50-something Moms Blog

Madonna Madness

Well, well, well...Madonna is having a concert and I want to go...yes...I want to go...after all...she is turning 50...it is her 50th birthday year...her 50th birthday concert tour...and it is my 50th year...and therefore...I should go...yes...I should get to go to her concert...and maybe even bring my 22 year old daughter...since I will likely not get any of my 50 year old friends to join me...no...no one wants to go to see Madonna with me...no one has Madonna Madness like me.

I've been a diehard Madonna fan for so many years...and I never knew she was born the same year I was...yes...the Material Girl will soon be fiftysomething...just like me...and she is so cool...and she is so fresh...and she is so hip...she continues to reinvent herself...year after year...oh...don't you just love Madonna.

When I found out that the Material Girl...yes...the Material Girl was having a concert tour after she turns 50 in August...that was it..."I have to get tickets...I have to go," I said to myself last week.  I went directly to Madonna.com to find out if she was going to be in the Philadelphia area...and guess what...guess what...yes...yes...yes...her tour is not only passing through Philadelphia... it is hitting even closer...she is also going to be in Atlantic City in November...wow...wow...wow..."I must go, I must go," I screamed.

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Puppy Love

I was riding my bicycle yesterday morning...it was a lovely day...the sun was shining...the temperature was about 70 degrees...and as I rode around my neighborhood I took special notice of all the dog walkers and their dogs...that's because my daughter (my daughter who is graduating from college next week and moving back home...back into my house...temporarily...I hope) thinks I should have a dog.  Doesn't every widow (yes, I am a 50-something widow) need a dog to keep her company?

"I'll take care of a puppy," said my daughter, "I'll train it, I'll walk it...and then when I move out you'll have a wonderful companion.  "Hmm," I thought to myself, "do I really need or want a dog...especially a puppy at this point in my life...how will I take care of it...when will I walk it...will I want to get up at 8:00 am on a weekend morning (when I can sleep in) to walk a puppy?"

And as I rode my bike around the neighborhood, I waved at all the dog owners walking their dogs...the big dogs and the little dogs...the fat dogs and the skinny ones...the grown dogs and the puppies...they

Electronically Deficient Mommy

I consider myself technologically illiterate...especially when it comes to electronics...can't any piece of equipment be easy to use?  Why is it that I can't even turn on the television anymore...or find the station I want...and now that my son bought me a new DVD player for my bedroom...I'm really at a loss...now I can't find my favorite TV show...and I can't turn on a movie either.  Now I have to use three changers...one for the TV...one for the DVD and one for my cable provider. 

Of course, my son thinks his mom is Electronically Deficient...yes, I am a 50 year old EDM...a 50 year old Electronically Deficient Mommy...so when I want to watch a movie I ask my son to write down the directions...step by step...and then I take it nice and slow...I start turning on the DVD and TV about 15 minutes from the time I plan to watch the movie...sometimes the process goes off without a hitch...other times it is a complete disaster...I'll get the TV on...then I'll try to turn on the DVD player and the TV turns off...then I have both on but I cannot get the cable turned off so the movie will start...and sometimes I just give up and go read a book instead.

My son thinks it is comical...especially when I call him on his cell phone while he is out so he can give me further directions. "Are you ever going to learn how to use this DVD and TV?" he often says to me, "How