Blogging Boomers Carnival # 137

Time to celebrate! This week we’re hosting  The Blogging Boomers Carnival- a collection of  fun and interesting lifestyle posts from some of our fellow bloggers who author some of the best boomer blogs on the net.

Here’s what they’re posting about this week:

Are you tired of all that negative chatter in your brain?  Perhaps you could change that.  Go see what the Midlife Crisis Queen has to say about that!

“Think swamps are dark, dank places to be avoided? You’ll think again after reading about the beauty Barbara Weibel from Hole In The Donut Travels encountered during a swamp buggy eco-tour in central Florida’s Babcock Wilderness.”

Where are you spending your emotional currency?  Find out at Contemporary Retirement.

When you tell people you’re 51 and just starting violin lessons, you get some interesting reactions. Check out this fun post at  The Boomer Chronicles

How does one become happy? If the answer can be found in a book then it’s probably the upcoming book by the Happiness Project’s Grechen Rubin. Read about it at LifeTwo.

Over at Gen Plus Janet looks at layway — old version of her childhood and new economy take on paying it down, one week at a time.

At Writing Without Periods, a new puppy reminds Mary of the power females have over males! See ‘Sir Baxter and the Girl’ at Menopause Musing

At So Baby Boomer…By most accounts the single best retirement savings plan for Baby Boomers is the Roth IRA. Is it time for you to switch to a Roth?

Finally, Vaboomer.com asks “Do you know Sofonisba Anguissola?”13 Women Artists Children (& women) should know.

Have a great week!