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Have you seen the pictures going around the web that show an elderly couple, holding each other hands, embracing each other, and you can see the sense of comfort on their faces. The picture tells how the couple has been married for decades and asks the question of how they managed to stay married so long. The answer, because they come from a generation where when something was broken, they fixed it. We have become a disposable world. We use disposable plates, disposable napkins, disposable cameras (okay, maybe not these as much). When new technology is introduced, there is a rush to buy it and get rid of the old (which, in some cases, in only a few months old). We want bigger, better, newer. We are not content. Why, then, is it surprising that so marriages are failing? If things are not going the way we want, if we are no longer content, we can just go out and replace our spouse. After all, there are plenty of fish in the sea. (By the way, I have never liked that saying ... and I m

A little over a week ago, I posted about my desire to lose weight . I have tried before, succeeded and then failed. I was up to 237 pounds. This past week, I was set to start walking, to get up and move. Unfortunately, a couple things hindered me from doing so. Last week I took out our puppies to hook them on their outside leashes. Our puppies are only 9 months old and are a collie/retriever mix. They are both fast and strong. When I hooked them up to the leashes, they suddenly saw something they both wanted to get so they took off. When I hooked them up, I didn't realize my legs were tangled in their leashes and one of the leashes got my ankle and the other got me behind the knee. Ouch! I put my leg up and iced it and by the next day it felt much better. It was bruised, but that was all. Yay! A few days later I woke up and my right hip just didn't feel right. I have had problems with my hips in the past (I am only 38, not 83 like I sound) and I have had to go to physical t

Tell Your Time by Amy Lynn Andrews is an ebook about time management. Who doesn't need help with time management? Ok, if you are one of those people, please don't tell me, just humor me and read along.   Tell Your Time has you think about your goals, break them down into priorities, and then gives you four steps to make a schedule that works for you. Amy Lynn Andrews includes printables in her ebook to help you put to use the great information she provides in her book. She uses those simple printables to help you write up a daily schedule that works specifically for you. She doesn't tell you what to schedule, she has you think about what is going on in your life and then helps you organize it. Disclaimer - Th is post includes affiliate links, and I make a portion of the sale of each ebook. Thanks for your support of this site! Click here to visit Amy Lynn Andrews. You can find Amy Lynn Andrews on Facebook  here. When you visit Amy Lynn Andrews on your website o