Could this be you, enjoying life like this?
This week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival has real “doozy” of a story that you will want to check out, especially if you have a sense of adventure and want an out of the box, exotic retirement idea!
Read on to find out how, after 5 years of research, one amazing couple, discovered the secret to retiring and seeing the world on a shoestring!
Enjoy this story alog with other interesting blog posts at this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival . Nancy Mehegan at VaBoomer.com is this week’s carnival host.
We have Spring fever and if you do too then head on over this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival where you can read some great tips on a variety of topics.
This week our host is the Midlife Crisis Queen with topics as varied as a new product for women, that allows you to go the bathroom standing up like a man! It is called, Go Girl and you will just have to see it to believe it!
Don’t miss hearing about this new invention and other interesting thoughts and ideas from some of the webs top Boomer Bloggers!
When you feel fabulous after 40, there is no need to hide your age, since we like to celebrate life after 40!
But this week over at the Blogging Boomers Carnival, you can read how some people are finding creative ways to do just that!
Our host is Life Two and they have lots of interesting Boomer related articles you can read to feed your “inner geek”. Head on over and feel free to comment!
Should you just be gym free and guilt free?
Are you one of those people who think they need to go to the gym and then feel bad about it when another yet another year goes by and you realize that you barely ever went?
Then you will enjoy this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival #150, where you can read more about this and other boomer topics!
We are excited to welcome this weeks host and our newest member of the Carnival, It’s All About Aging, written by Anne Maxfield.
P.S. Don’t forget to leave a comment on any of the stories you like!
Were are spreading some sunshine, today!
This week it is our turn to host the Blogging Boomer’s Carnival #149!
What’s that you ask? It is a group of the top Bloggers who are discussing all sorts of Boomer issues and we have a little taste of some of them here:
Barbara Weibel at Hole In The Donut shares a great tip about driveaway companies, services that match drivers with customers who want their cars delivered to distant destinations, providing travelers with a way to drive cross country in someone else’s car for free.
Do you sometimes feel like you’ve missed the boat? Why not ask the Midlife Crisis Queen if you’re too old to pursue your dreams.
Andrea Stenberg over at The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur is feeling a little cranky about some people’s behavior on LinkedIn. As a result, she wrote Don’t lie to me on LinkedIn.
SoBabyBoomer tells us that it isn’t pure chic that moves clothes. It’s how the celebrity wearing the clothes relates to you. Among this year’s Academy Award nominees, the “best seller” award is likely to go to a nominee whom few in the fashion world are discussing: Sandra Bullock or Meryl Streep.
The Boomer Chronicles reveals what we learned at the family reunion.
Stymied by social media? Janet at Gen Plus has created a great FREE
webinar demystifying (and actually understanding) how social media can be
used to develop your online footprint. Make sure to move on this one — the
webinar is on February 15th!
It’s All About Aging’s blog is about a great event, Hike 4 Hope to raise money for cancer research:
Ann at Contemporary Retirement shares her top 10 tips for making the ‘Routine’ phase of retirement a little less routine:
At Writing Without Periods Mary searches for a purpose in her life-after-retirement…by making Christmas napkins in February. See her napkins and feel her pain in her post Merry Flippin’ Christmas!
LifeTwo tells the incredible story of the married homemaker who typed her husband’s name into Google her comfortable world disappeared with a single keystroke.
And this week at Fabulous After 40, The Glam Gals know women are attached to their clogs, but still dare to ask the question, are clogs a fashion statement or fashion mistake?
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Is your hairstyle making you look out of date?
Are you holding onto a hairstyle that went out many years ago?
The flip may have been wildly popular back in the 60’s, but wear it today and people will peg you as an old lady with an outdated way of thinking.
If you’d love to move beyond this tired look, but feel scared and stuck, then we suggest you take a trip down memory lane to realize just how long ago it was when this style was hot.
Visit the BloggingBoomers Carnival #148, over at Contemporary Retirement. There, you’ll find a fun post on history of the flip, as well as many more fascinating lifestyle posts of interest to boomers. Unlock the past and move on to the present with style!
With the crisis in Haiti, there’s a great need to send shoes and clothing to help out. What better time to clean out your closet. It’s time for you to decide what you can truly get rid of… instead of rationalizing that you ” might just need this one day…”
Donating to Haiti is one of several current topics that are being discussed over at this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival. If you are new to our site, here’s what a carnival is. Every week we link to some of the top Boomer blogs in the country to share stories on various topics!
This week the Carnival is being hosted over at The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur. Stop in, and if you feel so moved, make a comment or two. We think you’ll find lots of food for thought!
There is a new book out that peaked our interest, it called The Happiness Project. It is all about this gal who spent a year finding out what she could do to feel wonderful everyday. We thought it was interesting that one of the tips was to clean your closet!
This weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival #146 has all the scoop on this book and other topics that you might find to tickle your fancy being hosted this week over at the travel blog, Hole in the Doughnut.
The Midlife Crisis Queen, aka Laura Lee Carter, is our exuberant host for this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival #145. Cruise over to MidlifeCrisisQueen.com, check out her brief summaries of what the boomers are discussing this week, then follow the links to read the full versions. You will find articles with topics as varied as why as we age we start getting distracted, financial tips and new music from exotic places around the world! Enjoy!
If you are a new reader to FAF, every Monday we are part of a Blogging Boomers Carnival and share hot topics from some of the top Bloggers in the country! (Yes, we are part of this elite group too!!!)
This week the Carnival is being posted over at Life Two, where there is always lots of lively discussion going on about sex, and other interesting issues!
This weeks topics are running the gammit from mid life forgetfulness to what others are putting on their to do list as their top 5 New Years resolutions.
Find out more at Life Two and while your at it, how about commenting below and telling us what your top resolutions are!
JoJami’s: 1. Do more Zumba 2. Join the local hiking club 3. Eat more fresh fruit and vegetables 4. Do less computer
Is it just me who does this…you know, especially around this time of year when you are suppose to be out shopping for others…well, I confess, I end up finding lots of goodies for me!
Now, this is something that I would ever admit openly at a social function…however here between “us girls” I feel like I can air my wayward ways.
So, when I read one of this weeks articles from our gang of super bloggers, I was eager to continue this conversation.
Feel free to comment below and don’t miss more on this hot topic and others at this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival #143 which is being hosted over at So Baby Boomer!
Do you dress to express your personality?
Every Monday, we share with you some out of the box topics from our friends called The Blogging Boomers. This week we had so much fun reading about a couple from Florida who has taken the word “whimsical” to a new level!!
Here is their home, fondly known as the Bowling Ball House, since it all started when they were at a flea market and took home a pile of free bowling balls!
Do you agree, there is a good chance that the owners are probably just as colorful?
This might be an extreme example, but it got us thinking on how so many women have forgotten how fun it can be to dress in a way that is more colorful and festive!
Today, we challenge you to look in the mirror and ask yourself, do I dress in a way that really expresses my personality?
Please comment with your thoughts below.
This weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival #142 host is Wendy Spiegel, at Gen Plus,where you can read more wild articles on sex, business, and science.
Life is too short not to try something new!
We love to hear about women who are Age-mazing™ and doing things that are adventurous! In the past we have written about women getting into modeling after 40, riding motorcycles across country and even loosing 100 pounds and then winning a beauty pagent!
This weeks Blogging Boomer Carnival #140 is full of adventure, and it is being hosted by one of our wonderful Blogging friends at VaBoomer!
P.S.
We would are curious to hear your story! Just email us with a photo and description and we will put your name in our montly drawing for a chance to win this months prize! (info@fabulousafter40.com)
It's easy to over do a good thing,when they come in tiny packages!
This weeks Blogging Boomer Carnival is up and chock full of great Boomer advice, from eating too much chocolate to environmental activism and even a 10-step guide to finding your passion!
This weeks host is over at Don’t Gel Too Soon, where you can read more about these and other topics from what we think are the top 10 Boomer Blogging sites on the web!
Enjoy!
Have you tried something new lately?
Did you see the Oprah Show the other day, the one where she took 3 women who were all feeling down and out and made them do things that were WAY out of their comfort zone?
Seems the Glam Gals are not the only ones out there trying to get you over 40 gals to try something new! (check out our past posts on leather jackets or thigh high boots!)
If you need a little push out of the “plane” Jane syndrome, just go and take a peak this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnvial #138! The Boomer Chronicles are hosting and have lots of inspiration from some of the top Boomer Bloggers out there!
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!
Are you ready for your next trip?
Holiday travel is right around the corner and besides buying what you need and packing, there are lots of other little details that if you take care of ahead of time can reduce stress in case of an unexpected emergency.
For instance, have you thought about making copies of all your documents and prescriptions?
To read a full travel tips list of what you should have in order before packing for a trip and a variety of other topics, go to this weeks Blogging Boomers, held by Contemporary Retirement.
With most of us using all sorts of social media these days, it seems that everyone needs a good headshot. Is yours up to date and looking good?
What does your headshot say about you?
Find out more at this and a variety other Boomer topics at this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival, hosted at The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur.com
Are you as organized as you should be?
Do you have too much stuff?
If you have moved recently your answer will probably be YES! If you haven’t moved recently your answer will be a resounding Yes, WAY too much stuff!
To find out more about this creeping habit to hold onto things that we don’t use, check out this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival being hosted by our adventurous friend BarbaraWeibel founder and blogger for
Barbara Weibel founder of the blog Hole in the Doughnut
Hole In The Doughnut. Read more about Barbara and how she left her boring job for a new life of adventure~
For some lively inspiration and lots of tips and solutions to a messy closet, pick up a copy of our DVD, The Ultimate Cure for the Dysfunctional Closet!
This DVD will get you inspired to get your closet organized!
Gwen Stefani, now 40 and tattoo free
We can’t believe that Gwen Steffani is all grown up and now is getting ready to join the 40 club. It seems like just yesterday she was the young up and coming rock princess and too youthful to be counted in the ranks of us Fab after 40 gals… and what do you think, does she have a tattoo?
Whether you like them or not, the tattoo has been one of those fashion statements that has gotten popular in the last few years as an artistic statement and a way to show off your wild side!
Personally we, know that many of our over 40 friends have been “inked” for years and some that are contemplating it now, just for fun.
So you might be interested to read more about what the allure of this popular trend is, in this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival #133 being hosted this week over at the wonderful Midlife Crisis Queen!
Do you have a tattoo? Tell us more below!
Is fear of flabby arms are on your list?
If you were to make the top 10 list of getting old what would they be?
We know many of you worry about how to deal with flabby arms. ( The Glam Gals suggest that you try a great shape wear product called Sassybax)
Bottom line is when you look at your fears face on, you might be surprised to find there are some ready solutions to many of them…
This is just one of the topics in this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival #132, that you might find interesting.
To read more about this and other Boomer topics, you can check out at this weeks Carnival host, our friend Rhea over at the Boomer Chronicles.
