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Doomed If I Do, Doomed If I Don’t
Listen in and laugh along… TODAY’S LAUGH: Last year the doctor put me on calcium supplements to strengthen my thinning bones. Now a study in New Zealand shows increased heart attack risk for women who take calcium supplements. My first … Continue reading
CHICKEN?
Listen in and laugh along… TODAY’S LAUGH: Improv Part Two started this week. How did I feel, as a seasoned veteran after eight weeks of Improv Part One, including that public performance? Scared. Not quite as scared as I was … Continue reading
Remaining Upright
Listen in for some encouragement for tough times… TODAY’S LAUGH: I asked DaMama the other day, just for fun, “What’s on your agenda today?” “Remaining upright,” she said. Ah, yes. Remaining upright is a worthy goal at 95…or at any … Continue reading
To Shuffle or Not To Shuffle?
Listen in and laugh along… TODAY’S LAUGH: DaHusband and I loaded several of our favorite CDs into our multi-CD player, as musical accompaniment for an evening at home with friends. Then I hit “SHUFFLE.” I was about to press “PLAY” … Continue reading
A Kick in the BEE-hind
Listen to “A Kick in the Bee-hind” blaudio. TODAY’S LAUGH: On January 2nd, I weighed myself. Ugh. Six years, a half dozen diet plans and the end result? Nothing! Nada! Zip! Zilch! And according to The Chart, I’m twenty pounds … Continue reading
“I Care, But Not That Much…”
TODAY’S LAUGH: When DaMama came to live at our house four years ago, some of my friends were shocked. “YOU? CAREGIVING?” They weren’t being mean; they just knew me. I’ve joked that while some have the gift of giving, I … Continue reading
MyFace? Spacebook?
TODAY’S LAUGH: I had coffee with a friend the other day. She hates computers. “I hate all that online stuff,” she said. “I’d never be on ‘My Face’!” “Do you mean MySpace? Or Facebook?” I asked. She got huffy. “MyFace… … Continue reading
Time to Buckle Down!
TODAY’S LAUGH: This time of year I hear my father* saying, “Time to buckle down!” And I obey, even though he’s been gone forty years. Ah, I love the idea that my kids, years and years from now, will still … Continue reading
My Email Runneth Over With…
TODAY’S LAUGH: Remember the old Ed Ames song, “My Cup Runneth Over (with Love)”? Here’s my version (feel free to sing along now): Sometimes in the morning, when shadows are deep I open my email (I’m still half asleep) I … Continue reading
Life Online: What’s Not to LOVE?
(NOTE FROM MARY: Dozens of you have entered the “Mention a Friend” drawing, and you bless my heart with your comments about what your friends mean to you. Keep ‘em coming! Enter every day, enter all your friends… I LOVE … Continue reading