{"id":266,"date":"2009-03-30T15:58:25","date_gmt":"2009-03-30T20:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kaybuena.com\/blog\/?p=266"},"modified":"2009-03-30T15:58:25","modified_gmt":"2009-03-30T20:58:25","slug":"i-the-so-thought-lady-of-the-house-have-comments-to-inflict-heres-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/i-the-so-thought-lady-of-the-house-have-comments-to-inflict-heres-one\/","title":{"rendered":"I, the so–thought "lady" of the house, have comments to inflict, or as it is said: "friendly reminders." Here's one:"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There are\u00a0at least 3 things for women to worry about as they age…especially those over 50.\u00a0 (1)<\/strong> : don’t think your\u00a0 old<\/em>-make-up from yesterdays maze of happenings\u00a0will pass as ”slightly and modestly applied”,\u00a0 sort’ of \u00a0like:\u00a0you purposefully seem a tad \u00a0rumpled–No<\/strong>!\u00a0 You must face<\/strong> the mirror\u00a0 <\/strong>even if you are an old ballet dancer unable to stike a 1st position Ballet pose, the time is Now<\/strong>…Too bad about the truth that you will never ever become a Ballerina:You are crippled-up, 1 artificial hip, 1 artificialpelvis and hip joint–and they are metal.\u00a0 Every time\u00a0I think I can take off with a grand jete`, or several across the living room floor…Dream on, says I to myself;\u00a0\u00a0however as you are merely an experienced bohemian\u00a0suffering the effects\u00a0of a rather raucous night –as in ” I meant to look like this.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ”\u00a0\u00a0—-:blaze”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Don’t be falling into that trap.that hole is so deep, it is practically Alcatraz.
\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (2.)<\/strong>Wash up from time to time, and tend to your face,\u00a0 it needs to be repainted so as to not scare small children.\u00a0 \u00a0It may be old,that face,\u00a0but you’ve got to take the bad with the good\u00a0.\u00a0 Why don’t you take a bath,\u00a0 or \u00a0brush your teeth, even if you don’t have time;\u00a0 It\u00a0 matters, both personally and socially\u00a0and finally,:(3):<\/strong> \u00a0notice what you thought to be a massive cricket colony, is probably\u00a0tintinnitis. Call off the exterminator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There are\u00a0at least 3 things for women to worry about as they age…especially those over 50.\u00a0 (1) : don’t think your\u00a0 old-make-up from yesterdays maze of happenings\u00a0will pass as ”slightly and modestly applied”,\u00a0 sort’ of \u00a0like:\u00a0you purposefully seem a tad \u00a0rumpled–No!\u00a0 You must face the mirror\u00a0 even if you are an old ballet dancer […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-unusual-stories"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8R4qt-4i","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16,"url":"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/there-is-nothing-quite-like-staring-into-the-eyes-of-a-shaking-rifle\/","url_meta":{"origin":266,"position":0},"title":"There Is Nothing quite Like Staring into the Eyes of a Shaking Rifle.","author":"Kay Buena","date":"September 3, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Back when I was a kid ( about 26) I had a unique experience with\u00a0the County Sherrif's officers that gave me a rather grey look into the black and white letters of the law.\u00a0 I was a serious Ballet student, and had just come home from my 2 &\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":123,"url":"https:\/\/blog.kaybuena.com\/blog\/betty-jane-gets-a-make-over\/","url_meta":{"origin":266,"position":1},"title":"3. 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