You may have heard in this age of technology that there is a smartphone app for virtually everything. At least that is what I am told by my tech-savvy teenager.. Dinosaurs like me are still adjusting to the pedestrian activities of texting and messaging. So it came as no surprise that my daughter Cheyenne told [...]
If you do not have a menstrual period or have not experienced menstrual periods in the past, turn back now. You can only be scarred by what is to follow. Go read the comics or sports page and thank your lucky stars that there are some experiences you have lived without. For those of you [...]
I have shared on my blog in the past my disdain for the delightful changes I am experiencing in perimenopause. I refuse to suffer this assault on my body silently under an umbrella of shame. I am fortunate to have friends who have shared their experiences with perimenopause with me; as such, I was more clued [...]
I must issue a warning at the outset: TODAY'S BLOG ENTRY IS NOT FOR THE FAINT OF HEART. It will address an issue that is of specific understanding to women in the new forty and I fear it will quickly devolve into a rant. HENCE, PROCEED WITH CAUTION. My daughter Sarah told me I shouldn't write about this [...]
My son Noah was over last night and we were discussing everything from the evolution of man as a species to the shifts we have and will see in society. Noah is a big thinker and loves to engage in big thoughts and discussions. So of course the Mayan prophecy came up (the prophecy that [...]
When I hear of products that produce "a warming sensation" - I can't help but smirk a bit. I like that phrase and as a woman in the new forty I can appreciate the phrase's potential for alternate use...particularly here in the Midwest. Midwesterners are a fairly polite lot - they are not inclined to effusively [...]
A WebMD email the other day was titled, "Belly-Fat Blasters: Minimize Your Muffin Top and Menopot." The title piqued my interest. I knew what a muffin top was going in, but a "menopot" - I had no idea and I wanted to know more. Below is an excerpt from the email: "The Rx for Muffin [...]
THE NEW FORTY 