Just quick preface – I started this post on October 1. I added to it last on October 31. I have decided I need to publish it and then work through the rest of the journey as time allows. Reasoning is two fold: (1)it will make the post shorter than if I do the entire… Continue reading Healthy Lifestyle Journey – Part I
Yes, I am in the middle of making lunch for my two Guitar Hero playing sons prior to their leaving the house for play practice and a football game respectively. I just couldn’t hold off on writing about this. I have had ideas pop into my head before. I may even have two or three… Continue reading November – National Novel Writing Month
Do you fall back or off track when the clock changes? Tonight – a week later or maybe it is two weeks later – daylight savings time will end. Believe it or not, my body has been telling me for over a week that it should have ended. I have been waking up approximately an… Continue reading Clocks Fall Back Tonight
I love pizza! I also love feta cheese! I was so excited when a recipe for Spinach Feta Personal Pizza came directly to my inbox this morning. I cannot wait to try this recipe out. You will know when I do as I will take a picture of the pizza. The recipe and nutritional information… Continue reading Two of My Favorite Things
Yes, it is true. Seventy-five percent of every dollar spent on health care in this country is spent on chronic diseases. The Partnership to Fight Chronic Disease recently released a new television ad featuring Katy Segal, Phylicia Rashad, Lauren Bacall and Mary-Louise Parker along side every day women in an ad asking women to be… Continue reading Chronic Disease
As I have said many times, I swear I am getting a new digital camera soon. My apologies in advance for the image quality. Winter has paid a brief visit to where I live in upstate NY. As I spent last weekend in the Buffalo-Niagara region of the state, I was happy to get out… Continue reading Winter Pays a Visit
I use to watch the news on illegal immigration and our borders with a disinterest. Yes, it is important on a national level. No, I didn’t think it effected me personally. My mother, who lives in the desert of southern California, and I would talk about it. It does personally effect her. Then, I started… Continue reading Borders – Ours
I know yesterday’s blurb was pretty sure that this was the case. Both the Buffalo News and the Niagara Gazette had articles saying Buffalo was the only of the three finalist cities to have a news conference scheduled for yesterday. Yesterday, Dave Ogrean, executive director of USA Hockey, made the news official. HSBC Arena, in… Continue reading World Junior Hockey Coming to Western NY
Do you need a reason to visit Western New York – the Niagara-Buffalo area specifically? Do you love hockey of all levels but the higher the level the better? Stay tuned! Your reason may appear this afternoon as USA Hockey holds a press conference in Buffalo. Both The Buffalo News and The Niagara Gazette reported… Continue reading Western New York
Yes, I am off on a road trip at 7 am tomorrow morning. My kitchen table looks like it is time for a college visit so… … The soon-to-be 18 year old and his 14 year old brother and I head west along the Southern Tier Expressway tomorrow morning. Initial destination – SUNY-Fredonia. The high… Continue reading Road Trip!
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