Have a problem with varicose veins? Did you know that in the United States, women are most likely to get varicose veins, with an estimated 36% of women having them? Only about 20% of men in the United States have them. While no one exactly sure what causes varicose veins, it is believed that veins [...]
Tag Archives: medicine
Just Sick and Tired
April 18, 2009
I can’t believe I’m feeling those symptoms again. The kids and I have been sick, what, TEN TIMES this winter and spring. I can’t believe it. We are almost never sick! It’s been unbearable. I just hate the fatigue and the fuzzy mind that comes with the colds and flus. Still, thank God that’s all [...]
An Ounce of Prevention…
February 25, 2009
I’ve been thinking a lot about that old proverb, “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” I wish I had applied to myself as a young person– I wouldn’t have to be using so many “pounds” as I grow older, haha! Why does it take so long to mature?? I wish I’d [...]
Ramblings
July 5, 2008
I never took drugs as a girl. I was a very good girl as a teenager, and avoided the entrapments of sordid teen living that plagued some of my friends. They always marveled how “good” I was– I never drank alcohol (except Kosher wine on Rosh Hashanah, and that stuff was so thick and sweet [...]

I’m a married mom with 4 kids. We live in Upstate New York in an old 1855 house with our five pets (yes, five, *sigh*). Life is never dull, and exciting things just seem to always happen to me... why me... when I'm not running around the house fixing things, I do freelance writing and blogging. My work and opinions have appeared in Salon.com, USAToday, eHow.com, iMedia.com, the Associated Press and I've even been interviewed by TIME and The Wall Street Journal about blogging. Can you believe it?! Here is where I express my zany, creative, motherly side. 










November 24, 2009
0 Comments