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Why I Want to Live in the Sundance Catalog
July 29, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane’s Sundance catalog arrived today. She is always so excited to see it, and it’s not because she wants to buy everything in it. It’s because she wants to live in the catalog. There are some really good reasons for this and even better reasons why this wouldn’t be such a […]
No returns. No exchanges. No dressing rooms.
July 27, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane and her friend Susan, in a never-ending quest for adventure totally beneath the maturity level that they should aspire to, found a new, humongous “store” to go to in the DC area. This store is called “Unique,” and they name is apt. The store is housed in the airplane-hanger-like space […]
Goodnight Sweetheart, Whoever You Are
July 19, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Now Husband had a high school reunion yesterday. He is always having high school reunions, because he went to four high schools. Three were in Europe. One was in Morocco. So, in addition to the four reunions in the actual locations of the schools, there are four US-based reunions each year. This provides him with […]
Just Beat Me With A Banana
July 16, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Stop the presses. Ok, what Life n the Boomer Lane mean is if there were presses, she would stop them. She’s on a rant. CNN just came out with a story titled “Study: Body Shape Affects Memory in Older Women/Memory Loss More Pronounced in Women Who Carry Excess Weight Around Their Hips, A Study Says.” […]
Body Flow. Not.
July 14, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Twice a week, Life in the Boomer Lane takes a Pilates Reformer class at her gym. The “Reformer” is a big, lightly padded board on wheels, with levers, pulleys, weights, and other components, all employed without the benefit of a user’s manual. It was either invented by Mr Pilates, the same person who invented people […]
Selling Off My Children’s Futures
July 10, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Many people fondly remember the warm and fuzzy events of their childhoods: the sight of presents under the Christmas tree, a trip to the zoo or to the beach or to the amusement park, the taste of a favorite food that only Mom could cook so well. My children, on the other hand, remember things […]
Selling Off My Children's Futures
July 10, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Many people fondly remember the warm and fuzzy events of their childhoods: the sight of presents under the Christmas tree, a trip to the zoo or to the beach or to the amusement park, the taste of a favorite food that only Mom could cook so well. Life in the Boomer Lane’s children, on the […]
What Husbands Do When Wives Leave Town. Again.
July 5, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
Life in the Boomer Lane went to Delaware for the weekend with Sex-and-the-Sixty-Year-Old Susan. She went there to do a book signing at Browseabout Books in Rehoboth Beach. Susan would be there to helped her. LBL made jokes about Now Husband habit of making some kind of major purchase without consulting with her every time […]
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The Girl Who Strayed With Buyers
August 2, 2010 by Life in the Boomer Lane
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If you’ve been in the real estate business as long as I have, you’ve probably accumulated a lot of fun experiences that, in retrospect, could have been used successfully in POW camps. I’ve locked myself out of houses, and once, another agent and I had to climb in through a high window to get in. […]