Paws Rewind

We’re all in the same boat these days, and the ship’s gettin’ real tight, folks. This week, we share our own methods for shaping a new normal without killing everyone in our households. Also featured: creating order in disorder, and should we feel guilty eating all our isolation snacks in one day?

What’s going on with our loose bladders and sagging skin? We love our bodies, but sometimes certain parts and functions have a mind of their own as we age. We gripe and also praise our middle-aged bodies and all they do (or don’t do). Also featured in this episode: Susie can’t seem to dodge strange side effects, and Angie’s lost 45 minutes of her life watching a clunky British reality show.

Angie turns 50, and has a very important question about Jell-O shots. We learn about throwing garbage at 30-year-old single men, and other bizarre birthday traditions from around the world. Also featured in this episode: Susie confirms that 40 degrees IS the perfect coffee-on-the-porch weather, and Angie wonders if she should give in to the AARP “propaganda.”

Gen X kids grew up with fears of nuclear war and having their face on the side of a milk carton. This week, Angie and Susie recall those, as well as weird-ass fears of shoes, whales, and accidentally opening portals to hell. Also featured on this episode: Susie wonders why technology has to have so many remotes and inputs, and Angie can’t decide if loud farts are worse than the silent-but-deadly ones.

There’s no shortage of middle-aged people out there kicking ass, and they inspire us! Seriously, Helen Mirren’s a total fox with a heart of gold … and who wouldn’t want Michelle O’Bama’s arms? Also featured in this episode: Susie’s gettin’ witchy, and Angie farted at game night.

Would you bring Champagne as your only drink on a desert island? One of us would. How about a fancy adjustable bed? Yep — one of us definitely would. This week we reveal our desert island wish lists, and Angie is a cheater. Also featured in this episode: Susie finds she underestimated a classic horror film, and Angie plans to sew some clothing (ass-less chaps?).

Don’t you think you should just like what you like — no guilt? We do too! Own those donuts, yacht rock tunes, and cheesy Hallmark movies! Also featured on this week’s episode: Susie may or may not have stayed at a haunted hotel, and Angie wonders where she’d put litter boxes in a tiny house.

This week’s episode should probably be called, ‘What the Smell?” We try coffee substitutes and have definite opinions about their tastes and smells. Also featured this week: “Smell my pits!;” dating yourself for Valentine’s Day; childhood memories of “Country Crotch” butter substitute; and Angie’s disgusting gloves. Enjoy!

Are Gen X women facing unique roadblocks? Author Ada Calhoun thinks so, and we agree. This week, we dig into Why We Can’t Sleep: Women’s New Midlife Crisis, and gab about the book, as well as our own experiences and coping strategies. Also featured in this episode: Susie’s husband’s otherworldly experience with pork nugs, and Angie’s empty nesting for the second time around.

What kind of underwear do YOU wear? Has your changing body or age affected the type of skivvies you purchase? This week we share our own exciting (and no-so-exciting) underwear journeys, as well as muse over such topics as period panties and bubble-wrap chaps. Also featured in this week’s episode: Susie’s mid-century furniture frenzy and Angie’s condo-manifesting madness.