Comments on: Material girl

By: Tammy Warren

Tammy Warren — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 01:19:16 +0000

I crossed the 40 by just a bit. You know, I am loving it. I seem to have become more content with who I am. I know most women battle with the weight issue. I do. It is different now. I don’t feel like I have to be the bathing beauty anymore. With children, our focus turns….and that is good.

This is my first time over to your blog. I love it.

By: Becki

Becki — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:10:03 +0000

They’re just numbers, right? Half the time I forget how old I am (I’m 36 too – I just checked my license to be sure). My husband is 2 years, 364 days younger than me, something he’ll never let me forget.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:43:58 +0000

Zanne-I don’t feel very grown up either. When my mother was my age, I was almost fourteen years old. I can’t even imagine being the mother of a teenager. Being the mother of a toddler is work enough. Like you said, it’s scary to think we’ve been trusted to raise these kids to be respectable human beings.

Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:40:30 +0000

Krista-one of the things my husband keeps telling me is that LCD TVs are better than plasmas. I’m becoming very educated

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:35:16 +0000

Mama Bear-my goal is to also get healthier by 40. I don’t know if I’ll be able to get to my ideal weight by then, but I’m trying. My metabolism is so much different after giving birth. The pounds are not coming off like they used to.

My husband hasn’t really said much about turning 40 yet. He’s 38 as well, but his birthday is in December so technically he will be 40 next year. I keep reminding him of that.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:30:20 +0000

mrsbear-I think “ma’am” is brings us all down to reality. That and gray hair. I still feel young inside, but the outside says something different.

By: Heather

Heather — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 18:23:50 +0000

Meg-I forgot about the problems you had with Phillips. I’ll have to remind Nathan of that when the time comes for us to shop.

Also, there’s just something I’m not liking about 37. I don’t know what it is, but hopefully it turns out to be a good year for me.

By: Meg

Meg — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 13:02:25 +0000

#1 — If you let Nathan buy a Philips, I will personally drive up there and kick both of your asses. Save yourself the nightmare that comes with that company. Just saying.

#2 — I love your positive attitude about your upcoming birthday(s). It’s refreshing to see. With each year that goes by, I think to myself “Now maybe other people will take me seriously, as I’ve gained a year of experience”, but I tend to forget that those “other people” are also aging! So now I’m just giving it up and trying to convince myself that age is just a number.

By: mrsbear0309

mrsbear0309 — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 11:35:14 +0000

I loved your post. I’m 33, I know it’s young but while the one side fools you with it’s round bubbly fun, it occasionally prods you in the rear with the six points on the other, kind of like pitch forks.

Occasionally I’m surprised by age, not the number, I know how old I am. But somewhere in the back of my mind I think I’m still a cool and happening twenty something, or that perhaps I still resemble a teenager. Then a cashier will call me ma’am and the illusion fades.

By: Lori

Lori — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 03:43:36 +0000

Ya know 40 isn’t all that bad…I remember how upset I was as 40 approached…I think part of it had to do with the fact that I was a single mother and thinking I was going to be alone forever…I was a grandma at 36…but, the thing is I never felt “old”…I still felt “young” inside(and most days I still do) and remembered what my grandma had always told me, “it’s just a number, your only as old as you feel” and then she would add something like “I feel like I’m only 40″ when in reality she was in her 80′s!

In July I turned 46 and I don’t know how 46 is suppose to feel like and I will joke about feeling or being old and my kids will tease me… but if I’m really honest, I feel pretty darn good and I am happier in my life than I ever have been, even though I am going through lots of changes in my life and have had lots of stress, I am still better then I was when I was in my 30′s. Right now I am doing a lot of self reflecting and taking a look at what I can do to make my life even better…I know I need to get back into exercising, eating healthier, reading more, doing things for myself, because when I do these things I feel better about myself.

Be good to yourself…treat yourself well and that will be reflected in your happiness which in turn will give you courage and anything else you are looking for and you will be able to do anything you set out to do. From reading your blog, I see that you have a beautiful, loving heart and you express yourself well…you have a wonderful husband and beautiful daughter…these are all things that will keep you young no matter what number you are!