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| Oh to be young and beautiful again..
 Me - 1983
For years in and after high school we spend hours worrying about our hair, makeup and boys.. If we would just lift that fog around our heads and just realize that life just isn't all that difficult, we would all be millionaires. Do you ever think about those that studied hard in high school, become successful, and just didn't have much of a concern about the partying, looks opposite sex..etc? Most of those people today have extremely successful lives. Oh to be born old and get young.. but would that work? Can you imagine changing a 90 year old's diaper with the mentality of a baby? ha!
Why do we spend so much of our time worrying about how we look instead of spending time with loved ones or doing something in life we enjoy? Plastic surgery and weight loss tricks are the best business to be in right now.. People will shell out the zillions to just be young and beautiful again.
Would I do that? If I had it.. pretty much. Does that make me shallow?
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| Are Middle Age Women on the Brink of Insanity?
As I walk through
the mall in search of the newest "Twilight/New Moon" regalia I notice
middle age women everywhere displaying some sort of status symbol.
Whether it be Tiffany jewelry, Tory Burch shoes, Vera Bradley handbags,
or T-shirts of their favorite vampire. As women reach a certain point
in their lives do they fall in to that slump of "nothing special" and
feel the need to fill that hole with whatever the latest trend may be?
Do marketing specialist know about this void that must be filled? My
answer to both of these questions is YES! As women reach a certain age
or point in their lives when children go off to college or become
independent teenagers, they begin to have that “useless” feeling. Women
without children maybe have reached a slump through repetition in life.
Some women are smart enough to begin a craft or hobby to fill that hole
and others fall in to the trap of filling empty spaces with the latest
Hollywood trends and rock star and/or movie star obsessions. Marketing
companies have become so keen on knowing who has the money to spend and
what they like. What exactly are those middle age women in need of? Is
it sex, attention, and something to do? Most middle age women are at
the point in their lives where they are financially independent and
have that extra expendable income to help fill those voids of life. So
what can women do so they don't fall in to this marketing attempt to
gain all that expendable income? Eat? That's the next thing that many
women do to fill that emptiness. Maybe their successful husbands are
busy at work, golfing or watching sports on TV and just don't have time
for their wives. Single middle age women have no one to fill that void
so eating is an easy way to meet those needs.
There comes a time in
a woman's life that she needs to take control of her actions. Many
women go through these middle age years with a cloud over their head,
blind sited of what's right there in front of them. When will they
wake up? Tragic moments or special life changing events? Maybe.. A
sudden jolt from an article showing women what they are doing? Maybe..
There
are many things a woman can do to help them through these years. It's
usually finding an old interest and really taking time for themselves
to focus in on it. Whether it be writing memoirs, taking up a craft,
joining a group of other women in a certain endeavor, exercising, etc,
it just takes a few moments of daily activity to fill those needs and
live life to it's fullest.
Am I a middle age woman on the brink? Yes, I am!
-Cynde Reneau Greer - October 27, 2009
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| Good Morning!
It's been a long time since I posted a blog, I should be ashamed. I really haven't had much to say, so maybe I'll just update what's going on..
This coming Friday I'm leaving for Orlando to hang with some very close friends and see Disney World. I'm dealing with grand guilt over it. When my kids were little (15-20 years ago) I never had the money to go, so they've never been. Here I am going without them and I'm having grand guilt over going.
My oldest child, Heidi has decided to go back to school (thank god!). One of the worst things about raising children.. is watching them follow in the same foot steps as you. I didn't go to college right away, I got married and had children. I finally went back at age 23, Heidi is 23. She is very determined to go back to school. I'm VERY excited and in shock. I think managing a Wendy's is really getting to her. ha!
Toni, my 21 year old.. Is gone again. This time I made her leave. I caught her using drugs again and I told her when I allowed her to come back, this was her absolute last time. She was to get her life in order for her child. She never attempted to do anything but lay around and neglect her child. Her child is with us again, which suits me fine. She's being cared for properly. Can I say without feeling guilty that I am about 75% less stressed now that she's gone? I heard from her the other day, she's living in some halfway house far away. She said she can only stay there another 5 days, I told her she better find another place. Tough love is the worst thing I've ever had to do. We found a wonderful babysitter that the baby will start going to in October. She's a stay home mom that was a Chiropractic doctor for many years. She gave up her career to be home with her kids. It's a very calm and wonderful place. When we visited, Kerry didn't want to leave.. We take this situation day by day.. It's heartbreaking, but what can you do?
Caleb is doing ok, he's still working for a church on Sunday and going to school. It's his SR. year and he has a serious girlfriend. I like her a lot but I want him to concentrate on school more. He wants to join the Army next year and that scares me to death.
Zoe is also doing fine, she's in the 10th grade. It's all about how she looks, friends and socializing.. And what's up with kids and cell phones? We turned off her texting on her phone because that's ALL she wants to do.. She's a sweet girl and she'll do fine.
Life is good for me, Chris is doing well in Pre-med.. Literally has a 4.0. I'm not surprised. I am going to my first Apple Certification class in October. I'm very nervous because the class is like $1500. IF I don't pass, then I have to reimburse the school.. PRESSURE! LOL
Well, I'm off to shop for groceries.. I hope the rain is gone for a while, but I don't think so.
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| It's been almost 3 months since I blogged, what's my deal? I think there is too much online stuff, I twitter daily.. facebook..etc. I'm really over Myface, I mean Myspace! I mean how many ads of Brittany Spears shaking her ass can you see before you just get sick of it?
It's been a really shitty summer for me. I know most of you are thinking that I should be basking in the sunlight on the beach because I'm a teacher.. wrong! Yes, I'm a teacher but I have highly sought after skills that enable me to have massive amounts of cash thrown at me durning the summer.. This doesn't come without major work though. Seeing as though I have 2 grown daughters that refuse to do anything with their lives and 2 teenagers that require massive amounts of money.. I must work myself to death, literally! My summer has consisted of unboxing umpteen million computers, putting the schools software on it, and setting them up in classrooms. Also, getting laptops ready for the one to one program (one laptop one child) and faculty. Oh, and we can't forget the zillion smartboards/projectors I had to assist in hanging in classrooms.. holy hell!
The upside to all this is I have great coworkers during the summer.. It's a lot of work but if you work with cool people, it makes work tolerable.
I've had a few good/bad highlights this summer. I made a trip down to see my mom at the beginning of summer in Ocean Springs, MS. Mom had me really late in life (almost 40).. you do the math. She's 79.. I can't imagine life without her, so how do I start? I don't even want to think about it. She talks about her death a lot, like it doesn't bother her. Her will, her funeral is paid and written out..etc. I've had a lot of ups and downs with my mom over the years, but god I love her dearly.. what will I do when she's gone?
One cool thing that's been going on for me is I've changed my whole outlook on my body. Chris and I have changed how we think about food.. I eat to live now, I don't live to eat. We have completely eliminated from our diet; White flour, sugar, hydrogenated oils, and any animal with 4 legs.. It's been difficult but I haven't felt this good in my ENTIRE life. Chris and I did research on the flour and sugar combination and research SHOWS that this is why americans are so fat. They put it in almost everything we eat. Since I no longer eat this food, I have dropped 10 pounds, I don't suffer from lethargy, and the headaches I had daily are GONE!! This all started from me watching an episode of Oprah, with DR. OZ. I started reading all his books..doing other research.. this did it for me. We've been eating like this for 8 weeks and we have NO desire to eat otherwise. Many events have occurred where I've had the opportunity to eat what I call "bad" food.. and I turn my nose up like it's maggot filled food.. I can't deal with it. I feel to great to go back to my old ways..
On July 4 Vertical Horizon came to ATL, FINALLY!! Matt Scannell, being one of my BFFs, really made the show great for my family and me. I have to say, I've been working in the music industry for over 12 years and this man has to be the most humble and kind person I've ever met. I am truly blessed to know him.
Next was my 17 year old son's knee surgery. This was something that really put a damper on my summer. He tore his meniscus in his right knee and had to have it repaired. I'm glad it's over but it's been a tough week.. I mean he's grumpy as hell with the pain and those stupid pain pills.
Lastly is next week.. I'm so incredibly excited to see Astrid. She and I have been friends for so many years and I wasn't really excited about her moving across country. Her and I have come up against many road blocks over the years.. meaning, people trying to come in between us.. life hassles, etc. I'm so glad we always seem to be able to work things out, I think it truly means we are friends forever.. and no one will be able to change that. Next week is the Harry Potter 6 premier. Asi is flying in to ATL to stay with me for a few days.. It should be good times!! Stay tuned.
Oh, don't let me forget about my 24th (they are doing 24, 25, 26 all together) High School reunion is coming up August 1? Am I nervous? Not really.. because I'm smokin' hawt and will blow them all away!!
I hope your summer is just peachy!!
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