Bloggin' Toward 60

My Gypsy Soul

2010-03-21T13:19:00.000-07:00

Her I am again... bloggin my way in life...heck I'm more than 1/2 way into this first year of 60 and I have found I've blogged straight to the unemployment line... Life sure is full of surprises.. I had exxpected to retire from that job You know what they say: want to make god laugh....tell him your PLAN!!!
I must say I thought I had wrestled with all my demons many moons ago. In this youth oriented (and economice down turn)... I feel a bit disadvantaged to be facing entry level positions. I certainly am not wanting to go in debt to finish that BA I started 30+ years ago-- actually I'm still paying that off. In the do goody field that I chose without the sheepskin pay is just a notch above minimum wage. I often ask myself why I chose to serve people and remind myself I was married then and thought it would add nicely to the family budget. OH BORE !!! OH BOTHER!!!! enough WHINE.

The juice here is that NOW, Iget to create myself a new. So ass I look into my gypsy soul.... I see the makings of an entrapaneur and to this end I'll continue to blog... join me on this new ride toward silliness and success.

Me at 60

2009-07-17T10:32:00.001-07:00

( I don't think the URLs in my blog work, sorry

MADE IT!!!!!

2009-07-17T09:53:00.000-07:00

Well I made it alll the way to 60 years old….. hard to believe since just the week before I was 30something. What a day it was…The husband (yes he was here) and I went to breakffast nothing fancy V I, then some routinedaily activities. And off to SKyVENTURE. I had a great support team…. Hayden, Kimee, Heather,Matt, Wyatt and Dan. (http://youyube.com/watch?V=mK5BSIP8UsE) and Heather who was brave enough to give it a try too! (http://youtube.com/watch?V+2Vi5aUnOCTg) rushed home to change in to the fancy duds then out to a fav spot Olivea for champagne and nibbles. Join by my nearest and dearest. I am ever sooo grateful to count them all as friends, relatives ( actually I’m not sure of the difference…Friends are like family and family like friends… glad you are in my life some of you I got to pick, some picked me…LIFE IS GOOD

So what have I learned this year and what’s going forward. The learning is there is only NOW. The first 60 is over… yes I can languish in it’s memory but that doesn’t seem like living. So here’s to a future that lives each moment to the fullist……. Beyond mere survival and daily drudgery….. living, laughin, and lovin…..all the days of my life.

I’m still not done with the 60 list soo join me…. I'm still bloggin gonna see how far past 60 the woman can GOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!

The Chicken Dance

2009-07-17T08:46:00.001-07:00

This is my 1st Grandson Connor

It's a challange to BLOG when the world is spinning so fast

2009-06-22T08:41:00.000-07:00

June 5,2009

Thirty day count down begins…..The blog is now more like a whirlwind., from 9 months to only days.

I’ve reached a dozen of the 60 celebrations., which only means that I’ll be celebrating long after day arrives. I’m adding I want to smile 60 x’s a day! to my celebrate 60 list. (and I’m adding living with a light heart to my definition of HEALTHY.)

Food has definetly become less of an issue as I’m truly learning what, when and how much to eat at a given time. The digital TV world will be full force next week and I have decided for the time being not to join. I have several new gizmos I have yet to master and I’m hopeful to get more reading done.

The grand kids continue to provide love, joy and amusement, which is soo what I want the second half of my life to be about.

June 22, 2009

The sun is now in Cancer. This is the astrological sign of my birth. Horror-o-scopes imply That with today’s new moon It’s a good day to put my wishes out there. So I wish for:
Peace to prevail on the planet;
A universal state of mind that eliminates greed from the human psyche;
That which sustains us ( God and the Planet) be honored above all else.

Wonder filled travel to all my friends and family
Whatever my children (and grandchildren) define as success and contentment.
The opportunity to make a difference
And a passing from this life that is conscious.

(OH AND TO WIN THE LOTTERY!!!!!!) LMAO

I’m planning my day of celebration as on the include a simulated sky dive, cocktails with friends (actually any one who care to join me w/ details to be defined later) and Good music. I want to wear a Tiara and I’m wondering if it will clash with my Birkenstocks? Yes my dear friends……60 is going to be……. I’ll let you fill in the blank…. My ideas are too confining.

I'll leave you with a combined quote from to scholars Ralph Waldo Emerson and Dana Carvey : " Simplify, Simplify Simply Party on Dude!"

2009-03-20T09:05:00.000-07:00

March 20, 2009,

It’s the equinox. HAPPY SPRING!!!. Astrology says that this is also a new year to celebrate and chance to begin anew. So I take this opportunity to pick up on commitments fallen by the wayside and renew my pledge toward health and nourishment. I’d love to tell you that I’d lost some weight but since I don’t weigh myself…..I can’t (WHEW!!!!) Some of my clothes are fitting differently. Two people have suggested that statement might may be true (Thank you… you know who you are) I know they were just being nice but appearances are where it’s at , yes?
My first born will be forty in 9 days. I remember 40 like it was hours ago. Time sure is a peculiar phenomenon ….The years between 20 and forty was a lifetime… yet the years between 40 and 60 but minutes. I’m aware that I spent those first 40 years gathering resentments wanting revenge. These last 20 I’ve been lightening that load. So it seems true “Lighten up so you can fly” So I invoke the spirit of the angels that the next 3 months and 15 days will be the most life affirming moon passings possible for ALL.
Shortly after the Year of the OX started… I started the celebrating my nourishment by celebrating 60… 60 times every thing…. 60 parties, with 60 people in 60 different places for 60 reasons with 60 prayers. Give me a shout if you want to be a part of my 60!!!! I welcome suggestions and revelers blow off steam and kick up (or off) our 5” heels to let loose and whoop it up as a part of this celebration of 60 . I’m up for creating new reasons to enjoy.

So 60 thank yous for reading my bloggings and supporting my nourishment as I keep BlogginToward60

nameste

It's my year....I'm an Ox

2009-01-25T15:29:00.001-08:00

1/26/09

Happy New Year 4707 The year of the OX

Yep, this is my years…so y’all who are 12,24 36,48,60,72, 84,or 96 0r 108 We all belong to a very special group a group of tenacious.. Ox. What makes me ever so happy to learn is that the new president of the US is among this chosen group..

So what’s up in this world of nourishment…. Something that has become ever so clear is that I have been confused about wanting and having and deserving and what’s so. Wanting and not having doesn’t equal not deserving. What is as true as truth is that deserving is ever present and if not having shows up in that. It’s related to a deeper desire. For me, that seems to be a desire that is closer to my soul than my pocketbook. (not that either are mutually exclusive). However it seems some parts of our life stand alone.

I had a real struggle with food this week. Chocolate won. Here, I start a new week and a new year (my year) and we’ll see what that brings… My commitment still stands, “To find what in this life provides real nourishment and what just satisfies cravings.”

As always I welcome your comments and anecdotes as I blog onward toward that day when 60 happens.

(Happy?) New Year

2009-01-02T05:42:00.000-08:00

October 16, 2008
Okay all my friends (and anyone else who might read this) in Bloggerland. I’m serious about this getting healthy. Even as I acknowledge I’ don’t have a clue

January 2, 2009
What is a fact is not ‘bloggintoward60’ hasn’t slowed the process. It exactly 6 months and 3days away! So what has been going on in the last 2 months….
I’m working a day shift and think traditional meal times, eating a little slower.( I used to eat like a speed event) and I think I’m getting better nurturing myself with food rather than indulging myself. The holidays were a little stressful which translates I over ate marathon style.

I’m also beginning to look at what HEALTHY means to me and trying to bring that to a more realistic view.
Healthy weighs 130 lbs. (for me that’s circa 1970.)
Healthy runs a mile three times a week. (I guess I’m grateful I live in a third floor walk up)
Healthy spends 45mins in silence at the end of the day.
Healthy takes a Yoga class.
Healthy drinks 64 oz water a day.
Healthy asks for advice and actually listens to the answers.
These and other myths are taking a reality exam.

Well dear reader…. Feel free to comment ( complain or congratulate) on my ramblings. I’ve committed myself to writing more frequently the closer I get to my goal.: 60!!!!
nameste

PS: Just want to send a note of gratiude out to the ethers for Suzi's sharing a most remarkable journey.

Libby and soul food

2008-10-05T09:01:00.000-07:00

:)ctober 5, 2008

I've promised myself (and your the reader) that this blog will be honest and explore my dark side in jest.

Years ago, I read a novel that commented on a famous painting of the devil. (I’d like to credit the author or the painting but keep in mind I’m going on 60 and that didn’t stick with me) In the painting the devil had a heart-shaped appendage at the end of his tail.. The author mused that possibly man’s heart was directly related to his a---ole.

I was at the supermarket when the strangest of all phenomena occured every time I passed up a sugary item I noticed something that had eluded me over the last fourteen years and never related with food a twitter-patting ‘down there’. So I query now is healthy nourishment directly related to my girly parts? Is it possible that on a path toward a healthful 60, I’ll find my long lost pal Libido?

Putting my purchases away at home there was initial excitement of intentional shopping. There was an awareness that my ego was jumping up and down congratulating me on a job well done. The inner child was looking for a reward at this congratulations and my super ego was doling out the what’s so s. The conversation went something like this……
Super Ego: “You’ll get to eat healthy if you don’t botch it up”
Child: “Who will notice?
Ego: “I need attention”
Super Ego: “You’re in touch with you Libido… Why is that not enough?”

It was clear to me that the debate wasn’t winnable….. which will be okay as I do get to eat healthy . I’m broke!!!

I’ve become a grandmother again this week to a beautiful boy named Wyatt Russell… 9 lbs 2 oz and he looks like mom which is really great as all the others
in my brood have a strong resemblance to me. Hayden is sweet and loving to baby brother. Connor had a ‘who’s on first conversation’ with his mom about having a new cousin that went something like this….
Mom: “ you have a new cousin.”
Connor: “Yeah I know Hayden”
Mom “no a new cousin Wyatt.”
Connor: “Whos Wyatt?”
Mom: “Your cousin.”.
Connor: “Cousin Hayden”
Mom: “No cousin Wyatt.”
Connor: “Who’s Wyatt?”
Then mom gives up she’s waiting for pictures.

NOW THIS NOURISHES MY HEART.
nameste

Let the Adventure Begin

2008-09-28T12:52:00.000-07:00

Every one is blogging these days…… (the word blogging is so new that my Windows 98 Word program things it misspelled.!!!!!) So I’m going main stream. The point is the ADVENTURE of the next ten months…. For at the completion of this adventure I’ll be 60. I get that many have gone before me….but you see I never had any trauma about getting older….I don’t even think I ever noticed that I wasn’t still 30… so this thought 60 seems like it’s coming out of no where.

9/28/2008

What was the trigger…… Libby Ledbetter? My current job wishes and whoa(s)? the state of my major relationship? Or some notion that I had in earlier years of what 60 was going to look like? Whatever it’s origins it’s come as a jolt that I don’t have a CLUE on what and how to nourish this vessel that I breathe through. It’s not that I don’t understand nutrition…it’s the 59years and 2months and 23days of indulgence and deprivation that bring me to this conclusions
Twelve years ago I gave up dieting…. It had become the source of self emotional abuse with that out of the way…her comes 25lbs!!!!! lol (I love the sense of humor from the divine) Fast forward to last Monday….and I made a commitment to myself as solemn as the one to stop dieting that I will begin to create health for this being’s home. I had a brilliant idea ….I’d get conscious to what I put in the sugarhole. I wrote down everything I ate for the day. That seem to go the same way as the dieting…..I could not stop stuffing that orifice. I ate so much I was sick… the details of which I will spare you.

In recent times I’ve discovered, Red meat has always liked me so much it doesn’t want to leave: that dairy bloats me: and my beloved caffeine and chocolate aggravate what I’m told is GERD.

So while I trod forward toward this unseen future…..I thought I’d invite you on the ride. I’m going to get Probiotics on pay day…..me thinks that’s like yogurt without the cow. Pray for me that this won’t have the effects of dieting or writing down what gets stuffed in my sugarhole. There’s probably a metaphor in there somewhere.
I’ll keep you posted
Nameste