Category: Health
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Middle Aged Stress: How Do You Escape?
I have this disease where I think that each day has thirty-six hours for me to fill, and I cram too much into them to handle and so I never relax. Then I become a bitter and twisted dragon lady at home. http://www.gettyimages.com/detail/aog73940 And I have a tendency to moan about how busy my life…
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Too Middle-Aged For Trout Pouts And Cold Sores
New week, new outlook and new clients, I thought innocently on Monday morning. NEW FUCKING COLD SORE! Herpes labialis (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Is there anything as damaging to what self-esteem you have left than a fresh, newly- hatched cold sore on a Monday morning? I’m not vain (much), but I’m sure that most people still…
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The Anxiety Beast In Middle Age
I’m tired. English: An anxious person (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I know that feeling is justified as we approach the end of another year, and in particular the end of the school year, and the fatigue is further compounded by the shops that are already taunting us with Christmas trees and tacky Christmas carols. (Which, quite…
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Cook’s Cheat Sheet 1: 8 Wow Factor Salad Ingredients
Found on buzzfeed.com at http://www.pinterest.com That time of the month has come around again when I feel it is my duty to impart some of my culinary wisdom upon you. I’m feeling mildly excited about getting back into the kitchen this Summer, especially after my recent two-week ‘degustation’ holiday in the company of the master…
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What Did You Learn From Your Parents? I Learnt About Eating And Drinking Really Well
MY father taught me how to drink alcohol and eat fine food, really well. My education started from the age of about seven, when he would take me out to our local Chinese restaurant on a Sunday, (because my parents were divorced), and we would indulge in the sport of Chinese Food Flicking. A prawn…
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Those Sneaky Holiday Calories
Why can’t the hips lie, just for once? I’ve developed a distinct waddle to my gait since my holiday. I can only put it down to those sneaky holiday calories that have surreptitiously relocated to my hips whilst I was busy ‘holidaying.’ Ok world, I’m ready… Bring it on! by Troy Snow on Flickr When…
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When Will I Be Middle-Aged Enough To Want To Go On A Cruise?
Don’t get me wrong, I discover more and more great things about being middle-aged, every day. Cruise Ship Reflections by Marinell Turnage at http://www.flickr.com Not having to worry about being judged on my looks is the best thing ever, and being able to roam my local streets looking like a bag lady when I go for…
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Middle-Aged Anxiety And Saunas
It seems that anxiety is my best friend, even when I try to relax. Sauna by Xeasa at http://www.flickr.com The good news about living in the block is that apart from the bitch upstairs who vents her menopausal wrath on my little Princess, we have some super deluxe sports facilities that we pretend to use.…
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I Got Me A Free Boob Job
Of sorts. Originally from Buzzfeed. Found on http://www.pinterest.com It’s probably not what you’re thinking because I’m not brave enough to go down the surgery route and under the knife. And even if I was, there are SO many other areas that I’d re-sculpt before my boobs. Anyway, I’ve always thought that young, pert boobs on…
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The Rollercoaster of Emotions Linked To ADHD
The presence of ADHD exacerbates a roller coaster of emotions for both their parents and the children themselves. Especially when the pressure’s really on. From the Library of Congress: TITLE: Thos. W. Keene. Othello CALL NUMBER: POS – TH – 1884 .O7, no. 1 (C size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZC6-58 (color film copy transparency) RIGHTS INFORMATION:…
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The Middle Aged Beauty Regime And Nipple Covers
Magnum PI by brandy-son Zen master flash at http://www.flickr.com I learnt about nipple covers yesterday. They are Band-Aids that you stick on your nipples when you have to go bra-less. In the old days we used to let our nipples come out to play with us. Beauty products fascinate me almost as much as yesterday’s…
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Salad Sexiness To Turn You On In Middle Age
What are you trying to say, sis? It’s a sad fact that as we women enter middle age, we are forced to get excited about salad. That odd packet of chocolate cookies or bottle of wine that never hurt our love handles in the past, now position themselves defensively around our brittle bones to protect…
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