The Pond

This month is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. The National Breast Cancer Foundation estimates that each year, over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and over 40,000 die. One woman in eight either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Approximately 1,700 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 450 will […]

Today has been a miserable day. This is a downer of a post! I have a headache and cannot seem to get rid of it. It could be all the auto insurance bills I had to pay and get into the mail this morning. It might be that I needed more coffee this morning. Who […]

There has been a lot in the news about Yankee Stadium and how it is closing. There is another great stadium that has closed and that is the RCA Dome, (formerly known as the Hoosier Dome), in Indianapolis. The RCA Dome was a domed stadium located in Indianapolis, Indiana, which was the home of the […]

You should never let your husband sit behind you while you exercise. I thought my husband was preoccupied while I exercised. He was holding a conversation on the phone and I figured, since he is a man, he would not be multitasking by talking and looking at my butt. Men don’t multitask very well. I […]

Have you ever felt like pulling your hair out? That phrase is usually used when we become so exasperated that the only thing we can think to do is to umm, pull out our hair. How silly is that? Who would actually grab fists full of hair and pull? For one thing, it would hurt. […]

I love having company! My husband’s aunt and her two daughters came to visit last week. Their visit spurred hubby and me into a cleaning frenzy. I knew that they would be spending the night at our home so that meant some deep cleaning. I cleaned my sewing room and organized things so you could […]

Something Lisa wrote on her blog has really struck me. I had no idea the impact that vaccinations make on our world. We are very lucky that we have the access to vaccines. In Africa they do not have access to vaccines and it is affecting their health. Instead of worrying about diet pills that […]

Most of my friends go wild when the mall bath and body store has their big sale. Not me. I cannot use their lotions. I go nuts trying to wear lotion and end up washing it off a few minutes after it is applied. I have sensitive skin and have to be careful what I […]

I just hung up the phone from talking with my prescription provider. They finally got the information needed to send me my Actonel. I have been without for three weeks now. I don’t want to risk a decline in my bone denseness. I take Actonel to increase my bone strength. I have Osteopenia. That means […]

I have heard of people donating blood and receiving money. Safety measures are taken to make sure that the people donating blood are healthy. Safety measures are also taken when drawing the blood. This has been going on for years. It is an honorable thing to give blood. I am not sure how honorable it […]