Marye Audet

Keeping Track of Your Health Is About to Be Revolutionized

June 19, 2013

Imagine that you could send your vital signs to your doctor automatically. You wouldn’t have to go in for a yearly EKG, he could see any unusual activity in your brain waves that could be responsible for your headaches, and it can even monitor how electric impulses move through your muscles to determine nerve damage. [...]

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Second Wives Club

June 19, 2013

When you skim through the Internet, you never know what you are going to find. Sometimes it is incredibly sad, or scary, or irritating, or funny. Maybe you’ll find something that warms your heart, teaches you a lesson, or helps you to understand something. In my case, it was this article posted on Café Mom’s [...]

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Feeding the Birds with Style

June 18, 2013

One of the nicest things about summer is sitting and watching the different species of birds that come to the bird feeder. I always try to keep it as far as possible away from the deck, but close enough to get a good view. That way I don’t have to constantly clean the deck but [...]

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Did 50 Shades of Grey Mainstream BDSM?

June 18, 2013

Was it just last year that 50 Shades of Grey heated up staid suburban bedrooms all across the nation? Women who regularly got a headache were, much to hubby’s surprise, trading vanilla sex for something naughtier. BDSM stands for Bondage, Discipline, Dominance/submission, and Sadomasochism. It consists of someone who plays the dominant role and someone who is the [...]

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Are We Too Focused on Being Happy?

June 17, 2013

It wasn’t that many years ago that being happy wasn’t the main focus of life – survival was. Who had time to worry about whether or not they were happy or had the optimum personal satisfaction with their lives when there wasn’t a Kroger or Walmart down the street? And yet, if our grandparents and [...]

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Au Revoir, Sir Launcelot

June 16, 2013

I am a woman, and I enjoy being one. I like clothes, makeup, having my hair done, and shoes. Especially shoes. I like wearing perfume, silky lingerie, and nail polish. Extravagant chocolates and yummy smelling bath products will solve almost any problem – and for the really big problems there are always roses. Men opening doors for me [...]

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Are We too Easily Offended?

June 14, 2013

I came across several comments on my Facebook homepage the other day that made me start thinking, not that that is anything new. I have a very diverse group of friends. Several people were talking about Target’s newest faux pas — naming a color in their plus size clothing manatee. If you don’t know what a manatee is [...]

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Is College Still a Good Investment?

June 13, 2013

A couple of decades ago, going to college was an accepted fact of life. Your parents saved, you got part time jobs and worked your way through, and you took out loans for any other expenses you had. When you graduated you got a job and paid back the loans — it was as simple as [...]

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This Site Will Plan Your Date

June 13, 2013

Everyone knows that date night is an important tool to keep your relationship alive and growing, but it can not only be hard to find the time — it can be hard to stay out of a boring rut. My ex and I went for coffee one afternoon every week for over a decade. It was [...]

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