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Officially Middle-aged

July 26th, 2008 · No Comments · All About Me, Fit By Fifty, Health And Long Life To You

My husband David and I are well on the way to fogeyhood: without consulting each other’s schedules, we made doctor’s appointments for the same day within 15 minutes. He’s up first, then me.
By way of illustration, I see the large-type Readers Digest has a relevant article.

As you can see the Readers Digest large [...]

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Rainy Sunday

June 15th, 2008 · No Comments · Fit By Fifty, Today

Good thing we got out to Morton Arboretum yesterday, it looks like it’ll rain all day today. We even got on the bikes to ride one of the loops although I had trouble downshifting.
On the way down we listened to Car Talk and I actually submitted an answer to this week’s Puzzler via my [...]

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Not soap, but chocolate

April 3rd, 2008 · 1 Comment · Blogs Wot I Read, Fit By Fifty, Health And Long Life To You

I went to a local health and beauty spa today, Spa Martinique. I had done something to my neck yesterday - I have a history of “throwing it out” going back to childhood and later in college. I’d been thinking of finding a good local “aaaah spa,” the kind of place where you [...]

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Stress Relief: Booked!

April 3rd, 2008 · No Comments · Fit By Fifty, Health And Long Life To You

I did something yesterday to my neck and now it’s all stiff and hard to turn - something that happens to me now and then due to stress. I haven’t had to get a neck manipulation in years, but it may get to that. To head it off, I just booked myself a little therapeutic [...]

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Mish-Mosh Of The Soul

February 11th, 2008 · No Comments · Fit By Fifty, Health And Long Life To You

One of the blessings of a “mixed” family heritage is that you get to eat comfort foods from more than one buffet line. Case in point: yesterday’s family confab and lunch nosh, which was held at Max’s Delicatessen in Skokie.
I knew going in that on a bitterly cold day, fighting a “bug” and trying not [...]

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