Women

A cross-culture blog about women by women. Not for the faint-hearted.

Ok, I'll get the ball rolling.

Would I have to give back my mother of the year award if I left my chicken pox girl and her certainly about to be chicken pox sister with a very capable babysitter tomorrow night to go to the very last home opener at Yankee Stadium if the tickets just happened to fall into my lap?

It would be awful, right?  Tell it to me straight.

from the Goddess: AmericanGirl at 21:43 | link | comments (7) |
questions, family

So what's the proper etiquette of flirting with cabana boys? 

from the Goddess: greeneyes at 18:43 | link | comments (1) |

Menopause

Apparently I'm in Peri-Menopause. Anyone else going through this? I have to get a biopsy done on Thursday since my period is so irregular and can last for three weeks at times. I had a scare the other day because I passed a blot clot (I shit you not, sisters) that was the size of my palm, 1/2 inch thick, and the consistency of liver. I'm sorry if this is gross. Now they want to do this biopsy (which they did two years ago and did nothing about it - so here I am again, two years later) again to make sure I don't have uterine cancer.

The biopsy HURTS like hell. I have a high threshold for pain, yet I screamed during the intervention, done with NO painkillers. When my doctor told me I had to do it again, I started crying. Yes...it hurts that much. So this time I'm being given percaset, Ibubufren(sic) 600 mg., and a valium 45 minutes before. They insert a tube into your cervix and up into your uterus then twirl it around so it can grab samples then they pull or push something and it sucks it up into the tube.

I asked my doctor if she had ever had one. She replied, "No." Just wait until she has to have one when she gets older.

Apparently, if I don't have cancer, they will give me birthcontrol pills for three years until I go through menopause. I stopped taking pills about 15 years ago because 1. I didn't like how they made me feel. 2. Because they increase your risk of cancer.

Does anyone else see something wrong with this picture?

I've been doing research online about this stuff, but really would rather hear about your experiences, if any of you are going through what I am.

Oh by the way, DO YOUR KEGELS!!! It helps to decrease the chances of weak bladder and fallen uterus syndrome.

Alohalani

from the Goddess: alohalani at 04:47 | link | comments (10) |
questions, health and beauty, that time of the month

I have been REALLY down on myself lately.  Not feeling very strong or confident.  I've been feeling "less" somehow. 

I know we all go through that.

Especially in today's society.  The morning can start with bad hair, and by the time you make it home for the day you feel worthless  Ugly, at best.

Why?

Because you've probably passed at least a dozen women you feel look better than you, had a male co-worker shoot you down or worse... hit on you.

Hitting the workforce full time again isn't something I look forward to.  I absolutely dread it, to be honest.  And my insecurities are some of the biggest reasons... that, and not being at Screwboy's sexual command on his days off. (of course)

But a woman's gotta do....

Sometimes I'm still that strong, outrageously confident, insanely hot chick that I used to think I was.  But more times than not, I feel beat up and washed out.

And people are feeling that way all around me.  It just doesn't seem like there's any fight left in us.  Where did it go?  It's just round three... there's gotta be more somewhere.

I felt so bad this evening when I got home.  I just wanted to lie down and go away.  It was mostly physical, but when the pain gets that bad, it really plays with your emotions, too.

But the good thing about going "bitch"... is the "going bitch".  I ALWAYS manage to pull strength from anger.  

Family trait maybe?

ANYWAY.... lying across my bed waiting for the world to stop feeling like it's going to end at any moment... trying to read daily news, blogs, and just interesting bits of info I subscribe to, I came across a YOUTUBE clip...

Celebrities without their make up

I'm not making fun of anyone, and I'm not into the glitz, glamour, and gossip of Hollywood.  I don't buy entertainment magazines.  I don't watch shows like "Insider" or "Access Hollywood".  Some of these women seem to be good people.  Intelligent and strong in interviews with causes and concerns just like everyday normal women. I LOVE Renne Zelleweger.  I swear.

BUT....

I will be childish just this once and admit... it made me feel so much better that even on my bad days, I look better than some of these women!

Which...

I know is just the attitude that propagates all this negativity in women and about women!

Today... ask me if I care. 

Somehow seeing the beautiful people less sparkly helped me to realize I don't need good hair days ALL the time. 

After all, sometimes I REALLY AM hotter than Christina Ricci... when she's not wearing make up, anyway.

Or maybe it's just all about going bitch...

http://video.aol.com/video-detail/id/3454950586

BTW... will you women blog sometime?!?

from the Goddess: Ladyinthemoon at 02:39 | link | comments (6) |
emotions, on women, rants and raves, health and beauty

"Look at me I'm gorgeous in my housecoat with my coffee cup. 

I've been to get the paper.  Every neighbor's trying to check me out. 

Look at me I'm lovely as I wait beside my minivan. 

Look at how my diamonds seem to sparkle on the garbage can. 

Look at how my children play commando in the cul de sac. 

Look at how my husband has survived another heart attack. 

Look at all the other mothers envious of all my things. 

Had to call the plumber cause my daughter flushed my wedding ring! 

Look at me I'm beautiful and glamourous in rubber gloves. 

Look at how my tiara can be bent back to the shape it was. 

I can do the laundry and make dinner while I'm on the phone. 

Look at me I'm sexy as the devil when I mow the lawn! 

God bless the American housewife.  How she does it, I'll never know.  She could use a miracle, for sure.  ... Cleaning up the world for you and me..

God bless the American housewife."

from the Goddess: Ladyinthemoon at 00:37 | link | comments (1) |
parenting, family, on women, who we are, on goddesses

Happy Mother's Day, wonderful women.  I adore you all.

from the Goddess: Ladyinthemoon at 22:07 | link | comments (2) |
family, on goddesses, the heart

Every so often I see a guy (different guys, not the same guy usually) who instantly makes me flush everywhere.  It happened today as I was leaving work.  His hotness cannot be described, but I will say that his dimples would make Mario Lopez jealous.

Speaking of hotness...Adam Levine.  Dork next door hotness.  Maroon 5's latest song "Makes Me Wonder" is fantastic.  Where was this song when I needed it?

from the Goddess: greeneyes at 02:01 | link | comments (4) |

"Stayed out about two hours too late And now its hard gettin out of this bed Man, my boyfriend was a pain in the butt last night And now he's an ache in my head! I stubbed my toe on the dresser And I guess its too late to shower and do my hair! Yeah, throw a ball cap on Hell, half the day is gone! Nothing else could go wrong. Fifty bucks is all I got. When times are tough, it's time to shop! And the credit card will buy a lot... What's another bill to pay? It's that kind of day! Got twenty-six messages on my voicemail And I've only called my best friend back. And I told her when it comes to my life these days I'm somewhere between a cry and a laugh. She said my mom just called her And said I look like I've gained five pounds! Slip into my fat jeans Overdose on mint ice cream Treat the day just like a dream! Hope I see someone I know And I'll smile and put on a show! Say I got somewhere to go! Everyone's got something to say It's that kind of day. Standing still on the interstate And I swear some old lady just flipped me the bird! (Did she just flip me the bird?!?!) It's gotta go up from here Today is gonna disappear And nothing's gonna interfere! Gonna buy myself some flowers And then spend a coule hours Talkin to my higher power! And ask him why life's this way. I'm gonna ask him why my life's this way. There's just no telling what he's gonna say ! It's that kind of day!"

from the Goddess: Ladyinthemoon at 12:36 | link | comments (1) |
emotions, rants and raves

*WARNING*

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick the flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.


You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.


But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.


But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.

~Jenny Joseph~

from the Goddess: Ladyinthemoon at 13:12 | link | comments (4) |

Good lord up in heaven... I love sex. 

Unbelievable... I'd almost forgotten how much I love sex. 

Just thought I'd share.  :)

from the Goddess: Ladyinthemoon at 15:30 | link | comments (2) |
emotions, rants and raves