Thrive to 105

Today you get two for the price of one!  You don’t hear from me in six months…and now I tap on your email window twice in one day…what’s that all about?!?!

I apologize to you…and to myself…for letting so much time lapse since my last post.  Many of you who are my personal friends know that from August through November of last year, I was dealing with issues regarding my father and finally have him with me here in the St. Charles area.  Then came the holidays and also just trying to get myself back on track after traveling so much and not taking the best care of myself and my recovery.

BUT!!! Now I am feeling good and am functioning in a more organized fashion…which means I am once again making time to blog for me and my “fans”!

SOoooooooo, on to Information Junkie Day!

From my January 2011 Natural Healing newsletter, more on the benefits of eating walnuts.  If you suffer with high blood pressure, you should consider adding walnuts to your diet.   Penn State University researchers have shown that for those with high LDL levels, eating walnuts and/or walnut oil can lower their resting blood pressure and stress level blood pressure by a couple points.

Next, here are a few websites dealing with travel just in time to start planning those summer vacations:

Air Travel –

• Momondo.com
• Dohop.com
• Kayak.com

Car Rentals –

• AutoSlash.com
• BreezeNet.com

Hotels –

• HotelsCombined.com
• BetterBidding.com
• BiddingForTravel.com

Home Rentals –

• HomeAway.com
• VRBO.com
• Zonder.co
• Rentalo.com
• SecondPorch.com

Cruises –

• VacationsToGo.com
• CruisesOnly.com
• CruiseStar.com
• CruiseBrothers.com
• Cruise.com
• OnlineVacationCenter.com

Okay, I must admit I’m not a big fan of Martha Stewart, but somehow last year I ended up with a subscription to her magazine, Living.  Grudgingly, I must say there have been some interesting ideas and products in it.  Here’s a product I didn’t know about…”silver-crowned bulbs”.  If you have light fixtures in your home where the light bulbs are exposed, you may want to consider trying these.  The top of the bulb has a silver coating that covers up the internal parts of the bulb and “diffuses” the light.  Of course, this fashionable option comes at a price…$5 each.  If you’re interested, check them out at www.gracioushome.com, which is actually a pretty cool site with everything you could possibly want for your home…sort of like a Bed, Bath & Beyond online.

Lastly today, I was reading in AARP…yes, I am a card-carrying member…about new words that have now made it into the dictionary.  Here are a few, along with their definitions:

• Sheeple, noun – Unquestioning followers (from sheep + people)
• Turducken, noun – Roast of a chicken inside a duck inside a turkey – WHAT???????
• Cheeseball, adj. – Lacking taste or style
• Bromance, noun – Close platonic male friendship – I HAVE A LOT OF THESE!  It’s a lot easier than romance!
• Matchy-matchy, adj. – Excessively color-coordinated
• Chillax, verb – To calm down and relax…which is what I’m going to do right now, since I’m no longer feeling stressed that I haven’t posted to my blog in six months!

Glad to be back in the saddle, so to speak.  More to come…but not today!

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