HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!

Posted by Pennie

November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Happy Thanksgiving, Empty Nesters. Many of you will probably have fuller nests this weekend for which I’m sure you’ll be thankful. We’ll be thankful for the good food, our nice nests, our health and many other things. This is a good time to take stock of your life and stop to realize all the things we really [...]

Hi, Empty Nesters! In honor of Thanksgiving coming up in a couple of days, I would like to put forth a question for you: What are you most thankful for? Of course, we’re all thankful for our family, friends, health, jobs, all the normal stuff. But besides that, what are you grateful that someone discovered, invented, [...]

Many of you may be Empty Nest Baby Boomers who want to stay fit for your future retirement. For some thoughts and ideas on Baby Boomer fitness, take a look at the American Association of Future Retirees site for some good tips on keeping fit. This is a fairly new site so take a minute to look [...]

Fighting Bone Loss

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November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Every woman in today’s society has probably seen the advertisements for drugs to help with bone loss. Another way we can fight this disease is to do weight bearing exercises. These include walking, biking, and weight-lifting. If you’re lucky enough to have access to a fitness center or gym, you can go there when the [...]

Hey, Empty Nesters, What Do YOU Collect?

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November 14, 2008 | Leave a Comment

My daughter today was telling me about some of the things her recently deceased father-in-law collected and it was mind boggling. He was in the midst of collecting Beany Babies for all of his grandkids when he became ill last summer. According to my daughter, there are several large containers of them still at his [...]

Grooming Gravesites from Afar

Posted by Pennie

November 12, 2008 | 2 Comments

We live in Florida while the rest of our family either lives in Indiana or, if no longer living, are interred in Indiana. If you too have deceased loved ones who are buried far from where you live or if you find yourself no longer able to do the job of caring for family gravesites, you may want [...]

Today is Veterans Day, a day this country sets aside to honor all those veterans who have given so much for our way of life. I’m not a veteran but my husband is and I’m sure many of our Empty Nest readers are as well. And although he never fought in a war, he was [...]

Every Empty Nest Needs a Tree

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November 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

If you’re thinking about dragging out your Christmas decorations before long and spending a day or so setting them up, you may want to take a look at this expanding Christmas tree that I saw for sale on First Street Online, a site that carries a lot of items of interest to seniors. This six foot tall [...]

15 Reasons to Have a Dog in Your Empty Nest

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November 8, 2008 | 1 Comment

A lot of us empty nesters get dogs to help refill our nests and eventually they almost become like children to us. And why not? We feed them, take care of their every need and just like our children, they worship us and believe we can do no wrong. Now let’s look at the differences [...]

Roll up that sleeve, it’s time for your pneumonia shot! Yes, that may be what you’re going to hear this year if it’s been over ten years since your last one. You’ll also hear it if you’ve pnever had a pneumonia shot and you’re over 65 or under 2, or if you have a suppressed immune system, heart or [...]

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