Health Buddy Updates and A Survey!

December 8, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hello, and welcome back to all of my marvelous readers. Since it is the month of December, it is time for me to reflect on the growth of this blog, and the direction I would like this blog to go in. So, today’s post will have some updates, and a survey that is completely anonymous […]

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Change Your Lifestyle Today and Prevent Dementia Tomorrow!

December 7, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

Hello, hello, and welcome to another Healthy Tip on Tuesday. Today’s tip has to do with Dementia as this is Dementia Awareness Month. It will however be a quick post as it is late and I didn’t prepare to be out all day. Anyway, the video below while kind of boring, explains why changing your […]

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Fun Fitness Friday!

December 3, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

It’s Friday, woot woot! If you work just weekends, like me, then Friday isn’t really all that exciting, lol. Since I do work just weekends now, at my nursing job, I don’t get to do Sweating on Sunday posts anymore, so I have moved that topic to Fitness Friday. This post will be a conglomerate […]

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Gift Idea #3 For People With Dementia!

December 2, 2021.Reading time 6 minutes.

Hola! That means hello in Spanish. I am learning Spanish! I actually remember quite a bit from years ago when I was doing it with my son for Middle School Spanish. I do know some basic words but really can not put a sentence together. That really has nothing to do with the gift idea […]

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This Modifiable Dementia Risk Factor May Shock You!

December 1, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Hello, and welcome to December! November just whizzed right by. If you stop by often then you know November was Dementia awareness month and I have extended it into December. I am not sure that I will still get all of the information covered, but it gives me something to talk about for next year, […]

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Gift Idea #2 For People With Dementia: Companionship

November 30, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

Welcome to Tuesday! Yesterday, I shared to life-like Joy dog as gift idea #1. If your loved one is still able to care properly for a real pet they make great companions. No affiliate links. Obviously, they would need to remember to feed, water, and potty the pet at the very least. A way for […]

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Gift Idea #1 For People With Dementia!

November 29, 2021.Reading time 4 minutes.

None of these are affiliate links. I am currently not doing any affiliate links for many reasons. Sometimes it is hard to know what to get someone suffering from Dementia as a Christmas gift. Whether they have mild cognitive impairment and can still manage at home, or they are in Assisted Living or Memory Care, […]

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Black Friday History!

November 26, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Hello, and welcome! I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. The weather was perfect here in Florida, and we had a lovely day. We had dessert with extended family and friends. We always keep air circulating in the house, and fans in the windows when possible, plus disinfect before and after the company is here. […]

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Thanksgiving Tidbits!

November 25, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

Happy Thanksgiving, 2021! My husband does the turkey, and that is already in the oven. I prepped a bunch yesterday and will begin the snacky type before meal stuff soon. Below you will see my two tables set up. The smaller table is our usual dining room table. Since we don’t have a large family […]

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How Does Life Long Learning Prevent Dementia?

November 24, 2021.Reading time 7 minutes.

One more day to turkey day. Are you ready? I am prepping today, and even though there are only five of us there is still a lot to prep to be sure the meal is warm when everyone is ready to sit down. I also need to find the table runner that I made many […]

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AKF Kidney Class Week #3 January 19, 2022
Happy Humpday! Today is week 3 of the AKF Kidney Class. I am a Kidney Coach, and each week I share another slide from the program that I would have done in person if Covid hadn’t come around. The slides are the property of AKF and I have permission to share them here on this [...]
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Pantry Food Challenge With CKD and My Very Small Haul January 18, 2022
Welcome to another Healthy tip on Tuesday! Today, my healthy tip, especially if you are doing a food pantry challenge, is to do an inventory of your pantry. We seriously have way more food than I even thought we did. We did a complete inventory yesterday. I am almost embarrassed to say, but I have [...]
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A Mindfulness Photography Challenge and Week 1 Pantry/Budget Challenge Review! January 17, 2022
Happy Monday! I think I will repeat this Mindfulness challenge each month with a different theme. A very important part of Mindfulness is being present at the moment, observing your surroundings and how they make you feel. I love being outdoors in nature and all the beauty that goes with it. I also love photography. [...]
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Who Likes Squats? January 14, 2022
I would say most people do not like to do squats, but some people probably do. The other day I was reading an article on bone health and preventing Osteoporosis. With CKD you know how important bone and muscle health is. Squats were considered one of the best weight- bearing exercises you could do for [...]
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Living With CKD Pantry Challenge What We Ate 1/12-1/13 January 13, 2022
Hello, and happy Thursday. The weekend is coming and that means I will be at work. The hardest time for my family to follow the food budget is the weekends when I work. Last week I purchased lots of extra stuff for them to be able to prepare quick dishes. The purpose of the Pantry [...]
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Kidney Class: The Kidneys! January 12, 2022
Hello, and welcome to the first slide in the AKF Kidney Class. Today, I will share what the kidneys do. I did a detailed post about this last year, and you can read it here. Please be sure and look at the image with the information about the kidneys on it. The kidneys are two [...]
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Living With CKD Pantry Food Challenge January 11, 2022
So, if you read my post yesterday then you know I have two challenges for the whole year in 2022. The budget challenge is to save extra money, and you know what my phone died last night and I had to get a new one. So, isn’t that interesting! Anyway, I will try to post [...]
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A New Food Budget Challenge And Pantry Cooking With CKD January 10, 2022
Hello, and welcome to another Mindful Monday topic. Part of Mindfulness is being aware of what you are spending your hard-earned money on. All of 2021 we spent paying off debt, and not buying more stuff unless it was with cash as much as possible. We spent down so much of our debt and were [...]
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Kidney Class: Introduction January 5, 2022
Hello, and Happy Humpday. Below you will see an image which is the first slide in the AKF Kidney Class presentation. If I was doing this in person with you, this is the very first slide you would see. I will upload a new slide every Wednesday. Each slide will have an explanation, plus links [...]
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What To Expect On This Blog In 2022! January 3, 2022
Happy New Year! I worked all weekend, per usual, and it was a doozy. I slept so well last night that I am wondering if every day should be a doozy, lol. On Saturday I had a step count of 16,500 steps and Sunday 14,500 steps. That is a lot of steps! Before I get [...]
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