SHOP.DOT.KIMBA.

For the 79 million of us born between 1946 and 1964, commonly known as The Baby Boomers, we are claiming our spots in the middle-aged cheap seats at a face pace. Within five years, one-half of the U.S. population will be over the age of fifty (New Media Trend Watch). We’ve been lagging at bit …

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What’s Your Car Avatar?

It was with a bit of a sad heart that this week, after ten years and 150k miles of faithful service, I finally had to pick an upgrade to replace Ol’ Bessie. She’s been a reliable chariot indeed, with only one spectacular breakdown near the end; and even then she had the good sense to …

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Spring Fever … Virgo Style

This happens to me every March: I believe that Spring will arrive in this third month of the year. I believe that the gloomy, grey, overcast skies will transform into magical sunny clear blue warmth. I believe that I will be able to turn off the heat and go play outside in my garden and …

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Don’t I Look Great… For Sixty?!

Busted. Here’s how it went down…. I had been pestering hubby Greg to start putting out on the dresser his clothes, and his everyday “must-haves”, for the next day before he climbed into bed each night. He’s a grown man, and he can certainly dress himself, but I had become weary of the o’dark-thirty mad …

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A Woman’s Heart

Did you know that February is American Heart Month? A whole month, dedicated to what is arguably the most important organ in your body. Perched here in the middle-aged cheap seats, I recently became acutely aware of the warning signs that every woman should know regarding her heart and heart health. Monday evening, after a …

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A Blog By Any Other Name

As hard as it is to believe, this coming week marks the one year anniversary of my blog launch.  YEA! Happy Anniversary! A big THANK YOU to everyone who has followed and encouraged me, commented, and provided wonderful feedback. When I began this journey, I had NO idea what to expect. Would I be able …

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Whoa…. I Just Said What?!

As it’s the end of the year, I’ve been reflecting a bit on the happenings in my life across 2012. Overall, from my vantage point up here in the middle-aged cheap seats, it was a pretty good year. We did lose too many good friends as they left this world to move on to their …

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Fuzzy Bunny Slippers

Many of the readers who frequent this blog (God bless you, by the way), have come to know me as Kimba: King Salmon Slayer; Estate Sale Junkie; sometimes writes books . What some of you may not know is that I also have a day-job working in public policy. For the first forty-four years of …

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A Bend in the Road

One of the benefits of hanging out in the middle-aged cheap seats is that you can glance up into the rearview mirror every once in awhile and contemplate where your life has taken an unexpected turn.  I recently took a trip back to my college alma mater: Florida State (GO NOLES!). That weekend spent in …

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It’s Going to Be OK

This is not what I had planned to write about today. Today I was going to write about Virgos, those born under the sixth astrological sign. Being that August is our birth month, I was going to pen a little shout out to all my Virgo earth sign peeps and wish them a wonderful day. …

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