The Savvy Old Lady ©
Tellin’ It Like It Is
The Golden Years…My Ass! ©
Let me introduce myself to all of you, I am The Savvy Old Lady.
Please remain seated, put your feet up and have a relaxing cup of tea with me while you read my little pearls of wisdom (or rantings…you make the call). Now, don’t hit the delete button yet, I’m not that decrepit old relative that slobbers all over you at holiday time and family reunions, reminds you how cute you were as a baby and has a thousand and one stories that are guaranteed to put you to sleep in a New York minute. I’m a veteran of five wars, declared by my five kids, in which I have outmaneuvered, outflanked, outrun, outwitted and outsmarted (well at least most of the time…I think) five teenagers. Although I was even injured in the line of duty no one ever bestowed the Purple Heart on this old girl. Having a three year old drop a five pound metal Tonka fire truck on your head and winding up in the emergency room with a concussion does not entitle you to hazard pay, no matter how black, blue and purple you are. I’m a wife of 30 years, yes, yes to the same ol’ guy (who is affectionately known around the house as The Crabby Old Guy), and am in my early 60’s. But most importantly, I AM WHAT I AM.
Now that I have officially reached what we call the wonderful golden years I am finding them to be a bit different than what I thought they would be. So, dear blog-fan, I have decided that l will serve humanity (or at least that segment of humanity that is in or planning on going to live to be in their golden years) by imparting a little bit of wisdom and humor to all of you and to the generations that will follow us. Let me make it clear, I’m glad to have reached this stage in my life but as I venture through it I find myself on more than one occasion muttering under my breath (and sometimes aloud) “The Golden Years…My Ass!”©. I have decided that the only things that are going to help me, and probably you, get through the next few decades are a big old dose of humor every day and a stream-of-conscious venting every now and again. Each week, I plan to blather and vent a bit about the little things in life that we all look back on from the perspective of our golden years and find so humorous and instructive, sort of Aesop’s Fables for the not-so-feeble. Topics such as adapting to my husband’s unplanned early retirement, family vacations, cruises, and many, many more delightful or disastrous situations, that we all can relate to, will be the raw material for these vignettes.
Make sure you check out my Cruise and Travel Reviews and my Cruising Tips blogs on this website for an insider’s view of sailing the high seas. On the Cruise and Travel page you will find My Cruising Log - stories about voyages which not only entertain but also provide some insight about some of the most fabulous cruise ships afloat. The Cruising Tips offer you some advice to make your travel planning, cruising and vacations easier, more of a value and more fun.
Also, please don’t forget to click on my Sounding Off blog, which is my favorite venue, since it gives me a chance to do what I do best and that is vent.
Lastly, from time to time I will publish excerpts from my book, The Golden Years…My Ass! As Told by The Savvy Old Lady ©. This book is the first in a series of the My Ass Books© including one that I’m writing on cruising Savvy Old Lady style!
I welcome and look forward to your comments and suggestions and I hope I can give you a chuckle or three; as “Dirty Harry” used to say make my day…
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Enjoy your life and STAY SAVVY!
Hugs,
THE SAVVY OLD LADY