Morning!
It’s been over 2 years since I began my weight loss journey and to this day, I’ve managed to keep off 50+ pounds. In honor of that, I’ve started The Fitness Brainery…the one stop place for all fitness-related questions. I’d like to invite you to swing on by and check it out!
Enjoy,
Barbara
Morning all,
I’ve decided to move my blogging to my flagship site of BarbaraLing.com. Thus, this will be my last posting here - it’s been a long great ride and thank you all for readership! Please do visit my new blog and check it out.
Enjoy,
Barbara Ling
It’s been a few days since I’ve last posted here. Not since I’ve last posted, mind you, as I’ve been posting all over the place at AskOwlbert.com … but since I’ve last posted HERE.
You know, I thought last Friday that I’d actually have time to indulge in my other pastimes. :) For 55 utterly blissful minutes, I really thought my life would be returning to normal! And then inspiration struck…and I’ve haven’t been still since.
I seem to be swept up into a never-ending stream of tying everything together. I had planned on returning to my beloved Kendo tomorrow and Wednesday, but alas, that’s not to be either. Sigh. Part of me really misses my adult self-defense/sparring/etc., and another part of me simply lacks the time/energy to focus on anything except my family/work.
I do believe everything happens for a reason, and that what I’m currently going thru is meant to be. What will come out of it….gosh, I really wish I knew!!
More later,
Barbara
Fascinating article
over here:
Researchers at Saint Louis University in Missouri compared a 35-pound (16 kg), floppy-eared mutt named Sparky with AIBO, a far-from-lifelike robot dog, to see how residents of three U.S. nursing homes would respond.
"The most surprising thing is they worked almost equally well in terms of alleviating loneliness and causing residents to form attachments," said Dr. William Banks, a professor of geriatric medicine who worked on the study reported in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
Banks said pets have been shown to help older people feel less isolated. "It really improves loneliness considerably," he said in a telephone interview.
But many senior citizens are too frail to care for a pet or have had to give up their own animals when they went to the nursing home. "They really miss that bond," he said….MORE….
The article goes on to say, both Sparky and the robot dog gave virtually equal the amount of comfort.
This can be a boon for nursing home residents, but truly….their families should show up as well to dispel the loneliness too.
Barbara
ps - Want a robot dog?
Vintage BattleStar Galactica Daggit Robot Dog Action Figure 1978 - No Reserve!
Poo-chi Robot Dog - NEW MINT IN BOX (Poochi)
1 72 to 28mm (robot dog with robot gaurd) wargamming,warhammer,fantacy,midevil,
Transformer Robot Dog USB Flash Pen 1GB Memory Drive
10 x DEFORMATE ROBOT DOG PEN 1GB USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE
8GB MEMORY DEFORMATE ROBOT DOG PEN USB 2.0 FLASH DRIVE
Radio Remote Control Pet Dog Robot Dog Toy
Morning,
Check out
over at Back in Skinny Jeans. To wit:
This woman does not look Plus-Size to me at all. I saw these ads for Marina Rinaldi inside O magazine, and thought wow what beautiful outfits. I had never heard of Marina Rinaldi before so I Googled the name.
I honestly was shocked to discover that Marina Rinaldi is the Plus-Size division of Italian designer Max Mara. This woman in the ad is supposed to be Plus-Size? Marina Rinaldi’s sizes run from a 10-22 US, and the clothes can be found at upscale department stores like Bloomingdale’s, Saks and Bergdorf Goodman. There are also Marina Rinaldi stores around the world.
They consider a size 10-12 Plus Size! Are you kidding me ?!?.….MORE….
Doesn’t look plus-sized to me whatsoever! Fashion is truly sad.
Data points,
Barbara
ps - speaking victoria secret:
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