Hangin’ Tough…but starting to sag
I don’t consider thirty-one as old. I mean I don’t feel old.
Usually.
I mean, just the other day, my three year old said to me, ““Mommy, on my next burfday, I’m gonna be four, right? How old are you gonna be- Eleventeen?!”
Damn, I love that girl.
Sure there was a time when I saw thirty-something’s as early bird special regulars reeking of Bengay. I was a teenager, probably high on Noxzema fumes.
Though I would like to think that I’m still hip in some ways (never mind that my usage of the word “hip” already discounts all efforts). I have a blog. I talk on the phone with friends. I text slowly. I rock the skinny jeans with sheepskin boots. I even watch MTV (don’t judge).
But then, there are times when reality rears it’s ugly, uncool head into my world.
Like when I nearly drove past the Burger King drive thru cashier because he looked like his training wheels were just lifted from the bike he rode to work on.
Or yesterday, when Buddisodes told me that in my recent photo (upper right hand corner), I look just like my mother.
And how Dadisodes also pointed out that I have “neck wrinkles” in the photo.
Why, thank you, honey. You know Saturday is Valentine’s Day, right. I’ll be busy. CVS has 2 for 1 weekend coupons for Geritol, and then I’m off to bingo, K?
Just the other night, Dadisodes and I were lying in bed watching TV. Like clockwork, he dozed off and I immediately flipped the clicker to Real World on MTV (dude, leave me alone). Amidst the usual drunken, half-naked debauchery, one of the cast members began interviewing the band H.ey Monday.
And something….I don’t know…Something.…Something about them just struck a chord with me. Something from the past.
Oh yes. That’s it. Twenty years ago I had the sweetest, most adorable puppy ever. His name was Scrappy, and he looked very similar to them….I mean, this.
I loved that dog. Like most kids, I begged and begged to bring home a furry, four- legged animal to ruin our shag carpets and destroy shoes. I was barely a teenager, and was probably the last kid on our block to get a dog. It never occurred to me that I would probably end up moving out before the dog reached middle age. But I didn’t care. I loved him anyway. Well that, and the fact that I was a teenager. A teenage girl with a limited ability to see life beyond 2 hours. Hormone enraged and perpetually locked inside of my bedroom. Teasing my bangs to achieve new heights while carving out my own hole in the ozone layer with Aqua Net. Wistfully gazing up at my bedroom walls plastered with New Kids on the Block posters. I sat on top of my twin bed, daydreaming about Jordan Knight, and how if we ever met, my tight-rolled stone washed jeans would swoon him. And he would let me feel his braided tail.
What the hell was I thinking?
*sigh*
Perhaps I am getting old. Because the possibility of ever wearing my hair to resemble my pet is so totally out of the question.
Although, my hair can look rather disheveled and moppy in the morning. I could just forgo brushing it all together.
I should do that.
And perhaps add bit of Purrwl Cream to my daily beauty regimen.
I would look so fly.
Oh Noxema. I felt like I bought that stuff in bulk.
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February 10th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
OK, so the pulverized pearls combined with “special Oriental ingredients” totally cracked me up. You’ve got quite a few years before you need to worry, my friend.
February 10th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
I saw New Kids on the Block in concert. I feel like a total loser today for admitting that. I should have signed this comment anonymous.
KEEP BELIEVING
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February 10th, 2009 at 2:06 pm
Do they still make Noxema? I used to wash my face with that.
I think Scrappy has beautiful hair.
What in the world was Daddisoides thinking?
Pearl Cream? Real Pearls? Hahahaha!
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February 10th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I always have a little chuckle when someone half my age feels old. America sure is youth-oriented, isn’t it? And having Dadisodes around sure isn’t helping.
Anyway, you look lovely and you’re only old to kids.
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February 10th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
when you start pushing sixty than you are old. I’m 57
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February 10th, 2009 at 2:30 pm
But you DO look fly.
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February 10th, 2009 at 2:31 pm
ROFL! *sigh* I sooooo remember the Noxema, Aquanet and rolled up jeans days. This just made my whole day!
February 10th, 2009 at 3:24 pm
I think you look fabulous in that photo…and my Mom…and sis in law and the IT Guy all agree with me…that you are pretty beautiful bec they saw you in facebook…you don’t look your age at all!
I really thought you got married early…and finished school early too!
LOL@Eleventeen, so cute, that will be my age for-everrrrr…
I also used to think getting to 20 will make me so old…see, my craziness was way advanced…but I’m 29 now…and I think I’m fine…but no, I don’t watch MTW…I am so sadddd…. LOL
And this year…I will be 30!
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February 10th, 2009 at 3:28 pm
We are the same age. Dontcha dare say we’re old, hon. I feel 5 – hence my weekly commute to Chuck E Cheese.
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February 10th, 2009 at 4:48 pm
Dadisodes said ***what***?
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February 10th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Memories…in the corner of my mind.
I had the NKOTB SHEETS!!
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February 10th, 2009 at 5:00 pm
NKOTB rules! Rat tails and all!!! *G*
And I feel VERY old…all the time
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February 10th, 2009 at 5:08 pm
The fact her hair looks like your pet is hilarious.
As for getting old, it just happens, my step kids like to point out those strands of gray hair that seem to be multiplying on my head lately. LOL
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February 10th, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Girl you are so fly! And no you do know have neck wrinkles in that photo (at least I can’t see them on my laptop).
Oh noxcema, the memories. And btw, you have made me feel extra old since NKOTB are about two years after my time. The Jesus and Mary Chain, anyone anyone? No? Ok back to the old folks home for me.
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February 10th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Noxzema, Aqua Net, high bangs, New Kids, tight rolled jeans… oh the memories! What a great post!
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February 10th, 2009 at 6:07 pm
Noxema! I can smell it now! Ahhhhh lol. Great great memories! Thanks for the recall, lol. It really seems like just yesterday.
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February 10th, 2009 at 6:18 pm
Ohhh sweetie, you look great!!!
Don’t do that to yourself!! I spent the best years of my life thinking I was old, and not looking good enough!!
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February 10th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Stop it. I am older than you and SOOOOO feeling it right now!!!!
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February 10th, 2009 at 6:29 pm
I remember the Pearl Cream commercials! And seriously, you are making these 40-somethings feel downright ancient. I’m wearing my cozy elastic pants and enjoying them!
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February 10th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
ah, Noxzema and rolled up jeans – I remember it well
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February 10th, 2009 at 7:34 pm
LOL! You just took me back to my heyday! Loved the New Kids on the Block! What the heck is Dadisodes talking about with the neck wrinkles!! Bad Dadisodes!
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February 10th, 2009 at 7:53 pm
You maybe only thirty-one but seem wise beyond your years…
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February 10th, 2009 at 8:08 pm
Umm 31 I hope isn’t old. I turned 31 a week and a half ago!
and I soooo LOVED Joey from NKOTB.
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February 10th, 2009 at 8:15 pm
I didn’t even understand half of what you said — that is how old I am, and did you check out the picture of Robert and me going to the Charity Ball — I thought I looked sooooo good until I looked at that picture. These glasses have got to go!!!! Old I tell you 59 and 3/4 is old not 31.
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February 10th, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Oh, the memories. Between you and Facebook, I feel like I am right back in high school.
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February 10th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Wisdom comes with age so I enjoy getting older, but I sure do miss being able to get away with kooky hairstyles
And, yes, I did like Jordan, but I was a bit too old for the kiddy pop when they were popular…my tween hearthrobs were Leif Garret and Sean Cassidy 
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February 10th, 2009 at 10:46 pm
doesn’t he know to NEVER say we look like our mothers!!!!!!!!
February 10th, 2009 at 10:50 pm
You look beautiful in that pic!
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February 10th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Noxema must be an American thing.
But I know Bengay
For me it was A-Ha and Patrick Swayze (or however you spell that).
Uh, I’m glad I’m getting old(er).
February 10th, 2009 at 11:44 pm
So I have to stop saying hip? And I have to start using Pearl Creme and watching MTV? Momisodes’ secrets to staying young!
Does it make you feel any better that I am older than you? Wait, don’t answer that!
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February 11th, 2009 at 12:00 am
My 7 year old thinks I’m 26. And, I’m not telling her she’s wrong. It’s enough that I feel 26 (well, on a good day anyway).
I think Dadisodes needs a dose of his own medicine…you should *zing* him back sometime. If I knew him better I’d give you suggestions.
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February 11th, 2009 at 12:57 am
Ha! Eleventeen was prolly the biggest number she could think of.
February 11th, 2009 at 1:32 am
I find it terribly depressing when I remember something that happened, oh, twenty years ago.
Speaking of which, my mother has a twenty year-old jar of Noxema in her medicine cabinet that she used to put on my sunburns, back when I didn’t care how I looked in a bathing suit.
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February 11th, 2009 at 3:12 am
I’m still giggling at “eleventeen”. So cute!
Buddisodes and Dadisodes are CRAZY. You look wonderful! We look so much younger in our 30’s than our parents did. We make 30 HOT!
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February 11th, 2009 at 5:25 am
I had my own issues but loving Jordan Knight and his braided tail was not one of them. I’m glad you had that covered for me.
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February 11th, 2009 at 7:03 am
Dadisodes is CRAZY! You look great!
Mmmm, Noxema. That is one of those smells that is permanently burned into my long-term scent memory. That and Love’s Baby Soft. (I know, I know).
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February 11th, 2009 at 10:54 am
noxema ans sea beeze….i had the coolest skin!!
31 is the new 11 because if 40 is the new 20…good god woman, you’re too young to have a child!!
February 11th, 2009 at 11:11 am
I refuse to believe that I’m getting old. Stop remind me. New Kids on the blog, wearing my hear like animals. The good old days. I’ve actually been thinking about what don’t I do that I use to do. I need to feel young again.
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February 11th, 2009 at 12:50 pm
Oh please. You are so freaking hot it is ridiculous!!!!
Pearl Cream. Hahaha!
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February 11th, 2009 at 2:08 pm
I’m impressed you still watch MTV. Do you think watching Bravo makes me even a tiny bit hip?
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February 11th, 2009 at 9:21 pm
Ok…31 is nowhere NEAR old! Don’t even JOKE about it.
And I love “eleventeen.” My son used to say the same thing … and it makes sense … it should be ten, eleventeen, twelveteen, thirteen and so on.
And I finally admitted I, at 41, was too old for MTV. And now I may even be too old for VHI, which has backslid to some kind of demographic that I’m positive (and hopeful) I am not a part of. But I’m not ready for CBS … yet.
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February 11th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
31? are you kidding? I could run when I was 31, I could eat pizza late at night and then fall asleep 5 minutes later, now that is old.
February 12th, 2009 at 2:00 am
I love the creativity of kids. Maybe the dog wouldn’t hold still long enough.
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February 12th, 2009 at 8:42 am
i recently actually returned (briefly ) to Noxema. you can’t believe how much it dried out my wrinkled 32-year-old skin. i must have had some SERIOUS oil going on back then.
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February 12th, 2009 at 11:17 am
That’s a well written blog entry! Such a great sense of humor. So, should I call you Nancy Kwan from now on? Hahaha!
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February 13th, 2009 at 2:09 am
aww that’s so cute – burfday – I can hear her now.
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February 13th, 2009 at 10:23 am
thanks momisodes for dropping by. Getting my feet wet windy in the sax sounds for now
new tries on word – do you have a regular email you share?
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February 13th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
I do love the way you think … enjoy your sense of humor … delight in your writing facility … but sweetie 31 is NOT old … trust me! Ya know I’m more than twice your age, right … and I’m not old … seriously.
Hugs and blessings,
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February 13th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
Oh you are so funny
i somehow missed this post – so glad I saw it now
yes Aqua Net ruled!!!
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February 14th, 2009 at 4:53 pm
Oh, it was so fun to read this because I’m feeling quite the same. The boyfriend and I went to an amusement park last Sunday and spent time being like kids, playing basketball and throwing darts to win stuffed animals. It was fun, but while we were sitting on a bench eating hotdogs and I took a look at the many teenagers all around, I suddenly felt old. When I see the young lads with black eye-liner and girls wearing skirts smaller than my average hanky, I suddenly thought “What are kids wearing these days?” It made me relive the fashion of the nineties and the things I was crazy about in my teens. And if yours is NKOTB, mine’s the Backstreet Boys. Add in N’Sync.
February 17th, 2009 at 4:23 am
OMG I’m having a flashback and it smells like…Love’s Baby Soft perfume!
What a great post!
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February 18th, 2009 at 5:34 pm
When Katelyn was going to turn 5, she broke down crying as we were talking about her upcoming birthday. When we asked her why she was so sad she answered, “Because I don’t WANT to grow old! Like YOOOOOOOU!!!!” *sigh* There went all MY illusions of being HIP! (LOL!)
I felt old the day I caught my husband and I complaining about how those darn boys be wearin’ the skinny jeans! And dagnabbit! Girls are wearing men’s basketball shorts! They’re all mixed up these days, them youngins!!
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February 24th, 2009 at 12:57 pm