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Monday, October 22, 2007

Do You Love Dancing With The Stars??

If you love to watch "Dancing With The Stars", you owe it to yourself to get the movie "Strictly Ballroom" with Paul Mercurio! This guy leaves the rest of the dancers in the dust! He has a raw sexuality tempered with grace, and that is not even when he is dancing! You will become mesmerized!
Strictly Ballroom is about an ugly duckling who is transformed into a beautiful swan by Paul Mercurino. In this case, a dancing swan!! This is a story about the classic underdog, who has nothing going for her, except guts, to begin with of course! Tara Morice, the ugly ducking/beautiful swan will make you smile as she follows her heart and lives her dreams.
So what are you waiting for?? Just go to Amazon and type in Strictly Ballroom. If you want to see other things that Paul Mercurio has done go to his website www.paulmercurio.net

Saturday, October 20, 2007

Garage Cabinets, A Must Have!

Imagine this! Your garage organized once and for all! It can happen with a little help from this website...just click on garage cabinets and you can see for yourself all the new and wonderful ways to manage the space in your garage. There is something for every storage need, big and small.

When was the last time you could leave your garage door open without feeling embarrassed over the mess? Be honest now, we all have the same problem. With garage cabinets, everything has a place, and it is easier to keep it all organized. Just imagine a kitchen without kitchen cabinets! Well, a garage is the same thing!

Be the envy of your neighbors, tame your garage with garage cabinets!

Never Be Lonely Again!!

Are you lonely??

Many of us will find that we are lonely sometime during our lifetime. Depending upon the circumstances, you can even feel lonely in a crowded room.
Towards the end of life, many people find themselves in a difficult situation. A spouse dies, the children are grown up and gone, and the golden years ahead appear not golden at all, but a long expanse of loneliness, to be faced with declining health, and sometimes declining finances. Add to all of that, life long friends are dying or in poor health, making things even more difficult.

So what is a solution to loneliness? One can stay active with social clubs, church and other people orientated organizations, that depending upon health and ability to drive and get around, provide a good way to stay in touch with other people and make new friends. However, many of the elderly find that they cannot get out and get involved like they once did. What is the solution to loneliness then??

The simple and common sense answer to that is a PET! A dog or cat, or maybe even a guinea pig!

A dog is usually the first choice in the battle against loneliness, but not always the only choice. It depends upon the ability to care for the animal. It is best to choose a smaller, more calm breed, that is easy to care for. All dogs make wonderful companions, and that includes a mixed breed commonly known as a mutt! And, instead of going to a pet store for a puppy, consider getting a dog from a local shelter that is already house trained. Puppies are cute and wonderful, but they can often present challenges that an older person would be best to avoid. We have adopted many wonderful dogs from the local shelters, they are healthy, often spaded and neutered, and make wonderful companions. Just make sure you have a little extra put aside for vet bills. Dogs should go to the vet at least once a year for a check up and shots.
The next choice for a companion animal is a cat! Cats make wonderful pets. They can be just as loving as a dog. Most cats do well with elderly people. They are also a bit easier to care for than a dog, however a cat box will need to be cleaned out often. It is not something that you can let go. Failure to keep a clean cat box may result in your cat doing its job in some other area. Think about it...is it really the cat’s fault? Cats need to see a vet every year for a check up and shots. It is a good idea to adopt a cat from a local shelter, as a vet has checked to make sure it is healthy. Cats can carry a lot of diseases, so you want to think twice about where you get your cat. Of course, living on a farm, we had a lot of stray cats that city people would drop off. Sometimes, a stray cat chooses you as their new owner. We had many wonderful stray cats that became a part of our family. The trick here is to get that cat to a vet right away for a check up. Cats are susceptible to many diseases, however most are easily treated if caught early.

Another wonderful pet is a guinea pig. At one point I was alone for a period of two years. I lived deep in a pine forest with a dirt road the only way out. It was an isolated and remote place where it would be very easy to feel alone, and maybe even a bit afraid. Enter Miss Molly, my faithful guinea pig!

Miss Molly kept me company, it was wonderful to hear her drink from her water bottle at night. In the morning she would wake me up, begging for a leaf of lettuce. At night we would watch TV together, she would turn and lay her little head on my chest and gurgle with contentment. She made me feel not alone, and unafraid! She was such a little sweetheart, and I miss her.

There is just one problem with a guinea pig and that is their rather short lifespan. Most live to about 31/2 years, although I did have a guinea pig that lived two years longer than that. Other than that, there are very few drawbacks to having a guinea pig for a pet. You can even have several if you wish as they are very sociable animals. A guinea pig does not need much. I use a see through plastic tote box, the biggest I can find, for their home. Guinea pigs need to be cleaned out twice a week, and more often if there are multiple animals. They do not have to go to the vet, unless they become ill for some reason. That is usually not very often as they are very hardy little animals. I tell may elderly people to try out a guinea pig as a pet, and so far it has worked out in a very wonderful way! It is wonderful to see the look of delight as they discuss the antics of their guinea pig.

All in all, loneliness is nothing more than a feeling of being alone and unloved. God in his great wisdom gave us these wonderful animals that we can enjoy at any stage of our lives. I see pets as bundles of love, and I know that people love their pets as much as they love other people, and in some cases maybe even more!
You don’t have to be lonely, it is your choice. Go and visit an animal shelter in your area today and feel the magic! It is there, waiting for you......

Friday, October 5, 2007

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Knee Pain Healed With Hyaluronic Acid!!

If you ever had a sore knee, you know what it is like! Your life is miserable every time you have to walk. My knee did not hurt at first, it simply made a crunching noise when I went down steps. As a child I had injured that knee while tobogganing. By the time I was in my early 40s that knee started to hurt so bad that I needed to wear a tight knee brace just to walk. I went to the doctor and got the bad news that the cartilage in the knee was just about gone, because of injury. You know that did not make much sense to me, and surgery did not either. I know people who got knee replacements, and it is not a fun thing to go through, and being so young, I would have to have numerous knee replacements.
Well, well, because I am vain, I started taking HYALURONIC ACID for my skin. I always had really excellent skin, but I suddenly noticed that no matter what I did, my skin looked very flaky and dull, and when I wore make up, it looked like stucco on my nose and forehead! And, no amount of creams or moisturizers seemed to help, which seemed very odd. I also had very dry flaky skin on my legs! Oh yeah, I was coming apart at the seams!!
About two weeks after taking hyaluronic acid, my skin did not look much different, HOWEVER, after a year of agony, I noticed that my KNEE started feeling much better!! I thought maybe it was a fluke, but I continued with the HA, and after a month my knee pain was GONE. It no longer creaked, and my skin was coming around too!!
To me it was a miracle! I started researching HA online, and sure enough there it was in joint health combinations. I had tried those products before and they never helped, probably because there was not enough HA in it for my kind of a problem.
(I just went to Wal Mart, and bought 30 caps of HA (20mg) and took 4 a day. A bottle of 30 costs about 6.00! A lot less expensive than knee surgery!)
I have been taking HA for about 6 months now, and my knee is great! I do have to say that I am careful with it, I do not jog or jump on it, that would be tempting fate! However, I can walk anywhere and I do not have knee pain and that is like a miracle to me.
I am bracing for another long Wisconsin winter, but this winter I will not have to slick myself up like a Thanksgiving turkey. I will be able to take a shower and dry off with out flakes of skin coming off my legs. I will not have to use a half a bottle of baby oil just to feel human!
If you have a sore knee or even dry skin, give HA a try! I think that the body can heal itself with the correct nutrients. My body was trying to tell me something was wrong when my skin became so dry, but I did heed the warning, and then I started having more serious problems.
Everyday that I walk without knee pain, I am grateful that I found HA, because I KNOW that is what healed my knee.
 
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