Nope, not gonna talk about Verizon. Nor am I going to talk about my hearing. Lord knows, I am having enough issues with my eyes that I don’t need to borrow any trouble on the aural front. I am however, going to talk about hearing aids, and what a difference they can make in your life! I’m thinking specifically about Grandmother, and how much easier it was to help her and talk with her when she would have her hearing aids on. And also maybe how long it took us to clue into the fact that she would turn them off when we got on her last nerve, LOL! But my point is that there is no reason to let hearing loss cut you off from those you love. Hearing aids today are small and discreet and the new digital hearing aids are so much more effective than their predecessors. There’s just no reason anymore to be alone in a room full of people.

One more thing. Aidright contributes to breast cancer research. And in case you didn’t know it, I’m a pink thinker.

And also, I know I have mentioned before that I now have a serious need for lights. I’m mentioning this as I sit here in the middle of the day with my desk lamp ON. And at night, it’s worse! I use the desk lamp PLUS the ceiling light. Maybe I should invest in one of those miner’s hats and be done with it!

So, I have a question. Ya’ll know I turned 40 last month, and I’ve noticed a bit of a change in my last couple of cycles. Since my first child, I have have had clockwork menstrual cycles, every 28 days, first thing in the morning, except when pregnant or nursing. The last couple of months, though, I’ve been late. First by a day, and then by a couple of days. I’m the first gal in my family to go through natural menopause in a couple of generations, so I have no one to ask “what’s normal”? My question then is: is this normal?

Because really, as much fun as a new baby would be, it’s kind of roller-coaster-ish to wonder each month if I need to shop for maternity clothes.

I had to write a post earlier that struck a nerve. It wasn’t on this blog, though, so just chillax 🙂 I was reminded of my friend Skeet as I typed it. See, Skeet has to color her hair, whether she wants to or not, so people won’t think she can’t do her job. That reminds me of how often we judge others by how they look.

Think about it: if you saw someone purchasing adult diapers, you’d probably make some judgments about them. And some rash decisions about what such a person could and could not do. But your assumptions would change based on what the person looked like, wouldn’t they? What if it was a young vigorous person? I know in that case, I’d be more likely to assume they were being purchased for someone else. If I saw an elderly person buying them, I’d be pretty sure in my own mind that it was a self purchase. And what if the purchaser had on slightly risque clothing and a tad too much jewelry? Those types of inferences aren’t necessarily a bad thing, and aren’t a problem if they stop right there.

But the tendency is to take that bit of information and extrapolate all sorts of stuff from it. Because people who need adult underwear are feebler than others, and unable to fend for themselves, right? And people who buy them to play games most of us find distasteful are nasty, right? And people with grey hair can’t go into crawl spaces, right?

That’s pretty unfair, don’t you think?

Okay, I like the internet. Really, I do. And I spend way too much time on it. I admit that. But I also read a lot of interesting stuff, such as this toxic mold blog. Yes, it’s interesting. Not in the daily read way, but in the needful information way. For instance, did you know toxic mold has been linked to depression? Me either, but it has.

I wish the blog were easier to navigate with next page links and archives in the sidebar, but you can’t have everything. And, ya’ll beware of the pictures. Just sayin’

I. will. be. so. glad. to . see. fall. ya’ll. It is so hot, and so humid and I am so sweaty. Yuck, and Blech and Ick. It’s sleepy sultry weather and big hair. Like really big and wild hair.

I’ve noticed, though, that the past few nights, I’ve actually wanted to use teh covers. Not a lot, and not all night, but some. The end is in site. Soon I will be laughing at folks who bought Scottsdale real estate to escape the humidity instead of envying them. But not today. Today, while I can hardly breathe, and am beginning to think about investing in gills, it’s not funny one little bit.

Several years ago, there was great discussion over the definition of is. Today, I am privileged (HA!) to be taking part in a discussion over the definition of blog. Exactly what is a blog, and how many links can it have? And if you occasionally post a link for money, does that mean every link you post is for pay, and just how the heck is someone going to tell that, and please, bend over, do you have some vaseline? Perhaps we should intsall some landscape lighting to illuminate the intarwebs, cause some folks obviously just don’t get it.

I was reading some information about a russian brides agency, and it reminded me of a conversation dh and I had several months ago. We were talking about the proliferation of ED ads, and how that seemed to indicate that there were more problems in America’s bedrooms than there used to be. Now, I know that society is more open about things than it used to be, but when statistics point to a 40% rate of dissatisfaction with our sex lives……………well, I don’t think the Creator designed us with a failure rate of 40%. obviously something is going on with that, ykwim?

I posited to dh that perhaps it was women who were causing the majority of ED, and that perhaps it was difficult to be bossed around by a woman all day, and then take the confident sexual lead at night, that effectively women spend all day creating eunuchs and then wonder why they have trouble performing in the bedroom. He agreed with me that I was likely correct. And I made a note of one more thing “women’s lib” has cost us.

Oh, what was it that reminded me of the conversation?

Most Russian brides are looking for a life partner on this site. They prefer to get to know a person before creating a more serious bond or marriage. Russian and Ukrainian brides are different from brides of other countries because marriage is normally their main priority from early age. Even young Russian women strive to create a family first and only afterwards they think about building a career, not visa versa. Dating for most of these women implies marriage and family. Therefore, a relationship with a Russian bride (AKA “mail order brides”) is likely to be different from any affair you have had before. The divorce rate in marriages with Russian women tends to be much lower than with marriages in America, UK and Australia.
Russian brides are famous internationally as the most beautiful women in the world. A typical Russian woman looks like a model. Dating attractive Russian girls is likely to be very different from any local dating experience. Most Russian girls have well-developed family values and instincts. They are intelligent and well-educated. They are also loving, tender and devoted to a relationship.

They are selling the idea that Russian women are everything American women are not. And if they are selling it, someone is buying it.