Having children early in life has several advantages; for starters, I believe that when we are young we worry less. Perhaps because we are naive or maybe we haven't adopted the paranoia that comes with age and life experience, but I know if I had a small child now, I would have been a walking, talking paranoid wreck. And let's not forget the energy factor or the lack of that is evident as the years take their toll.

I remember how our four children easily turned the house upside down, and I clearly remember that back than even after an intensive work-week, play dates, homework supervision, cooking and housekeeping, I was the first to suggest "dancing on Friday." So after dinner and bathing all four of them, my husband and I would go out. Today, I wish for a Friday right about 10 a.m. on Wednesday and by the time it slowly arrives all I can do is vegge on my couch.

Last weekend I reconnected with several friends that I hadn't seen in some time. We live in different parts of the country, so when we finally do meet we always have tons of catching up to do. Although they are the same age as my husband and me, their kids are much younger and they are still trying to figure out the super woman/mom-juggling act. After catching up on everyone's latest events, one gal casually asked:

"How do I get my life back? And what happened to great sex?"

Every woman occasionally wishes she were in a place where she could find the time and energy for the elusive "great sex."  You know the kind; it came in the initial years of romance and love but seemed to lose frequency as time marched on. Talk show hosts and love gurus are full of tips and scenarios aimed at getting back the intimate times with your sweetheart, but renting a hotel room or sending the kids to grandma's never worked into my schedule, as it did not work into theirs. So it was not a surprise to hear from everyone in the room that the more common kind of sex is now quick and purposeful, not lingering and time-costly.  It appears that after years of a grinding routine requiring all energy to be invested in just getting through the day, the quick sex is preferable.  The pomp and circumstance of gourmet sex is just too expensive for the energy reserves to pay for and eventually it loses appeal and practicality.  

In addition to the unaffordable energy expense, there is always the issue of timing.  As I sat listening to my friends, I couldn't help but smile one girlfriend recited her evening plans last week for a quiet evening with her husband, and how once again without fail her kids managed to stop those plans dead in their tracks.  "It is as if they know we have set aside time that excludes them and therefore they find ways to thwart our scheme," she said. "Sickness, broken limbs and dead goldfish?it all takes a toll."

Having children means expecting disruptions at any and all hours of the night. After a hectic day filled with all the stresses of daily life with multiple kids, all women really want is a thorough foot rub and steaming bubble bath.
After a night of "girl talk," I was sure of few things.  One of them surely was: God had a plan for me to have children early in life; the other?until my friends' children grow up and move out, the hyped up love-making marathons they yearn for will be out of reach.  I think for now my girlfriends will take their quickies and fall asleep reciting their "to do lists" for tomorrow.

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Ok Gals,

I promised a long time ago I will do a series of podcasts on how to market your business for free.

I 'm usually good on my promise, and I did get it done, the issue was I never posted it, because I couldn't figure it out how to edit the podcast. I'm after all Fab40 and BEYOND, so technology challenges me daily.

I've combined the two podcasts, it's short and gives you some tips on how to market yourself through articles. My voice is not someone's that should be doing the podcasts, but maybe I'll get better with time

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By now we have all heard that forty is the new thirty. Some are pushing it by claiming that forty is the new twenty. Yea right?. Especially when you wake up in the morning to a screaming baby, but celebrities don't have such issues. With a staff ready and willing to do anything, they can have kids- and lots of them.

Here are the Top Ten Hot Celebrity Moms Over 40.

Halle Berry, 42:

With her boyfriend, model Gabriel Aubry, Halle has never looked happier. A first time mom (a year ago) to daughter Nahla, she and Gabriel hope to give their baby girl a sibling to play with.  

Sarah Jessica Parker, 43:

This Sex and the City girl resides in NYC, and is married to fellow actor Mathew Broderick. Her son James Wilkie is 6.

Felicity Huffman, 46:

Desperate Housewife she is not. Felicity is a busy working mom on the successful show the "Desperate Housewives". She looks like she has fun juggling her career, husband actor William Macey, and two kids ages 8 and 7.

Nicole Kidman, 41:

Married to country music star Keith Urban, this Australian actress is the mother of Isabella, 16, and son Connor, 14, from her previous marriage to Tom Cruise. She is also a proud mom of eight month old daughter Sunday Rose.

Sarah Palin, 45:

Like her or not,  the Alaskan Governor has managed to do it all.  The former vice-presidential candidate is mother to five children: son Track, 20, daughters Bristol, 18, Willow, 13, Piper, 7 baby son Trig, almost one, and a grandmother to one - baby boy Tripp, son of Bristol.

Vanessa Williams, 45:

She is a former model turned actress on the show “Ugly Betty” and a busy single mom of four - Melanie, 21, Jillian, 19, Devin, 15 (their dad is Ramon Hervey II) and Sasha Gabriella, 8 (her dad is basketball player Rick Fox).  

Sheryl Crow, 47:

Does a great job balancing career and motherhood. The single mom adopted son Wyatt, 22 months.

Cindy Crawford, 43:

Married to Rande Gerber, and a mother to son Presley Walker, 9 and daughter Kaia Jordan, 7, the supermodel still looks like she can kill with her good looks and fit body.

Salma Hayek, 43:

She recently married billionaire business man Francois-Henri Pinault ? and is a new mom to 16 month old Valentina. Salma is busy working and doing lots of charity-work.

Julia Roberts, 41:

A domestic goddess and mother of three, this pretty woman gets better with each and every year. With four year old twins Hazel and Phinnaeus, and Henry, 20 months, I would like to know how she keeps her good looks and her sanity.

Who would of thought ten years ago that our lives would evolve around gadgets, social networks, cutting edge technology, ok, granted, we talked about it, but I would have never believed that my life will depend on it, or at least this is how I find myself feeling from time to time, or is it every morning?

I open my eyes, kiss my hubby, pat my dog and before I could blink I find that my blackberry is already in my left hand, and my right hand is uncontrollably reaching for my laptop and this is when I know that the day has just began.

We live in the information age, and I try, I honestly do, but there is really no way to grasp it all, but I don't want to stop trying. That would be defeatist of me. Somewhere deep inside I would think that I've gotten old and can no longer keep track, so I read another article, try to understand a new trend, another way to stay in touch with one another and embrace it all. I then think that maybe you too would be interested, so I pass it on to you, several articles that I found interesting in the last week or so.

HOW TO: Use Social Media for Better Health  

Networking: Are we losing perspective?  

Give your career a boost with personal branding  

HOW TO: Find a Job on Twitter  

How Much Is your website worth today?  

If you find those articles useful, let me know and I’ll continue to post from time to time when I think I came across something worth reading.

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