Well, I DID IT!

Yep. For real. Not practice anymore.

I am officially s*x*y.

So what, do you ask, does it FEEL like?

GOOD!

Because my new hobby is looking at other people who are around my age and realizing that I stack up pretty well. Not in the "beautiful" category but in the "gee, you sure don't LOOK s*x*y!" category.

One reason it is feeling pretty good is that my four children (two biological, other two married to the two biological) gave me a SMASHING bday party! Most of the people in the room had known me at least half my life. And they still showed up!

Now that (optimistically) I'm two-thirds of the way to the finish line of life, what do I plan to do with the next 30 years?

1. Hug my granddaughters
2. Visualize whirled peas
3. Eliminate teeth-grinding and other outward manifestations of stress
4. Be thankful for what I have (no materially but spiritually and emotionally...)
5. Be careful what I wish for
6. Stay hopeful
7. Love my family and friends
8. Try to make the world a better place
9. Keep checking things off on my "I've always wanted to...." list
10. Keep moving

We'll check back on this list from time to time. No promises.