When I decided to get serious about dropping the few pounds I’d gained since we’d gotten married, DH whined incessantly. I couldn’t spare the Weight Watcher POINTS (tm) to go wine-tasting. I made him keep the bread on his side of the table, behind the Great Wall of SaltShakerFlowerVase. “So does this mean we can never have ice cream in the house again?!?” He wailed as I balked at picking up his favorite treats. But, we are both healthy, fit, and dealing with his mom and stepdad as their life of Southern food, smoking, and inactivity are catching up with them. Heart-this, back-that, diverticulitis… feh. What is the balance? We have to watch our health. We want to look good. Where do we go?

Can we throw the “smile/happiness/greatsex” crowd off the board? Okay, fine, I’ll play. While smiling, happy, and FF’d I would like to have tweezers so I don’t look like a cheeful Groucho Marx.

I was about to pick blow dryer so I wouldn’t look like I was wearing a stringy ski-cap all the time, but then realized without tweezers or Nair I’d look like Groucho Marx.

ps - I just realized I should point out that my current husband is my only one, so far. ;-D

Never on my current husband. In former relationships, when they were unravelling, there was “overlap” between the old and the new. And in the 8th grade I made out with another boy even though I “officially” had a boyfriend. It’s a sign of a bigger problem.

I came out of this admiring Obama even more than I did before. I am Jewish but don’t always support Israel. I am a feminist, but the woman isn’t always right. And, as a bumper sticker I saw once said, “I love America but I think we need to start seeing other countries.” Is anyone else irritated with Clinton’s response to Obama’s speech? “Yes, issues of race AND GENDER (because it’s always about ME) are important. No, I didn’t hear or read his speech so I can’t comment.” I call baloney on that one. Of course you read it, heard it, nit-picked over it, and couldn’t come up with any cheap shots. So as usual, she is carrying on with those scorched-earth politics, denying that anyone else might have anything valuable to offer. A n HRC White House will be a lot like a GWB White House, surrounding herself with people who 100% agree with her, don’t threaten her… and as a result, cannot be groomed to take over in a leadership role. Obama is intelligent, is capable of seeing issues as being complex with opposing yet valuable views, and articulating these to work towards a better solution than “either/or.” Unfortunately it seems the electorate is not capable of this sort of thinking. Clinton is not capable of it, so people are rallying around her… or perhaps she is capable of it but she is so politically jaded that she is willing to pander her character, not just issues, to get elected.

The company hired a new VP, and I caught him in a lie in front of a group of people. Really, I’m not that smart… it was just a really big lie! Guess who was let go to bring in someone with “more expertise?”

I always take relationship advice from women who allowed playboy-talk-show-radio-host-boyfriends to take nude pictures of them and then blast them all over the Internet 20 years later. Thank you Dr. Laura. Your wisdom and fine judgement continues to enrich my life.

Petunia, should those girls see that it’s okay for a man to fool around with a hooker?