Category: health

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My friend wants plastic surgery

I have a very good friend that wants plastic surgery.  She says that it will help her to feel better about herself.  I don’t know if it will or not but she has to decide that for herself.  She has been checking into different Breast Augmentation Prices and has found out that it’s a lot cheaper to have that type of surgery done in Europe than here in the US.

It surprised me to find out that the surgery can be even half or less what it costs here.  If she goes to Europe to have this done, she not only gets a vacation but also hopefully will have a better outlook on herself.  That would be wonderful for her.

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Well we broke a record here

Ever since they have been keeping weather records, this is the first time ever that we have had 5 days in a row of 70 degrees or over in February.  That’s so cool to me.  I am so loving this weather.  But get this, here’s the bummer in all of the wonderful weather.  We might get snow Sunday night into Monday.  Welcome to February I guess.  I’ll gladly take the 70’s but they can keep their snow.  I’ve had enough and I don’t think that’s going to stop the possibility of snow though.

I guess I better head to the grocery store to get milk, bread, and eggs because anytime they call for the dreaded ‘S’ word, you can’t find milk, bread or eggs anywhere.  Wonder why that is?  I guess those are the three things you’re most likely to run out of.

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Mom thinking about redecorating

Since my father passes, my mother has been in a bit of a slump.  I guess I should say that she has grieved for a long time.  My sisters and I had a long talk with her about it and I even told her about what I was going to do for her for Valentines day.  I really think all of what we had to say came as a shock to her.  She just didn’t realize it showed I think.

We told her she needed to make some positive changes so she could get on with her life.  Well she popped up and said she would love to get some new furniture.  We all thought that was a wonderful idea.  He said that she has always liked furnishing from Italy or Germany.  Daddy didn’t so they had what he wanted instead of what she liked.  They make some of the prettiest modern furniture and that’s what she was wanting to do, go modern.

I told her about a web site that carried furnishings from Spain and Belgium too.  She loved the thought and went straight to her computer and started shopping.  The best part is that the furniture is 100% guaranteed authentic.  Once we started looking at the furniture, all of us understood what it was Mom liked about furniture from there.  It’s absolutely gorgeous.  The first thing she picked out was a wonderful bed by Ruf Betten.  It is wonderful but sure was a surprise to us that it was something Mom wanted.  I can’t wait until she gets it.  I think Mom’s going to be just fine now.

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I found what to give my mother for Valentines Day

Since Daddy passed away, Mom has not taken care of herself like she used to do when Daddy was still alive.  She used to always take good care of her skin, kept her hair fixed and wore some make-up.  Now she just sort of mopes around without fixing her hair and I haven’t seen her wear make-up in far too long.  In fact, she’s starting to really show her age and she’s not that old.

A friend told me about Atlanta med spa.  They said they sent their mother there for her birthday last year and it really made a big difference in her life.  She was in the same situation as my mother.  She had let herself go too.  They told me that they are a results-oriented medical facility and everything they do is without any type of surgery.

I liked the sounds of that because I know Mom won’t have plastic surgery but this sounds like something she would love.  What they do is help erase the signs of aging with state of the art technology to revitalize their skin. It helps to add fullness to your lips and face and shape your body to dramatically reduce the signs of aging. They only offer products, services and procedures that work, are scientifically sound but more important, they are totally safe.

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Another beautiful day

I can’t believe how warm it is lately.  The wind is blowing like it does in March and I’m getting spring fever something awful.  I just hate cold weather and what it does to everything.  Everyone gets sick, your skin dries out and you just feel like going to bed, pulling the covers over your head and hibernating till spring.

Well hopefully spring will come early like it seems to be doing.  I sure hope so.  I’m ready to see the leaves on the trees and flowers blooming in the yards.  I’m tired of all the dreary days.  I want to get out and go fishing, go on a picnic or something besides sitting in the house shivering.

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My cousin had Lasik sugery

I have a cousin that lives in Texas.  She has worn glasses since I can remember and finally got the nerve up to check into having Lasik surgery.  Someone told her that if she was going to have that done, then she should check out Jack Holladay because he’s the best around and just might be considered one of the best period.  Well since it was her vision she was thinking about having something done on, she decided she better check into the doctor to make sure she didn’t get a second rate doctor.

It seems that this is not one of those that claims to be all that.  This doctor is one of the best.  In fact, he’s had over 50 peer reviewed articles published so that says a lot right there.  Not only that but he’s also the past president of an international association of Lasik doctors.  That’s not national but international.  He’s also certified by nonprofit patient advocacy which is wonderful too.  Oh and get this, Jack Holladay teaches other doctors how to perform Lasik so with all of that in mind, he not only talks the talk but also walks the walk as they say.  If I decide to have that done, I’ll be going there too.

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Different type of Milkman than here

Did you hear about the milkman in England that was delivering more than milk?  The standing joke here in the United States is that a child is the ‘Milkman’s’ and my father was the ‘Milkman’s’ son.  His father that was married to his mother was the local milkman so he really was the milkman’s kid.   Isn’t that funny!!

Anyway the story goes like this for the Milkman in England:

LONDON – A British prosecutor says an elderly milkman supplied customers with cannabis as well as bottles of milk.  Robert Holding, 72, delivered marijuana as he made his daily rounds in the town of Burnely, in northwestern England.

Prosecutor Sarah Statham said Friday that Holding offered the drug to elderly customers suffering from aches and pain.  She says the customers left Holding notes on their doorsteps to order the drug.

According to Britain’s dairy industry, around 1.5 million British homes have milk delivered by a milkman. Deliveries have declined over the last 20 years. Holding pleaded guilty to supplying the drug and was given suspended jail sentence of 36 months.

Well at least he was only selling to elderly people to try and help them with medical problems and not selling it to kids on the street.  I think he should be commended in someways.  It’s about time they did something to realize that marijuana does have some health benefits.  The problem is the government can’t figure out how to tax and control it.  It’s too easy to just grow in your house in a flower pot apparently.

I don’t  know because I don’t care for the stuff personally.  I guess I’m too much of a control freak to let something like that have any type of control over me if only for a short period of time.  Besides, it’s illegal and I sure wouldn’t want to go to jail for a buzz.  Besides, I prefer natural highs like realizing this is my 100th post!!!!  How cool is that??

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My boss is losing his hair

Bless his heart, he’s trying really hard not to let anyone see it but he’s starting to get that thinning on the back of his head at his crown.  You’ve all seen those men that only have thin hair on the back of their head.  It’s funny to see how they comb their hair to try and cover it up.  My boss is always going into the bathroom and stays for quite awhile and I know he’s checking to see if his balding spot is showing because all of a sudden, there’s a hand held mirror in the men’s rest room.

All he needs to do is check out toppik online. A friend of mind told me that her father uses their products and it has really helped his hair not look as thin.  She said they have all sorts of different products from a-z for not only hair loss but skin care too.  That’s how her father learned about the products.  They have good prices and a great discount prices on just about all of their products.  They also have super fast delivery but how in the world would I let my boss know about it without embarrassing him?

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What were they thinking?

I just read the funniest article on today.msnbc.msn.com.  It was about some of the strange names people give their children.  I thought Frank Zappa held the record for the weirdest names to name a child between Moon Unit, Dweezle and Motorhead but some of these make those names almost sound normal.

The worst, most humiliating baby names

Ancestry.com shares the silliest, craziest and downright cruelest names of all time.

What would compel a parent to bestow a newborn with a name like “Tiny Hooker” or “Fanny Large”? Or an amusing choice like “Wanna Towell”? It’s not just Hollywood’s elite opting for unique, embarrassing names-throughout history, normal people separated their offspring from the masses with truly terrible names.

In “Bad Baby Names,” Michael Sherrod and Matthew Rayback, of the genealogy Web site Ancestry.com, share thousands of shocking names given to real people, as recorded by the U.S. Census Bureau. Discover the funny names based around common themes, like diseases (Fever Bender, Cholera Peace), food (Bread White, Pomegranate Purple), pets (Good Dog), and if you thought Wednesday Addams was unfortunate-wait till you meet Monday Monday.

I just don’t get it.  Don’t these parents realize what they are setting their child up for when they get school age?  They will be teased and humiliated by their classmates.  Is that what they want for their child?  I sure wouldn’t.

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Cruise control….DUH-HUH!!!!!!!!

You might have heard of this before but just in case you haven’t, here it is.   Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma, who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home from an Oklahoma University football game, having driven onto the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver’s seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned.

Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner’s manual that she couldn’t actually leave the driver’s seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her, are you sitting down, $1,750,000 PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed their manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home.

Sometimes I really think people should have to take competency tests to do just about anything.  It’s a shame we have to pay for someone else’s stupidity too but we do.