Posted in Friends, Shopping, Women Over 40, tagged classmates, people say the darndest things, skinny on July 24, 2008 | 9 Comments »
Several months ago I ran into a woman that I grew up with. We grew up in the same small town and graduated from high school together. I ran into her at the outlet mall near where I live. Our conversation went something like this:
Nothing Fancy: Hi! It’s great to see you. How’ve you been?
High [...]
Posted in Fashion, Friends, Women Over 40, tagged cookout, on-line, outfit, pool, Shopping, Swimsuits on July 23, 2008 | 8 Comments »
My good friend, Kelly and her family have invited my family and me to an open house/cookout/poolside party at her mom’s house next weekend.
I should start off with a little history for you. Kelly and I met on line via a parenting forum. We clicked and have become great friends. We actually met live and [...]
Posted in Family, Parenting, Tweens, tagged College, Perfect, Scholarship, Standardized Test on July 18, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Okay…I’m exaggerating. He’s not perfect. BUT he did receive perfect scores on 3 out of 4 of his Standardized Tests. Woo-Hoo! Hip-Hip-Hooray!
We received The Boy’s test scores this week. He passed the Science Standardized Test and received perfect scores on the Math, Reading and Writing tests. Who does that? What in the world? I mean, [...]
Posted in Fashion, Parenting, Toddlers, Women Over 40, tagged Bras, Lingerie, Shopping, Swimsuits on July 14, 2008 | 8 Comments »
Ladybeams recently blogged about the misery of shopping for a swimsuit. I agree. Shopping for and trying on swimsuits is easily one of the worst experiences a woman can endure. I love to shop…for shoes…for pocketbooks…for clothes…for makeup…for jewelry…you name it. Just don’t make me shop for a swimsuit.
However, there is one thing that is more painful, [...]
Posted in Adoption, Family, Parenting, tagged Birth, Keith Urban, Nicole Kidman, Pregnancy, Sunday Rose on July 8, 2008 | 10 Comments »
If you’re like me, you have read this headline or one similar to it at least a dozen times since Monday. And if you’re like me, you couldn’t resist reading the entire article or announcement.
Most of the articles I read noted that Sunday Rose is the first child for Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban. Yes, [...]
Posted in Fashion, Women Over 40, tagged assets, dates, little black dress, shapewear, Shopping, spanx, weddings on July 6, 2008 | 15 Comments »
My husband and I are invited to a wedding in 2 weeks. Naturally, being the fashion queen that I am <insert sarcasm here>, I’ve been worrying about what I will wear. It’s an evening wedding, so I had hoped to wear the Jones of New York little black dress (JNY LBD) I purchased last summer. [...]
