Dear Diary - Flatulence, Shooting Ducks and an iPod! Dear Diary .... Now I know that you are wondering what on earth flatulence could have to do with shooting ducks and an iPod, but just stay with me on this, please ... Image via Wikipedia Found myself at lunch with with two 'old' friends, Cate and Ann, last week and I must say,  aside from the fact that they clearly are looking and behaving their age,  both girls were in fine form.  Now although we had a bit of a late start (took us a while to find each other - a little mix up again on which restaurant we were supposed to be going to) w...

Dear Diary Dorrie is at it again, fiercely updating her diary. If you happened to read her two earlier entries titled - Dear Diary 'What Year Is It' - and Dear Diary 'Please Be Careful' and you enjoyed them, then you will just love this one - ...enjoy!! Dear Diary, Since my last two entries, moreover since writing that last entry about the 'strange old lady' who has moved into our house, lots and lots of  other 'new things' have been going on. Firstly Dear Diary ... a VIP note ...  I really need to try and make 'younger friends' -  reason?   Well there are many, but for now - well,  A...

Image by Digital Kloc Photography via Flickr Dear Diary... You may remember an earlier post of mine titled - Dear Diary note 'What Year Is It' - well if you enjoyed that you will just love this one - LOL..what a hoot...enjoy!! I really must make this note to let everyone know that they should 'please be careful'.  One can't be too suspicious of strangers. I would also suggest that after they have read this note that they arm themselves with an umbrella, walking stick or some such other form of defence against this menace - and.. 'USE IT IF YOU HAVE TO' Well, here we go and I...

Growing Older Really Does Mean That...... It's harder to tell navy from black Image by schnaars via Flickr Everything old is new again, but if you wore it before, you're too old to wear it the 2nd time around Your kids are becoming you...and you don't like them!...but your grandchildren are perfect! Yellow becomes the big color... Walls, teeth, (blonder) hair Going out is good, coming home is better When people say you look "Great" they add "for your age" When you needed the discount you paid full price.. Now you get discounts on everything... Movies, hotels, flights. You forget nam...

Who Are Grandparents? More parenting videos on JuiceBoxJungle Image via Wikipedia A really astounding fact is : according to the U.S. Census Bureau, 1.3 million children are entrusted to their grandparents every day I find these statistics interesting.  Think about this... kids are generally of the opinion that they are smarter than their parents kids generally disagree with every decision their parents make about their own or their kids lives kids  believe that their parents  really have little or  no idea what they are doing. Well, here's the thing.. When they grow up ...