sweet Davy JonesI'll be hitting the big 5 0 in October and it is something that I think about a good bit. So much "TO DO" is made about turning 50. I don't feel 50. I still feel 20ish some of the time, yet I know it is reality. The body doesn't lie even though my mind and spirit may be in denial. I think this will be an ongoing theme post for me as I adjust in to this. So here goes installment #1.
1. Last night, my husband and I went out to Chili's and I drank their "Skinny Margarita" at 110 calories ($7). I did not get carded and the waitress called me 'darlin' and 'hon'. (I was just waiting for a 'sugar'.) After my cocktail, I got kinda loud and "kittenish". rrwarh.
When I was in college and 18 with my fake ID, I would go to bars to see bands because I love- LOVE-- music. My friend and I would share $5 pitchers of Long Island Iced Tea or Zombies, and I wouldn't even get tipsey. I would have to corral guys to help carry my friend home, but super shy me had no one to get kittenish with then. And now I do. And the drink prices !
2. Today I have to visit my orthopedic doc to get a refill on a prescription for Mobic- a non steroidal anti-inflammatory for my knees. You would think after 2 cortizone injections to the knees and their pitiful looks at my xrays that they would just refill the damn prescription. It's not Vicodin for gosh sakes. I sound like a crotchety old lady here ( and by God, I need that prescription to go through my mail order for the cost savings!)
3. Boy Toys--my husband is 11 years younger than me , so obviously I like younger men. Davy Jones--God bless him- from the Monkees died recently at age 60. From what I hear he was an exercise nut and a vegetarian. I was a big fan of the Monkees as a kid. Davy, yes, though I was more a Bobby Sherman / David Cassidy kind of girl.
David Cassidy
Bobby ShermanI still swoon over younger guys ( Am I a cougar?) Let's face it , they are almost all younger. Ryan Gosling-yes. Jake Gyllenhall--yes. Zac Efron-yes. Justin Bieber --NO! NO! No! to the HELL no! he looks like a girl..that is tooo young.
ummm, Ryan
JAKE Gyllenhaal-ok, my husband looks like an older and slightly chubbier version of young Jake here.
ZacAnd the line is drawn...
JUSTIN "Looks like a Girl" B. ..hell to the NO
I loved this post - I turned 50 last September and up to that point I was "thinking" about it quite a bit. Now that it has come and gone - ah... nothing to it.
ReplyDeleteI don't look nor act 50 - I'm more the early late 30's, early 40's kind of gal :)
I turn 49 in May! For years I kept thinking about Oprah redefining 50 and my goal is to be fabulous at 50:)
ReplyDeleteI dreaded turning 50, not sure why. Then it turned out to be fabulous and now, 2 years in I'm loving it... maybe because I got carded about a month ago hahahahaha!
ReplyDeleteOh, David, Bobby and Donny were all on my bedroom wall. I do appreciate the younger guys as well, but also am fond of George Clooney and Denzel Washington :D
As you well know, I turn 50 in November and have been thinking about so many of the same things!! I was a HUGE David Cassidy fan and has his Cherish album...the one that had his face filling up the cover. I used to kiss it ;-)
ReplyDeleteJake and Ryan are definitely hot...and I agree with Helen re George and Denzel. I also find Kevin Spacey to be incredibly sexy.
I am definitely looking forward to 50...and plan to be writing more about it as it gets closer!
I'm definitely a cougar. I can add a few names to your list.... Josh Groban, Robert Pattinson, and Adam Rodriguez from CSI Miami.
ReplyDeleteI remember the big 5-0h. I too dreaded what I thought were the implications. Turns out, it was just a day, a fun one at that. And life went on as if there were no change. Now I'm dreading 70, which I'll see the month before you get to 50. Perhaps life will just go on the same as turning 50 for both of us.
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