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My plan is to go camping and hike a bit.

If you are having chest, shoulder, arm, jaw pain - GO TO THE ER.

I stopped all the decorating when my kid was grown and gone. Makes life so much easier.

For cost of living check this site. I use it when we are planning a long vacation and need to budget. https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/comparison.jsp

Look at Spain or Portugal. Low cost of entry, smaller income threshold. After a year you can apply for permanent residency. Once you have residency you can move anywhere in the EU. I would highly recommend spending 3 months in a country you are considering (90 days is the longest time a US...

4 burgers and the whole deal goes negative.

Yes, I can dance. No lessons. Danced this past Saturday, rock & roll.

Everything you own, owns you. Store it, dust it, wash it, hang it up, move it around, takes up space.

I have always pushed limits. There have always been limits in my life. Women couldn't get a car loan without a husband or father to co-sign. Women didn't travel alone. Women could not be managers. Women did not buy a house by themselves or live in the city center alone. Women shouldn't own a...

I live in Phoenix, just a desert. No forest to burn. No earthquakes. No tornadoes. (ok tiny ones once in a great while) A bit of flooding in the washes during monsoon rains. We have great dust storms. :)

This is our 4th student. We take breaks of a few years between kids usually. This time we are hosting for the 2nd yr in a row. I really enjoy being a mom. Rotary has a program and STS is another one. They are always looking for host parents. You don't need to be a couple, single parents are...

No, No.

Monday is laundry. Sorting out from the weekend. Tuesday is small cleaning, gyros with a few of the neighbors then wine on my patio. Wednesday is laundry and more cleaning. Thursday is whatever. Friday is going to Salon at a neighbors or Happy Hour at our house or doing something with a...

No need to store gas after the all clear. Pour it in your car's gas tank. Fuel will go bad after several months. Best to get new as needed.

Perhaps you could muzzle the dog and see how it goes at the dog park. Use the muzzle for very short, only a minute to start with, at home for a month. Start slow and build up the time. If you take the dog for walks, use the muzzle so she thinks of it as a good thing. A treat when you take it off...