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Caution: Cadmium In Jewelry

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jan 17, 2010 in Consumer Smarts, Health, Pop Culture, This Writer's Life

I’ve wanted all week to tell you about an article I read in my local newspaper, but it’s been a busy week at the Reeves hacienda with lots of doctor appointments for my daughter. Houston is a big town, and it seems as if the doctors we must consult are at the opposite end from [...]

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Give Smiles: 5th Day of Christmas

Posted by Joan Reeves on Dec 6, 2009 in Celebrations, Health

Give the gift of a smile. By that, I mean donate to Operation Smile. They’re an organization of medical professionals who provide safe, effective reconstructive surgery for children born with facial deformities such as cleft lip and cleft palate.
No child should be shunned and rejected because of these deformities, yet, they are in many places [...]

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Turn That Frown Upside Down

Posted by Joan Reeves on Nov 20, 2009 in All Things Girly, Consumer Smarts, Health, Life Changes, My Literary License, Pop Culture

Do you watch those makeover shows on TV like the ones on TLC or when Oprah does a special? I guess most women do because we love a Cinderella story of turning an average women into a stunner. The one thing I notice is that the makeover specialists always “do” the teeth first. You know, [...]

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Medical Marvel

Posted by Joan Reeves on Sep 8, 2009 in Health, Life Changes, My Literary License, Pop Culture, Technology

The Internet has changed the way most of us live our lives. In fact, I think it’s safe to say that all of us research aspects of our lives more fully than ever before thanks to the resources available at our fingertips. A mom with a sick child can easily learn about disease symptoms and [...]

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Help Vets

Posted by Joan Reeves on Aug 25, 2009 in Health, Life Changes

You’ll see this post here and on SlingWords, my other blog. If you’re a blogger, feel free to pass this post along.
I’m trying to help Fred Campbell of the American Ex-Prisoners of War. I read his most recent letter to Dear Abby in which he thanked her for reaching out to veterans with service connected [...]

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Scratch If It Itches

Posted by Joan Reeves on Aug 21, 2009 in Health

Have you every had a mosquito bite or a case of poison ivy that threatened to drive you insane with the unbearable itching either induces?
In my case, I can ignore a mosquito bite, but poison ivy is something else, and it’s almost as bad as my allergic reaction to painkiller medication. Take a pain med; [...]

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Everything Old Is Still Here

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jul 27, 2009 in Consumer Smarts, Health, Home Sweet Home, My Literary License

As soon as I finish writing this, I’m going to call my Mom and tell her about this. She wrote about a childhood experience when she slept at a friends house and during the night awakened to find the bed a bed bugs mattress rather than a human one.
My Mom’s Story
I helped her write that [...]

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You Look Marvelous, Darling!

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jul 27, 2009 in All Things Girly, Consumer Smarts, Health, My Literary License

I saw a friend a couple of months ago and was shocked because she looked ten years younger and about twenty pounds lighter. In short, she looked fantastic so, frank person that I am, I asked what she’d done. She laughed and said she owed her new body to Liposuction.
Happy New Look
She was happy [...]

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Poetry In Motion

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jun 26, 2009 in Consumer Smarts, Health, Manly Pursuits, My Literary License, Sports and Recreation

The great Arnold Palmer said: “What other people may find in poetry or art museums, I find in the flight of a good drive.” When you drive that little white ball off the tee isn’t anything to inspire thoughts of poetry or art, maybe you need to work with a good instructor. Of course, most [...]

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Secret To Good Sleep

Posted by Joan Reeves on Jun 23, 2009 in Consumer Smarts, Health, My Literary License

On my other blog, several months ago, I was talking about my mother visiting the sleep clinic to see if she had sleep apnea and needed one of the CPAP machines at night. She just wasn’t resting well at night and was tired and sleepy all day long.
What’s CPAP
A CPAP machine is a device that [...]

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