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Sleep Apnea Widow or Her Name is Marilyn

Barb and R before the c-pap. No after photo as we look the same. Perhaps a tad grayer.     Yep, that’s me. The girl on her own side of the bed wearing orange putty-like ear plugs named Mack to get away from the noises that R and Marilyn are making on the other side of the bed. From the time we go to bed until we rise each day when I pull Marilyn’s plug, the noises coming from his side of the bed are disgusting. I never heard such heavy breathing, sighing, and hissing. We were told there would be no snoring. But I detect snoring. Yes, that’s right! Snoring. Big time snoring.     Every night, I throw myself onto my own side of the bed --- I’m not one bit angry --- and push my Mack ear plugs as deep into my ears/brain as they will go, hoping to shut out the sounds of the activity going on right in my own bedroom.     This whole ordeal started innocently enough with my husband spending one night at a local asleep clinic. Okay, two nights as the doctor said his case was worse th

Ringing in the year with a Freebie!

HAPPY NEW YEAR! WELCOME 2013!!! I'm ringing in the New Year by offering the Kindle version of my novel VADA FAITH for free Jan. 1-2 at Amazon. Remember if you don't have a kindle you can download a free reading app at Amazon and take advantage of the free books they offer daily. I've downloaded a bunch for reading in the coming weeks. LOVE free stuff, especially books!  Barb at the Tamarack in Beckley, WV signing Vada Faith.  From a recent promo - CHECK OUT THIS FUN NEW NOVEL BY BARBARA A. WHITTINGTON, SET IN A SMALL TOWN BEAUTY SHOP. FOLLOW THE ANTICS OF SHOP OWNERS VADA FAITH WADDELL AND HER SISTER JOY RUTH - A HUMOROUS YET SERIOUS READ OF COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIPS & SOLID FAMILY VALUES! 
Barbara, an award winning author, announces the publication of her first novel, VADA FAITH, set in the fictional town of Shady Creek, West Virginia. The story revolves around Vada Faith, young wife and mother, who signs on to be a surrogate mother to earn a downpaymen