Mar 14, 2008 9:59:35 AM
Observations
My Book Group, Then and Now
I have been in the same book group for the past decade. It's a small group, nine women, and although a couple of people have come and gone over the years, the core has stayed the same.
Our last meeting was Wednesday, and I was the host. The book was No Country for Old Men and I made Deer Valley chili (cheating, for sure, but so delicious), salad, bread, and two kinds of pie for dessert . I have a pair of vintage children's cowboy boots that I used as part of a centerpiece by putting a mint julep cup inside each and filling them with flowers. I added some candlesticks I have that look like antlers and the effect was partly inspired and partly deeply silly.
Anyway, as always, the conversation was animated and honest and hilarious. We did manage to talk about the book--a bit--and it was almost universally admired, if confusing at the beginning and filled with gun names that none of us understood.
The next morning I was thinking about how the group has changed, and I compiled a little list of what we used to talk about ten years ago and what we talk about now:
THEN
The chicken pox vaccine
Children who bite
Real estate
Should I stop working?
Similac, Huggies, Tylenol, Balmex, Gymboree
Children who don't sleep
Sex
Playdates
Presidents who sleep with interns
The scarcity of teenage babysitters
Domestic travel
How to explain things to your daughter when she's not invited to the birthday party
NOW
The HPV vaccine
Teens who drink
Real estate
Should I go back to work?
Xanax, Clonapin, Ambien, Prozac, Lexipro
Moms who don't sleep
Sex
Travel soccer
Governors who sleep with prostitutes
The importance of the bond market
International travel
How to explain things to your son when he sees the commercial for Cialis
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Posted on Mar 14, 2008 9:59:35 AM by Kristin van Ogtrop | Link |
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We used to talk about our college experiences; now we are talking about our children's college applications. And by the way, I really hate the commercials for cialis and viagra too! I don't think that they should be on the tv before 10pm! Was the book better than the movie? I know it won an Academy Award and all but I liked Juno way better.