"Getting old ain't for sissies!" - Bette Davis "We are always the same age inside." - Gertrude Stein Hell yeah! That's me! and all of you other old farts talking about "age ain't nothing but a number" and so on - can kiss my wrinkled old ass! Actually wrinkles are not my problem, but if I discover another ache I'm gonna scream! Getting out of a chair ain't what it used to be! And my life cycles are all outta whack as I speedily leave my childbearing years behind me. …
Lovely Day So Far
Yes, I know it's freezing... But the sun was shining brightly and I was awake and decided to take a walk in the brisk cold air and you know what? It felt great! Lately, I have been inactive and binge eating and my house has been a total mess. And I've hated myself for it. But today I got up early and I took a walk. It wasn't a long walk but considering that I haven't moved my body in ages - I am happy. The cold air and sunshine gave me an entire new perspective about everything. Sure, I …
Old friends: “I’m Fat!”
It was inevitable. We are 48 years old. There are five of us bemoaning our advancing age, aches and waistlines. And there were reading glasses appearing out of nowhere! …
ain’t nothing but a number
"Age ain't nothing but a number." That's what a twenty something said to me last week. I laughed. And as I glanced around the tavern and bopped to the music ( a "top forty" tune that I loved singing with my band) I realized that maybe it was true. "You're as young as you feel!" Well, in that case, I am about one hundred years old yesterday. Seriously folks, I feel pretty young. I don't feel like I'm approaching fifty (in two years) So it was with much amusement that I noticed the …