Dona, Always nice to see your pretty smiling face. Am so sorry you are in pain still, was hoping your back would get better. After the four months with shattered foot/cast [which is mild in comparison and I thought it was a lot] am so symphathetic to mobility constraints…effects everything. I can picture you in quietly classy attire…you just seem the type. Hope at least you are able to still swim. You share Jackie Kennedy’s philosophy, “Do the best you can and then forget about it.’ My best friend’s large dog pulled her over onto the large rocks on the beach in front of her home. She hit her head and was knocked out, neighbors saw her and called and ambulance. That was a few months ago. Her speech is back but she needs 24 hr attendants in her home and had to move into a downstairs guest room, when her room upstairs is beautiful and larger than most city apartments. High ceilings, frply,huge sitting area, balcony over beach, long hall back to enormous walk-in closets, dressing room, bathrom etc. A European woman built the house and feel sorry for my friend who is missing her independance and also know how that is her ‘dream’ room. She said the same as you, she fought the new situation for awhile and decided this is a new stage of life and she’s going with the flow. She sounded great, which was a relief. Be good to yourself.

Dona…you know I have tried diets that didnt work and I found a book called “eating right for your blood type”…it will list all the foods that are good and bad for your specific blood type…like i am B+ and I was shocked to read that wheat and peanuts slows my blood flow down where almost every diet says eat tons of wheat bread, whole wheat pasta…its not good for my blood type. Check that out…it has helped me.

Dona, You are truly an inspiration for us all. I’ve heard every word that you have said and it has touched me to my core. I have never really talked with you because somehow I can’t find the words that are needed to express my feelings. You rock…and you are blessed. I am so glad that your life has included some really great parts as well.

The affair is an interesting twist; I guess Palin is presidential after all. Miss Frank. I hope he is OK. I could understand him going away for a while; we all do. But for his name to switch to black and his face to disappear and then for him to disappear was too much mystery for me. Maybe he is working on the bailout?

Step away…….. That College humor movie is hilarious………. thanks for sharing the link

Suzanne, I read Huffington on ‘Palin Affair’. Easily explained: Brad Hanson looks like Todd Palin and poor Governor Palin misplaced her glasses. Purely mistaken identity. Peace and grace

First off my regards always to you, Dona, who,as I’ve told you before, is courage personified! Isn’t it interesting how we segue from arthritis, fat feet, tubby tummies to Sarah Palin. All those maladies puts us in mind of something even more problematic. Check out her chit chat with Couric on Huff Post re: her readiness for dealing with foreign policy. Back to aging–positive and negative: Positive: Have stayed the same weight for as long as I can remember, but shape has shifted some. I figure it’s genetics because I have never been on a diet and have always eaten well. I no longer have the severe headaches I had years ago––hormonal? Emotional? Who knows. Negative: Hips and right knee sometimes give me twinges, but nothing serious yet. Abundant hair, long eyelashes thinning. And so it goes~~~~