my niece and nephew were born
Watching my dad be ordained a Deacon
Day I had my weight loss surgery
Day my company was legal and official
Happy Birthday to all the April Babies and enjoy your month!!