Grave Expectations: There’s More to Funeral Planning Than Sourcing Free Funeral Program Templates Online. Have You Already Begun Planning Your Own Unique Memorial Service?
Image by Getty Images via Daylife A recent article in the AARP Bulletin, titled "The High Cost of Dying," discussed how easily funeral costs can spin out of control. The article noted that this happens primarily because your surviving relatives -- faced with unexpectedly having to quickly put together a funeral while simultaneously grieving your demise -- just don't have the time or energy to price shop or bargain. Hey, you can understand: They're grieving for you, right?
Great News! Grab Your Forks and Napkins Because Now Many of Your Favorite Comfort Foods Are Still On the Menu, Even If You’re Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes
Cool Weather and Comfort Food: You Know It's Coming, Don't You? It's hard to miss the signs here in the heart of the Midwestern United States. No doubt the same thing is happening all over the northern hemisphere. With the advent of cooler days, longer nights, football in the stadiums and autumnal color on the trees, it's time to think about serving up a slew of your favorite cool weather comfort foods for dinner. (Sorry for talking "fall weather" to you readers in the southern hemisphere, especially those of you in Australia and New Zealand. I know it's springtime for you... But ...
Is Your Financial Portfolio Still Looking For an Economic Stimulus? Have You Thought of Becoming a Joint Venture Expert? (And Just What Does a Joint Venture Broker Do?)
Listen Up! Summer's over. This past weekend was Labor Day Weekend here in the United States. If you're in the US, it's likely you used the weekend to cram in a last gasp of vacation fun. But if you're like most Boomers, you probably also took a few minutes to pause and reflect on the status of your job and your income-generating power for your future retirement. Hopefully that part was not too grim. No matter the specifics of those quiet thoughts you had about your financial future this past weekend, you no doubt realized that you need to do something different than ...
The World’s Beaches and Sideroads Await You: Can Simply Learning How to Write a Book Actually Allow You to Retire Before Age 90, AND Give You More Play Time Now?
Remember how frustrated you got as a kid when you found yourself stuck in the classroom on a beautiful spring day? All you wanted was to get outside so you could play... But you couldn't. Because until that end of day school bell rang, you were tied to your desk, with work to do. You know; math, and reading and penmanship... The stuff they said you had to master in order to get a good job when you grew up... Fast forward to the present. You're grown up now and toiling away at that job you worked so hard to get. The job ...
As Obama Seeks Healthcare Reform, Now’s the Time to Stand Up, Make Your Voice Heard: You Do Want Solid, Affordable Benefits & to Enjoy Excellent Health, Don’t You?
My friend Shelby -- who was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes a couple of years ago, at the same time I was -- confided to me last week that this year, for the first time in her 50+ years, she's actually put off her normal healthcare maintenance appointments. She says it's not because she doesn't believe in their value. That wouldn't make sense, as not only does she have diabetes, but her husband's a 10-year cancer survivor, whose tumor was discovered during a routine physical... She knows the value of regular health maintenance appointments! No, her decision is based on financial necessity: ...
The 40th Anniversaries of Apollo 11 Moon Landing and Woodstock Offer Baby Boomers A Great Opportunity to Reminisce: Where Were You During the Summer of 69?
Image by raymaclean via Flickr As a Baby Boomer, What Impact Did the Summer of '69 Have On You? Recent retrospective news stories have reminded Baby Boomers that the summer of 69 was a three-month time period few of you will ever forget. It's probably one of those "litmus test" time periods. You know, the ones where everyone remembers exactly what you were doing at the time you heard.
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Is Your Financial Portfolio Still Looking For an Economic Stimulus? Have You Thought of Becoming a Joint Venture Expert? (And Just What Does a Joint Venture Broker Do?)
Listen Up! Summer’s over. This past weekend was Labor Day Weekend here in...
The World’s Beaches and Sideroads Await You: Can Simply Learning How to Write a Book Actually Allow You to Retire Before Age 90, AND Give You More Play Time Now?
Remember how frustrated you got as a kid when you found yourself stuck in the classroom...
As Obama Seeks Healthcare Reform, Now’s the Time to Stand Up, Make Your Voice Heard: You Do Want Solid, Affordable Benefits & to Enjoy Excellent Health, Don’t You?
My friend Shelby — who was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes a couple of years...
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Great News! Grab Your Forks and Napkins Because Now Many of Your Favorite Comfort Foods Are Still On the Menu, Even If You’re Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes
Cool Weather and Comfort Food: You Know It’s Coming, Don’t You? It’s...
As Obama Seeks Healthcare Reform, Now’s the Time to Stand Up, Make Your Voice Heard: You Do Want Solid, Affordable Benefits & to Enjoy Excellent Health, Don’t You?
My friend Shelby — who was diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes a couple of years...
You Can’t Do Much About the Economy, But That’s No Cause For a Midlife Crisis. Quick! What Would It Take To Make You Truly Blissful Right Now? As in “Happy From the Inside Out?”
As you were growing up, how did you envision your adult life? Unfortunately, if...
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Great News! Grab Your Forks and Napkins Because Now Many of Your Favorite Comfort Foods Are Still On the Menu, Even If You’re Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes
Cool Weather and Comfort Food: You Know It’s Coming, Don’t You? It’s...
Now That You’ve Rounded Up Your Waffle Iron and Whetted Your Appetite, Weren’t You Wishing You Could Serve Those Yummy Restaurant-style Sourdough Waffles at Home?
Yesterday, when writing about waffles and those cool “flip style” waffle...
Time to Heat Things Up, Make a Stand for Pure Goodness: “Waffling” May Be Poor Politics, But Who Can’t Love the Chef Who Serves Up Waffles for Breakfast, Brunch – or Dinner?
I don’t know about you, but I love serving making and serving waffles at...
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With the Michael Jackson Funeral and Other Celeb Deaths Behind Us, Boomers Are Having Grave Expectations: Have You Begun Planning Your Own Unique Memorial Service?
It’s been over a week since Michael Jackson’s amazing public memorial...
Single and Lonely? Ready to Re-Enter the Dating Pool But Worried It’ll Be a Shock? Why Not Let Rhonda the Maven Show You How to Start Dating Again?
Note from Anne: As you are no doubt aware, every day, thousands of Baby Boomers...
‘Personal Validation’ Alone Is a Powerful Concept: But What If You Factored in the Power of the ‘Law of Attraction’ When Leaving Everyone You Meet With a Smile Or Blessing? Wow!
About six weeks ago, as we moved into the year-end holiday season, I told you about...
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The 40th Anniversaries of Apollo 11 Moon Landing and Woodstock Offer Baby Boomers A Great Opportunity to Reminisce: Where Were You During the Summer of 69?
Image by raymaclean via Flickr As a Baby Boomer, What Impact Did the Summer...
Have You Ever Seriously Considered the “Expat Lifestyle” – You Know, Daydreamed of What It Might Be Like to Live, Work Or Perhaps Actually Retire Overseas?
Do You Sometimes Have the Feeling That You Really Need to “Get Away From...
Real Boomer Women Not Offended By Media Uproar Over “Putting Lipstick on a Pig.” But Isn’t It True You’d Rather Spend Your Time “Wearing” Lipstick and Riding Your “Hog?”
OK, You Asked to Get to the Bottom of This Latest Campaign Silliness So You Can Move...
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Grave Expectations: There’s More to Funeral Planning Than Sourcing Free Funeral Program Templates Online. Have You Already Begun Planning Your Own Unique Memorial Service?
Image by Getty Images via Daylife A recent article in the AARP Bulletin,...
Bucket List Game Reminds Us That 2009 Is the Year You Can Achieve Anything You Want: You Haven’t Let The Recession Keep You From Writing Up Your New Goals List, Have You?
Bucket lists are big news these days and we’ve talked about them before, of...
Thanksgiving Note: Call it Praise, Validation or Affirmation, Have You Ever Tried Consistently Greeting Everyone You Meet With a Genuine Message of Appreciation?
“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears” ~ Tony Robbins It’s...
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