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What The Heck Was I Thinking: A Fauxmoir

what was I thinking

I’m not really writing a memoir, but if I did, these could very well be the chapter titles. Once again, I’m joining North West Mommy and her posse for their Monday Listicles. This week’s topic is 10 Chapters in a Book About Me. Here are the chapter titles of my fauxmoir, “What The Heck Was […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Writer's Life Tagged With: chapter titiles, fauxmoir, humor, it's all about me, memoir, monday listicles, north west mommy

Farewell, My Uterus

They say you never really appreciate something until it’s gone, and well…I miss you. Sort of. It’s complicated. It’s been almost three years, and I never gave you the proper goodbye you deserved. Yes, we had our disagreements. Clearly we had our struggles. But we also had history. And, twice, yes twice, we made beautiful […]

Filed Under: Midlife musings, Parenting, Popular Posts Tagged With: child bearing years, fibroids, goodbye, gynocologist, hormones, hysterectomy, menopause, midlife, perimenopause, surgery, uterus

Wordless Wednesday: Wanna Ride?

Marrakech

I wonder how many chose the camel?

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: camel rides, Marrkech, rent

Aging Gracefully? Oh, Hell No!

This is what almost 50 feels like

In a few short months I have a birthday coming up. No, it’s not the big one. But, I’m getting so close I can almost feel it’s hot breath whispering in my ear. I am holding onto my 40’s by a thread. When the day comes that I do turn 50 – I mean 49+1 […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Fashion & Exercise, Get Inspired, Midlife musings, Parenting Tagged With: aging, aging gracefully, all night long, bat mitzvah, disco, engery, fifty and fabulous, Fifty Shades of Grey, GenFab, grandchildren, lionel richie, shake your grove thing, the new fifty, turning 50, what it's like to be 50 years old, youth

Fear of Flying: Sit back, relax, and enjoy the flight. Yeah, right!

fear of flying

Sitting at 36,000 feet above ground is not my favorite place to be. It takes a lot to get me  airborne. The twenty-four hours before any flight is filled with tremendous anxiety and a need to finish every project ever imagined. I’m like a whirling dervish, coordinating and packing my tiny carry-on at the very […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Popular Posts, Travel Tagged With: airplanes, and enjoy the flight, anxiety, fear of flying, flight attendant, flying, Huffington Post, ipod, mom, pilots, relax, sit back, turbulence, Xanax

Why Moms Would Make Great Bond Girls

Sean Connery, Roger Moore, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig. I’ve been besotted by them ever since I heard them purr, “Bond. James Bond.” I’m a sucker for men with British accents. And men who look good in tuxedos. What’s not to like? Bonds are like wild, exotic animals. Elusive, dangerous, powerful, elegant…sexy. One kiss from them […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Fashion & Exercise, Love, Midlife musings, Parenting, Popular Posts Tagged With: 007, Bond Girl, bond girl names, British accents, Daniel Craig, I want to be a bond girl, James Bond, MI6, Pierce Brosnan, Sean Connery, weapons

8 Reasons Why I No Longer Jog

On my blissful morning walk, I gazed at a young runner and thought wistfully, that used to be me. Young. And able to run. Don’t get me wrong, if the house were on fire (heaven forbid) or I wanted to beat the crowd to get to the front of the line at Sprinkles Cupcakes, I […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Fashion & Exercise, Lists, Midlife musings, Parenting Tagged With: carpoolgoddess, exercise, ipod, jogging, multi-tasking, pain, sprinkles cupcakes, walking, why I don't run

How I Met My Husband: When Love Is Meant To Be

When my kids were little, they used to love hearing the story of how my husband and I met. I told them we were in kindergarten and we were having lunch in the sandbox. Instead of pulling my hair to get my attention, he dropped my peanut butter and jelly sandwich into the sand. Our […]

Filed Under: Love, Parenting Tagged With: blind date, dating, first date, how I met my husband, Huffington Post, love, love at first sight, when love is meant to be

Fifty Shades Of Grey, But Not The Good Kind

When I think of Fifty Shades of Grey, I’m not thinking of the mouth wateringly naughty best seller; the one I just couldn’t put down. I’m referring to the ever burgeoning growth of silver on the top of my head. I blame it on my father. You see, I inherited many good things from him; […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Fashion & Exercise, Midlife musings, Parenting Tagged With: E. L. James, Fifty Shades of Grey, going grey, grey hair

How To Clean Up The Holiday Madness

I only write about products that I use and love. So, when Method reached out to me, I was delighted to be able to shout from the rooftop (or online equivalent) about how much I adore their products. For years I’ve been using their hand and dish washing soaps, which come in eye-catching colors, shapely […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: cleaning up the kitchen after the holidays, dish wshing soap, Method, Target, Walgreens

What I’m Most Thankful For On Thanksgiving – Aside From Not Having To Cook

Around this time of year, I start pulling out the few Thanksgiving decorations I own. Two stuffed turkeys, a bendable pilgrim and a few little pumpkins. They are all very cutesy and my kids like to tell me they’ve outgrown them, but Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and I can’t help but get […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: family, friends, going out to dinner on thanksgiving, kids come home from college, not cooking on Thanksgiving, thanksgiving, what I'm thankful for on thanksgiving

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