January 20, 2022

According to an NPS release, the annual free admission days “are designed to encourage discovery and visitation of the country’s variety of national parks. With at least one in every state, national parks are accessible places to visit to refresh body, mind, and spirit.” The fee-free entrance dates for 2022 are: Monday, January 17:  Martin Luther King, Jr.…

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by John Waggoner, AARP, December 28, 2021  5.9 percent cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) to monthly retirement checks and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) checks.  Medicare Part B premiums jumped to $170.10 for 2022, an increase of $21.60, from $148.50 in 2021.  you must have earned 40 work credits, or the equivalent of 10 years to qualify for benefits Read the…

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old or expired makeup (toss most used makeup after 3 months) kitchen appliances you don’t use (ice cream makers, special waffle irons, cake pop makers, bread machines, etc.) fast food stuff (sauce packets, plastic wear) unexpired food that is in your pantry but that no one wants to eat expired medication (check with drug store…

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I Fell in Love with Dried Beans So Much I Joined a Bean Club  By Stacey Ballis December 28, 2021 Canned beans are a great time-saver, but it can be difficult sometimes to get the right texture for dishes or to fully eliminate that tinny flavor. But once I started cooking with dried beans myself, I was hooked. Versatile,…

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By Lois M. Collins@Loisco  Jan 4, 2022, 10:00pm MST While experts have known for years that children do best when they get plenty of sleep, a new study from BYU published in the journal Sleep says too-little sleep contributes to lousy nutrition choices, which in turn plays a role in the obesity epidemic and its subsequent health problems. Sleep’s…

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Makes about 12-15 cookies. Ingredients ½ cup butter ½ cup sugar ½ cup plus 3 tbsp brown sugar 1 egg 1 tsp vanilla 1 cup and 2 tbsp flour ½ tsp baking powder ½ tsp baking soda ½ tsp salt 1 ¼ cup + 3 tbsp rolled oats. 1 cup + 1 tbsp semisweet chocolate…

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Maya Angelou Becomes First Black Woman on a Quarter Lawsuit Says 16 Elite Colleges Are Part of Price-Fixing Cartel (including 2 of my alma maters) The Red Cross says there’s a blood shortage nationwide Jerome Powell says the Fed is prepared to raise rates to tame inflation Medicare Proposes to Cover Aduhelm Only for Patients in…

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