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Posts Tagged ‘over 50’
Downhill Racer
Saturday, May 3rd, 2014
When you’re a kid, you always think “when I grow up, I’ll. . .” . . . fill in the blank. Once you’re older and working, then you start thinking, ” someday I want to. . .” Or later still “when I retire, I’ll. . .”. I started thinking the other day about how much longer I’ll be around. Yeah, a little morbid, but at 62 (yes! 62!) mortality is starting to look you in the eye. At most I can count on another 40 years – Grandma Lo Sapio lived to 103 – but realistically, I figure I’ve got maybe 20 good years before I’m too frail to do all those things I’ve been waiting to do, and another 10 to just hang around. So, what am I waiting for?
Tags: Ageing, live for today, over 50, over 60, waiting to do the things you want to do, women over 40
Posted in Ageing | 6 Comments »
Oh, It Ticks!
Thursday, May 2nd, 2013
I know you have been anxiously awaiting the results of my product testing.
In case you’ve forgotten, I tested Garnier’s Ultra-Lift Daily Targeted Wrinkle Treatment on one side of my face for five weeks. The results? Oh, you will be surprised! (more…)
Tags: baby boomers, battle of the sexes, beauty products, Garnier, over 50, women, women over 40, wrinkles
Posted in Grooming | 5 Comments »
Calendar Girl
Thursday, March 7th, 2013
I’ve got an iPhone and I use it to keep track of all the stuff I want to remember – grocery lists, appointments, deadlines. Probably most people have some sort of gadget – or maybe even DayTimer (time machine alert!) so they don’t miss things.
So, tell me: if I can’t memorize my own schedule, why the hell does Gary expect me to remember his? (more…)
Tags: baby boomers, battle of the sexes, marriage, over 50, women, women over 40
Posted in men | 7 Comments »
But Does it Really Keep on Ticking?
Friday, February 22nd, 2013
You remember those old commercials, where a Timex watch gets really put through the ringer – stomped on, thrown across the room you name it – but nonetheless, it keeps on working. Samsonite luggage gets thrown from a plane and it’s unscathed. A Bic pen gets shot out of a gun and, by golly, it still works! You watch Mad Men now and you see them coming up with these kind of ideas for ad campaigns, knowing that most people will just believe them. Well, not me. I had to test them for myself. (more…)
Tags: beauty products, facial creams, over 40, over 50, product testing, unbiased product review, women, women over 40, wrinkle creams, wrinkles
Posted in Grooming | 2 Comments »
Slap Yourself
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012
Every wanted to go back in time and slap yourself? Not me. Everything I’ve done, every relationship I started/ended, every decision I’ve made was right, right, right.
Not.
Oh, yes, when I think back to college and beyond (but not as far back as high school, because we were all idiots back then), I did some pretty stupid things and I put up with some pretty lousy guys. Alas, I can’t go back in time. But if I could, I would give myself an earful. (more…)
Tags: Advice, advice to myself, bad decisions, going back in time, over 50, Relationships, women over 40, women over 50
Posted in Relationships | 3 Comments »
