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HOUSTON HOME JOURNAL Discovering if it’s true love a waiting game Upfront, I’ll tell you: This is a column that somebody out there - maybe more than one somebody - needs to read. Today’s your lucky day. As is oft the case, women both young and not so young - write Ronda Rich Dixie Divas to ask for my advice. Since I am my mother’s child, I am happy to pontificate and offer that which I have learned in life. And even that which I merely think I have learned. In Hawkinsville, droopy drawers deemed disorderly They called me Len Pants Falling Down. This catchy moni ker wasn’t bestowed on me by my tribal chieftain, but rather by my chief rival in second grade. She meant it as a humiliat ing slur, a means to degrade me in front of Len Robbins Columnist airpub@planttel.net my peers in Mrs. Rodriguez’s class. It worked. She would yell, “There’s Len Pants Falling Down!” Foot injuries come in various forms, types There are all types of foot injuries, ankle sprain is one of the most common. An ankle sprain occurs when a ligament in your ankle over stretches or tears. There is also turf toe which is when your foot hits the ground your big 'or second Dr. Jokhai Columnist TkMMr toe joint can catch on the turf, jamming a joint. You can also develop a stress fracture, which are hairline cracks caused by extra stress on the bones of your feet. Shin splints are a pain near your tibia and may be from an inflamed tendon or muscle that’s irritated, along your bones, repeated twisting often happens when you make sudden side ways movements. The bones get forced beyond there normal range of motion. Symptoms: Pain is often the first sign of a foot or ankle injury, but the pain does not always reveal the cause of an injury; evalua tion is needed. Physical exam mIL^ v ■ %** * /jßr" MMHHMM! I Hte mbbbbi- i i? <i^lf^w" J^*J& c “ mflip™#; ( f W Vfawk BHNMRSBB»mHH«BKMHHHMMHNHMi MHMMIMPI iiiiippiFoWwwwF’ 3®swssb % Odds of a child becoming a quarterback In the NFL: iin ioo ooo| . 'V' l Odds of a child being diagnosed with autism: i in 150 fflBUL jßKKk** Some signs to look for: m No big smiles or other joyful No babbling by No words by JMHPt expressions by 8 months. | 12 months. 16 months. To learn more of the signs of autism, visit autismspeaks.org AUTISM SPEAKS ft's time to listen. & |OC<7 fiAits;m Sfrax': *»-tf 'AytfS?»» sf*»k.1 v «lf«f 'ft's ?:«>* ffr ti'tffh' & ffeiigft 4*c- tr;fcf<»rr:srks -rtKO&A try AutC'rt SjKrafcS -nr. Al? fights rrwTfv"' One college girl wrote in great distress. She had met a guy with whom she quickly became besotted. On their first date, she gave in to everything he wanted. Yep, you know what I’m talking about. Then, as is usually the case, he brushed her off. No calls. No replies to her emails. No nothing. “I read your book and real ized I had really messed up,” she wrote. “I knew when I did it, I shouldn’t do it but I couldn’t stop myself from doing it.” See, the trouble with trouble is that it always begins as fun. This I learned from watching the Dukes of Hazzard. When I replied, I used my version of a parable in which Then all the kids would look at me - my frame so slight and squirrely that I couldn’t find any pants that were able to hug my hips - and they would laugh. Who’s laughing now? Today, for young people, being hipless is hip, there’s droopy drawers galore, the bootyless are ballyhooed, and the meek shall inherit the Earth. As is my luck - I am no longer young. But in Hawkinsville pants falling down are no laugh ing matter - unless you find passing laws about sagging slacks funny. Recently, the Hawkinsville City Commission banned droopy drawers, unanimous of your feet and legs takes your podiatrist a step clos er toward pin pointing the source of your pain. Treatment can decrease your pain; rest, ice, com pression and elevation. Your podiatrist may prescribe medication. T7*ollowing are some Jl ligament and tendon problems you may encoun ter with your feet: Plantar Fascitis is an inflammation of the liga ment that runs from the heel to the ball of the foot. The bottom of the foot or heel may hurt when you |j w The New & Used 907 Carroll St. Saturday, October 20 th Join us from 2:00 pm - 4:oopm June Jackson will be signing copies of her, New Cookbook, In Praise of Pecans: i Recipes & Recollections m Call 478-987-0600 for more info! I told the story of one of my girlfriends. She remained chaste until the day she mar ried at 28. She was beauti ful, exciting and personable, all of which caused men to flock to her. There was no shortage of dates. She had a set of core values and she clung tenaciously to them. Then came the day that she started dating the world’s biggest playboy. He was notorious. While it’s easy for a woman to get a reputation, it’s hard for a man to get one doing the same thing. This is how bad he was: he had a reputation. “Uh oh,” I clucked. It was obvious that she was smit ten over the handsome thing so I warned, “You’ve just met your match.” I was all ly passing an indecent expo sure ordinance, making it “unlawful for any person to appear in any public place or in view of the public wearing pants or shorts below the waist, which expose the skin or undergarments.” Violators can be fined $250 and forced to perform 40 hours of community service, although the city has asked police to issue warnings before writing a citation. “I think it’s a disgrace to walk around with your pants like that. You know, with your underwear and all that,” said City Commissioner James A Colson in a Macon Telegraph story. “There’s no sense in wearing pants if you’re just going to show your under stand. The pain usually sub sides after you walk a few steps. Tendonitis is an inflam mation of the tendon or the tissue surrounding the ten don. You may feel pain when you move your ankle or when your heel moves from side to side. The Achilles and Peroneal tendons are common sites for tendonitis. If old injuries do not heal properly,weakened tissue can easily be re-injured. This may lead to chronic ankle strain. Your heel may hurt below the ankle bone and feel unsteady during side to side motion. OPINION for dropping him right then and there. I figured he’d date her a few times then disappear when he found out how she was. Or how she wasn’t. But I was wrong. Miss Prim and Proper tamed the wild cow boy who dated her for four years despite the fact that all he got were hugs and kisses. Then he married her. And for all the years since, he has simply adored her. No marriage is better or more loving than theirs. “I appreciate the story,” she replied. “But with my generation, I just think that no guy is going to marry me or any girl before he...” I said a quick prayer and hit the reply button. I wear.” Not wearing pants? Another good idea. The story further states that the city commission considered banning floppy pants five years ago. A state official reportedly told them then, “if you can’t see crack, (there’s) nothing you can do,” which explains why so many plumbers end up in jail. Other cities around the country have also acted on this epidemic. In Georgia, the cities of Atlanta, Rome, and Brunswick - apparently tired of dealing with mun dane issues like taxation and street paving and wastewater treatment plants and* such - are also currently consider Sinus Tarsi syndrome occurs when a sprain does not heal properly and abnormal scar tissue forms. This scar tissue presses against small nerves which run through the small space (sinus) where your leg and foot meet. 1 hat s my mortgage bank. Finding the right mortgage banker is just as important as finding the right home. At Fairfield Financial, get the convenience of using online services and the confidence of working with trusted local professionals. You can apply online, communicate by phone, and meet face to face with a knowledgeable loan officer. You will feel much more comfortable discussing your finances, your future, and your personal preferences with someone you can depend on. 54850 FAIRFIELD FINANCIAL A Subsidiary of Security Kink www.MyFairfieldMortgage.com We do the work. You take the credit. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2007 ♦ wrote: “A guy who has to have that in a relationship is more interested in that component than in you. What I promise you will learn - Lord willing that you live long enough - is this: Intimacy eventu ally fizzles down in a rela tionship and what is left is either the genuine affection that a couple has OR noth ing at all. A man who will wait for that is the one who will love a woman through chemotherapy when her hair is gone, her body is rav ished and she’s throwing up all over him. In a love that is destined to last for decades, you will have many bad hair days (a shuddering thought) and a time when your stom ach is bloated bigger than ing enacting legislation that would make wearing pants that are ill-fitting illegal. Some would argue that this type of measure infring es on our rights to clothe ourselves as we please. I beg to differ. I say it doesn’t go far enough. For instance. I find tank tops offensive. Why should my eyes be forced to wit ness a man’s, or European woman’s, hairy armpits, and arms, and back? A statewide DAVID OVERTON JEWELERS <^ > We Buy Gold Scrap!! Bring It In And Let Us Weigh It. 905 Downtown Carroll St. • Perry 478-987-1392 your chest. You want a man who will love you madly even then.” My girlfriend, a while back, was horrendously ill with food poisoning. She was hurling violently, leav ing remnants on the wall. The former playboy trailed behind her, holding his nose and cleaning up the mess. “Baby,” she mumbled, weakly raising her head. “Tell me you still love me.” “Baby, I do,” he replied. And then he promptly proved it by going out into the dark night to buy Gatorade. Ronda Rich is the best selling author of What Southern Women Know (That Every Woman Should) and The Town That Came A-Courtin’. ban on tank tops would put an end to this scourge, and as an unintentional bonus, prompt a mass exodus of Florida Gator fans from the state. I also believe cities should consider banning polyester bell bottom pants - citing people retroactively, going back at least 35 years. 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