As a Bravo fan, I knew that the term āAlmond Momā was coined because of Yolanda Hadid, a former model and former Real Housewife of Beverly Hills. On one episode...
Overheard at a wedding 5 years ago: when you reach yourĀ Ā seventies somehow it all starts to go to shit. All the stuff that came so easy before becomes harder an...
The term Coastal Grandmother was coined by Lex Nicolett a 26 year old Tik Tok influencer: Hmm..I donāt think she is a grandmother.Ā Ā CG definitions include a bea...
Pregnancy and contact lenses didnāt mesh well for me. Nor did motherhood and contacts. So in my 30s I segued away from dry eye torture and gave in to wearing gl...
It was just our regular Sunday morning chat. The one she has more time for vs her weekday calls from the Starbucks line before catching the subway to her job in...
Because of my husbandās dislike of travel,Ā Ā I am a much less adept air traveler than I would like to be. Traveling alone daunts me. I am short and have arthriti...
I know whatās coming next but it still pisses me off.
āHave you ever been to Italy?ā Phil, a new acquaintance, asks my husband and me.
Before I can answer...
I tried. I really did. I could hear the pounding music right next door to my barre studio. The cycle barre had just opened and some riders who had just finished...
Weāve finished up our errands; returning library books, checking out a couple of new ones, browsing through Marshalls and Homegoods. Itās 4:30 but weāre getting a little hungry and this lady does not feel like cooking. We stop at The Good Pour, a small pub a couple of towns over from ours. We havenāt been here since the pandemic but it always had good food and weāre close by so why not.
As is our wont when itās just the two of us, we sit at the small bar. Both televisions are turned to sports channels (what else is new? Would it ever hurt to put on Food Network or HGTV?...
āIs that new?ā he asks as I don my ājust-clipped-off-the tags shirt/sweater/shoes.
āNo. Iāve had it awhile just never wore it before.ā
āHmm.ā Today though the jig is up. Iāve got to admit the truth. My husband Jack is not cheap. He is a generous tipper, the first to pick up a tab. But, he despises waste and extravagance and has never been able to wrap his head around his wifeās love of clothes and shoes. Weāve made the marriage work for almost forty years but lately heās become more vocal about my purchases....
For several years now my three best friends and I have shared a text leaderboard that tracks our daily New York Times mini crossword timesā¦.and now itās about Wordle! ...
New year... new me. Hasnāt that become a bit of a mantra in 2022? We set intentions: eat healthier, drink less, exercise more. Guess what... I do all those thin...
I truly thought we were done. I foolishly thought we were done. After being vaccinated and boostered I felt like I had a shield around me. But then I went on a two-night retreat sharing a house and meals and lots of glorious writing and even more glorious laughter with seven other vaxxed women.Ā (Our BA50 Writers Blogging Group). It felt so good and so back-to-normal againā¦ until it wasnāt....
Last month for my birthday we got the Samsung Frame tv whose main selling point is, when off, displays different pieces of art work and/or selected pictures from your phone.
āCan I get network television?ā
āYes,ā promised the sales rep.
āDo I need a Firestick or Roku?ā
āNope. All built in.ā
And thus began Lizās latest foray into techno-world. The Geek Squad guys came out and installed it. Gave me a two-hour tutorial. I wrote everything in a notebook. When they left I felt pretty confident I had a handle on this and started to play around with it....
āThe busier you are, the more you get done.ā
(my mantra as a working adult)
IāLL DO THAT WHEN I RETIRE
I was a list person. Before Iphones I made to-do lists...
I turned 69 years old yesterday. Ooh thatās hard to type, harder to see in print. Like any boomer who hasnāt quit Facebook yet, (another thing to feel badly abo...
Oh hello cancer. I thought I kicked you out three years ago but youāre having one of your little side effects pay me a visit to remind me. Suck more time out of my life. Put my plans on hold yet again. I see you, you sneaky bitch but Iām stronger now. Iām prepared for battle....
āMom. I need to talk to you about something.ā Uh oh. Curiosity mingles with dread. Does any parent ever want to hear this sentence?
āIām going to try out to ...
āHi Liz. This is Victoria. Iām calling to offer you the position of New Teacher Developer for next year if youād still be interested.ā My whoop of joy may have ...
Sometimes you need to be the one making the effort even if youāre not sure how it will go over. Because hereās the thing about being retired AND moving away: it...
