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 [...]
Tag: women
God-given curves…
I do love Fifi, but I think that on some occasions she forgets who she is talking to. The other day she sent me an email that said in the subject line: CAROL Boyish Body? Create INSTANT Curves & SAVE! Upon opening the email I learned that Fifi was peddling a sale on her padded [...]
The womenfolk…
Today I was able to steal away with the womenfolk of Mike's family (his mother and his sister) for lunch. It was a lovely opportunity to learn more about Barbara and Michele individually and the family collectively. I wish we would have had more time. I would love to be able to have lunch with [...]
Does the carpet match the drapes?
I read Prevention magazine. I know what you are thinking. You are thinking I lead a wild, crazy life - or something like that. I like Prevention magazine because it contains tidbits on a myriad of things that I might never think to ask about, but after-the-fact am glad I know. One of my favorite [...]
A warming sensation…
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 [...]
My magnetic personality…
While at the Mall of America last weekend I visited the magnet store. While there a series of magnets caught my eye. If I had to classify them I would call them Leave It To Beaver meets Roseanne (or for the younger folks out there who do not understand my television references - the hopelessly unrealistic [...]
Can “sex” and “love making” be the same?
DISCLAIMER: I AM WEARING A BONNET AND THERE IS A BEE IN IT. Yesterday my blog addressed my concern that calling for abstinence in teens until marriage was not a realistic message. One of the comments to that blog which spoke to the value in abstinence until marriage used a term that I struggle with [...]
THE NEW FORTY 