http://www.healthtalktoday.net From a baby boomer perspective Mon, 26 Jul 2010 19:55:21 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Women's Speed Networking & Business Association . . . Welcome to Health Talk Today.  My name is Marilyn and I blog about health from a Baby Boomer perspective. This is my first Blog Party and I'm really excited to be invited. I'm looking forward to visiting all the sites of ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/welcome-to-wsnbas-sizzlin-summer-blog-party I just had a wrestling match with my mattress pad. It's thick, quilted and king size. The top and bottom edges are elastic to hold onto my over-stuffed, 15" deep, pillow top mattress. It was late and I was tired. I stretched the elastic over one ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/easy-mattress-pad-instructions Everything you do falls into one of three categories: Bad Work Good Work Great Work Can you tell the difference? I think we all need to do some of the Bad Work - The mindless, never-ending tasks that take up at least part of our day.  They need to be done, so you either have ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/do-great-work As a Baby Boomer, I've earned the right to talk about the Good Old Days. When I was in school, my friends had names like Kathy, Mary, Susan, Robert, William and John. OK, so Marilyn isn't one of the most common names. But, it wasn't that unusual ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/popular-baby-names I fell into the Dream Board trap - Big time. My Dream Board is ho-hum. Well, not all of it. There are parts that I love. Some of the images and text come from my heart and subconscious. But, after reading Martha Beck's article "What ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/dream-board-part-2 Creating a dream board, also known as a vision board, is a great way to "see" your goals. My first vision board was made 20 years ago as a class project. The assignment was to make a collage of my life. Being more practical than creative, I ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/dream-board While I was researching yesterday's post about Maya Fleckenstein, the 12 year old girl who was missing, I ran across a couple of very informative documents.  These safety tips are compliments of the Parma Ohio Police Department. Residential Security Survey No one can completely burglar-proof their home.  The idea is to make ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/safety-tips I got an automated call at 10:30 pm last night.  Code Red was the caller ID name.  The call was from a local police department with information about a girl who was missing just a few blocks from my home.  The call had all the pertinent information . . . [caption ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/code-red Babies are born with the softest and smoothest skin.  But as we age, our skin can take a real beating.  An unhealthy diet, air pollution, soaps and cleansers, smoking, sunburns, tanning booths and cheap cosmetics with harmful chemicals.  It all contributes to the aging effect and shows the most on ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/top-10-healthy-skin-tips My deepest fear is not that I am inadequate.  My deepest fear is that I am powerful beyond measure.  It is my light, not my darkness that most frightens me. I ask myself, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, fabulous?  Actually, who am I not to be? I am a child of God. My playing small does not serve the world. There ... http://www.healthtalktoday.net/my-deepest-fear