Just a mere 10 years ago I would have to call my doctor’s office to schedule an appointment. If I had a question or concern I would leave a message and wait for a call back. Now everything is handled on line. I make my appointments, I email my concerns and I sign up for…
DetailsPortland Oregon usually does not get snow. In fact I do not own a snow shovel nor do any of my neighbors. We just wait until it melts. The city shuts down and the news advises everyone to stay indoors. When the storm hit Thursday afternoon, I hunkered down preparing if it should turn to…
Details27 million women in the USA have hot flashes and night sweats. Could it be 26,999,999? My hot flashes are waning. I am alerting the media! I still get night sweats but the hot flashes, knock on wood, have not bothered me since summer. I am cold this winter and I don’t live in a…
DetailsIt doesn’t seem possible that 20 years have passed since I was in Norway as a spectator at the winter Olympics. Being a spectator on your own dime, not sponsored by a company, is fairly rare at the winter Olympics. When we got off the plane, train, and bus in Lillehammer, I realized just being…
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2 summers ago our company had an intern that was fantastic. She was smart, helpful, insightful, a can do attitude, and very sweet. There was no question in my mind that she would go far in her career choice. She is now working in NYC in the fashion industry. I met with her…
DetailsI won’t be spending any more time with Stephanie. Our relationship is over. I just don’t find her funny any longer. ‘Take DownTwenty’ took me down. It depressed me! Even Lula and Grandma Mazur left me flat. Ranger and Morelli, I am sick of both of them. The problem all around is the lack of…
DetailsRecently I was in Sephora with a friend. We were spritzing some fragrances and a sales person asked us if we wanted to take our fragrance test. http://www.totalbeauty.com/content/quizzes/fragrance-quiz Picture a couple of middle-aged women taking a touch screen questionnaire on their personality type regarding fragrances and it is a set up for a laughathon! Unfortunately…
DetailsIf I made a resolution and kept it I naturally want to keep it up. Is it now a habit? I read the book, ‘The Power of Habit’ which I loved and I think my resolutions are now indeed habitual. The question then becomes if I continue doing these same things can I count them…
DetailsRecently my sister noticed a mole on the side of my face. We looked at a few old pictures and no mole. After convincing myself that the start of ‘The Blob’ was growing below my eye, I made a dermatologist appointment. I have lots of moles. My Mother called them beauty marks, which I agree…
DetailsI have often thought it a good thing my mind cannot be read? Sometimes an expletive runs across my mind and escapes through my lips. What happens when we forget social verbal filters? Adorable in children but inflammatory when adults say actually what they think without thinking. Hello Paula Dean! I have known people who…
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