Comments on: Adventures at Midlife: Simulating midlife

By: Tara

Tara — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:43:00 +0000

Ann – I can’t even imagine. (I hope you’ve found a good support team of midlife Mommybloggers.)

I wonder if ANY of us are where we “thought” we’d be this age? Hang in there!

Tara

By: msmeta

msmeta — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:26:10 +0000

Ann, surely you’ve heard this: Why don’t 50-year-old women have babies? Because we’d forget where we put them! (I’m certain your six-year-old doesn’t let you forget!) That’s what I love about midlife — Everyone’s at a different stage!

By: Ann at One Bag Nation

Ann at One Bag Nation — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 14:54:00 +0000

You guys are funny! I’m in a different kind of hell (I mean paradise); I’m 50 with a 6-yr-old; it’s sometimes a surreal experience!

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:19:33 +0000

Yes! Use that insurance while you’ve got it!

I’d be happy to write an article about my procedure. Hey – where’s everyone going?

Seriously – it is an important test and I’m by no means a medical expert but there were a few things I would have liked to be better prepared for (stuff you drink the night before – I’m looking at you!)

Anyone interested in “COLONOSCOPY – THE MUSICAL” just give me a call!

By: msmeta

msmeta — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:59:16 +0000

Sorry to hear about it, Tara. Your story should prompt those of us who still have insurance to not put off any procedures that we might need. You just never know.

I love your blog! It introduced me to a whole world of home decor sites! Perhaps you’ve found a new career there?

By: Tara

Tara — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 17:28:25 +0000

Great post! I really enjoyed it.

I was just downsized (my job, not my thighs) at the age of 51 after 12 years at a job I never really liked anyway, but as the song goes – “you don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.” Especially when it’s your health benefits that are gone, at the exact time the doctor tells you you should get that first colonoscopy. Lovely. I could have bought a killer fall wardrobe, but instead I got a probe up my … well, you know. Welcome to mid-life indeed!

Tara (Random Acts of Home Decor)

By: msmeta

msmeta — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 15:18:01 +0000

No, dear, not soon. It’ll creep up on you.

You know, I’m still puzzled by that Liz Claiborne incident. I wonder if the company pulled the store on its own because of low sales volume or market concerns in that particular mall. Liz still has a lot of credibility — and a lot of floor space in the stores — in my neck of the woods. And I’d much rather see women of a certain age in her fine clothing that in junioresque Juicy Couture, which makes them look like they’re trying to be their daughters or nieces. A little sad.

By: Duchess

Duchess — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 00:40:53 +0000

What? Liz Claiborne is for Old Ladies (oops, Midlife Persons)? I thought she was the height of trendsetting chic… Meanwhile I assumed Juicy Couture must be some kind of posh smoothie kiosk (you know, like cocktails with umbrellas, except berries, yoghurt and umbrellas instead). I really had quite a full mental picture until I googled it.

I’m probably not making sense. There’s too much cotton in my ears and I am starting to feel hot. I’m going back to my corner of the forest to worry about corn kernels in my shoes.

Really? It’s going to be that bad? Not soon, though, right?