http://30somethingandsearching.today.com thoughts from a single 30something female in Chicago.... Thu, 19 Mar 2009 15:25:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I found out yesterday that my grandmother’s brother isn’t coming to her party.  He never calls or sends cards to her, but keeps in touch with his other siblings and nieces or nephews.  We thought if nothing else, he’d surely come to her 90th birthday.  Nope. It’s curious what makes people ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/19/disgusted/ Two weeks from today, my grandma turns 90.  I keep telling her that in 2 weeks, she’ll be old.  My grandma and I have a close relationship and we tease each other all the time.  In fact, because her birthday is April Fool’s Day, I tell her she was a ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/18/2-weeks-to-go/ My Irish eyes are smiling because today is St. Patrick's Day, which means corned beef, but also because it is going to be in the 70's!  It's already gorgeous and it's not even noon! It's too bad the parade isn't today, though it was nice over the weekend too. We celebrated St. ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/17/wearin-o-the-green/ Have you noticed that men get weird hair as they get older? photo credit: straightdope.com Now, I won’t pretend that women don’t get hair in places they would prefer not to as they age as well.  We all know about the dreaded mustache, chin hair and other random hairs that can grow ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/16/hair-growing-where/ I am sure some of my regular readers have noticed that I haven't been posting much in the last week.  Nor have I been dropping on blogs like I normally would. The reason for that is because my laptop has died.  If you read here regularly, you probably know that I ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/12/why-ive-been-will-be-mia/ How do you lose weight? I don’t mean what are your methods of losing weight, I mean, where do you lose it first? I know most women carry their weight in their stomach, hips, rear and thighs.  For me, any extra weight I might gain goes to my belly and my face, ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/09/how-do-you-lose-weight/ I recently joined the Facebook revolution. I had been on Myspace for a few years, but I have neglected it. I admit to having had a Myspace addiction when I first signed up. It was a lot of fun to find old friends and get reacquainted. Over ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/04/have-you-joined/ I mentioned a while ago that we are throwing my grandma a 90th birthday party. I made the invitations and included a photo of my grandma when she was 19 and from 2 years ago.  A few people have commented that they have never seen my grandma look like she ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/03/5-weeks-and-counting/ Don’t you just hate those telemarketing calls? photo credit: ehow.com I signed up years ago on the Do Not Call Registry, but certain telemarketers are exempt. That includes fundraising for charities and political parties. Normally, I don’t mind that.  We don’t get many calls from charities other than those we have donated to ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/02/quit-harassing-me/ February has come to a halt and with it I have a new round of thank you's.  The following blogs provided the most visits from placing my card on their Entrecard widget for one day. A special thank you to you all! 110 Clicks  78 Clicks  ... http://30somethingandsearching.today.com/2009/03/02/top-entrecard-ads-for-february/