I was at a display at Bed, Bath, and Beyond and looked into one of their (quite expensive) magnifying mirrors. It was a 15X mirror. What I saw – shocking!!!

I had hairs in places I never new. I could not believe the two small hairs that I had by my upper lip that I must have missed waxing. I really had some messy mascara marks under my eyes that were not noticeable in a standard mirror. And don’t get me started on my eyebrows – the eyebrows that I thought were finely tweezed. Ugh.

My dilemma. Do I buy one of these better magnifying mirrors to constantly scare myself and become obsessed with every little imperfection? Or move on and think that no one really sees me that close up, so who cares?

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These two women, that had to be well into their seventies, were talking about “quickies” and how they are really having the best sex of their life. Why I am so put off, I do not know. Maybe just the fact that they were older, almost grandmother figures, or the fact that they were so openly speaking about it in such a public setting. We (me and my two youngest) were eating at a family friendly restaurant.

So, I was rude to be listening in, and wrong to judge – maybe. But it really makes me wonder if sex gets better with age.

As we get older, there are no pregnancy worries (well, usually not) and hopefully no std worries. Let me think. The kids should be out of the house. There are probably not work stresses – hmmm. More time to enjoy it all?

I am at a time in my life when sex is not all that important to me. Maybe it is, and I am just too busy or too tired to notice. I am a very busy 40 year old mom of 4, and most of my friends and I are in agreement. And it is funny, though not really, that all of our husbands are in disagreement with us.

I guess I am hoping that as I get older I too can say, that I am having the best sex of my life. I certainly know my husband is waiting for that day to come. I guess as long as I am not too tired .

Who here is having the best sex of their life, and when can I (tell my husband) expect to?

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I honestly think that my mother could be losing her sense of smell. At 64 years old and diabetic, maybe this is what happening. I have tried to tell her politely that you can smell her rooms away, and that her scent lingers after she is gone.

I recently explained how to layer your fragrance to her. If you don’t know how, you can layer your fragrance by simply using a fragrant body wash and lotion of the same/or similar scents. Then perfume can be used as a refresher, later on in the day. I think that my mother took this wrong. I noticed she has a few new products from Bath and Body Works – all in the same scent. And I think she is layering them all on, and then spritzing herself with the perfume spray to match. Sigh.

How do I tell her politely that she is either doing it wrong or that the scent is not for her. It is obvious that she took (or tried to) my advice. Now, I hate to tell her how “bad” it really smells! To make matters worse, my father even asked me what I gave her. He said he needs to air out the house when she leaves for work!

Oh, Mom!!!

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I l-o-v-e it! It is a FAT RANT by Joy Nash.

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Imagine the things I had to say to my walking buddy this afternoon when a 50-something lady with way too much makeup on, with way too much bleach in her hair, too much perfume, high heeled sneakers, and too short shorts breezed on by. Who did she think she was? Seriously. The only person that could nearly pull off this look would be Paris Hilton.

We need to act dress our age, folks. I am not talking all elastic waists and tee shirts. I am talking flattering, comfortable clothes ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE OUT TAKING A WALK!

It got me thinking, how short is too short and at what age do we stop wearing cute short-shorts? Besides the fact that you really need to have a nice behind and legs to wear them. I just don’t think a 50 year old should be wearing them. Even a 40 year old. Maybe stop somewhere in the mid thirties? I am not sure.

I have a good friend with the smallest frame – she eats like a horse, and is very athletic, and has no problem maintaining her size 2 figure even after having 3 kids. She is 42 years old, and sometimes I even find myself thinking that some of her skimpy things are too skimpy.

Gosh, I hope I am not being a prude, but I think we need to be realistic as to how we dress at a certain age.

If you are still wearing short shorts, please do tell!

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The first walk I take is in the morning, and that walk is just over 2 miles. It is a nice easy walk, with only one hill up in the beginning, and another one at the end – which is sometimes a killer, depending how I am balancing my time. This little over 2 mile walk is taking me just about 35 minutes, which is great time, if I say so myself. I have my iPod all geared up every morning, ready to go with the same 35 minutes of song, that lets me walk to the beat. And when I see people looking or sometimes staring at me, I just smile and say a warm, welcoming, “Good Morning!”. You see, it is early, the kids are off to school, and I need to get my day going – so as I am walking, I am belting out the tunes – oh yeah!

My second walk of the day is usually taken right after dinner. This walk is about 3 miles. I walk to the high school track, which is 1/2 mile away. I love the track. It was just built last year, and it is this really weird spongy/asphalt kind of material. It is almost rubbery – and so easy on the joints! I walk around the track 8 times, which someone told me is 2 miles then back home, which is another 1/2 mile. On this walk, I am bit more subdued, as there are a bunch of us walking on the track, and inevitably there is someone that joins in with me, and starts conversing with me. It is not so bad, but I don’t keep the pace like I do in the morning. But it is exercise nonetheless.

Do I have any more walking buddies out there? More importantly are there any more crazies out there that sing at the top of their lungs when they are walking to the beat of their own drummer? I can’t be the only one!

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Yes, I went outside to do a bit or gardening this morning, and my hair was wet. And it is a bit cold and damp outside. But this does not mean that I am going to get a cold!!!

Seriously, I am an adult, and have been outside plenty of times with my hair sopping wet. And I never caught a cold. I know for a fact that a cold is caught by being infected with a virus. Plain and Simple.

When she started complaining about this to me this morning, I just ignored her. Over and over again. And when I came inside, she wouldn’t let it go and said she just couldn’t fathom why I would even think of going outside with my hair wet. Then I thought, was she worried about how I looked? Or what anyone else thought as they walked by? Or was she truly worried about my health.

Did your mother ever use this one on you?

What would she think if it were only 40 degrees and I went outside with my hair wet and without a jacket? *Oh, the horror*

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Not quite an ah-ha moment, but a great one nonetheless. I’ll be bringing this one up quite often!!!

We were talking about how Mother’s Day is fast approaching and then it is my son Johnny’s Birthday, and then mine.

Before we could utter the words Big 4-0, my seven year old Joey, said “Boy Mom. You still look so young. No one will ever even think you are 25!”. I looked at him puzzled and asked him point blank how old I was. He said without hesitation that I was “24, but you will 25 right after Johnny turns 10, right?!” I told him that I couldn’t believe he knew my real age!!! . It even tickled me more when my husband was laughing hysterically over all of this, and asked Joey how old he (Daddy) was. Joey said, “Daddy, we all know you are 53!”. And my hubby is just 48! Jeff wasn’t laughing so much after that one!

I love you Joey!

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I only wear a thong when I am dressing up and need to hide the panty lines. Besides then, it is all about comfort for me. Seriously, I have been married to the same man for 18 years, and he could care less (let’s face it, they like us out of the panties, anyway!).

My comfort panty of choice is the Victoria’s Secret High Leg Brief. And I never considered them to be granny panties, because well, they are from Victoria’s Secret. But when I was folding laundry the other day, my 7 year old asked why I only wore granny panties and wanted to know why my undies were so big. My first question to him should have been “Where the heck did you learn about granny panties?”, but I just said that they were very comfortable and it really was none of his concern.

Then it hit me – I am officially my mother, and I wear granny panties!

So, fess up…how many of you wear granny panties?

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