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How My Dog Convinced me to Get Botox

Sep 20 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

cute dog pic

or How my dog drove me to get Botox.   In past years having my period at work meant I regularly employed the old tampon up your sleeve on the way to the rest room routine. But of late I take a different tack. In my dotage, I march towards the restroom twirling my tampon like a baton. Continue Reading

Blogging Myself Young

Jan 6 Posted by nancyjrab 2 Comments

So, 2015 is the year I turn fifty.  Which means it's also the year I do my damnedest not to LOOK like I'm turning 50.  Luckily, I'm a blogger, and there are any number of companies willing to exploit my hysteria over the big five-oh, by offering me youth enhancing services to try. From cures for Continue Reading

Get VAVAVoom Hair with Women’s Rogaine: Giveaway!

Nov 12 Posted by nancyjrab 2 Comments

I was asked to participate in the #rogainevolume campign, sponsored by Women’s ROGAINE. Although I have been compensated, as always all opinions are my own.The original tagline of my blog was "If  40's the new 30, someone forgot to tell my thighs."  At this point, I've been blogging so long that 40 Continue Reading

Gimme a Head of Hair, Long Beautiful Hair…Secret Extensions

Sep 23 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

If you get the reference in the title, then you're either a musical theater person, or of an age when long hair just seems, well, for younger people. I happen to be both. As I've inched nearer and nearer to  the half-century mark, my hair has gotten shorter and shorter. It's sort of the Continue Reading

Confessions of a Swag Hound: BirchBox, Chaise Fitness and More

May 14 Posted by nancyjrab Leave a Comment

Being a blogger has introduced me to so much.  I’ve made good friends, used my social media influence to help raise money for charities like K.I.D.S, R Baby, The Lamp, Mothers2Mothers, and Women in Need. Sometimes, I’m amazed at how bloggers give back, like Jennifer James and her initiatives for Continue Reading

My 20 Year Quest to Lose the Same Ten Pounds

Jul 26 Posted by nancyjrab 3 Comments

Yup.  The title of this post is my tagline.  And sadly, it's now become 15 pounds. Although when I wrote that tagline I probably only needed to lose seven, but the line sounded funnier with ten. Now -- not so funny. I've written about how I'm going to accept that I'm never going to accept my body. Continue Reading

Why I’ll Never Get a Brazilian Bikini Wax

Mar 23 Posted by nancyjrab 6 Comments

In Brazil, this counts as a one-piece

I love Brazil.  On my vacation there years ago, I saw beautiful countryside, sophisticated cities, and rockin’ nightlife. I love Brazilians.  They are warm and loving.  They are awesome plastic surgeons, and they are singlehandedly reviving the NY Real Estate market. Some of my best friends are Continue Reading

New Year, New ‘do: Wordless Wednesday

Jan 4 Posted by nancyjrab 13 Comments

Yesterday I got a new very short 'do. Not on purpose...but there you go. I kinda like it. But it is SHORT! Continue Reading

How Blogging Makes You Beautiful

Oct 12 Posted by nancyjrab 3 Comments

Blogging makes you beautiful in so many ways: you get deeper through your self expression, you get more compassionate through blogging for a cause. Your inner self shines...ah, who am I kidding?   Blogging makes you more beautiful because you get a free beauty products. Of course, if the number of Continue Reading

Accepting that I’m Never Going to Accept My Body

Jul 28 Posted by nancyjrab 20 Comments

I am never going to love my body just the way it is, and that's OK.  Let me explain: Yesterday, I read this post about a woman struggling with her post-baby body.  What struck me about the piece was that this struggle is new for her. She talks about how she never had body image issues until she had Continue Reading

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