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Tuesday, Feb 10th 2009
This Valentine's Day Give the Gift of Health
This Saturday is Valentine's Day and you know what? I'm not prepared. Yes, I know I shouldn't wait until the last minute, but I did... again. Oh, I have my cards - that's easy. But I'm always at a loss as to what to buy as a gift.
And this year I am trying, as we all are, to be especially careful with spending.
I might break down and buy something. But I already told my husband (even though I love opening gifts) that I think it would be wise to set a price limit to our purchase(s).
Monday, Feb 09th 2009
Midlife Crisis?
Welcome to my blog - it's nice to see you here! I've decided to open my very first post with my thoughts on a term that is so common to the boomer generation... Midlife Crisis. It makes me wonder...
Why do these two words - Midlife and Crisis - have to go together? The term even has a place in Webster's Dictionary. Do you mean to tell me that 78 million of us (that's how many people were born during the post-World War II population boom) are making changes in our lives because of CRISIS?
Friday, Feb 06th 2009
Midlife Matters: The Baby Boomer Blog
Welcome to HealthyWomen.org's newest blog, Midlife Matters. An informal conversation where we discuss all matters - and why they matter - pertaining to women in midlife. We'll cover the latest in health, fitness, nutrition, wellness, fashion, beauty: in other words, life as it happens.
Tuesday, Jan 26th 2010
You’re Never Done Being a Parent
Well, here I am, an empty-nester. Again. Sons move out, sons move back in. Then out again.
Tuesday, Dec 22nd 2009
3 Questions to Test Your Healthy Nutrition Smarts
I do my best to eat healthy foods, especially as I get older and find out how important it is for my body to run at its peak performance. And I do okay – most of the time. As I've said in the past, it's amazing how most of the time I find my body gravitating toward fresh fruits and veggies and lots of grains, anyway. Give me a salad with lots of colors thrown in, and I'm happy. Give me a steak and mashed potatoes and you'll get the entire plate back, untouched.
Monday, Nov 23rd 2009
A Celebration of Cancer Survivorship
I must admit that by the end of October I felt inundated by pink. I'll also admit that all the pink might have made me a bit grouchy. In last week's post I wrote about not being so special just because I survived cancer; that really, we all all survivors of some sort. After all, who hasn't faced difficult situations in their lives?
Thursday, Nov 19th 2009
Mammography Mayhem
I'm sure by now you've heard about the U.S. Task Force's new standards for breast cancer screening. What I'm not so sure about is if any of us have been able to keep track of what's happening day to day, though. No sooner were these new recommendations made public that women and other groups, like the American Cancer Society, began to push back and question the motives and sanity behind them.
