‘Tis the Season to be Jolly!
Here
it is, another year end and as usual, 39ers,
we’re left scratching our heads, wondering how the other eleven months managed
to slip by so quickly.
For
some, December brings another
UN-birthday that often takes back stage to all the Holiday parties and hoopla. So
birthday 39ers, it’s time for you to
grab your limelight and deck the halls. Tip: Create a birthday/holiday combo
event. Put the party focus on the birthday guy or gal, as the celebrated Elf
guest of honor!
39er Fitness
and Fun
There
are two kinds of people during the Holidays. Yup. Just two. Those who vow not
to partake of the volumes of yummy goodies, trying desperately to wear blinders
and declare December diet month, and those who don’t give a damn, plying everyone
within arm’s length with Irish Cream brownies, rum cake, and a mountain of whip
cream on homemade apple pie. Sigh.
What
can you do if you edge off the healthy vittles for an Eggnog Mousse Snowman? Exercise! Even a ten-minute walk a couple times a
day will help melt away those decadent dessert drink pounds. On your return, make notes for a healthy 2019
nutrition regimen.
Before
we look to the January diet jump-starters, let’s wallow in the warm aroma of oven-fresh
sugar cookies and remember …
39 Years Ago
this Month ~ DECEMBER 1979
Grease hit it big in June 1978 and
still dominated the retail Holiday gift-giving more than a year later. But the
first week of December 1979, another
movie blasted Grease off the grid
into outer space …
December 7th: The USS Enterprise
(NCC-1701) truly began its journey to explore where no man (or woman) had gone
before. It ventured out from a little boob tube into a
vast world premiere of Star Trek: The Motion Picture
where it certainly outlived its five-year mission.
After ten years (the television show
ended in 1969), we watched the same small-screen cast come to life in the
theaters. Familiar, yes, but the movie added outer dimensions and great new
catch-phrases, like “Beam us up, Scotty.” By
the way, would you want your bodily DNA whisked through space by a fellow who
asks, “When are ya gonna get off of that milk diet Laddy? Now Scotch is a real
drink for a man.” Heehee.
For 39ers who
Follow the Stars
…
Infamous for spotting
opportunities and eternally seeking new ideas, Sagittarian 39ers (11/22-12/21) are the perfect
lead-in to the last month of the year. Their adventurous and vivacious
personality will guide you through the best parties and festivities of the
season. The hard part for the rest of us, is getting them to slow down long
enough to enjoy it.
The
second half of the month, destination-minded Capricorn
(12/22-01/19) takes 2018’s leftover goals and Sag’s flashy new concepts, to
fashion a great new 2019 beginning—the perfect team! Caps need you, however, to remind them
to lighten up once in a while and appreciate the fruits of their labors.
December’s
turquoise gemstone is a symbol of good fortune and success, polished bright for
your New Year.
The New Year promises to be … exactly what we make of it. Want to be sad and
miserable? There is certainly enough wretchedness around us to help promote
your gloom. Choose to be happy and nurturing for yourself and others? Yes …
it’s a choice. There is also much in this world to encourage your joy,
year-round. Make 2019 your year of cheerfulness and content.
Aging with ATT-i-tude Platitude
When you’re 39 and Holding … again
… it’s another opportunity for a new beginning. Don’t start over. Just take a
deep breath and start again.
~ LinDee Rochelle; 39 and Holding Club
founder.
Great cheese and wine need
aging, but 39ers know Age is Just a Number … LIFE is ATT-i-tude!TM
Happy UN-Birthday DECEMBER 39ers,
(This
one’s for you, kids – 39AHC UN-Birthday 39ers: Linda,
Patricia, Ken, Kevin)
Chat
on Twitter: @39HoldingClub
Are
you a 39er this month? Feel free to share your UN-birthday comments below (click on Comments or if it says No
Comments, click that to be the first) and tell us how you really feel about
your age and aging. Keep the stories coming!
LinDee
Rochelle is a writer and editor by trade, and an author by way of Rock &
Roll. She has published two books (of three) in her Blast from Your Past series, available on Amazon (eBook and print): Book 1 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The First Five Years 1954-1959; and Book 2 – Rock & Roll Radio DJs: The Swinging Sixties. Coming soon, … The Psychedelic Seventies!
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