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do you remember the Toni home perm?
Do you remember the Toni home perm? It was all the rage in the late 70’s. My friends mom did my Toni home perm. My hair was pretty long so it took hours for her to put all of those little rollers in. Then I had to sit there while the…
trying to look cool with my iPad
Yup! I bought an iPad. It was a total impulse buy; triggered by a business trip I took recently. I was on the plane and, prepared as always, I brought a book to read to fill the time. As I looked around at the other passengers on the…
I’m sorry Mom
It is said that you can never understand what it is to be a Mother until you have become one. I am one who believes that this is true and now that I have children of my own, there are a few things I need to apologize to my mother for: I’m…
Fonda and Tomlin together again
I just finished watching the series Grace and Frankie on Netflix and I just have to rave about it. It’s so great to finally see a show with main characters that are older than we are. Why does it always have to be beautiful 30-somethings?…
how old do you think I am?
[Original image unavailable]Another New Years Eve, another birthday passed. I’d like to say I’ve stopped counting and that “age is just a number” but I have to confess that I still look at the number. The new number is 52 and, the thing…
when do you stop paying for your kids’ haircuts?
My son came home from university the other day sporting a new hair cut. It looked great and I wondered if the motivation was a new girl. I said that he could have waited until he got home and I would have paid for it. He said; Really? I…
I’m not old, I’m classic
About 25 years ago, a friend talked me into seeing a psychic. It was something fun to do and out of the 30 minutes that I spent with this woman, I only remember one thing she told me – this psychic said that I was going to live well into…
McDonalds is trying way too hard
I went to McDonalds today. I can’t remember the last time I went into a McDonalds. I drive through occasionally – mostly for coffee, I love their coffee! – but I haven’t been inside a McDonalds in forever. There were two large kiosks in…
share your wisdom . . . don’t beat them over the head with it
Nobody likes a know-it-all. I remember when I was 18 years old and I still lived at home. My mom drove me nuts!! (I love you mom but it’s true) I couldn’t do anything without her pontificating about a better way to do it. Seriously, I…
a simple stretch eased my foot pain
Have you ever gotten out of bed in the morning and barely been able to walk because of foot pain? I’m not talking about sore feet from walking around the mall for too long. I’m talking about “can’t stand upright or walk at all” kind of…
detained for excessive cheese
We only live an hour and a half from the US border and we often make a day trip across to Buffalo, New York. Not for any particular reason, just to get away and go somewhere different. We’ve even gotten to know a few people at our…
invite Google Translate on your next trip
Do you travel? Or maybe travelling is in your retirement plan? Well, I am going to tell you about a super cool App that I was introduced to when I was sent on a business trip to Mexico City recently. A business trip to Mexico! Sounds…
