Beyond Babedom
We're (way) over 40. Deal with it.
Posts Tagged ‘Babedom’
You Lie
Friday, June 1st, 2012
You cannot judge a book by its cover. Sometimes those old sayings make a lot of sense. Maybe not the ones my father used to say, like “You sound like a girl with a paper asshole.” But the ones you’ve heard so often that you don’t know what they mean anymore. So you misquote them. My late friend Diann will claim that “He ran around with his head cut off,” leaving out the “like a chicken with. . . ” part. Which always gave me a chuckle. And my friend Lori says “It’s a doggy dog world.” Which, if you come to my house, might be true. But the older I get (and I’m well beyond being a woman over 40), the more I understand why you truly cannot judge any book by it’s cover. Except maybe romance novels.
Tags: Babedom, beyond babedom, blonde jokes, judging a book by its cover, men over 40, old sayings, trust, women over 40
Posted in Socializing | 2 Comments »
Ms. Know It All
Saturday, February 25th, 2012
I feel like I’m dead.
No – it’s not a health thing; it’s all good. Let me back up and tell you what I believed as a kid. When you’re 7 or 8 there are so many things you don’t understand that people can convince you of the most absurd things. (more…)
Tags: Babedom, finding info, information super highway, men over 40, secrets kids tell, stories kids make up, things we believe, women over 40
Posted in Just Fun | 1 Comment »
The End of the Peanut Butter
Friday, February 10th, 2012
Maybe this has more to do with being from a family of 8 than being a woman over 40, but I can’t stand when Gary decides the peanut butter jar is empty when it clearly isn’t. Just now, I noticed he’d left a jar on the counter. “Are we out of peanut butter?” I asked. “Yeah,” he answered, never even acknowledging – as a little side note – that he had emptied it a couple of hours ago and it was still on the counter. Whatever. (more…)
Tags: Babedom, beyond babedom, food, food hoarding, men over 40, pantries, wasting food, women over 40, women's issues
Posted in My Pet Peeves | 7 Comments »
De-Cluttering Your Life
Wednesday, February 1st, 2012
Doesn’t it feel great to get rid of stuff? You know, streamline, reorganize, declutter. It always gives me such a good feeling to put bags and bags of clothes out for a charity to take away. Ah! Closet space! Funny; we love acquiring things – shopping, collecting for hobbies, scrap-booking – but eliminating things from our life can be almost as rewarding. . . and sometimes, even more so. Occasionally, the things you most need to get rid of are . . . your friends. (more…)
Tags: Babedom, beyond babedom, clutter, decluttering your life, friends, letting go of friends, men over 40, organizing, streamlining, women, women over 40
Posted in Relationships | 2 Comments »
The Grin(ning) Reaper
Friday, January 13th, 2012
We all know someone who loves spreading bad news. Someone died? They are hitting the phones or texting until their fingers bleed. A tragedy somewhere in the world? Look out, Facebook, they are there! What is it that compels these Grin(ning) Reapers to have to spread the (sad) word? Sure, we all want to know this kind of stuff. My question is, why do some people simply thrive on it? (more…)
Tags: Babedom, dead pool, gossip, men over 40, posting bad news, spreading bad news, women, women over 40
Posted in My Pet Peeves, Uncategorized | 2 Comments »
