Archive for December, 2008:

‘Tis The Week After Christmas – Thank Goodness!

Whew! Christmas is over, thank goodness! Not that it wasn’t great, it’s just so tiring. Getting everything together and then cramming all that excitement, traveling, and visiting into a two-day period just about did me in this year. Our whole family congregated in one spot for a ‘short’ get-together that ended up lasting close to [...]

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Just Say NO to Diet Pills!!!

Another scary article in the paper telling about diet pills being sold online that contain high amounts of a suspected carcinogen and sibutramine, a chemical cousin of amphetamines. Don’t you think that’s scary?! For years I wished for a magic pill that would alleviate my appetite and I was sure I would lose weight if [...]

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Week NINE Sees Altered South Beach Diet Plan – It Works For Us!

It seems like we’ve been on this diet a lot longer than 8 weeks! It almost seems like we’ve never NOT been on it. Even with the recent holiday baking for Thanksgiving and now Christmas, we have been so GOOD. I am really proud of us. It’s true we have allowed ourselves to have a [...]

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It’s Movie Time! QUANTUM OF SOLACE – Starring Daniel Craig, Judy Dench, Olga Kurylenko, and Mathieu Amalric – 2008 – Action Drama – 4 Out Of 5 Stars

We don’t go to see very many movies at the theater when they are first released. First, the hassle of getting ready and driving the 15+ miles to the theater. Then coordinating the time to go. Finally, even matinee prices are exorbitant by any standard. So I should tell you that we didn’t pay to [...]

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Yum! The Annual Christmas Fruitcake!

The timing of the BC cartoon in this morning’s paper couldn’t have been better. A fruitcake sent as a gesture of friendship brings an angry response from the unwilling recipients. The poor fruitcake has become a cliché, sadly, and there is no way I would ever send one as a gift to anyone—even an ‘enemy’. [...]

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