http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress Thu, 26 Aug 2010 03:46:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Boppy and I are on vacation.  We are currently in Morgantown, West Virginia.  For the next 17 days we will be traveling all over New England.  Today we went to the Kentucky Horse Park.  This is a working horse farm.  It has a museum, lots of exhibits, and it is ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/08/vacation/ They have chosen to put The Precious in a pre-school soccer.  Listen once again dear ones...a soccer league for 3 year olds.  Now The Precious knows that a soccer ball is for kicking.  He kicks it until it slams into something and then he raises his chubby little arms and ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/08/soccer-tots/ ***This blog is very graphic.  If you are squeamish, put on your big girl panties and deal with it. Menopause sucks.  Of course I finished it in like two minutes, but prior to that I had four solid years of fighting the symptoms.  Recently my doctor prescribed Miss Puss a tiny ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/08/maybe-its-best-to-leave-this-untitled/ Boppy and I play slug-bug.  If you have been living under a rock for the last century, slug-bug consists of smacking the person next to you when you see a Volkswagen Beetle.  There are a few rules...these are mostly made up by me, but nonetheless there are rules.  Recently the Volkswagen ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/07/bugs/ The Precious has needed a haircut for quite some time.  Knowing how he behaves when his hair is cut, we have avoided this process.  At least once a week we ask, "do you want to get your haircut?"  The answer is usually said in a scream as he runs as ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/07/the-haircut/ Ewwwwwwwwwwwww, The Precious was in a mood yesterday.  I know I get cranky when it's hot, but I didn't realize The Precious had the same issues.  That is, until yesterday.  He showed up last evening with his pint sized body sweaty, and his galaxy sized attitude intact.  Buckle up....you know it's ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/06/that-10th-time/ I got a notice today that it is time for my semi-annual teeth cleaning from my dentist.  I like my dentist.  His daughter and my daughter were very good friends in high school which is why I chose him.  He has an easy going nature, and a keen sense of ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/06/the-dentist/ My Dad loved life.  In my late twenties we became friends.  Dad had gone through some major life changes and I was in a better place than I had been.  We reached a place where we could sit and talk as equals.  I could discuss anything with Dad.  We talked ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/06/fathers-day/ My non-vag. daughter was water boarded last night.  She wasn't being held as a terrorist or anything along those lines.  She was swimming in the pool.  Not to minimize my role in this, while she was being assaulted, I laughed my ass off.  Please allow me to enlighten you... Last night my ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/06/water-torture/ For many reasons, I love summer.  I love the lush countryside. I love the warm, even hot, temperatures.  I love the smell of water on hot pavement.  But mostly I love lying in the sun in the pool. The pool is my sanctuary.  No one else gets to enjoy it as ... http://agingdisgracefully.com/wordpress/2010/06/awwwwouch/