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Saturday, July 23rd, 2011Americans Are Obsessed With Challenges
Saturday, June 4th, 2011
I'm so challenged
I spent the last two weeks at home with a terrible case of bronchitis. Too sick and contagious to work, I vegged out on the couch and spent my time watching daytime T.V. Now that’s an experience, especially for us baby boomers.
Really!
I watched the last episodes of the Oprah Winfrey Show, lots of Dr. Oz (both shows are great for women over 50); morning talk shows; afternoon talk shows; The Lifetime Channel; The Classic Movie Channel; and of course all the commercials – and there are many. All this shows led me to the discovery that our country is obsessed with challenges. Why? I ask. Isn’t living life itself challenging enough? Why do we have to break it down? Give it a name? The media is so good at seducing us with “challenges” and the products we need to overcome them. Here are some of the tempting challenges even I contemplated while lying on the couch.
- The weight loss challenge (by far the most numerous) I was particularly drawn to the Dr. Oz challenge to reboot your body in just two weeks! He also has the ultimate anti-ageing challenge, and the sleep challenge, too.
- Jillian Michaels fitness challenge
- Dr.Phil’s family weight loss challenge
- Here’s one I like, it’s twofold: anti-ageing and it will give you a new career while going to Botox school:
- Suze Orman has the ultimate financial challenge, plus mini ones where you can save $100/mo:
- The teeth whitening challenge sponsored by Arm and Hammer:
Well, here’s my response to all this. Really people? Just take an anti-depressant and get on with it.
Here's a Dare!
Laugh Lines: One of These Will Make you Smile!
Monday, February 21st, 20111. How Do You Catch a Unique Rabbit? Unique Up On It. 2. How Do You Catch a Tame Rabbit? Tame Way. 3. How Do Crazy People Go Through The Forest? They Take The Psychopath 4. How Do You Get Holy Water? You Boil The Hell Out Of It 5. What Do Fish Say When They Hit a Concrete Wall? Dam! 6. What Do Eskimos Get From Sitting On The Ice too Long? Polaroids 7. What Do You Call a Boomerang That Doesn't work? A Stick 8. What Do You Call Cheese That Isn't Yours? Nacho Cheese. 9. What Do You Call Santa's Helpers? Subordinate Clauses. 10. What Do You Call Four Bullfighters In Quicksand? Quatro Cinco. 11. What Do You Get From a Pampered Cow? Spoiled Milk. 12. What Do You Get When You Cross a Snowman With a Vampire? Frostbite. 13. What Lies At The Bottom Of The Ocean And Twitches? A Nervous Wreck. 14. What's The Difference Between Roast Beef And Pea Soup? Anyone Can Roast Beef. 15. Where Do You Find a Dog With No Legs? Right Where You Left Him. 16. Why Do Gorillas Have Big Nostrils? Because They Have Big Fingers. 17. Why Don't Blind People Like To Sky Dive? Because It Scares The Dog. 18. What Kind Of Coffee Was Served On The Titanic? Sanka. 20. Why Did Pilgrims' Pants Always Fall Down? Because They Wore Their Belt Buckles On Their Hats. 21. What's The Difference Between a Bad Golfer And a Bad Skydiver? A Bad Golfer Goes, Whack, Dang! A Bad Skydiver Goes Dang! Whack. 22. How Are a Texas Tornado And a Tennessee Divorce The Same? Somebody's Gonna Lose A Trailer.copyright sadhvi 2011
Parenting: Things I Wish I Had Known (Or Believed) Earlier
Thursday, February 10th, 2011
Jane
Now that all 4 of my kids are either adults or within spitting distance of adulthood, I have moments where I actually get a glimpse of the things—good and bad—we did in raising them, and the things I wish someone had told me when I was starting out. (“Oh, so that’s how it works!”)
I’m never going to write a book on the subject, since I still feel pretty clueless on the whole subject. (Being a parent offers you such a host of ways to feel like a failure at your job.) But I do have some off-the-top-of-my-head suggestions for young parents (not in any logical order, since raising 4 kids has destroyed any logical sense I may have ever had before):
1) No matter how bad things seem when your children are infants and toddlers (and you are a) sleep deprived b) at your rope’s end with frustration over ‘potty training’—I put that in quotes because I no longer believe in it—or c) ready to blow up at your child’s pediatrician/teacher/fill in the blank because they don’t “get” your kid, keep in mind that some day you’re going to look back on these days as the glorious time when you still had control over their physical location!
At the beginning: my husband, Tom, with Lizzie
Women over 50:: Tidbits of Wisdom
Thursday, February 3rd, 2011
SADHVI
As a woman over 50, I’m amazed at the number of products and plans to help me stay slim, healthy and young. As if I better do something now or else I will get old, ugly and fat!
I had the “Lifetime Achievement Award” from Weight Watcher’s before I graduated from high school. I also knew about the state of ketosis, fasting, and complete protein shakes before I started college.
I remember going on a cleanse and becoming a vegetarian in 1978, and believe me, not only was it considered odd, but so was I.
I even had the perfect morning yoga routine down in 1980 when I was 22 years old that incorporated Pilates! Funny enough though, the older I get the more relaxed I become and all the rituals, along with the “should’s” in my head are disappearing. And I feel good.
Lately I’m meeting more older women who become instant friends, and after talking with them for a short while, I feel like there is some sort of magical transference of wisdom that makes me smile.
For instance, I met Helene at the Swiss Club that I belong to the other night. I was hungry and there was this incredibly addicting spinach dip that was mostly sour cream and mayonnaise.
I looked over while dipping my umpteenth pita chip into the dip, and saw Helene doing the same a few feet away. She looked over at me and we both just laughed.
Helene told me about growing up during WWII, in North Africa, and how they had no food for 2 months and were starving. It was a very hard time in her life. (more…)
