I’m so excited, my second story in the “Lucy Lavender” series is now available in paper back at Amazon.  I have written stories for as long as I can remember.  It has always been my goal to get them published.  I have imagined myself walking into the library and seeing my books...

It’s Friday again.  This week has been super busy! We have been working on buying an investment property, it was a lot of time and effort to get all the information we needed.  It turned out that after we had done all of our research the property would not work as we had planned so we did not...

I have always wanted to learn Spanish.  I took it in 8th grade and I loved it.  I studied from time to time.  I did not get very far.  Then my Son fell in Love with a girl from El Salvador.     She spoke only Spanish.  She had an almost three year old daughter who also spoke only Spanish.  We...

My grandson was diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes and shortly after my son (his dad) found out he has type 2.  Our family is learning to eat better.  We love to eat so we are searching for ways to up the nutrition and lower the carbs. Today I saw a video on face-book that has a delicious entree that...

In case you didn’t know it, I am an author, I write stories.  Lucy is my main character in my first series.   She has exciting adventures that she relates to the girl she babysits, Karen.  The first book is Lucy and The Bank Robbers.  At the top is my favorite picture from that book.  My...

What is the best way to lose weight while keeping or even growing healthy muscle, and Why do I want more muscle.  Muscles burn more calories!!  I like to eat so I want to build more muscle so I don’t have to be quite so careful how much I eat.  There are better reasons to keep your muscles...

I was waiting at the checkout stand looking at  the magazine “First for women” because it has a lot of health information. On the cover it says “Walk off 20 lbs in a week!  (Ha Ha, I don’t believe that, but it got my attention).   Next it said:  “News!  20-second...

It seems to me that the advice on cooking oil is always changing, so I decided to do some research on what is current and why you might choose one oil over another, or maybe use all of them! First Olive Oil, According to Oliveoiltimes.com  Olive oil lowers blood pressure, protects against heart desease...

Eyesight is precious, One symptom you should never ignore is seeing floaters in your vision or flashes of light.   One of the joys of growing older is that we have to pay special attention to our eyes.  Everyone needs to be tested to see if they are developing glaucoma so they can get early treatment....

Okay you are probably thinking what does this have to do with Health!  Remember, I said my blog is about financial health as well as physical and mental Health! There are several reasons to purchase a used car.  Perhaps it is not in the budget to buy a new car.  Perhaps you would like to have a car...