Sarah, Carol and Cheyenne celebrating... I received a giant birthday card the other day from Regan, the beautiful and delightfully spunky daughter of my dear friend Barbara. In the card Regan said, "Mom says it doesn't matter when I send this card because when you are fifty you celebrate every day." I smile every time I [...]
Tag: Aging
Incommunicado!
It has been a harrowing two days. It all began on Friday morning when my computer started making a loud, continuous buzzing noise. For a moment there my life flashed before my eyes (my life's work that is) and I immediately started mumbling - "arrgh- I knew I should have backed up my data this past month." I must [...]
A pony for Christmas
Banner news today...after waiting for 40 years it finally came to me yesterday - the pony I wanted for Christmas when I was ten! Well, not an actual pony, I am speaking symbolically of course about the type of gift that you know you have only a small chance of getting, but you just want it [...]
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Meet my grand dogs. That is Marley on top with the black nose and Lucy on the bottom with the brown nose. They are adorable - I know. I used to have a grand bunny as well - Mr. Ginger - but he sadly passed away. I have often wondered if Mr. Ginger didn't just finally [...]
The sunset of my life?
Well here you have it. The first indication that I am but a hop, skip and a jump from the senior discount. Having received my invitation to join AARP on day one of the new forty I am a bit concerned - is this the sunset of my life? If so, shouldn't I have been eased [...]
Surveying the landscape
I have been hearing it for years now - "fifty is the new forty" (albeit, I will entertain that I may have been listening more closely recently). I think it began back when Oprah hit the "big 5-0" a couple of years back. Honestly, at the time I remember being much more thrilled about John Travolta being at [...]
THE NEW FORTY 