I love Sundays. As I write, I am still in my pj's....wicking pajamas of course! My house is quiet and I have the opportunity to write. What a luxury! As usual, I am bringing you baby boomer news for the week. This week's topics: sex, money and health. Happy reading and have a great week!
Sunday, July 29, 2007
Thursday, July 26, 2007
Why Do We Pay Attention to These Young Stars?
People have had a curiosity and interest about movie stars for ages. We are enamoured with their clothes and their romances. Their lives seem so glamorous that reading about them allows us to step into a fantasy for a little while. However, news for most of this summer has surrounded the trials and tribulations of overindulged, young women whose lives are out of control.
I for one am so tired and bored with their arrests and trips to rehab, and wonder what would happen if we, collectively, stopped giving them so much attention. The latest escapades of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Miss Hilton are so negative and sad. What would happen if we shifted our focus onto something more positive? What would happen if we paid more attention to those people, things and events that are making a postive contribution to the world?
We have all heard the sayings "negativity breeds negativity" or "like attracts like." Lets spend our time paying attention to stories and people that make us feel good, promote healthy ways of living and work consciously at RAISING vibrations in our lives. I know that you will be delightfully surprised at the results!
CLICK HERE to read about how you can attract more positives into your life!
I for one am so tired and bored with their arrests and trips to rehab, and wonder what would happen if we, collectively, stopped giving them so much attention. The latest escapades of Lindsay Lohan, Britney Spears and Miss Hilton are so negative and sad. What would happen if we shifted our focus onto something more positive? What would happen if we paid more attention to those people, things and events that are making a postive contribution to the world?
We have all heard the sayings "negativity breeds negativity" or "like attracts like." Lets spend our time paying attention to stories and people that make us feel good, promote healthy ways of living and work consciously at RAISING vibrations in our lives. I know that you will be delightfully surprised at the results!
CLICK HERE to read about how you can attract more positives into your life!
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Sunday Morning News Just for Us
Good Morning Ladies,
I missed last Sunday because I was out of town for a wedding, but I am back with links to stories that are of timely interest to all of us baby boomer women. Enjoy reading, and have a great week!
Boomers Just Want to Have Fun and Retire Healthy and Wealthy
Smoking Brings on Early Menopause
Hormones, Is Age the Key?
Friday, July 20, 2007
Girls In My Circle
The following is a forward that someone sent to me. I am not usually a fan of forwards, but this one is definitely worth sharing. I wish I knew who the author was so I could give her credit. If you recognize it and know who wrote it please let me know!
GIRLS IN MY CIRCLE
When I was little, I used to believe in the concept of one best friend, and then I started to become a woman. And then I found out that if you allow your heart to open up, God would show you the best in many friends.
One friend is needed when you're going through things with your man.
Another friend is needed when you're going through things with your mom.
Another will sit beside you in the bleachers as you delight in your children and their activities.
Another when you want to shop, share, heal, hurt, joke, or just be.
One friend will say, "Let's cry together," another, "Let's fight together," another, "Let' s walk away together."
One friend will meet your spiritual need, another your shoe fetish, another your love for movies, another will be with you in your season of confusion, another will be your clarifier, another the wind beneath your wings.
But whatever their assignment in your life, on whatever the occasion, on whatever the day, or wherever you need them to meet you with their gymshoes on and hair pulled back, or to hold you back from making a complete fool of yourself, those are your best friends.
It may all be wrapped up in one woman, but for many, it's wrapped up in several.
One from 7th grade, one from high school, several from the college years, a couple from old jobs, on some days your mother, on some days your neighbor, on others, your sisters, and on some days, your daughters.
So whether they've been your friend for 20 minutes or20 years, AND ONLY IF YOU'D LIKE TO, pass this on to the women that God has placed in yourlife to make a difference.
How to Love Exercise When You Really Don't
Ok, I know it is good for me, especially as a baby boomer woman. I know that muscle burns more calories than fat. I know how important it is to keep myself strong and fit. Why is it that I just don't like to exercise?
I hear women talk about how fabulous they feel after a great workout. I have yet to find the "exercise afterglow." I struggle with finding the motivation I need to get myself going. However, those little rolls of fat that are accumulating beneath the backstrap of my bra are definitely sending a message that this is something that needs to be done!
So, after I post this message, I will don my sportsbra, sneakers, shorts and favorite t-shirt, and pop in my newest work out DVD from The Firm (I hate the gym more than exercise) and embark on my next attempt at getting fit.
If you actually enjoy exercise, and have found something that motivates you to keep at it please let me know. What little mind games do you play to keep yourself motivated? What is your favorite way to keep fit?
I hear women talk about how fabulous they feel after a great workout. I have yet to find the "exercise afterglow." I struggle with finding the motivation I need to get myself going. However, those little rolls of fat that are accumulating beneath the backstrap of my bra are definitely sending a message that this is something that needs to be done!
So, after I post this message, I will don my sportsbra, sneakers, shorts and favorite t-shirt, and pop in my newest work out DVD from The Firm (I hate the gym more than exercise) and embark on my next attempt at getting fit.
If you actually enjoy exercise, and have found something that motivates you to keep at it please let me know. What little mind games do you play to keep yourself motivated? What is your favorite way to keep fit?
Friday, July 13, 2007
The Love Affair Between Women and Their Shoes
How many pairs of shoes do you have? How many pairs of black shoes do you have?
Tomorrow my husband's daughter is getting married. Of course I needed the perfect dress. I opted for a little black number....you know.....the most flattering dress I could find considering the recent upward flux of poundage. Actually, I am pretty happy with it (thank God for Spanx!), but what shoes would I wear? I can't tell you how many pairs of black dress shoes I have, but this outfit calls for something different. Of course it does! I know that metallics are all the rage this season, but I am a bit too conservative. Since I love to dance (my hobby is ballroom dancing) I need shoes that will be ultra comfortable. Hmmm...fashion and comfort.
After dragging my husband from store to store, I found the perfect pair. A beautiful pair of Steve Madden, black satin, 2 inch, sling back pumps with tiny white polka dots. I instantly fell in love. Yes...I had found shoe nirvana! I gleefully requested my 7 1/2 delights only to be told they did not have my size. Drats...back to the drawing board. What now? We left the mall empty handed, but I was determined. Today I went back to the mall and began my search. Low and behold, I found them and to make the search even sweeter, they were ON SALE! Wow! The Law of Attraction was really working for me today. Now my outfit will be complete. I am actually more excited about the shoes than I am the dress.
What is it about women and their shoes? Even my 17 year old daughter loves to match her flip flops with her outfits. Is it genetic? When does the love affair begin?
So ladies....what's in your closet?
Tomorrow my husband's daughter is getting married. Of course I needed the perfect dress. I opted for a little black number....you know.....the most flattering dress I could find considering the recent upward flux of poundage. Actually, I am pretty happy with it (thank God for Spanx!), but what shoes would I wear? I can't tell you how many pairs of black dress shoes I have, but this outfit calls for something different. Of course it does! I know that metallics are all the rage this season, but I am a bit too conservative. Since I love to dance (my hobby is ballroom dancing) I need shoes that will be ultra comfortable. Hmmm...fashion and comfort.
After dragging my husband from store to store, I found the perfect pair. A beautiful pair of Steve Madden, black satin, 2 inch, sling back pumps with tiny white polka dots. I instantly fell in love. Yes...I had found shoe nirvana! I gleefully requested my 7 1/2 delights only to be told they did not have my size. Drats...back to the drawing board. What now? We left the mall empty handed, but I was determined. Today I went back to the mall and began my search. Low and behold, I found them and to make the search even sweeter, they were ON SALE! Wow! The Law of Attraction was really working for me today. Now my outfit will be complete. I am actually more excited about the shoes than I am the dress.
What is it about women and their shoes? Even my 17 year old daughter loves to match her flip flops with her outfits. Is it genetic? When does the love affair begin?
So ladies....what's in your closet?
Sunday, July 8, 2007
Sunday Morning News Just For Us
Happy Sunday morning everyone. If you have finished your morning paper and are still craving some more news, I have assembled a few timely stories that are pertinent to us. Just click on each headline and you will be taken to the story. Happy reading, and enjoy the last day of the weekend!
- Baby Boomer Women Hardest Hit by Pelvic Health Conditions, Says New Report
- Prepare Yourself Now to Help Care for Parents Later
- Baby Boomers Have More Complaints About Aging, Report Says
- Boomer Boom For Utah Town
- More Gyms Pumping Up the Boomers
- A Life Plan for Boomers
Saturday, July 7, 2007
Sometimes It's Hard To Be A Mother
How do we help our children make sense of horrible life events? How do we, as mothers, make sense of them ourselves?
Yesterday, I received a phone call from my daugher who was at work. She was sobbing so hard that I could barely make sense of what she was telling me. A friend and classmate of hers was killed in a car accident. This 17 year old young man had the brightest future ahead of him. He was applying to the Naval Academy, he was going to start varsity football this year, he was preparing to visit other colleges this coming week. He was living the life that many of us dream of for our children. I knew him because I am a teacher at my daughter's high school. He was highly regarded as a student and known as a kind and generous person. He was also my daughter's first high school crush.
I immediately went to console my daughter. As I held her in my arms, I wanted so desperately to be able to find the right words to say to her, but they were hard to find. It was and is painful for me to watch her as she experiences her first loss of a contemporary.
Over the last 24 hours my thoughts have also been drawn to his mother. As a mother, the lioness whose mission is to protect and love her children, how must she feel? I cannot even begin to imagine. We are never supposed to bury our children. It feels totally out the of natural order, but yet it happens.
Life lessons can be so difficult for our children and for us as well, but in this craziness I am sure there is something to learn. The abrupt end to the life of this young man, may very well serve as lesson to all of us, but in our immediate grief, we cannot see it. We must remain open to receive it and appreciate it.
Yesterday, I received a phone call from my daugher who was at work. She was sobbing so hard that I could barely make sense of what she was telling me. A friend and classmate of hers was killed in a car accident. This 17 year old young man had the brightest future ahead of him. He was applying to the Naval Academy, he was going to start varsity football this year, he was preparing to visit other colleges this coming week. He was living the life that many of us dream of for our children. I knew him because I am a teacher at my daughter's high school. He was highly regarded as a student and known as a kind and generous person. He was also my daughter's first high school crush.
I immediately went to console my daughter. As I held her in my arms, I wanted so desperately to be able to find the right words to say to her, but they were hard to find. It was and is painful for me to watch her as she experiences her first loss of a contemporary.
Over the last 24 hours my thoughts have also been drawn to his mother. As a mother, the lioness whose mission is to protect and love her children, how must she feel? I cannot even begin to imagine. We are never supposed to bury our children. It feels totally out the of natural order, but yet it happens.
Life lessons can be so difficult for our children and for us as well, but in this craziness I am sure there is something to learn. The abrupt end to the life of this young man, may very well serve as lesson to all of us, but in our immediate grief, we cannot see it. We must remain open to receive it and appreciate it.
Friday, July 6, 2007
Who's Marjorie?
Have you ever thought of trying something new? Do you have a passion that you are dying to explore?
"Who's Marjorie" is a short story about the journey of a baby boomer woman who has decided to leave her past behind and pursue the possibilities of the present and the future.
Click Here to read more!
"Who's Marjorie" is a short story about the journey of a baby boomer woman who has decided to leave her past behind and pursue the possibilities of the present and the future.
Click Here to read more!
Thursday, July 5, 2007
How Did You Spend Your 4th of July?
Yesterday was such a great day. I had the good fortune to spend the day with two of my women friends, and even though the fireworks may have been dampened by the rain, the spirit of comraderie could not.
Since the three of us are all participating in a book group focusing on the book "Ask and It Is Given" a book focusing on the law of attraction, we spent a good part of the day talking about it, but there was more. As we munched our way through a bevy of food....of course a girl's gotta eat...we talked about our lives...past, present and future and celebrated "freedom." Not just the freedom that we were celebrating regarding our country, but the freedom we now have as "baby boomer women." We are all in the process of creating something, and very excited about the possibilites that the future holds.
I always leave those gatherings with my girlfriends feeling so blessed and grateful.
How did you celebrate freedom? What does a typical gathering of your girlfriends look like? What do your friendships mean to you?
Since the three of us are all participating in a book group focusing on the book "Ask and It Is Given" a book focusing on the law of attraction, we spent a good part of the day talking about it, but there was more. As we munched our way through a bevy of food....of course a girl's gotta eat...we talked about our lives...past, present and future and celebrated "freedom." Not just the freedom that we were celebrating regarding our country, but the freedom we now have as "baby boomer women." We are all in the process of creating something, and very excited about the possibilites that the future holds.
I always leave those gatherings with my girlfriends feeling so blessed and grateful.
How did you celebrate freedom? What does a typical gathering of your girlfriends look like? What do your friendships mean to you?
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