Bits of life through these blue eyes . .
Posted in Health and wellness on Nov 29th, 2007
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened a public debate on how much salt is too much in the processed foods Americans eat. “Very few people dispute that Americans get way too much salt from processed and restaurant foods, and that an excess promotes hypertension, stroke, heart attacks, kidney failure, and early death,” CSPI [...]
Posted in Health and wellness, News on Nov 27th, 2007
Well if you want to live in the world’s most desirable country you’re going to have to move to Iceland. The annual report ranks 175 UN member countries plus Hong Kong and the Palestinian territories, but does not include 17 countries about which there was inadequate data, including Iraq, Afghanistan and Somalia. Norway was knocked [...]
Thanksgiving is over and I am back in Michigan. What a lot of traveling in the last few days, about 1400 miles of driving. Poor hub still has to get back to DC today so his traveling is not over yet. All went well in North Carolina. It was wonderful seeing Sarah and her husband [...]
Posted in Family, Health and wellness, Holidays, Travel on Nov 19th, 2007
Hello my friends. Once again I am hitting the road tomorrow for Thanksgiving traveling. Not sure which is worse, flying or driving? Since we’re going to be gone several days we’re going with driving. While watching the NBC evening news tonight there was a segment on holiday/travel/flying/TSA and how to speed up the boarding process. [...]
Updated Nov. 17, 2008 There is an email circulating encouraging you when making out your Christmas card list, to address a card to ‘A Wounded Soldier’ and gives the address of Walter Reed Medical Center in Washington DC. Though it sounds like a great idea, it’s not. Walter Reed Army Medical Center officials want to [...]
Well did you think I wasn’t coming back or lost the way to my blog? Nah not a chance. Where to start? The flight down was not the best but I got there safely so that’s all that really matters. I’m on the plane and they close the doors for take off and we sit [...]
