Best Places to Retire Abroad
Panama

The mountain village of Boquete offers something close to heaven for American retirees

By: Barry Golson, from AARP Magazine

To read the full article please visit AARP's Site

Best Places to Retire Abroad, Panama - AARP The Magazine

Mortgage rates extended their losses yesterday as market participants favored stocks over the safety of bonds. Most lenders did reprice for the worse as mortgage backed securities steadily moved lower throughout the day. In total over the last couple days, lender pricing has worsened by .50 in discount. This means if a rate was costing 0 points on Monday, it was costing .50 points yesterday. Despite the set back, mortgage rates continue to hold at very aggressive levels.

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I'm not sure if it truly can but my mind feels that way today. Anything, everything and nothing seems to have crossed my mind at some point today so I really don't know where to start. I would say at the beginning but I doubt anyone wants to hear about my almost 50 human years within this earthly plain of existence so I guess I will limit it to the hours of this day.

I wrote yesterdays blog in the wee hours of this morning then went back to bed. This danged medication is all wrong...

So, despite not having surgery at the crack of dawn Tuesday morning, I did wake up at about 4am feeling like I had broken a fever. My temp was 99.1. I decided that I was upset at the fact that I didn't get my days to lay in bed and be pampered, so I would try to take a couple days off. Not feeling 100%, I made up the excuse of illness to explain to my adviser why my surgery hadn't happened and why I still couldn't meet with him. I set aside time to take care of myself. Wouldn't you know this...

I just discovered that my DH didn't vote in yesterday's primary. I am trying to remember that my choices are not others' and I cannot dictate others' actions. In this case, with someone so dear to me, I am struggling.

In my family, civic responsibility includes voting, paying my taxes, and helping those in need. I am appalled whenever I see the voter turnouts are so tiny. Where are all the flag wavers on election day?

DH's excuse was that his "head wasn't in it."...