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Those nasty words get uttered from time to time around us. You know what? I do exercise. I exercise my right to not have to do that. And diet is what I eat, not a life plan. But I have to admit that I do need to lose weight and to exercise. I am just resistant. But if I get any older and stay as “weighty” a proposition as I am now, ugh. Yes, there comes a time when even those of us who are dyed-in-the-wool resistors have to face facts. It’s either go up a size in clothes or do something to go downward. I should do that.

Then I hear this word thrown at me….”Orovo“. What the heck is that? Somebody mentioned it to me. I have no clue. Come to find out it’s a website with stuff like a weight loss product, muscle builder and acne product. Sort of an all around deal there. I know that I have to do something to get rid of an excess of weight. Exercise, muscle building wouldn’t hurt either. I could use a muscle or two. Right now, they look like they’re upside down! LOL! WOW! Too much information, right? Okay.

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Recently, news was released about statins causing memory loss. ACK!!! I take a statin to control my cholesterol. I do not believe I can afford to stop taking that particular drug. The main med in this study was Lipitor, mainly because it has the highest number of sales in this country. But I take Zocor and that was on the list too.

Are we now going to have to decide between the cholesterol problems and memory loss? Not sure I can handle that one. This is a real problem for many people. And yet, that particular side effect wasn’t really mentioned in the information that comes with the med.

I do not know about you but I can see a real problem here. And I do NOT want to forget about it!!!

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Recently, our local television station, KAIT8, had a telethon for United Cerebral Palsy. Each year, they take the time to do the telethon so that some day, children and adults with this horrible disease may have the hope of a cure. They take a Sunday and have the telethon all day. Each of the anchors for the news are there helping with the pledges along with many volunteers from the local area.

This year, they raised $112,000+ which was a fantastic amount. Each year, they show people who have the disease and each year, as well, they show the list of possible cerebral palsy symptoms so that you, as a parent, can be on the lookout for this insidious disease that may start as soon as at birth. Others develop it later.

We are proud of our area taking the time to collect for this very worthy cause.

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I wear glasses. I have worn glasses for about 48 years now. So, I am certainly used to the prices that go along with buying glasses. They are not now nor have they ever been inexpensive. Well, until now. What are the most expensive part of the glasses when you buy them? The frames, of course.

Zenni Optical can help you get the right glasses for the best price possible. They have a selection of frames that are fantastic. But that isn’t even the best part. The glasses can cost you as little as $8! Yes, I said $8! This is too good to be true, right? Wrong. They have the glasses you want for an affordable price. They are the Great Discovery: www.ZenniOptical.com. So, what are you waiting for? Go take a look!

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I do not think I want to know what’s next simply because I have trouble enough with the ones I have already named in the title. Whew! Okay, we do work on our diet….sometimes. Most of the time, we do look at our weight and want to lose the pounds. The problem here is that we aren’t as motivated as we should be, I suppose. And what would get us motivated? Certainly NOT a McWhopper! LOL!

Nope, we need to find something that will help us be motivated enough to do the exercise and get the fitness we should be enjoying in our more senior years. SENIOR??? ACK!! I do really hate that word. In high school, I loved it because we were the big cheeses then but now…cheese is not what I would call what we are now. It’s bulky, overweight, breathless, out of shape older adults who want to seek their youth again. Yeah right. Like that’s going to happen!

What we really need is some fitness equipment to help us along. See, we do have a stationary bike but the seat is not…er um, seat friendly, if you know what I mean. Harrump. Then, we also have a treadmill which has, in the past, been a good thing but it is getting up in years and so are we. It is not as reliable as it once was. So, now we could use something more modern, more useful, more…….willing to get us up off our duffs and get moving!! Is there such a machine, do you think? YES! Ice Cream Maker! I knew we could find something.

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No longer can we believe that toys are as safe as we thought. Now, more than ever, we want our children’s toys to not be a hazard or a safety factor but they are that. Many toys are found to have levels of lead that are not safe regardless of what testing had been done on them. The question now is…do the companies and manufacturers do enough to safeguard our children? The answer is probably not.

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If you are worried about recalled toys this year, I have a website for you to access. Please go there and check out the toys that are on recall so that your children are not affected by this problem. For those who have not noticed, many recalled items are from China. Please be extra careful to choose only those toys that are from the U.S. or have not occurred on the recall list. I have to say that if I were buying toys, I would certainly not buy any toys from China no matter how much I thought they were safe.

Please remember Aqua Dots that have the date rape drug ON the beads. If a child swallows it, they could become incredibly sick or die. Here is the Recalled Toys page for you:

Toy Recall Alert–Check BEFORE you buy!

Be safe out there and Happy Shopping!!

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I took my niece and my Mom to the doctor today. My niece had hurt her knee at school walking up 5 flights of stairs. The school was good enough to take her to the clinic in town where she had a set of xrays that showed she had a small tear in her muscle and a small amount of fluid leaking.

Now, this girl was hurting so badly that she was unable to think of anything else except that. When she went to the nurse’s office to get the pain meds that were prescribed to my niece, the nurse decided that she had gotten sick from them and refused to hand them to her. Of course, she called home. Her mother was furious with the nurse. I certainly do not blame her for that. Instead of helping, the nurse gave my niece some crutches that were not adjusted to her height and told her to walk around the room with them. This made the knee and her underarms hurt even more. She left the nurse’s office and called home immediately. My niece was able to take time off from her classes today to come home and see the doctor. She goes to school at a college prep school where only the top 1% of the students in our state are able to attend.

Our doctor told her the same thing, essentially, as the clinic doctor and gave her a prescription for a knee brace. Now, if you are shopping for that kind of thing, this one is great. I had not noticed the type of brace before. This particular one has a metal brace inside the material on both sides of her knee and leg. It goes from about 7-8 inches below the knee to above the knee about the same amount. There is a hole placed for the knee in the material. It slides on and has velcro strips that keep it in place.

When we went into the doctor’s office, she could not place her weight on the knee. Too painful. The doctor said that she would be able to walk with the brace and without the crutches very soon. This brace is really great!! It has done the job for her. And her knee is not hurting nearly as bad as before. Bravo!!!

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One thing that had plagued me for years was sensitive teeth. There were some products out there on the market but nothing that would really deal with my particular problem of sensitive teeth. In other words, I am certain it helped someone but not me. The dentist was no help. He had cleaned my teeth and that made them more sensitive than ever. Perhaps I simply went to an old fashioned dentist. The only way the teeth stopped being sensitive was to find something that would dull it for the time being.

Then I was given a sample of Biotene which is a toothpaste made especially for sensitive teeth and helps dry mouth as well. Actually, dry mouth brings on the sensitive teeth. I never knew that before. This is a one-of-a-kind toothpaste that will fight bacteria growth which is found in the infections in the mouth and gingivitis, which is a gum disease.

Applying the toothpaste to my mouth caused no problems whatsoever. The taste was bubblegum. Now, I am not a fan of the bubblegum taste and I think perhaps they could bring out the product with the minty version for those of us who want that “minty fresh” feeling. After several brushings with the sensitive toothpaste, the sensitivity does appear to be going down. Even a cold sore was reduced and not felt nearly as much. Dry mouth was not nearly the problem it has been in the past.

From sampling this product, I would say they have a winner for those who are interested in finally bringing down the sensitivity problem and getting rid of those nasty cold sores especially now that we are going into the winter season.

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This website, Mineral Secrets Mineral Makeup, caught my attention because it says that most makeup is going to be a problem for your face at one point or another. Currently, the makeup on the market can be carcinogenic, has talc in it and is an irritant. Several things happen with the standard makeup that do not happen with this particular product. And the one thing that struck me as so true is that the department and discount stores are not going to tell you what happens to you when you wear their makeup for long periods of time. Why? Sometimes, it’s because the salesperson does not even know this themselves.

Having never seen this before, I was curious. It is called Mineral Secrets Mineral Makeup and was originally created to help those who suffered from sensitive skin. I can relate to this. Mineral Makeup does not irritate your skin. What it does do is conceal red spotty skin all day. It is free of perfumes, which themselves can be an allergen, has no oils or dyes.

Featuring makeup, kits, brushes, gloss and much more, these folks are serious about helping you have a healthier look and feel. This is a small company with 10 years experience and a whole lot of product to help. There is so much about this makeup that sounds good, it needs to be used often.

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