Category: Entertainment
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Groundhog Day At The Beach
Reading Time: 4 minutesBig news this week….Punxsutawney Phil (PP) didn’t see his shadow, portending that we’d have an early Spring. No one really takes him seriously though, since in the 138 years folks have been paying attention to him on February 2 each year, he’s only been right 39% of the time. I don’t give a… Read more
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The Guest Test
Reading Time: 5 minutesWhen you live in Southwest Florida, weather wise, winter is the most magnificent time of the year. Someone once told us that there ARE two seasons in Florida, wet season and dry season. I contend that dry season could also be called guest season because dry season in Florida coincides with winter… Read more
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Dance Like Nobody is Watching
Reading Time: 2 minutesHow many of us are self-conscious when dancing? It’s one thing to get out on the dance floor and shuffle our feet, move our hips a little, sway to the beat, and twist and turn in place. But it’s quite another to get out there, pull out all the stops, get out… Read more
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Retire Like a Millionaire
Reading Time: 5 minutesLast weekend my sister Lisa and I crashed the Lifestyle Visit my brother Denny and his wife Marlene made to The Villages in central Florida. Lisa and I have both lived in Florida for a while now and have, of course, heard about The Villages. Neither of us knew much about it… Read more
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Winners and the Games They Play
Reading Time: 5 minutesI come from a family of game players. As a child some of my best memories are those of the fun times we spent playing board games and cards. On summer vacation every year we went to a cottage on a lake in Northern Wisconsin. We spent long hours swimming and skiing… Read more
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My Guilty Pleasure
Reading Time: 2 minutesI often tell people I only turn on the TV in our house for Packer games. That’s been true for the whole two years and a couple of months we’ve lived here. I can no longer say that. Since it premiered in June 2005, I’ve claimed Dancing With the Stars as my… Read more
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I Love It When A Plan Comes Together
Reading Time: 4 minutesRemember the old A-Team television show? Hannibal’s line at the end of each show was “I love it when a plan comes together.” I really enjoyed The A-Team for several reasons. First, way back when we lived in Sacramento we visited a Los Angeles theme park where there was an A-Team exhibit.… Read more
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I Just Can’t Do It
Reading Time: 2 minutesYou know how it is when you neglect picking up little things around the house? You stop seeing them, these little things lying around that aren’t in their place because you left them in the last place you used them? One day you wake up and with new eyes see your home… Read more
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Yes, I’m Ready for Some Football
Reading Time: < 1 minuteLast August I wrote a post titled Football, the Packers and a 955-Year Waiting List. You can read it by clicking on the link here. I love that the seasons don’t change much in Florida, but September is notable year in and year out because it’s the start of the football… Read more
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Aqua Walking
Reading Time: 2 minutesnally, FINALLY, I found a way to exercise that I absolutely love. Since my cancer diagnosis early this year, I’m starting to really understand that exercise, which I’ve avoided like the plague most of my life, is vitally important in preventing a recurrence. As is losing weight and eating right, all things… Read more