and the list continues...

This brings us to 35 things i've learned in 49 years...


If you can name all the kardashians, don't.

Movies with subtitles usually have a lot to say.

CPR is really good to know.

Listening is more important than speaking.

Being depressed really sucks.

Good coffee and dark chocolate equal happy life.

Stay away from the neon colored alcoholic beverages.

and these seven make 28...

i guess all this time hasn't been for nothing...

seven more things i've learned in 49 years...

no one is ever happy as they seem.

everyone always looks better on the internet.

the older you get the more you need to spend on clothing.

the more grown-up your kids, the more they need you.

if you want to lose weight, eat less.

when someone fake and phony acts fake and phony, you can't be surprised.

when you're wrong, admit it.

and seven more things i've learned in 49 years...

(so, i think this makes 21.)

Quality parenting is quantity parenting.

Gossip is verbal prozac. Sometimes it just feels good.

Don't believe everything you read on the internet.

The more you drink the less you sleep. The less you sleep the more you want to drink.

Be careful who you fall in love with. They better be worth it. (From the movie Blue Valentine)

Tell the truth because then you never have to remember what you said.

Just because something's on sale doesn't mean you should buy it.

7 more things i've learned in 49 years...

yesterday's blog post continued....


Your children are not you.

There are always three sides to every story.

Don't litter. Someone might have to sleep there.

Vegan is short for hungry all the time.

When someone starts a sentence out with 'honestly'....stop listening.

Wait ten minutes before doing anything rash.

Eating bad food, drinking crappy wine...why?

on turning 49...

in seven days i will be celebrating my birthday.
this birthday, with its close proximity to 50, is throwing me for a bit of a loop.
i wish i was so self-actualized that i could embrace this birthday.
but i can't.
and so i am over processing what this birthday means. where i am at. where i am not.
it's torture.
so, for the next week i will be posting things i've learned along the way.
Seven thoughts for the next seven days.
i thought i could organize my thoughts by category (great suggestion zoe) but i think it will be more interesting if i don't.

so, here it goes.

49 things i've learned in 49 years.
(the first seven)

Spanx and concealer are proof that there is a God and she's a woman.

The hardest thing for a woman to do is ask for what she wants.

Let your children know what you believe in. It gives them something to rebel against.

The only person brave enough to answer the 'does this make me look fat' question is no one.

If it doesn't fit in the store it's not going to fit when you get it home.

Your children will do stupid stuff even if you teach them not to do stupid stuff.

Jeans don't shrink that much.

new year resolutions

i didn't make any new year's resolutions.
but in the back of my mind i've been thinking about things i would like to do this year.
with my kids a year away from going to college
one of those things i am mulling around is what's next for me.
to that end i have resolved to be more open minded and less judgemental.
we'll see how long that lasts.

finally back to blogging..

so, the last time i posted i was packing up my drugs for south africa.
everything in that ziplock was unnecessary.
and just added a lot of unnecessary weight.
we all felt a bit foolish, too, taking the malaria tablets given that there were no mosquitos whatsoever.

south africa is so beautiful. i know i will be back. the whole time i was there i kept wondering why i had never been there before. yeah, it takes like forever to get there and there's a seven hour time difference but once you meet the people there and breathe the air, you forget about all that.

and now it's back to real life.
everybody's back in their groove.
time to start figuring stuff out.
more on that.