How to secure your house while you are away! Most of us are concerned about the safety of our home while we are away traveling. As the baby boomers take up this new interest of seeing the world, while traveling extensively for longer periods of time this problem is only going to grow. When you are away your home...
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Last July we happily hired Ligia Sanchez Canizales as our weekly housekeeper. I knew she was feisty when I first met her, I knew she’d be reliable, and I knew she would work faster than a whirling dervish. I was just unprepared for the pit bull in her; the good kind of pit bull. During the long hot humid...
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Surveys have shown that as baby boomers approach the golden years of retirement many are, if not concerned, wondering how to approach their new life. Well, some planning ahead can go a long way. There are clearly many things to consider in the planning process, but the following three seem to be on the top of the list: Be...
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Stop that random eating! This careless eating is what is making many of us over-weight and unhealthy. Do you find yourself reaching for something to eat without even thinking about it? I do not mean "stop eating" but think before you eat. Plan your splurges. When you see that plate of cookies, doughnuts, samples in grocery stores just say...
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So you are looking for a piece of fitness equipment so you can work out a bit and lose some of that unwanted weight. Well don't worry, if you purchase a piece of home fitness equipment and actually use the equipment a few times a week for about a half of an hour then you will loose weight. Some...
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Early one morning we can see there’s a big commotion on the Malecon. Sirens are blaring, traffic is blocked, police are on the scene, as well as press photographers. It doesn’t take long to learn that a large section of the concrete overhang belonging to the Belmar Hotel had collapsed during the night. It’s a miracle no one was...
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We all start out as infants in this world, depending on someone to nurture, love, and take care of us. We go through the...
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As you properly know there are more credit cards in circulation in the U.S. than there are people. This is more than likely to...
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Reality is that many baby boomers, for one reason or another become single as mature adults. Many have been in long term relationship, and...
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After all the years, after all the alarm clocks, after all our work, it has become our time, our time to be that quiet...
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Christmas Eve we spend with friends munching on sumptuous BBQ ribs at Paulina’s in Centro. It’s BYOB, which suit our various tastes and budgets. ...
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With time on their hands and money in their pockets, Baby Boomers are looking for creative and relaxing ways to spend both. Today, the...
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Recently, I was enjoying the company of three delightful women. We were part of a bigger group – all single. I hadn’t experienced such generosity for quite a long time and it was delightful. Along, came a man who sat down beside me, a very pleasant man. And immediately, things were different. It was...
But the thrill of Mazatlan is still on. Returning to Mazatlan is very much like going from your parent’s well ordered house to your crazy aunt’s apartment where anything goes. Coming from the sedate San Miguel with its muted colours and controlled architecture, we revel in the wackiness of Mazatlan. Houses are painted in...
I’ve been wanting to try hot yoga for some time now. I could imagine the benefits, I could feel the heat warming my bones on a cold February day, it was just a matter of finding the right environment. For those of you who read my earlier article “Discover Yoga – a Gift for...
I must have read hundreds of articles about how people should behave in interviews, what they should say, how they should dress, the research they should do… yawn! I would like to throw something in the ring to those who are interviewing potential employees and ask them: do you think about what you are...
Genealogy as a hobby is growing by leaps and bounds in North America. It is becoming the second most popular hobby, mostly driven be it's increasing popularity among the baby boomer generation.
Over time, I have revised my opinion about hot yoga. It could be ideal for your body, but it did not suit mine at all. During my 6 months in the “hot room” I experienced rapid heart beat, and the inability to cool my body down. Often it would take hours. Because I sweated...
September is like being shut in a hot steam sauna and you can’t get...
How will you know if you have a good life and a fit body?...
Our rooftop dinner overlooking the cathedral wasn't going so well. The meat would have...
The coming retirement stage of baby boomers has become a public major concern. It...
