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- Downsizing for a Carefree Future
  
  Downsizing for a Carefree Future After spending decades in a home making memories, collecting prized possessions, and having the freedom to retreat to an office or den to get some much needed peace and quite, the idea of downsizing is enough to create anxiety in almost anyone. Downsizing means moving to a smaller home, purging items, reorganizing routines, and embarking on a journey into the...
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- 10 Books to Add to Your Reading List
  
  If you blew through last month's reading list - we've got another set of interesting books to add to your list! Revisit classics or find a new author with these reading recommendations. The Curious Charms of Arthur Pepper by Phaedra Patrick After finding a mysterious bracelet among his late wife's possessions, 69-year-old Arthur Pepper breaks from his routine and embarks on a quest to...
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- Top Daring Activities to Regain your Youth
  
  Never Stop Chasing: Top Daring Activities to Regain your Youth Everyone knows that certain person who's always testing the boundaries, chasing that free-falling, blood-rushing, adrenaline-flowing feeling. Frank Farley, a professor of educational psychology at Temple University in Philadelphia, says these people have a Type T personality. The "T" stands for thrill. They crave excitement and novel experiences. Fortunately, this thrill-seeking behavior is due...
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- Isn’t It Grand! How to Transition from a Parent to a Grandparent
  
  Parents often pour large amounts of time, money, and effort into raising their children (as they should); it's one of life's highest callings to bring infants to maturity, and to nurture children into responsible adults. But even after the kids grow up, move out, and get married, there may soon be more work to do; it's called grandchildren! Perhaps work is the wrong word to use; it...
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- Help us clear the Animal Shelter
  
  What is Clear the Shelter Day? Clear the Shelter Day is coming up again Saturday, August 19th, 2017! On Clear the Shelter Day, the Montgomery County Animal Shelter will be offering cats and dogs for adoption for a $0 fee. That's right, it's a free adoption day to help find animals their new forever homes. The event will last all day and will take place at all...
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- How Meditation and Prayer Can Impact Aging
  
  Let's be honest, nobody's getting any younger. But that is alright. At least, that's the attitude many folks would like to have no matter the age, but it's especially relevant when your kids start to bring the grandchildren over to visit. In many ways, this is a rather confusing or contemplative time in the life of a person. Not since those teenage years have...
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- 7 Healthy Choices to Boost Memory & Brain Activity
  
  One reason people are living longer is their increasing savvy in their food choices. Studies show that there is a variety of foods that are excellent for the brain, such as egg yolks, avocados, and blueberries. Egg Yolks Yes, egg yolks do contain cholesterol, but studies show that eggs have had no real effect on cholesterol levels of healthy adults. What's more, eggs have been...
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- Upcoming Events & Activities: August 2017
  
  If you are lucky enough to live in or around The Woodlands, TX, you know there's always something fun happening in your community. August will be a month for concerts in The Woodlands, but there's a number of other events going on as well. For the Musically Inclined: The Pavilion will be hosting a great array of concerts this August including Jimmy Eat World...
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- Popular Novels for those who LOVE to Read
  
  Who doesn't love curling up with a good book? It's great when you finish a book you loved, but sometimes it's difficult to find the next. Or maybe you already have a list of books you want to read - in which case we may be able to help add a few more to your list. Maybe it's a classic, or maybe something a little more...
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- What Stays & What Goes?
  
  It can be intimidating to think about moving everything you own into your new home, which is why moving is the perfect excuse to clean house! As you begin the arduous process of packing your things, you have the opportunity to filter what goes with you and what goes away. To help decide what stays and what goes, ask yourself the following questions: Have...
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