It’s November 1st. For many of us (especially the children) it’s stomach ache day. I remember sorting through our kids’ candy when they came home from trick-or-treating, to pull out anything that was open, or we considered unsafe. I also remember going through it, after they were asleep, to pull out the candy we wanted…
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How many of us have started a new exercise program only to end up with a sports injury that sidelines us? (Yup, I’m raising my hand, are you?) I am on day six of no exercise, after having started out 2013 very well. I’ve had nine weeks of doing Zumba four or five times a…
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I don’t know about you, but for me – Halloween through New Year’s Eve is a battle of the bulge. People sometimes comment on what a strong will-power I must have not to eat all the typical junk food. I confess, I don’t have a strong will-power… I just don’t have it in my house.…
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For a while there was a high school math class, Personal Finance, that actually showed you how to manage your money. Things like how to keep a checkbook, pay your bills, what bills you should have, the estimated cost of things, SAVING money, budgeting, credit cards, are all important things. Is this not offered anymore? …
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I love being outside and doing yard work. I have planted (with help from my dad) most of the landscaping at most of the houses we’ve lived in. I live to be outside – on a warm sunny day. Some of you have heard that I stepped in two hornet’s nests in two weeks, and…
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Oh, the itching! Don’t scratch it, it will make it worse. I know but… the itching! Don’t scratch it. Oh, even just lightly touching it feels so nice. Don’t scratch it. I know, I know. Don’t scratch it. ARGH it itches! Scratch, scratch, scratch. Sigh, I shouldn’t have done that. This is the conversation going…
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