Heidi Overman, Licensed Massage Therapist, #MT-24997 Waking up in pain is not what we thought our “Golden Years” would be all about. You didn’t plan for never-ending doctor appointments and pain management, with no end in sight. The talk amongst your friends and golf buddies, pickleball partners, and tennis teammates has turned into, “What are…
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Features, December 2022
Dollars and Sense: Now Is the Time to Start Working on Your 2023 Budget
Douglas Sedam Creating a budget that works for you is the first step in your financial journey moving forward. It is now time, as we end this, to say the least, tumultuous year called 2022, that we determine where all our money went and then create our own spending plan/budget going forward and carrying you…
Features, December 2022
Dollars and Sense: Will the Stock Market Recover?
Premier Coin Galleries The U.S. stock market is typically positive for midterm election years, though October can be notoriously volatile. By the time you read this article, we’ll have election results and more economic reports to guide us through the rest of the year. “We have to understand this will take time,” says Vanessa N.…
Features, December 2022
Our Precious Pets—To Board or Not to Board?
If you are planning to travel, leaving your fur babies can be daunting. As much as it hurts to leave them, sometimes hiring a pet sitter is the best thing to do. Pets are very sensitive to what is going on around them. When they see the suitcases come out, they know that someone is…
Features, December 2022
Surviving the Holidays after a Loss
Rev. Suzanne Marlatt Stewart Holidays can be stressful and exhausting, even in the best of times. There are many expectations placed on us to be happy. After the death of a loved one, holidays may bring up more sadness, add more stress, and lead to more loneliness. When we lose someone we love, it’s normal…
Features, December 2022
U.S. Military History: Unrecognized Heroes
Ross Dunfee When you hear your service-song played and you were in that branch of military service, please stand and be recognized. And so, the song goes, Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, and now Space Force. In turn, veterans of each branch of military service stand, the audience appropriately applauds the veterans, and…
Features, December 2022
Word of the Month: Run
David Zapatka Reader Carmela Hopkins writes, “Every month I look for your column in the Splash. Have you considered an article on the word ‘run?’ You’re on a run. I mean roll.” There are more definitions of this word than any word I have researched. Here are a few. Run verb a. to go faster than…
Features, December 2022
Essential Oils to Help You Get Through the Holidays
JoAnne Gaudioso At this time of the year we find ourselves surrounded by a mix of joy, anxiety, gratitude, and stress wrapped up in a package almost as pretty as those under the tree. We know that it can be hard to find relaxing downtime with the combination of travel, shopping, parties, and the never-ending…
Features, December 2022
Thank You, Friends
SBR “We Be Beaders” Roberta Bowers SaddleBrooke Ranch We Be Beaders is sending out a huge thank you to everyone who supported our special Cancer Fundraising Jewelry Sale during the month of October. (October is designated as Cancer Awareness Month.) Our club members created and handmade all the jewelry pieces displayed and sold. One hundred…
Features, December 2022
Memories Matter Walk to End Alzheimer’s Disease
Florence Messer On Oct. 15, as Florence and Ross Messer prepared to drive to the Sol Ballroom parking lot of SaddleBrooke Ranch for the Walk to End Alzheimer’s, which they organized, the sky darkened, but then a rainbow appeared, giving hope that a cure for this dreaded disease is on the horizon. Alzheimer’s has affected…