May

24

National Do-Not-Call List

Posted by Pennie

May 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I’m hearing that our cell phone numbers are going to be made public on the first of June. More good news, now telemarketers can get these numbers and call our cell phones, not only bugging the daylights out of us but making it so we have to use our minutes to listen to their drivel. [...]

May

23

magicJack Update

Posted by Pennie

May 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Several weeks ago, I mentioned that we had gotten a magicJack which is a telephone system that plugs right into the USB port on your computer and into your telephone and gives you phone service at a very reduced rate.
I thought I would let everyone know that it seems to be working well. I call [...]

May

7

Personal Emergency Response System

Posted by Pennie

May 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

For those of you empty nesters who may also be caregivers for older parents or others or some of you may yourself be the older parent, take a look at this article about the personal emergency response system and see what you think. My own mother has this medical alarm and it works well for her. She [...]

Mar

3

More Gadgets–magicJack Has Arrived

Posted by Pennie

March 3, 2009 | 1 Comment

Well, we’ve purchased another gadget. This one is supposed to take a bit of a strain off the ole pocketbook and I think it really might. Imagine that!
This new gadget is called magicJack and you can see what all it does at www.magicjack.com. You plug your phone line into magicJack, then the magicJack plugs into a [...]

Feb

5

No Shoes, No Shirt, No Service–Stick ‘Em Up

Posted by Pennie

February 5, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Now just tell me the truth. Can you imagine actually walking around or dancing or anything in these shoes? With the “heel” almost under the arch of the foot, they’ve got to be most uncomfortable, probably even painful.
They are unusual but I can’t say they’re pretty. Not even cute! Just unusual, weird, probably expensive, [...]

Jan

14

Some Books to Fill the Cold Winter in Your Empty Nest

Posted by Pennie

January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Since winter is here and reading is always a great way to spend a cold winter’s night (there are other ways of course but you can only do that so much), I thought I would mention some books that I’ve read in the past that I’ve found to be very inspirational.
The first is The Lovely [...]

Nov

12

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 [...]

Nov

10

Every Empty Nest Needs a Tree

Posted by Pennie

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 [...]

Oct

11

Microsoft HealthVault

Posted by cameron

October 11, 2007 | 9 Comments

I have been checking out the “HealthVault” to see if it will be of any value to me. Healthvault is an online storage place for your health information. It can store many different types of information.  Obviously health records of all sorts but they also claim to be able to store exercise records directly from [...]

Jun

15

Garden Gate: A Magazine Review

Posted by maureen

June 15, 2007 | Leave a Comment

I bet you have all received free preview issues of magazines in the mail offering an annual subscription at a great price. I have to be honest and tell you that if it’s anything to do with homes or gardens (or both!) they have my attention immediately. And it was this scenario that [...]

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