Featured Blog Posts – December 2011 Archive (15)

There are lots of New Years Eve traditions that supposedly bring good luck in the new year, my favorite of which is the Italian tradition of wearing red underwear on New Years Eve! So good luck finding a last minute pair that fits.

But in the…

The Hottest Selling Products for Holiday 2011 according to eDataSource included?  Hasbro's Easy Bake Oven! (a top pick for decades and responsible for adding insult to injury to my chubby childhood) The 'Kindle Fire' apparently fired everybody up too, as did that song I cannot get out of my head, 'Moves…

Meet TV Talk Show Host Jimmy Kimmel's Aunt Chippy from Queens. She was sent to my email today from a fellow babe Barbara. As the rest of you babes decompress from the holiday hoopla have a laugh to start your week.

BTW, Aunt Chippy's ex-husband, was Jimmy's uncle ( the "Security Guard' on the show) who sadly passed this year.

Here's wishing all my fellow babes peace in your hearts and extra cash in your bank accounts.

May you all find time for what brings you joy in between making sure that everyone…

Two lawyers had been stranded on a desert island for several months. The only thing on the island was a tall coconut tree that provided them their only food.

Each day one of the lawyers would climb to the top to see if he could spot a rescue boat coming.....................

One day the lawyer…

The Menopause Pill That Could Boost Your Sex Life

The Huffington Post UK

Georgia James Posted: 20/12/11

A new hormone pill for post-menopausal women could mean their hot flushes will be restricted to the bedroom, thanks to its…

Radio pro Debbie Nigro targets 40-something-plus female demo with Still a Babe concept

(NOTE: I…

If You Don't Know About Joy Mangano You Should!  She's the babe on HSN (Home Shopping Network) who comes up with the best stuff to 'celebrate' all kinds of imperfections.…

A pastor's wife was expecting a baby, so he stood before the congregation and asked for a raise. After much discussion, t hey passed a rule that whenever the pastor's family expanded; so would his paycheck.

After 6 children, this started to get expensive and the congregation decided to hold another meeting to…

136 NFL Alumni Cheerleader Babes (some of them breast cancer survivors) got together to do a dance routine to benefit "Susan G. Komen for the Cure" (Breast Cancer). When they get 5 million views on the video, United Healthcare of Pennsylvania will make a $50,000 donation to the Philadelphia Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen organization. Their goal is to get…

I've had the great pleasure during my life to have often been called " The Life Of The Party". It started back when I was a chubby kid trying to offset my lack of 'curb appeal'. A lot of 'Life Of The Party' people start off as fat kids. After discovering pure joy in my power to make others smile and…

For 25 Years Babes Around The World Have Been Jumping To Their Feet To Dance To Gloria Gaynor’s #1 International Hit , “I Will Survive". We Dance In Flats Now But We Have Survived! Thank You Gloria For This Awesome Song That Makes Us Smile Every Single Time We Hear it. The Song Like You Is…

Come On With The Early Darkness! How Many Carbs Can A Person Eat?

In case you haven't noticed it gets dark outside these days like two minutes after lunch.



Early darkness causes a lot of SAD-ness. Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) is a mood disorder in which…

In Case You Thought It Was Just You, It's Not. We Baby Boomers Are 'Literally' Cracking Ourselves Up And Doing Really Stupid Things to Hurt Ourselves.



Did you catch the news clip featuring  the Santa Claus whose beard caught in the rope he was descending into a crowd of children at a…