Nothing jazzes us up like women doing what they damn well please.  When we discovered “Women On Wheels® we got all goose bumpy—this was a group of women we had to know more about.  Little did we know the impact this group was having on so many people, and at so many different levels of our society?

“Women On Wheels® is a national organization that was founded in 1982 for the express purpose of uniting women motorcyclists for recreation, education, mutual support and recognition, and to promote a positive image of motorcycling.  We welcome all women motorcycle enthusiasts whether 18 or 80.   We ride all brands, all sizes, and all styles of motorcycles.  We welcome riders, passengers, and future riders to join us.”-- says their home page.

Welcome back to the newest reality TV show, Big Sister.  Check out the final seven episodes of the first season below.  The baby sisters are learning their last lessons from the Big Sisters and are finding ways to cope with their tumultuous 40s.  In the Season One finale, the 40-somethings will get a surprise gift from their 50-plus mentors and will be on their way to becoming Aging But Dangerous. 
7. Celebrity Cry Club – The sisters are all together for “Movie Night” in the family room.  While the baby sisters cry uncontrollably (because that’s what you do when you are in your 40s – you cry not just during chick flicks but even during the 4th of July parade with its stirring music and at your son’s soccer games because he moves like a beautiful animal), the Big Sisters surprise them with some real life chicks from the flicks – Julia Roberts, Halle Berry, and Jennifer Aniston  – who come and shed some tears as fellow 40-somethings.  Oh, it feels so good to let it all out!  
8. So You Think You Can Shop? – The girls all go on an outing today – to the local Walgreen’s – where the Big Sisters take the baby sisters shopping to find all of the new medications they will need to deal with the changes in energy, hormones, weight, sleep, incontinence, allergies, sex, etc. 
9. Yawn Stars – The Big Sisters convene in the kitchen to create a loud “wake-up call” for the baby sisters because all they want to do is sleep!  The baby sisters have complained of constant exhaustion (they pray they are at the right place at the right time for the right child when they show up at teachers’ conferences!) and need to get their groove back.  So, after a good breakfast full of anti-oxidants, the 40-somethings are led on a hike to the top of a mountain, where they are picked up for a helicopter ride, during which they watch in awe as the 50-plussers parachute out of an airplane as part of their annual “Martini Jump” ritual.

AUF WIEDERSEHEN “PROJECT RUNWAY” – HELLO “BIG SISTER”
What I Would Like to See on Reality TV
By Robyn Hall
July 2010
Part 2

Welcome to the newest reality TV show, Big Sister, hosted by Aging But Dangerous divas C. Suzanne Bates and Jean Ketcham.  They have invited five of their 50-plus friends to become big sisters and mentors to women who need it most – women in their 40s (the baby sisters).  Watch the first six episodes outlined below (and enjoy the puns based on real reality TV shows).  Stay tuned for the next seven episodes and the inspiring conclusion to Season One!

1. How Not to Look Old or Fat  -  The baby sisters angst over the huge changes in their bodies.  The Big Sisters reveal that what they are experiencing is normal – that when you enter your 40s, your metabolism starts to crawl along at a snail’s pace; your waistline expands and gets its own zipcode; your breasts get “slaggy” (as my 10 year old told me while I was lounging in my lace-up bathing suit in Hawaii, which is a lovely combo of “slack, “sagging” and “flabby”); and you get those damn muffin tops that all low-rise jeans (because what other kind are there?!) make so unflatteringly apparent.  What’s a MILF to do?  Guest host and author Charla Krupp gives out tips from her books on the topic.