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Here’s To Your Health?

If talking about improving our health were exercise, we’d all be healthier.

Sick Of Eating Healthy?

Coffee’s good for you, then it isn’t. Eggs are good for you, then they’re not. Eating their words can’t be good for nutritionists.

What’s Good About Good Health?

Good health is based on five things. It’s based on six things if you count luck.

Is Living Dangerous To Your Health?

Every day we are surprised by more health risks in the environment. What isn’t a surprise is they are man-made.

Just For The Health Of It?

Every day there is new health information. We have to exercise our judgment as much as we exercise our body.

What To Change To Change Your Health?

Every day there’s new health information. Every day it’s clearer good health depends on exercising our judgment as much as our body.

Do Health Studies Make Us Healthier?

Every day new health studies are published; but based on the decline in American health, Americans don’t study the studies.

How Much Money Is In Your Pocketbook?

If I spent a thousand dollars on a couch, I’d be putting it in the living room. If I spent it on a makeover, I’d be putting on better face. If I spent it on a political candidate, I’d be putting it where my mouth is.

Does Remodeling Qualify As Housework?

Because married couples are newlyweds for a year, my husband and I must be "newlyhomeowners". We’ve been remodeling our new house for a year.

Is A House Modeled Before It’s Remodeled?

At first remodeling seems like a good idea. However, there’s a lot of time after that to question that idea.

Do Open Houses Open Minds?

When I had my first open house, I thought U should be there to answer questions. Not a good idea. Home is where the heart is - and where part of it will stay.

Is The Fox Still Guarding The Hen House?

In regard to the present economic crisis, the fox didn’t guard the hen house. It ate the hen that lays the golden eggs.

Do You Have The Flair To Be A "Woman Of A Certain Age"?

"A woman of a certain age" is not just any older woman. She has a certain flair, as well as certain privileges.

Do You Take Personal Development Personally?

For personal development you have to be goal-oriented. Being a soccer mom, however, didn’t qualify me as goal-oriented

Do You Feel Foolish?

In this article I cover everything from the origin of April Fool’s Day to my frustration that it’s on a Sunday this year

I researched the origin of April Fool’s day, so I know when and where it started. However, I have no idea if it will ever stop.

How Do You Know When You’re Middle Age?

Middle age is a time in life we want to forget, ignore,avoid, or put off for at least another twenty years. How do you know when you’re middle age?

Wasn’t Making Hard Copies Easier?

Computers were invented to make our lives easier. Over the years they have gotten smaller in size, but computers are still big headaches.

Do You Find Convenience Inconvenient?

Modern technology is meant to simplify our lives, but is your life simpler in the kitchen?

Do You Take This Man?

Weddings run the gamut from economical to extravagant and from judge of the peace to one-hundred-piece orchestra. However,is the wedding really the happient day of a couples’ life?

What Does America Say To You?

America means different things to different people. From offering religious freedom to being the home of Disneyland - America has as many meanings as it has Americans.

Do You Know How Generous You Are?

We are all aware when we do a favor for someone. However, we are doing unintentional favors every day.

Do You Know What’s In Store?

I claimed I could buy a gift for family or friends in any store. My husband turned my claim into a challenge.

Do You Look Good In Pink?

Fashion styles come and go and some come back again. Are you in fashion or are you in orage?

How Do You Look To Others?

They say beauty is in the eye of the beholder. If that’s true, how you look depends on how others see you.

How Do You Define Friend?

Friends come in both sexes, but a woman makes a better friend for a woman than a man would.

Looking For Love In All The Wrong Places?

As with everything else, love is found in the last place you look. What’s most important is to keep looking until your expectations are surpassed.

Is Camp A Four-Letter Word?

Some people are outside campers, some people are inside campers and some people think camp is a four-letter word. Which are you?

Do You Do Brunch?

People go out for brunch for different reasons. For some it’s a holiday celebration. For others it’s a social occasion. For me it’s - laziness.

How Many Ways Do You Recycle?

Everything is recycled. My desk is recycled wood. My computer is recyled technology. The family photo is a recycled memory and I am recycled genes.

What Do You Want In A President?

The best argument in favor of cloning is our need for a person worthy of being President. Where are George Washington and Abraham Lincoln when we really need them?

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