Boston

Staying cool in the summer

Photos taken from Viva Terra catalog email

I know this is an ad for a catalog I get, Viva Terra, but I found their newsletter really interesting in this VERY HOT summer! Sometimes we get so sophisticated we forget our grandparents sometimes knew how to live life. Go check this out.

Cool Off This Summer

The first vacation pictures!

This is a picture of the five of us downtown Boston a few days ago. We went to the New England Aquarium, as you can tell from the next picture!

I'm sorry I haven't gotten more vacation pictures up here yet. We've been having great times on the lake tubing and -- hurray! -- jetskiing. The upload time here is excruciating, though. We're headed back to Boston tonight and I will try to round up the camera cards!

Don't you love summer? I feel like this is the first real vacation we've had up here in years.

Woman trapped in clothing. Dies in dressing room.

I was at the mall today trying on dresses for my nephew Grant's wedding. I have this question: how come clothes go ON so easily, but are impossible to get off? Especially silky kinds of dresses and tops with side zippers. At one point today I was struggling to get out of a tricky top and wondering how long it would take David to drive to the mall and extricate me. I am not exaggerating here, and if I could show you a picture I would. I had to literally calm my claustrophobia, uncross the arms over my head, and slither the top an inch at a time. By the time I was done I was ready for a nap.

OK, all my internet friends, I can't resist passing on this "health tip" from a publication I subscribe to!

HEALTH TIP: Ice Cream As A Fertility Booster?...

1 in 8 couples has trouble conceiving. But, the fix could be
just the thing that summertime is all about... Ice Cream!

The good folks at Harvard University have found that along
with the usual suspects of increasing fruit and veggie intake,
limiting red meats, adding healthy fats by way of nuts and fish,
and other assorted healthful advice, full fat dairy products
may also boost fertility.

The thing here is that it must be full fat dairy, not low fat
or skim. Evidently, "skinny" dairy products lack the hormones
which hitch a ride on fat molecules - the ones that may aid in
ovulation.

While more research needs to be done, this finding looks
promising. So go ahead and indulge yourself.

--HCP Health Tips

Happy Anniversary to us!

Today is our 22nd anniversary!

Ragamuffintop - week 4

Sorry there was no post for the Ragamuffintop Challenge last week: it all got lost in the shuffle of my niece Joy's wedding! So here we are back again. It was a good week...back on track with my eating and stayed active. Better yet, I didn't totally fall off the bandwagon on our last trip north. Progress is the pair of jeans I'm wearing. Oh...don't worry, there's a smaller pair still waiting for next week!

For those of you, like me, who are interested in such things, this picture was taken with my Macbook Air and Photo Booth. I'm sitting in my living room. Happy Saturday everyone!