Did you watch that episode of the Oprah show when she revealed that almost every woman is wearing the wrong sized bra?  I really took that to heart and had a professional “bra specialist” measure me and you’ll never guess…I was wearing the wrong sized bra!  Who knew? I’m proud to say that the [...]

Hey Dad, Remember when we all used to pile into your green Ford station wagon and you’d take us to Camp Kiawa?  Girl Guides were our lives back then weren’t they?  You’d start saving those plastic juice bottles in the winter, carefully rinsing them out and storing them in the fruit cellar so we’d have [...]

  Fifty is fast approaching for me folks – July 9 is right around the corner!  I figure I’m in pretty good company with these beautiful and successful women over 50! Meryl Streep, 61 – This beautiful woman is my favourite actress who stars in my favourite film, Bridges of Madison County.  I’ve loved so [...]

I can’t remember the last time I stayed up until 2:00 a.m., READING A BOOK!  There I was my pillows scrunched behind my badly kinked neck with my little night lite on, my eyes burning, my body aching for sleep, so tired my fingers could barely turn the pages!  But I COULD NOT PUT DOWN [...]

I’ve been watching Oprah forever.  I tuned in to her show back in her big hair and earring days in the late 80’s.  I liked her then and I like her now.  When I watch her last show today I know it’s going to feel like when I’ve just finished a good book and I [...]

MAKE IT WRITE! Enter the ALS Short Story Competition and help raise funds for families living with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) What is ALS? ALS is a fatal, rapidly progressive neuromuscular disease that strikes regardless of age, sex or ethnicity.  ALS Ontario is a charitable organization dedicated to providing the necessary equipment and support services [...]

MySaggyButt is on vacation for the next 2 weeks!  I’ve dug back into the archives and brushed off the cobwebs from some of my favourite “Posts From The Past.”  I’ll be back on May 17 rested and ready to write!  See you then! Writing Love Letters: A Lost Art My Letter From Juliet Easter Escapades [...]

It’s all about the dress isn’t it?  Kate Middleton’s dress designer and her much anticipated wedding dress are practically under house arrest until the Royal Wedding on April 29.  What is it about “the dress” that makes us pay thousands of dollars to wear it for a few short hours and then have it take [...]

  We’re talkin’ cell phones today – Blackberrys, iPhones, cell phones – all the fancy communication tools we use to speak to each other.  Anyone talk face-to-face anymore?  In particular, we’re telling cell phone disaster stories here at MySaggyButt.com.  Bleach, BlackBerrys and Water Don’t Mix Seems like everybody has one – a cell phone as [...]

The Woman I Was Meant To Be The audience and judges snickered when she took centre stage.  The music began and as if by magic her fears melted away and a strong confident woman sang her heart out to the sceptics in the audience who sadly pre-judged her by her off-the-rack cream coloured dress and [...]