Nicole looking FAB after 40
What if we told you, Stop worrying about the way you look…that after 40, you should just relax and stop caring?
That’s what they’re saying at this week’s Blogging Boomers, on The Joy of Aging. We’re horrified by the tips they are giving out, especially this one, below:
1. No one cares how I look, so I don’t need to primp or go clothing shopping.
We could NOT disagree more!!! Not “caring” is not an excuse to walk out the door looking sloppy.
As many of you know, The Glam Gals’ favorite saying is, “Life is too short to be frumpy”…
To start a discussion about this, and read other posts on a variety of Boomer topics, visit the Blogging Boomers Carnival. This week’s host is The Boomer Chronicles.
- Are you ready to change?
If you are reading this blog, chances are that you are pretty open to change, but funny thing is that much of society view those of us who are over 40, as stuck in a rut.
Here to dispel that myth and to read more articles on Boomer topics, just check out this weeks Blogging Boomers Carnival # 124 !
You can find them over at The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur.
Every week we bring you the latest boomer lifestyle tips from our friends at the Blogging Boomer’s Carnival. This week we’re hosting the carnival, and we’d like to give you an up close look at everyone in our talented group!
Topics this week range from midlife dating, to menopause, to finding your life purpose. Please meet:
1. So Baby Boomer:
Actress Suzanne Somers, age 62, sympathizes with women suffering from what she calls “The Seven Dwarfs of Menopause: Itchy, Bitchy, Sleepy, Sweaty, Bloated, Forgetful and All Dried Up.” These women of a certain age have the choice of restoration versus deterioration.
2. Life Two:
Midlife dating is like shopping for a new house, so says Life Two’s Dating Goddess who dated over 91 men in a 3.5 year period as she compiled stories and tips for her new book, “Wait or Date”.
3. Hole In the Donut
Barbara at Hole In The Donut compares her experience as a freelance writer to comments made by Elizabeth Gilbert, author of the best-selling “Eat, Pray, Love.” In the video of her speech, Gilbert proposes that we need to look at genius in a different way.
4.The Midlife Crisis Queen
So many people are losing their jobs lately! What to do? The Midlife Crisis Queen suggests a different way to respond to this crisis in your life.
5. Contemporary Retirement
Ever wondered what your life purpose is? Ann at Contemporary Retirement has a great quote that may help you decide:”Becoming YOU is your purpose.”
6. I Remember JFK
The neighborhood movie theater was a welcome spot for rainy and/or hot summer afternoons in the 50’s. The drive-in theater was likewise a fond destination that many of us remember. One of the most amazing innovations that were enjoyed by the older members of the Boomer generation were 3D movies and comic books.
7. Gen Plus
Janet Wendy at Gen Plus, usually the optimist, looks at the challenging week behind us and hopes for the week ahead.
8. Menopause The Blog
Wendy Lawson at Menopause The Blog writes about a new report showing that multivitamins might be a waste of money for post-menopausal women.
9. The Boomer Chronicles
Getting older means having new and more complicated medical tests.
Enjoy our week!
This week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival #103 is being hosted by our friend Ann, over at Contemporary Retirement.
Blogging Boomers is a group of outstanding lifestyle writers who post about everything from boomer travel to menopause to how to cope in this time of transition.
We’re excited to introduce 2 new bloggers to our clan! Welcome to: Wendy Lawson at Menoupause the Blog and Barbara Ann Weibel at In the Doughnut Hole. Stop in and see what these over 40 gals and all our other friends are up too!
This week our host for the Blogging Boomers is Vaboomer.com!
If you’re a boomer, you really should check out this week’s variety of great stimulating ideas from our friends, who we think are some of the best boomer bloggers out there!
You can peek in and check out all the different views about the inauguration and other stuff too, from how to throw your voice to some MUST SEE video clips from Gen Plus, on some of the newest technology out there, called The Moment.
Enjoy!
Happy 100th Post!
Milestones are always fun to celebrate, so we are sending out three “hip, hip, hurrahs” for our favorite blogging gang, the Blogging Boomers, who are excited to send out their 100th joint blog post! (…and are so hip and cool, to even know what blogging is!!!)
We send out our sincere appreciation to Wesley at Gen Plus and Rhea at The Boomer Chronicles for master minding the carnival and invited us to join, it has been great fun!
So to meet the rest of the group… you can go here and enjoy your most recent midlife crisis over at The Boomer Chronicles.
The party is here at Fabulous after 40, for this week’s Blogging Boomers Carnival~
If you are new to reading our blog, you will notice that every week, we share links from 11 other sites that blog about Boomer topics that we think you might find interesting. This week we want to introduce you to them all, so, here is a quick summary of our blogging friends out there!!
Meet:
The Mid Life Crisis Queen
Are 50-year-old men the most romantic? You can check out what the answer is here!
So Baby Boomer
As boomers begin involuntary retirements, indications are that the weak economy is squeezing exit packages. More at SoBabyBoomer.com.
Contemporary Retirement
A diagnosis of Alzhemer’s disease in a parent can be devastating: not just because of worries about caregiving and the loss of the mother or father they knew, but also about another, more private fear – What if I get it too? Click here to read on.
Boomer Chronicles
A middle-aged salesman gets laid off of his job of 24 years. Sound like the plot of “Death of a Salesman”? Well, it’s a real life story more and more these days. Your not alone at, the Boomer Chronicles.
The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur
The Baby Boomer Entrepreneur tells us how one Baby Boomer bought an existing franchise and turned it into a thriving business. Get inspired , click here.
Life Two
One of the many advantages to having an empty nest is the freedom to swap your nest with other adventurous types. This is a great way to be able to economically enjoy extended stays in different locations. Read the experiences and “how to” tips of one intrepid boomer couple in LifeTwo’s “Adventures In Nest Swapping” (editors note: I’ve done this and its really cool) Read more about it!
Vaboomer
The Foreclosure Angel, Getting By with a Little Help from our friends.
How one woman chose compassion in dire economic times, and turned over a home to its original owner: Click here
I Remember JFK
The Ups and Downs of Downtowns
The communities that we live in have been evolving since time immemorial. No facet of American culture has undergone more transformations than the downtown business district.
Every town with more than a couple hundred residents has one. And the odds are that it has seen its share of ups and downs over the years. And I’m not just talking Boomer years, either. See if you remember JFK…
and finally….
Gen Plus
Which is scarier Halloween or November 4th. Cast Your Vote at Gen Plus.
Have a great week!
Interesting post at Newsweek about a new trend happening with models. It seems there’s a swing away from serious looking pencil thin young glamazons to more real looking models -everyday people of all shapes sizes, who exude their own unique kind of personal style no matter what they are wearing.
Apparently, it’s all because of bloggers like Scott Schuman, who we’ve written about before, from The Satorialist. His candid person-on-the street fashion photos have inspired the fashion industry to make the change.
First it was the Dove Pro-age ladies… now this. Looking forward to seeing many more magnificent midlife mamas and boomer babes!
(Let’s hope these real models smile and laugh a little. We’re sick of looking at photos of teenage girls with sucked in cheeks and sour faces. Life is too short to be frumpy and too short to be so serious!)
Dove Pro-Age Ad
