23 years and counting!!!

Hey all- Just wanted to wish my sister and partner in crime for most of my life a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY! (Remember Katie Jane I will always be just a tad older than you) ANYWAY- It has been a very different day being away from my family, but great still the same. Andrew got me a bread maker, I have been wanting one for sometime now. It does all kinds of crazy things and I am way excited to have fresh bread around the house. We have our Disney passes so we decided to drop by and say hello to the mouse who started it all. We ate at this great restaurant in Germany...and by Germany I mean the one in Epcot and then we popped over to the Magic Kingdom for some classic fun. For anyone who is wondering when is a good time to go, this time of year it is completely empty, we walked on every ride, and it is decorated so cute for Fall. As I was filling up my gas tank today(and freaking out about the prices, it has gone up 20 cents since IKE), I was contemplating how much has changed in these short 23 years. I did a little looking and found some prices for things in 1985, I thought this was interesting. Enjoy!

World Population 4,830,979,00
Average Cost of new house $89,330.00
Average Income per year $22,100.00
Average Monthly Rent $375.00
Average Price for new car $9,005.00
1 gallon of gas $1.09 (wouldn't that be awesome!)
Movie Ticket $2.75
US Postage Stamp 22 cents
A Dozen Eggs 80 cents
Bacon per pound $1.65

Interesting 1985 Factiods

• U.S. President Ronald Reagan
• San Francisco 49ers won Super Bowl XIX
• Mike Tyson makes his professional debut
• Coca-Cola changes its new formula and releases New Coke (the response is overwhelmingly negative, and the original formula is back on the market on 3 months)
• A joint American-French expedition locates the wreck of the RMS Titanic
• The Nintendo Entertainment System is released in U.S. stores
• Comic strip Calvin and Hobbes debuts in 35 newspapers
• Microsoft Corporation releases the first version of Windows, Windows 1.0
• Tommy Hilfiger brand established
• Tetris is released
• Compact Discs are introduced to American Consumers
• British Scientists discover a whole in the earths Ozone Layer

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• Rocky IV
• The Color Purple
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