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what the heck is FaceTime?
noun: facetime 1. time spent in face-to-face contact with someone. noun: FaceTime 1. a video chat App that lets you have face-to-face contact with someone without being in the same room. FaceTime is a video chat application developed by…
co-housing – a creative new trend
Single again, after my divorce, I wondered if I would be able to afford a home on my own. My sister was also back to single status and I thought: wouldn’t it be cool if she and I bought a house together Well, it seems that I may have been…
I am so tired of waiting!
When I make an appointment, I expect to be seen at the time of the appointment. My appointment was for 2:00pm, not 2:00 – ish! I did not ask for the first available time after 2:00pm and I don’t want to be one of five 2:00 appointments…
20th century inventions and Happy Birthday Grandma!
My grandmother turned 96 this week! Incredible! Happy Birthday Grandma! That’s almost 100 years! And my Grandma is amazing. Always ready to lend an ear or provide a needed hug. She has always listened more than she talked and you always…
Magnesium for sore muscles
Everything hurts these days. This is the crap part about aging. But it’s not just my age that’s causing all of my pain. I have been working out, trying to get my body back into reasonable shape (or at least away from the circle shape) .…
why fitness actually matters
A friend of mine recently sent me this video and I need to share. His name is Mike Vacanti and this guy’s philosophy on fitness really nails it! The best part is that this very fit young man is talking to US – the 50+ crowd – not the…
what the heck is Wiki?
Have you ever used Wikipedia? (I know my kids used it for research on their school projects) Do you remember the Wikileaks scandal? (where thousands of classified CIA emails were released to the public) Or maybe you’ve heard of WikiTravel?…
I love my big, old lady purse
I remember my mom’s purse. It was huge and it was heavy. What the heck did she have in there? When we were little and were told to fetch mom’s purse, it would take me AND my brother to lift and deliver it. What the heck did she have in…
Happy Birthday to me!
I love Facebook on my birthday! It’s only noon and I already have 21 birthday wishes posted on Facebook by friends. If for no other reason, join Facebook for the birthday wishes. It’s great! So here we are – December 31, 2015 – the end of…
look who joined the 50+ club this year!
Our club has gotten little less exclusive with these 10 stars who turned 50 this yea r. Dianne Lane January 22 Chris Rock February 7 Kristen Davis (sex and the city) February 24 Sarah Jessica Parker (looks like all the sex and the city…
don’t discount the mini-stroke
True Story: One day, my sister needed to go to her bookkeepers office to check on something. Jan, her bookkeeper was on the phone with a customer when she arrived so my sister waited patiently. As she waited, she noticed that Jan wasn’t…
where does all of my money go?
Pay day comes and before I can blink twice, the money is gone? Where does all of my money go? Did you know that the average income in Canada in 1964 – the year I was born – was $6,080.00 per year. The average income in Canada in 2014 was…
