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Swimwear Shopping for Middle-Aged Women
Fanny Durrack (left) and Mina Wylie, Australian swimmers (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I went to buy new swimmers yesterday. Shopping for a new swimming costume when you’re over 40 must be up there with admitting how much weight you haven’t lost at a Weightwatchers meeting; in terms of excruciating embarassment. Because designers are still not catering for middle-aged…
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The Secret To The Ideal Man
English: Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones NYC show, taken with a Nikon F (Photo credit: Wikipedia) “Men are like fine wine. They all start out like grapes, and it’s our job to stomp them and keep them in the dark until they mature into something you’d like to have dinner with.” ~ Kathleen Mifsud…
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The Mothers Day Grinch
I might be mildly excited about Mother’s Day if I was getting a real treat this year – just for me – TIME OUT from my kids, say? Does that make me bitter? A Mother’s Day Grinch? Mothers Day Grinch Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids, but I spend the other 364 days…
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How To Improve Your Sex Life With A Bicycle
The old man is onto his next new sports craze. Apparently swimming made his skin dry and boxing was a bit frightening, so his latest venture into the world of extreme sports, (in his perpetual attempt to lose weight get fit), is cycling. Dunkelblaue Radlerhose (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Don’t get me wrong, I’m not moaning.…
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My Top 5 ‘Young Fashion’ Shops For Middle-Aged Women
I refuse to dress like my grandmother just because I’m over 40. I might not have the body I had in my twenties, but I still have my pride. I have made a few concessions to my age in terms of fashion, admittedly – wedges, flats and loose fitting dresses have become much more prominent in…
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How To Celebrate Your 20th Wedding Anniversary
Will and Kate may just have celebrated their first wedding anniversary, but more excitingly we too have a major wedding anniversary looming. One that could test the very foundations of our marriage, as inevitably we share very different views about how best to celebrate it. It’s not that I’m worried about the old man remembering the…
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6 Ways To Prevent Heart Disease And Live Longer
Ahem! As an unofficial ambassador (as in VERY unofficial) for the Australian Heart Foundation, I have been reliably informed that some of you still find eating healthily (I quote) ‘boring’ and are naively putting your lives at risk. To be honest, I used to think that I was too young and awesome to worry about eating…
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What I Learnt About Teenage Boys This Week
Those of you who follow me on Twitter may be aware that our ‘hotel’ was fully booked this week, with an influx of British testosterone; in the shape of three eighteen-year-old teenage boys. We had never met these boys before, which might have been a potentially awkward situation. And it was. Their friend, our nephew, (who…
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Dating for Married People
I’ve decided to be uncharacteristically nice to the old man this week. Firstly, because he’s just banked the equity from the sale of our house into an account in MY name, (which facilitates my options of doing a runner next time he criticizes anything I don’t do), and secondly, because after an embarrassing date night…
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One Man and His Man Cave
Tip Or Man Cave? Our celebrations have been tinged with a sense of undeniable loss this week, as we closed the front door for the final time on our old house. Selling the house was cause for celebration; the ‘loss’ was suffered by the old man who was forced to farewell his leaking shed and…
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The Teenage Transition From Boy To Man
I’ve been demoted in my role as Mum by my teenage son now. Steve Biddulph warned me it would happen in his books, Raising Boys and The New Manhood, but I thought I would be the mother to prove him wrong. Steve obviously knows what he’s talking about. “Most men today live behind masks. They…
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Letter Of Resignation To The Women’s Menstruation Club.
Photo courtesy of urszulakk at http://www.flicker.com For the attention of the Director, The Women’s Menstruation Club Dear Sir/Madam, It is with no regret that I wish to inform you of my resignation from The Women’s Menstruation Club. As you are no doubt aware, I have been an active member of the club for the past…
LOUISA SIMMONDS 