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My childhood home | A Faded Ginger
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Wherein I attempt to age gracefully. Odds are against me. March 13, 2013. This was the home of my childhood.* Stereotypical of mid century suburbia, it was built by Levitt and Sons. In a planned community with matching street names, walking distance schools, and children everywhere. At about 1500 square feet, it never felt small to us kids, and we certainly knew bigger families than ours living in the same house. There was less redundancy in these homes, no matching living and family rooms. The famil...
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Type 2 Diabetes – Another Step | Old Girl New Tricks
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Old Girl New Tricks. Enjoying every minute of retirement! Type 2 Diabetes – Another Step. August 10, 2015. The journey is continuing. But the path is not always easy. This past weekend, I ran into a rough spot. On Saturday night, into Sunday morning, I was sick. The Metformin I have been taking has been giving me digestive problems on occasion, but this was the worst yet. I was up for two and a half hours and in agony. August 9, 2015 – 1 pm Blood Glucose level – 8.3. Now I have a few questions. I have be...
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Old Girl New Tricks. Enjoying every minute of retirement! A Playlist for Me. July 5, 2016. Because John, my husband, is a techno-whiz, I know very little about the electronics in our house. We have a “set-up”. There is a 55″ high definition TV, a sound system, a DVD player, a set-top box (? So here is what my husband of 49 years, 11 months, and 20 days does for me on a typical evening. He sets all of this up on his phone and they form a queue and play one after the other. I don’t want to make anyon...
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Type 2 Diabetes – Testing. Testing. | Old Girl New Tricks
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Old Girl New Tricks. Enjoying every minute of retirement! Type 2 Diabetes – Testing. Testing. July 30, 2015. I have recently gone on medication for Type 2 Diabetes. It has been just over a month and my stomach problem due to the new pills is getting much better. It happens every few days but only lasts an hour or two. Today I had a call from my pharmacist to tell me that my glucose monitor, lancets, and test strips are ready for to pick up. To tell the truth I was a bit nervous. Ideal numbers would be 4&...
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» How to get your story straight…
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How to get your story straight. How to get your story straight…. Posted by Jill Brown. On Nov 4, 2014 4 Comments. Human beings love a good story. We love them. We love stories of underdogs. We love stories of success. We love stories of true love and heroism. This is probably why The Princess Bride. Is universally beloved by both men and women because as the great lyrical philosophers Bran Van 3000 once said, Although it don’t seem, all men do is dream, of falling in love just like women. Sometimes I won...
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Required Bio | Life in the Boomer Lane
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I read too much. Bucket list in progress. Life in the Boomer Lane. Musings of a former hula hoop champion. She is, indeed, a former hula hoop champion, as well as the co-author of two books for women over 50. They are. Invisible No More: The. Secret Lives of Women Over 50. Saving the Best for Last: Creating Our Lives After 50. She is also a Featured Blogger on Huffington Post. 80 Responses “Required Bio” →. Barb - The Empty Nest Mom. January 17, 2012. Life in the Boomer Lane. January 17, 2012. Hi Re...
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A Simple Life
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Embracing the joy in the everyday. Baby Loss: Grief Resources. January 10, 2012. Middot; 50 Comments. My great-grandmother lived a simple life. She woke up and made the coffee. She sipped it alongside a small breakfast: usually toasted Italian bread with real butter. She’d step into a simple dress and slip her feet into comfortable shoes. She’d put in the day’s wash and iron her clothes to the. Sprinkling water on each piece from an old Aunt Jemima glass bottle to make steam. One Life to Live. I want to ...
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5 Ways To Stress Free Mornings
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5 Ways To Stress Free Mornings. On Monday, February 27th, 2012 24 Comments. If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Are you one of those families where mornings are crazy….stressful….frustrating? No matter how much you prepare the night before every morning is still full of chaos and most days you end up running late? I know exactly how you feel….it used to be me. 8230;till I decided enough was enough and some changes had to be made…. 1 Allow Children To Wake Up To Mood-Lifting Scent.
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AT SEA WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG & GEORGE LUCAS » Apart From My Art
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Apart From My Art. Obsessions of an artist obsessed. AT SEA WITH STEVEN SPIELBERG & GEORGE LUCAS. This wasn’t a Kon-Tiki thing. We weren’t castaways on Treasure Island. And I wasn’t adrift in the Indian Ocean with Steven and George. But it’s a great story and here’s how it all began. I am not a photographer. Here is one of my early paintings that resulted from my first efforts in photography. My obsession with pattern and decoration led me to want more, more, more. What could that be? He was working on t...
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MAGIC! NOW YOU SEE IT. NOW YOU DON’T. » Apart From My Art
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Apart From My Art. Obsessions of an artist obsessed. NOW YOU SEE IT. NOW YOU DON’T. The MC. Escher Company BV, Baarn. 8220;Sandra’s seen a leprechaun,. Eddie touched a troll,. Laurie danced with witches once,. Charlie found some goblins gold. Donald heard a mermaid sing,. Susy spied an elf,. But all the magic I have known. I’ve had to make myself.”. Where the Sidewalk Ends. Magic that tricks the eye. The rabbit-in-the-hat trick. The guess-which-card trick. Look at this image, study it and what do you see?
