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Is he adorable or what? Full bred Maltese - 3 years old - named Cody (but I call him Cooter)...

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I'm letting everyone know I have new digs...you can find me at Island Chick Travels now! I'll still be popping in now and then but if you're into travel like I am, be sure to check me out at my new home. Please update your link section or sign up for my email update alerts at the new blog. Until next time,Boomer Chick

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Before I go off the deep end, watch this....This was on I-64 going from Williamsburg to Richmond I think, but before I get on with my rant, I want to tell you about I-64. It. Is. Treacherous. Even in perfect driving conditions. People living over there might be used to it and I remember living in Newport News years and years ago, I did get somewhat used to it, but now? Fuggetaboutit. These

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Did anyone catch the infamous Ellen on American Idol last night? It was a scream! She sat down beside Simon and said, "Well if this isn't something. I'm coming and you're leaving," and Simon broke out in the biggest grin.But all in all, she did a fantastic job. I do miss Paula, but Ellen is kicking it!I did see a few hopefuls last night and can't wait to watch it tonight. It was sad to see

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I've not written in a few days. Life is back to normal. I didn't attend the funeral for the strangest reasons but I really wanted to go. No one knows who got any of her possessions or at least BF isn't letting me in on it. C'est la vie. When the time is right, he'll tell me.It snowed its arse off here a few days ago. There is still snow everywhere. My daughter got stuck in a 3 foot

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It's been slow going for me. Tonight's the viewing. She asked to be cremated so this will be the last time the family can pay respects to her before well before they cremate her.I've always wanted to be cremated for some odd reason. I hate graveyards, so that's probably the reason. I know once my body has perished, it doesn't matter but I want my ashes out there and not stuck in a box six

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Today's a sad day for me. BF's mother died last night.BF is a used-to-be-boyfriend but now we're just friends, but I was really close to her. She's given me her Maltese, Cody, so I'm sure you all will be hearing more about him.BF's mother, Jill, had brain cancer only they just now found it. And that's what I don't understand. After all the hospitals she had been in and out of for other things

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Who watched American Idol last week?American Idol is my most favoritest show of all time. Call me shallow but it is!I watched the first show of the season last Tuesday and again Wednesday night and by far, Atlanta had the most talented. But it was the very very last contestant that floored everyone. It wasn't so much his singing voice, but well...you be the judge...

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I've got another sick doggie on my hands. Skylar. She's a full-blooded Sheltie, maybe about five years old and fatter than a butterball. Two days ago, she threw up. And threw up. And threw up. There was a huge surprise for me in the kitchen which contained bits of cheese my daughter had given her earlier. I cleaned it up, then went in the living room and there were more surprises for me.

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I've got a special guest today! Kay Marshall Strom, author of the book, The Second-Half Adventure: Don't Just Retire - Use Your Time, Skills & Resources to Change the World is here with us today clear up some popular myths about baby boomers!Baby Boomers: Four Popular Myths and One Great Truthby Kay Marshall StromYeah, yeah, I know. You’ve heard just about everything there is to hear

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I have a fantastic guest blogger today. Barbora Knobova has been touring with Pump Up Your Book going on three months now (and will return next month!) and I couldn't let her not stop by Boomer Chick to give us some undying relationship guest post love. This woman is dynamite. I will be reviewing her new book, Tales for Delicious Girls, on the 18th at Pump Up Your Book, but for now, welcome

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Well that crazy maniacal dog almost died. I'm talking about Max. So much has happened but I really need to write all this stuff down or else I'll forget about it. It's even hard to remember now simply because maybe just maybe it's something I really want to forget.As I said, he almost died. And I saved him. Well the vet saved him but I paid the $547 vet bill and without me doing that, well..

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I was just discussing my "nightmarish" dreams with my tour coordinators and thought I'd share them with you so that maybe you can find some insight into all this, but for the last week, I've been having these dreams about Christmas.Only, it wasn't anything Norman Rockwell about them. They were horrible. You get up Christmas morning and you forgot to buy presents. That's the sort of dream you'd

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It's 5:30 in the morning. Didn't sleep well although I was full of nice goodies that are supposed to make you sleep and keep you there. I think about 3 a.m. Cassie and I went downstairs (guess she couldn't sleep either) and finished off the crab cake dinner Melissa and I had gotten at Bill's for dinner. I was too sick to go out so she picked it up on the way back from the store.There's snow on

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It's one minute before 5 a.m. I knew I was coming down with something - what was the big mystery - and now I know. I think. I have. The Cold.I feel miserable.Anyone notice how colder it is this year? Cold windy blasts of air coming off the ocean isn't unusual on the island this time of year, but if I can remember right, last Christmas we had the windows on the kitchen side open.And get this..

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We have a special guest today. With Christmas right around the corner, everyone's thoughts are on joy, happiness and spending the holidays with their special someone. Or are they? What about singles who don't have significant others? Are they doomed? Not so, says Barbora Knobova, author of Tales for Delicious Girls. Barbora offers tips to have the best holiday of your life no matter what!

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Humorist Pat Snyder, author of The Dog Ate My Planner, will be at Pump Up Your Book on Friday, December 4, taking your questions and comments. Leave a question or a comment, along with your email address (very important), in the comment section anytime between now and 8 p.m. tomorrow night and you could win a free copy of her book!The winner will be selected at the end of tomorrow night and

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I feel really bad not keeping this blog updated so I made a pact with myself to keep writing in here on a daily basis if not for therapy but to let everyone know how I'm doing.It's. Been. Crazy.I don't know whether it's the holidays but it seems that when the weather changed, my life has become even more chaotic. Business is going great and I shouldn't even complain as it sure does beat my "

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Today begins a month long extravaganza at As the Pages Turn with guest posts about holiday memories from authors all over the world. Today Jeff Nicklaus, author of The Light, The Dark & Ember Between, kicks off our first day with a lovely story, The Many Essences of Christmas. Click on title below and you'll be taken right to the story.The Many Essences of Christmas Past by J.W. Nicklaus

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In the "You're the Boss" section of the New York Times yesterday, a fellow by the name of Bruce Buschel wrote an article titled, "100 Things Staffers Should Never Do." It seems he is opening a seafood restaurant and posted this list to his real-time staffers.While it was a great list, it reminded me of a humor column I wrote back in '02 titled "How To Be The Perfect Diner" written completely

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I'm guest blogging today over at Tony Eldridge's blog, Marketing Tips for Authors!How OK! Magazine Taught Me A Thing Or Two About Book Promotion By Dorothy Thompson: http://bit.ly/49x2rFSee the magazine cover on your left? Look to the right and you see a picture of Jennifer Aniston? I was called by the editor of OK! Magazine to give my opinion of the Jennifer Aniston l Vince Vaghn relationship.

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And...we have a winner! dlodden at frontiernet dot net won a copy of my book, Romancing the Soul!Congratulations!

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Boomer Chick – post #7 http://www.overthehillchick.blogspot.com/"That's with a Z, and my last name is Barrymore, like Drew, who's a cousin of mine on my father's side."Milla would have bet that it was Lisa with an "S." Liza Barrymore swore she was related to Drew, but judging from the accent, the only Barrymore this dame knew was Barry Moore from the old neighborhood in Brooklyn.Milla guessed

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There's some serious fun coming our way at the end of this month! The Stiletto gang has teamed up with 20 author blogs for a humungous online scavenger hunt where readers can go blog to blog gathering clues to solve a mystery. Lots of great prizes are going to be given away along the route.Now you know Boomer Chick just had to accept their invitation to be part of this, didn't you?Now here's

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I have a guest blogger today! Carol Sue Gershman, author of the memoir, The Jewish Lady, The Black Man and the Road Trip, is joining us as part of her virtual book tour for Pump Up Your Book Promotion!Finding Love After 50by Carol Sue GershmanI personally have had more love affairs after 50 than ever before. In fact, love started pouring in after 50.How can I explain this...As a 14 year old

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Man, did you all read about this? A tourist found a man dead at Virginia Dare Road and the autopsy revealed...a shark ate him!It seems I just got back from the Outer Banks just yesterday....oh I miss it so much (maybe not the shark part but thank goodness I didn't know about the possibility of becoming someone's dinner at the time).I remember Virginia Dare Road...just trying to think if it was

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It's official! Pump Up Your Book Promotion has made the short list at BBAW for Best Blog Tour Group!Book Blogger Appreciation was started by Amy Riley of My Friend Amy in an effort to recognize the hard work and contribution of book bloggers to the promotion and preservation of a literate culture actively engaged in discussing books, authors, and a lifestyle of reading.The first Book Blogger

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Okay, okay, stop yelling. I was coming! Would you like to see pictures of our vacation in Myrtle Beach now?I had never been, never ever. I'd been to Florida so we passed it to our left, but never did we even think about going to Myrtle Beach until someone blogged about it. I must write to the North Carolina tourism people and tell them how valuable blogging is.So it was BF, his 14-year-old

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These damn glasses....

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I'm back from my mini-vacation at Myrtle Beach, N.C. I. Had. A. Blast. And...It. Was. Hot. Man, I'm telling you, there were sweat beads on top of the sweat beads. But it was really fun once you got used to the heat.On the way, we stopped off at South of the Border. I hadn't been to South of the Border since I got married about 35 years ago. We were spending our honeymoon in Ft. Lauderdale

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The ponies are gone. I missed the auction but what ponies that didn't sell were taken back to Assateague today to run free and wild as nature intended. I'm sure a few of them if not all were a bit shaken up from the experience and I'm hoping they are very adaptable. Tourists are still here, but they'll weed out in another week and it will be almost like it was before summer tourist season

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Well I haven't posted much all summer because of work commitments, so I thought I'd get back on track. Yesterday was the Chincoteague Fireman's Annual Pony Swim and I was right there in the middle of it as usual. Last year was my first time since moving to the island and I thought I'd sit this year out but I couldn't ignore the excitement passing by my door!An interesting thing is how I can

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Guess what! I'm guest posting today at The Book Faerie Reviews! I just found out this is going to be a monthly feature and I'm to talk about virtual book tours and online book promotion. If you'd like to see my first post, visit The Book Faerie Reviews! Stop by and leave a comment or say howdie!

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Gracious Living on Social Security is an easy-to-read decade-long journey that offers tips and suggestions on how senior citizens can stretch their dollar and get the most for their money. Eleven chapters cover every important aspect of living together, from the wedding preparations to where to live. Key considerations follow each chapter for quick reference: considerations like where and when to

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So it was the 4th of July yesterday. The original plan was to light fireworks at the end of the dock only the guy who was selling the illegal good stuff wasn't there anymore so we figured we'd just go to the end of the dock and watch the fireworks that were going off at the carnival grounds the Chincoteague fireman shoot off every year. Even though we wouldn't be sitting right there in front of

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What a bummer of a night. I just found out my dad died and I don't even know when it happened.I don't know if you all remember me talking about finding my father about four years ago. I had a cousin on my father's side of the family contact me after doing a family tree sort of thing. He had found me online and wanted to let me know he knew where my father was.Yes, it was quite a shock, but

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Heading to the beach with nothing to read? Now you can head out in style with a book from one (or more!) of your favorite authors!Pump Up Your Book Promotion is hosting our very first Summer Beach Reading Giveaway. Four great authors with 4 chances to win!All you have to do is head on out to one of the blogs listed below and follow directions to win. It's that easy!As the Pages Turn is giving

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I have a special treat for you today! We have a guest blogger. Her name is Dorothea Hover-Kramer and she's been on a virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion all this month with book reviews, interviews, guest posts, radio appearances and even a book giveaway!And...still had time to drop by with a wonderful guest post titled It's Boomer Energy Time! - Five Ways to Practice Presence in

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I've got a book review by moi and a book giveaway by author Dorothea Hover-Kramer up today at As the Pages Turn! Here are the details:BOOK GIVEAWAY!We’re offering a book giveaway! If you would like to win a copy of Dorothea Hover-Kramer’s A Second Chance to Your Dreams, here are the details:Dorothea says, “No one should wait until a terminal diagnosis to start living more fully. Make a list

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You know who you are. You slimy sleazy grasscutter stealer you.Okay, so I'm stupid to think this is a crime-free zone. Is there such a thing? I mean, crime is practically nonexistant here on the island. This is the only place in the world where I actually feel safe enough that if I made it up 3 flights of stairs and I remember once I get up on the 3rd floor that I forgot to lock the door on

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Interesting article up at Sunday Express. It's an online paper I think from the UK, but someone tweeted the link and I thought I'd check it out because if it's anything I hate more, it's the school system. Granted, bullying comes from home but school is where a child is forced to go, thus has to face the bully five days a week.For some kids, bullying is very traumatic, yet we as parents feel we

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Irene Watson, as part of her virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book Promotion, is giving away a FREE copy of her newest book, The Sitting Swing! You heard it right, folks. Absolutely free! Ahhh...but there's a catch. You must be the first person who can tell us where she was born. And no high tailing it down to the court house!Whoever is able to guess where Irene Watson was born wins a free

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Beautiful, beautiful...How is everyone's morning? It's rainy and blowy and crappy here on the island. We've got a new set of "neighbors" who've been here all week but I overheard them telling someone they are leaving Friday (which is tomorrow...yaaaay!).Like I've said before, I really don't mind tourists, but when they are NEXT door and that next door is only a few yards away, it feels a bit

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I was talking to a great online friend of mine, Marta Stephens, comparing Smoky Mountain notes as she just got back from her vacation there (I'm hoping she's going to blog about her experience and hope it wasn't as death-defying as mine) but it just reminded me I haven't shown you my video I made. Makes it look like it was all sitting on the front porch drinking sweet tea type of memories,

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Taking a breather from tour coordinating...whew, been at it since I got back home from the Smoky Mountains last Thursday night. I thought I'd go on and send a few pictures through so you can see what they look like. I did a lot of griping the last two posts, so this time I'll show you just how beautiful these mountains are. Click on either of these pictures and it'll blow up so you can see

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Continued from yesterday...."Well, it was my son's birthday. Twenty-six years old. I don't even remember twenty-six years old. Oh, yes I do. Melissa was one year old and I think we were getting ready to move back to the Eastern Shore. The ex, well he wasn't the ex then of course, was stationed in the Air Force and his four years was up. We were living in Newport News, Virginia, and he gets

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Dear Chevy,I'm writing to you today because I need you to get back to the set. We've got another National Lampoon vacation story for you to star in, but you might want to hear about it before you commit. This story was told to us by some crazed woman in Virginia who they found balancing herself on the rail of a narrow bridge overlooking the Atlantic ocean. She said she wasn't going to jump,

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I have to make this kinda sorta short, but since I'm sitting here in the Smoky Mountains in a cabin that isn't my choice, I thought I'd check in with some pointers on what to look for in a cabin in the Smokies BEFORE you commit.This is my 5 trip to the Smoky Mountains. You would think I would have learned a few things about choosing a cabin after 4 times, wouldn't you? Well, now I'm smart...

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There are two great book giveaways going on today!C.W. Gortner is giving away a copy of his latest historical fiction novel, The Last Queen! Stop by Cafe of Dreams, leave a comment, and April will pick a winner! Is that the most beautiful cover you've ever seen?Therese Fowler is giving away a copy of her latest women's fiction novel, Reunion! Stop by Savvy Verse & Wit, leave a comment, and

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I wish for the life of me I could figure out why my right sidebar has disappeared underneath my blog instead of beside it. Usually I can figure it out, but I've tried deleting some things and it doesn't seem to make a lick of difference.Such is the way my life is going today. On top of that, I have to find a cabin in like...errr...today. We're going on vacation next Monday and I don't have a

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I bought myself a new camera. It's just a small digital but I totally love it only I'm not sure about the picture quality just yet so I'm going to post some pictures and see if I love it or hate it.I saw this camera advertised on TV and since we're going to the mountains in another week, I knew I had to buy one to replace my old one that bit the dust. This one is called a Nikon Coolpix 6400.

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Therese Fowler, author of the women’s fiction novel, Reunion (Ballantine Books), will be stopping off at Introducing WRITERS Radio Show with Kim Smith at 8:30 p.m. eastern (adjust to your time zone) tonight!About the Book:Celebrity talk show host Blue Reynolds is the queen of daytime television—she is smart, funny, and as down-to-earth as her adoring fans. In the eyes of the world, she has it all

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He stops and pulls up a minnow trap. Man in pink shirt stops, observes, then carries on toward the end of the dock. It's misting; not the perfect vacation day for sure.The first man heads toward man in pink shirt. They both pause midway the dock, man in pink shirt points toward the north, then they both crouch and peer over the side of the dock as if something caught their eye. It must not

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A few weeks ago, I had a publicist contact me about sending Nancy Thayer out on virtual book tour. Of course, after I had a mild heart attack picked myself off the floor, I said sure, no problem.Omg, do you all know who she is? A few years ago, I bought a copy (ordered it from Amazon) of her book, The Hot Flash Club, and absolutely without a doubt take my word for it loved it to pieces. Of

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Somehow this meme's title got lost in transit, so I'm calling it "99 Things I Have Done in My Life." What you do is copy the whole list on to your blog and highlight the things you have done. While I'm trying to ignore the fact I have the flu - I know, sob, sob - I thought I could handle this one. How many can you say you have done?1. Started your own blog2. Slept under the stars3. Played in a

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I have a list fetish. I mean, simply put, I love lists. If I don't have a list when I go to the store, I am lost. If I don't have a list when I go to clean, nothing gets done. Just my way of trying to keep on top of things and not being caught with my pants down.My mother loved lists. She died over 30 years ago, but she was a list maker extraordinaire when she was alive. I would find these

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This is hilarious...Of course....you can...

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If this doesn't bring you to tears, I don't know what else will. To the parents of little Madeline, my heartfelt sympathy...The Tribute to Our Madeline from Mike and Heather on Vimeo.

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Good morning boomers! I've got a special super duper treat for you today. Tim Kellis, author of the relationship book, Equality: The Quest for the Happy Marriage is here with us today to answer whatever relationship questions you might have!To begin with, let me tell you a little about Tim:Renowned Wall Street analyst Tim Kellis takes on what could be considered society’s biggest problem today:

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Thanks to Barry Eva for sending out the message and for all those who are blogging about this tonight...Susan Boyle Sings on Britain's Got Talent 2009 Episode 1 @ Yahoo! Video

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This is amazing...watch, then I have a story for ya....Okay, the story. Last Christmas, I wanted to get a gift for the kids that would be a) fun, b) remind them of the cabins we stay in when we go to Tennessee, c) something related to exercise and d) something the family can do as a whole during those long cold winter months that loomed ahead.As this was our first Christmas in our new place, I

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I've got to honestly say this guy is a star already...Well, they voted off Scott McIntyre tonight. It was so sad. No, he's not as good as most of the others, but it was still sad. I thought for sure Lil was going, but even though she ended up in the bottom 3, she was still safe. Poor Anoop...he's still hanging in there.I love Adam, I really do. He's by far the best one up there in voice and

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I have a special treat for you today! Lloyd Watts, author of The Flow of Time and Money: How to Create a Full and Prosperous Life, is here with us to talk about how baby boomers can still lead a full and prosperous life in 2009! If you would like your questions answered on how you, too, can live a full and prosperous life in 2009, leave your comments below!A Full and Prosperous Life for Baby

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Don't you just love mother nature?I'm under a severe thunderstorm and tornado watch and does it bother me? Nope. Still on the computer. Just hope one day I don't eat those words, lol.I'm having a wonderful Monday. It didn't start out so great. BF and his mother were going to Dover Downs (casino, horse track) to spend a couple of nights in the casino there and BF's mother had to go and fall

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Today I did something really different. I got out from underneath this computer and took Max to the doggie park. I don't know who was having a better time - Max in pine cone heaven or myself. It was our first really warm day and I can't even begin to tell you how rejuvenating it was. I came back home, refreshed and with a whole new zest. Life was certainly joyful!Vacations are like that. We

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Okay, okay, I know I'm taking years off my life and smoking is bad for you, yada yada, but what in the hell are these people thinking? And Obama, my hero, my knight in shining armor, passed this ridiculous bill that was presented by non-smokers to help people quit by going from .39 to $1.01 a pack starting Wednesday????I don't smoke a lot, but I do smoke and I just think this is the most

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You'll never believe in all your born days what I just did.WENT TO A MOVIE!It was BF's crazy idea. I know, I know...but he asked me if I wanted to go see this new movie out called, "Knowing," and the previews WERE fantastic, so I figured one time out of the house in the middle of tour season wouldn't hurt me and might give me a much needed break.Okay, I'm not quite sure how to put this. It

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Happy Friday the 13th everyone! I'm not superstitious, so the day can come and go without worrying I'm going to fall off the face of the earth, but it reminded me of a story I'd like to share with you.My grandmother was like me. Not superstitious except for 2 things - laying hats on beds and coat hangers on doorknobs. You could never do either or something horrible - although we knew not what

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Before I begin this blog post, I want to say how awfully sorry I haven't posted lately. The tours have been keeping me super duper overly occupied. I don't think anyone knows there's a recession going on because we've doubled our clients these past two months, which is a good thing being as I'm saving for that big screen TV..haha.But it can get tiring. I'm not what you'd call an obsessive

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This is long, but can you believe I cried at the end? So much for happiness video, lol!

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I think I've got the crud. Not real sure, but it's pointing in that direction. I was feeling really shitty all day long, so about 7 p.m., I lied down on the couch and somewhere around that time, American Idol Rewind came on and I fell asleep.I got back up about 11:30 just about when my daughter came home from work. I decided to try to do more tour stuff, then go on back to bed, but a blog post

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Yesterday was such a crazy, crazy day. I've got only a few days left before the March authors need to be out in the cyberworld and instead I was playing around with email marketing. I figured it's good to learn these things, you know?What happened was I was a guest blogger at Denyse Bridger's Fantasy Pages. Denyse said she and Heather were going to be promoting it in groups, so I decided I'd

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Finally, there's a cure for that annoying person who is constantly on the happy end of the stick. Watch!

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Okay, so BF has left again. He plays these disappearing acts all the time. I get to the point that when he says he's leaving, I just keep watching television like he didn't say anything. He packs up his stuff and I'm sitting there laughing at Golden Girls. He storms out of the driveway and I switch over to Orange County Housewives, or whatever the show is called. And then I go upstairs and

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I don't mind change. They can put up a super mall down the street and I am so there. They can build a new hotel next door and that's great as long as they don't block my view. Anything that boosts the island's economy and gives the locals as well as the tourists something to do, I am all over it.So I really welcome change. Unless...it takes me off automatic pilot and becomes one big annoying

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A woman after my own heart...I love her! We had rabbit ears. Anyone remember that? Sure...this was before digital TV, before cable, before satellite dish. Just an old-fashioned system of planting an antenna up on a telephone pole and hoping it was high enough to get a good signal and when it didn't, you'd grab a roll of tin foil and wrap it around the antennas right there on your TV.My aunt.

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Now I have seen it all....Thanks to Timbooktu for posting on her blog about it!

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This isn't a tutorial. This is a real story that happened to real people. And it can happen to anyone.Let's just say you are in the market for a motorcycle.The first thing you need to do is have a computer with Internet access. If you don't have one, use someone else's.The next thing you need to do is know eBay inside out and if you don't know eBay that well, get someone to explain it.Okay so

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Beautiful but cold day today. The sun is blaring down on top of me in my computer room and I sit here and surf like I haven't got a thing to do (which is so not true).But, while surfing, I came upon this story. I don't know if any of you have heard about this but there's this family in Colorado that has found a rather strange thing in their back yard.The woman goes outside and she runs back in

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Boomer Chick has a special guest today! Maggie Rose Crane, author of the self-help book for baby boomer women, Amazing Grays: A Woman's Guide to Making the Next 50 the Best 50 (Regardless of your hair color!), is here today with a special blog post. Maggie's life changed the moment she stopped listening to society's standards of the way we're supposed to look and act at a certain age and would

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I have a special guest today! Old bud Sandi Kahn Shelton, whose blog I have been reading faithfully for a couple of years now, has graced us with a guest post!When Jaime over at Pump Up Your Book Promotion asked me what I would like Sandi to blog about, I thought wouldn't it be cool to find out ten things about her that we didn't know?I thought so. But let me tell you why she's here first.

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Un-believ-able. Words cannot express what I am watching here today. In a few short minutes, Barack Obama will become the first African American to become the President of the United States. They're showing shots of the crowd...un-believ-able. They say it's in the millions. The sun is out, but it's cold and the people are just out there.I've got all three TVs turned on and he's traveling down

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Boomer Chick has a special guest today! Vivian Eisenecher, author of the self-help book, Recovering Me, Discovering Joy: Uplifting Wisdom for Everyday Greatness, is here today with a special blog post. Vivian conquered alcoholism and would like to tell her story... Dysthymia & Social Anxiety—The Straws that Stirred my DrinkSome alcoholics when diagnosed with

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This speaks for itself...

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I am so sorry I've not posted in the last week, but I'm in the middle of keeping this month's authors' tours in check and securing stops for next month's authors, plus promo, plus keeping my book marketing blog updated daily and poor ol' Boomer Chick needs a break.So, I sat down with one of my client's books and decided the perfect book would be Amazing Grays: A Woman's Guide to Making the Next

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I just heard that a longtime online friend, Barbara Williamson Woods, has passed away. I know she had been battling cancer. We pray for the family and we send them our heartfelt condolences.Let me tell you about Babs. It's quite a story. She was a member of one of my online groups, The Writer's Life. We didn't know she had cancer; in fact, she didn't know she had it herself until after she

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I can't stop laughing...Skylar doing a dance in her new shoes (it was taken from a cell phone so it's a bit blurry)...

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My daughter just sent me some pictures she took a day or so ago when the northeasterner blew through here, thought I'd add them to the blog to see what they look like. I had bought her a new camera for Christmas and want to see how they show up, so here goes nothing.This first one is my favorite. It looks like a scene out of The Birds. This building is off to the left of us. Melissa is

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Okay, so I get up, right. I do my usual...walk downstairs, pour some pepsi, open the back door to let the view in, check the temp on the temp thingee on the counter.I see that it is almost 50 degrees so I decide it's warm enough to take the dogs out for their morning constitutional.Max is first. He's good, pees on everything in site, grabs a pine cone and comes back in.Cassie is getting a bit

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Did anyone see Rock of Love Charm School today? Omg, watch this...it's all over the news...Sharon Osbourne rocks! There was a discussion on a social network today over who was the bully in this - Sharon or the girl in the bikini, Megan. Sharon was the hero, that's all I know.I remember this one kid in the neighborhood. She was awful, loved to bully the other kids especially my sister who was

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What a year this was! Who said getting older was so bad? As long as you have your health, your ambitions, your goals, your passions, life is great. My kids are healthy, I'm healthy (well I could stand to stay off the sweets for a little while), my business is running great, I live in the most beautiful place in the world....but...It doesn't mean a thing unless you feel it in your heart to love

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If ever there was such a thing as a perfect Christmas, this one was it. Everyone is healthy and alive and it was one of the most beautiful Christmases I believe I have ever had.I had stayed up until three cooking my country ham (btw, I've had better...I think I cooked it too long), but anyway, I stayed up until three cooking my country ham so I think that's why I slept until 9:30. What was

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Happy holiday to from the Boomer Chick!

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So I'm having a really hard night. I'm having to pull someone else's shifts at work even though I wasn't finished with Christmas shopping, hadn't even touched baking and my tours just weren't getting done all by themselves while I was trying to pull together the perfect Christmas, work, bake, work, shop, work and keep my sanity intact as I pulled off the biggest juggling act of my

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No, no, not a tutorial on cooking a country ham...I'm the one needing help! Anyone out there in blogland who knows how to cook one? I know to soak it, but how long? Do I boil the sucker or bake it? If I have to bake it, what temp and how long?Arg. Holidays.

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I have a special guest today! One of my boomer babe girlfriends is here today to give us the lowdown on pursuing your dreams later in life. Marta just so happens to be ending her virtual book tour this week, so it's such a pleasure to have her stop by and give us her boomer wisdom!Take it away, Marta...A Midlife Dream© Marta Stephens 2008 all rights reservedWhat I would say to someone

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Whew. You guys are safe.19%Actually, I think the odds are quite lower than that.I was watching a Christmas movie the other day. It was quite flaky, but a husband and wife - excuse me - wife and husband was stranded in the middle of the mountains just days before Christmas. They were like four or five days there and except for blistered lips, you'd never know they'd been out in the elements (oh

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John Walsh and his family can now put to rest who killed their six-year-old boy, Adam Walsh. Breaking news today cited that after more than a decade, the Walsh's have found out who decapitated their boy in 1981 after he went missing from a shopping mall.As you know, John Walsh launched the television show, "America's Most Wanted" after the tragic death of his son, in his hopes that he could help

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This just in from Baby Boomer Knowledge Center:"While the future of social security may be uncertain, some (baby boomers) who are retiring now are forgoing southern beaches in favor of western mountains. Reports in recent days have noted a new trend in baby boomer retirement: they're choosing to settle in the West..."While this baby boomer isn't anywhere near retirement age (in mind at least), I

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Jenny McGill is back with us today with Pt. II of her guest post, Baby Boomers in Mexico!Come spend one Saturday morning with me in this mountain village, Talpa de Allende. My neighbors are decorating their houses for the coming Christmas holiday. They are planning their posadas and piñata parties.Today is Dia de Tianguis. Tianguis is like a street market. Local vendors and people from big

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