Thoughts on High Blood Pressure, Dark Chocolate, pointy people and Digg!

How pointy are you?
You would think that once you have retired and settled on a second home in a warm climate, you would have it all solved. Perfect weather, hobbies, and a plan that can be replicated year after yet. Still, I find people are discontented and always looking for something just a little better/bigger/greener. Isn't that interesting?

Does it ever end? Do we ever really, really grow up? I am beginning to wonder. As I have said so many times before...just because we get older does not mean we become sweet, cute or settled! In fact all the sharp and pointy things about our personality become more so. It is just a fact of life.

Do You Like Dark Chocolate?
I have some good news for you...it is really true. Dark chocolate will lower blood pressure! I saw it on the web so it must be so. To be right honest with you I don't even care if it is a lie. I like dark chocolate...a lot. The Aussies are advised to eat a whole bar of dark chocolate which made me want to move there. Then I read that American doctors say it may only take about a square of dark chocolate to get the job done. Now, really, is that right? American's are such spoil sports when it comes to things that taste good. Anyway you can check it out on the Sun Sentinel website.

What is Digg? +a little education about this blogger and the blog.
Here in the blog world there is a site called Digg. Some blogs have it at the bottom of their blogs. My Digg button is in the ShareThis pop up window...the button is found in the footer. So what does that mean? Well, believe it or not, those of us that write for a blog depend on you, our readers, to tell us what you do and do not like or even what you would like information on. That is what the comment button is for. The Digg button is just a way of supporting you local blogger and maybe helping them get a few more readers.

Picture of the ShareThis button at the foot of the blog.

Actually the website for Digg is very interesting. It can tell you what the hot topic for today is and how many people thought those topics were worth passing on to someone else. Like my free blog, it is just there for the using.

I write on a free blog but I pay in a way. In order for my time to be well spent, I have to do research for subjects and keep up with those things I think might interest you. Your way of paying me, the blogger, for my time is to comment, Digg my work, tweet or post to your Face Book account. The ShareThis button makes it all so very easy. It also helps if you take a look at the ads that surround my writing. So, you see, nothing is really free anymore.

Thank you!
Thank you for stopping by. Leave your url if you have a blog or business and I will visit you. If you are just an interested reader, go to the foot of the blog and comment or Digg a post that you enjoyed. I will do the same for you.

I just thought you might be interested.

Have a great Sunday!

b

Five Little Ducks...stories played out!

The children's song about the little ducks leaving the nest to fly away has always been one of my favorites. Every mother has seen their babies fly away and rejoiced. Life comes full circle. Animals live that same cycle. Babies grow up. Birds leave the nest. Life goes on. So when the three ducks show up every year near my patio I am not surprised. But I am puzzled that it always seems to be the same three. Something just doesn't seem right. It appears the one did not fly away at all. Five little ducks Went out to play Over the hills and far away. The mommy duck went "quack, quack quack," Four little ducks came swimming back... And then Three Two and One. A drake, a female duck (a hen) and a not quite a drake but still not a hen gather here on the 5th green of the golf course. She leads and the other two follow along obediently. They eat, sleep, and guard each other. Each and every day this time of year they come. I have not named them. Jinxing them would be very pos...

How to be a 12 Month Snow Bird

Vacation Rental in Mexico I live around snowbirds 6 months of the year. I have heard those people say that they all want to live the "snowbird" lifestyle when they go home. But it just is not possible. They are isolated and cold. Social activities with friends and beautiful weather are greatly missed when they return to the realities of their "real" life. One couple I visited with lately returned to Florida this morning where they own a home. The woman is a nurse and works in the summer. They are not going home until May this year. It is too cold in Michigan in the spring so they are hoping to extend their good weather season by simply staying away. Besides that they love their Florida lifestyle a lot. Last week I visited with a woman that lives the snowbird lifestyle year around. No going home to the Midwest in the spring. They essentially vacation 12 month out of the year. And I thought their solution for avoiding unpleasant weather and keeping their lifestyle in...

If You Build It, They Will Come...Maybe!

It all began with a antique window in front of a local shop. It had been painted yellow, the glass was loose and all of the hinges and latches were gone. My old friend Betty would have approved...she would tell me it was just broken enough and damaged enough for me to drag it home. When my dear husband saw it, he wondered what he was meant to do with it. Imagine his surprise when he was presented with the plan to build a small neighborhood library exchange. It wasn't the first time he had heard me ask "How hard could it be?" Now it is six weeks later and we mounted the darling little library exchange on two posts in our front yard. I love it. Now the question is, will they come or has the time passed when people actually read something made of paper? Our association president stopped by and admired the box but left after telling me that he only read books on his Kindle. We will see. Would you bring a book and take a book? b+

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