I found a great blog today thanks to Rhea over at Boomer Chronicles. If you have a chance i day stop on over and check it out. You won't be disappointed.
For a bit of a makeup hound like me it was an eyeopener to read about the amount of makeup they believe we actually absorb into our bodies. Also if you want to look well, eat well, live well etc. head on over to the Wastrel Show and check it out.
Have fun...
Monday, September 24, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
No More Excuses
I went to the doctor the other day for the ever popular yearly "woman's" checkup. The once over is what I call. Don't get me wrong I really love my Doctor and I think he does a great job. I tend to always prefer the alternative route if possible meaning my last course of action is prescription drugs and he is always there walking right beside me.
He did the once over and we talked about some things... primarily my sluggish thyroid and came to a decision that we will finally give a course of thyroid replacement a try.
Everything else seems fine and he sent me on my way with a promise that I would get a mammogram soon. I will admit that I have been pretty lax about the regularity in which I obtain one. This month I vow to follow through.
I have never made a conscious choice to not get a mammogram. I just became one of the many who became to busy. Maybe because it was one more thing that had to be scheduled into a pretty hectic life. I have been relying on the monthly self-exams to
cover the bases. I would prefer to get a thermogram but no one offers it in my area.
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is fast approaching and as I give daily thanks for my friends who have survived a battle with breast cancer I understand that it is time to step up and start exercising some self-care... meaning getting the exam with no more excuses. So that is my commitment. By the end of October I will have had a mammogram and a bone scan as well.
For any other woman who has been putting it off I invite you to join me.
He did the once over and we talked about some things... primarily my sluggish thyroid and came to a decision that we will finally give a course of thyroid replacement a try.
Everything else seems fine and he sent me on my way with a promise that I would get a mammogram soon. I will admit that I have been pretty lax about the regularity in which I obtain one. This month I vow to follow through.
I have never made a conscious choice to not get a mammogram. I just became one of the many who became to busy. Maybe because it was one more thing that had to be scheduled into a pretty hectic life. I have been relying on the monthly self-exams to
cover the bases. I would prefer to get a thermogram but no one offers it in my area.
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is fast approaching and as I give daily thanks for my friends who have survived a battle with breast cancer I understand that it is time to step up and start exercising some self-care... meaning getting the exam with no more excuses. So that is my commitment. By the end of October I will have had a mammogram and a bone scan as well.
For any other woman who has been putting it off I invite you to join me.
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
When Mom and Dad Divorce
It feels so weird to be 50 years old and still have my parents going through divorce. They have been into it now for 7 years. I received my own divorce and have been remarried for 5 years. Both my sisters got divorced during the time frame and yet nothing has left more of mark on all of us than watching this drag on.
I spent the morning at the attorney's office with my Mom figuring out a strategy to help her get by until there is a resolution ....which does not seem to be forthcoming anytime soon.
You know all the crazinness comes out when it is your parents. You still take sides even if you don't want to. Dad pretty much shut us all out when this started and picked his health care provider over the family. His health is deteriorating which makes this whole thing even harder. He won't let us into see him and it is hard to converse on the phone.
They are both in their mid seventies and the hurt feelings have been built up over 45 years. I feel like I am a parent to my Mom through this and yet part of me wishes it would all go away and I could just be their daughter.
I guess I believed it would not happen to them and seeing drag on is like a bandaid being slowly ripped off a wound. Not too pretty.
I spent the morning at the attorney's office with my Mom figuring out a strategy to help her get by until there is a resolution ....which does not seem to be forthcoming anytime soon.
You know all the crazinness comes out when it is your parents. You still take sides even if you don't want to. Dad pretty much shut us all out when this started and picked his health care provider over the family. His health is deteriorating which makes this whole thing even harder. He won't let us into see him and it is hard to converse on the phone.
They are both in their mid seventies and the hurt feelings have been built up over 45 years. I feel like I am a parent to my Mom through this and yet part of me wishes it would all go away and I could just be their daughter.
I guess I believed it would not happen to them and seeing drag on is like a bandaid being slowly ripped off a wound. Not too pretty.
Wednesday, September 05, 2007
Back to School
Well the kids are going back to school and boy I feel as though I am going back to school a well. I really feel as though I have been off this summer though in reality I have been working hard. I guess it has been offline so to speak.
I really feel some of the nervous anticipation trying to get back into the blogging and getting reconnected with everyone online. I have missed a lot of what has been happening simply because I have not had a great deal of computer access the last two months. It has been pretty strange but in some ways quite restful
One of the best things that happened this summer was to start a local chapter of Powerful You! Network for women. I have met so many women from my area that I did not know existed. I have enjoyed the energy of the groups and making connections both business and personal. I have also been busy with the radio show and starting a small mastermind group.
Mix that with a all the mundane stuff like work and the summer has gone faster than any summer.....except maybe when I actually was a kid.
Oh and last but not least....I hit the big 50 this summer. Still haven't figured out how I feel about it but it doesn't matter.....it isn't going to change....right???
I really feel some of the nervous anticipation trying to get back into the blogging and getting reconnected with everyone online. I have missed a lot of what has been happening simply because I have not had a great deal of computer access the last two months. It has been pretty strange but in some ways quite restful
One of the best things that happened this summer was to start a local chapter of Powerful You! Network for women. I have met so many women from my area that I did not know existed. I have enjoyed the energy of the groups and making connections both business and personal. I have also been busy with the radio show and starting a small mastermind group.
Mix that with a all the mundane stuff like work and the summer has gone faster than any summer.....except maybe when I actually was a kid.
Oh and last but not least....I hit the big 50 this summer. Still haven't figured out how I feel about it but it doesn't matter.....it isn't going to change....right???
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