Young people today enjoy change. They color and cut their hair, tattoo their bodies, and upgrade and purchase the newest electronic toy created
for their total enjoyment, so it is no wonder that the facelift or change facebook made just a week ago didn't at all phase them. They didn't even notice. But then again why would they, they no nothing of gray hairs or wrinkles.
Those of us who have entered the gray hair age, on the other hand, completely freaked when we opened our facebook page. OMG where is my profile page, or the photo albums I created (which only took four hours to upload five pictures), who's on chat, I'll never know or never find them, and
do I really want everyone to know my every detail or as they call it "story"?
I immediately text my daughters, who no longer talk by telephone, to see how they are coping with these outrageous changes and they only laugh at my fright and confusion. They already are just chatting away as if nothing changed at all and can't understand why I am making such a fuss!
We tuned into the news to hear how we could change it back, only to find out how to remove a small corner space of small talk. The change was here to stay and if we wanted to keep in touch with our friends we needed to accept the change and start to navigate the system.
Funny, I'm getting quite used to it now, like some wrinkles that will never go away no matter what cream I use.
Change and aging go hand in hand. Mark Twain said it best, "Age is an issue of mind over matter. If you don't mind it doesn't matter! I'll drink to that! "HB!"
Friday, September 30, 2011
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The Shower...A Safe Haven...or an Aging Hell!
As we step inside our shower stall we become transformed. We immediately become uninhibited as we release our vocal chords to songs that populate
our radio airwaves. Our voices sound better than the leading singing stars of today and we use the removable shower head to microphone our greatest vocal moments. We feel good, no we feel great. It is in that stall that we feel safe and secure and can belt out a tune Christina Aguilera would be proud of.
The oils, soaps, and shampoos create our perfect good looks,
soft skin, and luscious smells. We pamper ourselves with costly beauty bubbles that change an ordinary pumpkin into a dazzling Cinderella and we
feel good, no we feel great.
Some of the greatest speeches are formed there under the hot water, designing insights created, fashion formations run rapid in our imaginations, and our minds are filled with the smartest, most inventive, and newest ideas
for any large corporation, politician, and actress. We feel good, no we feel great.
This shower euphoria has been going on from the time you were
a teenager and a feminine woman became a priority no longer just your gender.
Then through the years and several pounds later we start losing
sight of our feet, they are somehow hidden under a belly we don't quite remember how it got there. When did it arrive? Our smooth and tan thighs that we had lotioned and oiled seemed to have areas that resemble the cottage cheese we ate the night before. Did it not digest but went straight to the thigh area or worse yet our tight bottoms?
And then we see it the one and only real living proof that we have aged and we can't deny it any longer...the single gray hair sticking out amongst the others in the unmentionable area so that all can see. It can't be dyed or creamed to hide its age but rather one must face the truth, we truly are older and there is no denying it. Our safe haven has now become our aging hell and we feel less than good, far less than great.
What ever do we do? With scissors in hand, we feel good again, no we feel great! "HB!"
our radio airwaves. Our voices sound better than the leading singing stars of today and we use the removable shower head to microphone our greatest vocal moments. We feel good, no we feel great. It is in that stall that we feel safe and secure and can belt out a tune Christina Aguilera would be proud of.
The oils, soaps, and shampoos create our perfect good looks,
soft skin, and luscious smells. We pamper ourselves with costly beauty bubbles that change an ordinary pumpkin into a dazzling Cinderella and we
feel good, no we feel great.
Some of the greatest speeches are formed there under the hot water, designing insights created, fashion formations run rapid in our imaginations, and our minds are filled with the smartest, most inventive, and newest ideas
for any large corporation, politician, and actress. We feel good, no we feel great.
This shower euphoria has been going on from the time you were
a teenager and a feminine woman became a priority no longer just your gender.
Then through the years and several pounds later we start losing
sight of our feet, they are somehow hidden under a belly we don't quite remember how it got there. When did it arrive? Our smooth and tan thighs that we had lotioned and oiled seemed to have areas that resemble the cottage cheese we ate the night before. Did it not digest but went straight to the thigh area or worse yet our tight bottoms?
And then we see it the one and only real living proof that we have aged and we can't deny it any longer...the single gray hair sticking out amongst the others in the unmentionable area so that all can see. It can't be dyed or creamed to hide its age but rather one must face the truth, we truly are older and there is no denying it. Our safe haven has now become our aging hell and we feel less than good, far less than great.
What ever do we do? With scissors in hand, we feel good again, no we feel great! "HB!"
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Casey Anthony An Untold Story
The defense, although sometimes inexperienced, brought forward the doubt needed to unleash Casey Anthony back into society with an acquittal. Jennifer Ford, juror #3, says there just wasn't enough evidence to sentence a punishment on a crime with many questions still left unanswered. We all wanted Casey to take the stand and put the puzzle pieces together so we could have closure at the end, but we were denied this chapter in the book and we are left feeling empty.
It is time to let go and move on. I will not support any books written, or
films created, or televised interviews, as the answers I wanted I will never receive and I need to leave it in the hands of our maker, who saw it in his
great wisdom to set her free.
I can only hope that no monies are made from such a tragic situation, one of, kidnapping, murder, or accidental drowning. It seems quite unfair for the main characters to get rich while the tax payers here in Florida, where jobs are scarce, homes are being foreclosed on, and many are struggling have to pay for the costs of the trial and not get anything in return.
Caylee Anthony's death will forever be an untold story. One that only Casey can answer. I am forever closing the book and may her family find the closure they need to move on and her sweet daughter rest in peace.
It is time to let go and move on. I will not support any books written, or
films created, or televised interviews, as the answers I wanted I will never receive and I need to leave it in the hands of our maker, who saw it in his
great wisdom to set her free.
I can only hope that no monies are made from such a tragic situation, one of, kidnapping, murder, or accidental drowning. It seems quite unfair for the main characters to get rich while the tax payers here in Florida, where jobs are scarce, homes are being foreclosed on, and many are struggling have to pay for the costs of the trial and not get anything in return.
Caylee Anthony's death will forever be an untold story. One that only Casey can answer. I am forever closing the book and may her family find the closure they need to move on and her sweet daughter rest in peace.
Monday, June 13, 2011
Orlando is Buzzing about Casey Anthony
Every television station, journalist, attorney, newspaper and Vinnie Politan are buzzing about the case of the century, "The Case against Casey!"
What is the fascination that drives many to wait in line to have a seat in that courtroom? Disneyland will no longer be the reason for tourists to visit Orlando, but will be replaced by a drive by look at the courthouse that decided the fate of a young mother accused of murdering her two year old child.
Why are we watching, why are we reporting, what holds us fast to
this event? We listen with bated breath as the prosecution leads us
through its series of evidence and we are captured by the scientific forensic indication that proves she did it and did it intentionally. But did she?
Her attorney, Jose Baez, tells of a troubled youth pained by her family
and an accidental drowning where no one thinks to call 911.
We see video footages of a pretty young woman who easily lets the lies
flow and can consistently keep up with the tangled web she weaves. She is quite comfortable in her lies and one can see how effortlessly she manipulates her audience into believing her tales, tales that fooled both parents and law officers. Is it her beauty or is it her mind?
Chief Medical Examiner Jan Garavaglia sends a very affirmative message that leads us to believe that Casey's intentions were murder, with the body found hidden in the woods in a bag with duct tape found adhereing on the skull and of course, that fateful question on why she waited 31 days to report the child missing.
We can go on and on with the horrors that have been brought forward but horrors are sometimes a way of life especially when frightened. How many people have fled the scene of a hit and run accident, people who are our neighbors and some who are our friends. Nothing makes these situations correct but they exist and happen. We temporarily lose it and it all gets confused and we so desperately want to take it all back but we can't.
I am certainly not saying this makes it all alright, I am just approaching a truth that exists sometimes with all of us, just not perhaps in such a serious situation.
Polls have been taken and many are lending themselves to believing her intentions were not honorable. I must admit she presents a very self center girl. I can only imagine she made her parents prematurely gray with her lies, manipulations, and the teenage trouble she obviously got herself into. But as the story and evidence unfolds I see pictures of Casey and her daughter Caylee and I can't honestly say they look unhappy together. They seem to have a comfortable connection. And I have decided to give the defense a chance to change my mind.
So, why do we watch and listen for hours on end? Could it be that we want to hear from her just what really happened three years ago. Of course, that's it! Just tell us, tell us the truth, and set us all free.
What is the fascination that drives many to wait in line to have a seat in that courtroom? Disneyland will no longer be the reason for tourists to visit Orlando, but will be replaced by a drive by look at the courthouse that decided the fate of a young mother accused of murdering her two year old child.
Why are we watching, why are we reporting, what holds us fast to
this event? We listen with bated breath as the prosecution leads us
through its series of evidence and we are captured by the scientific forensic indication that proves she did it and did it intentionally. But did she?
Her attorney, Jose Baez, tells of a troubled youth pained by her family
and an accidental drowning where no one thinks to call 911.
We see video footages of a pretty young woman who easily lets the lies
flow and can consistently keep up with the tangled web she weaves. She is quite comfortable in her lies and one can see how effortlessly she manipulates her audience into believing her tales, tales that fooled both parents and law officers. Is it her beauty or is it her mind?
Chief Medical Examiner Jan Garavaglia sends a very affirmative message that leads us to believe that Casey's intentions were murder, with the body found hidden in the woods in a bag with duct tape found adhereing on the skull and of course, that fateful question on why she waited 31 days to report the child missing.
We can go on and on with the horrors that have been brought forward but horrors are sometimes a way of life especially when frightened. How many people have fled the scene of a hit and run accident, people who are our neighbors and some who are our friends. Nothing makes these situations correct but they exist and happen. We temporarily lose it and it all gets confused and we so desperately want to take it all back but we can't.
I am certainly not saying this makes it all alright, I am just approaching a truth that exists sometimes with all of us, just not perhaps in such a serious situation.
Polls have been taken and many are lending themselves to believing her intentions were not honorable. I must admit she presents a very self center girl. I can only imagine she made her parents prematurely gray with her lies, manipulations, and the teenage trouble she obviously got herself into. But as the story and evidence unfolds I see pictures of Casey and her daughter Caylee and I can't honestly say they look unhappy together. They seem to have a comfortable connection. And I have decided to give the defense a chance to change my mind.
So, why do we watch and listen for hours on end? Could it be that we want to hear from her just what really happened three years ago. Of course, that's it! Just tell us, tell us the truth, and set us all free.
Friday, April 22, 2011
The Wonderful Wizard Named Oz
Why is it that food that melts in your mouth, or is dripping with butter, or filled with sweet calories have to be the bad things we consume and taste the best. It seems unfair that with the help of science and good doctors we are starting to recognize that our diet will be the controlling factor in our aging process.
We wake up one day to obesity, diabetes, liver disease, high blood
pressure, kidney stones, cardiac arrest, and stroke due to mostly the foods
we have enjoyed over a thirty to fifty year span. How did it start? Could it be we were led down the fun food lane by our parents who decided to taste our baby food and discover how bland and tasteless it was?
They wanted us to enjoy the flavorful food they ate and changed our diets to those carb controlling, pound packing, and toxic but ever so delicious fatty foods and sugar. And yes we loved them. We loved them so much, that they became the bulk of our diet and the good food, the ones we should have
been trained to enjoy go unrecognized until years later when it is too late and we are forced to consume pills that help us process all those gut destroying fat high cholesterol edibles.
We in turn, follow the same pattern, as our parents, and soon we see those fat cells appearing on our children at a much earlier age. Fast food restaurants helped us as we needed to join the work force to become a two income family and hambugers and fries at low cost seemed to be the magic at that moment in time.
Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., the health expert appearing often on The Oprah Winfrey Show and now has his own television show on good health wrote a book on You Staying Young along with Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
Some very important tips found in this book connect to eating right and having a balanced diet. Omega-3 fatty acids found in Salmon and other fish help keep your arteries clear. Two servings of vegetables a day help with cognitive decline, and tomatoes, leafy greens, red apples, onions, and blueberries can act as antioxidants.
This book is filled with powerful persuasion to change your eating habits and not only keeps you looking and feeling young but gives you the insight to better health.
Although I will miss a hamburger topped with everything, hot fudge sundaes, fettuccine alfredo, mounds of mashed potatoes and butter, fried chicken and fries, cake and cookies, and many other tasty treats, I will keep in mind the importance of a working body that can enjoy spending times with their family and friends as opposed to visits to doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals, for ailments that can end your life early.
Enjoying an occasional unhealthy but lip smacking meal is really ok but make it a practice to choose the foods that extend your life. Afterall it is the sharing of time with loved ones that make the real difference.
"HB!"
We wake up one day to obesity, diabetes, liver disease, high blood
pressure, kidney stones, cardiac arrest, and stroke due to mostly the foods
we have enjoyed over a thirty to fifty year span. How did it start? Could it be we were led down the fun food lane by our parents who decided to taste our baby food and discover how bland and tasteless it was?
They wanted us to enjoy the flavorful food they ate and changed our diets to those carb controlling, pound packing, and toxic but ever so delicious fatty foods and sugar. And yes we loved them. We loved them so much, that they became the bulk of our diet and the good food, the ones we should have
been trained to enjoy go unrecognized until years later when it is too late and we are forced to consume pills that help us process all those gut destroying fat high cholesterol edibles.
We in turn, follow the same pattern, as our parents, and soon we see those fat cells appearing on our children at a much earlier age. Fast food restaurants helped us as we needed to join the work force to become a two income family and hambugers and fries at low cost seemed to be the magic at that moment in time.
Dr. Mehmet C. Oz, M.D., the health expert appearing often on The Oprah Winfrey Show and now has his own television show on good health wrote a book on You Staying Young along with Michael F. Roizen, M.D.
Some very important tips found in this book connect to eating right and having a balanced diet. Omega-3 fatty acids found in Salmon and other fish help keep your arteries clear. Two servings of vegetables a day help with cognitive decline, and tomatoes, leafy greens, red apples, onions, and blueberries can act as antioxidants.
This book is filled with powerful persuasion to change your eating habits and not only keeps you looking and feeling young but gives you the insight to better health.
Although I will miss a hamburger topped with everything, hot fudge sundaes, fettuccine alfredo, mounds of mashed potatoes and butter, fried chicken and fries, cake and cookies, and many other tasty treats, I will keep in mind the importance of a working body that can enjoy spending times with their family and friends as opposed to visits to doctors, pharmacies, and hospitals, for ailments that can end your life early.
Enjoying an occasional unhealthy but lip smacking meal is really ok but make it a practice to choose the foods that extend your life. Afterall it is the sharing of time with loved ones that make the real difference.
"HB!"
Monday, March 21, 2011
Rethinking All Possibilities
I did it! I decided to Rethink Possible and went AT&T all the way! I went right out and got a phone of the ages and have been playing with it now for a few weeks. Part of feeling younger is not only the way you look but not being afraid to try the new, especially in technology. It's like getting into water, first the toe and when it starts to feel right you jump right in.
Jump in I did, because not only did I change my phone I changed my
TV cable company and went with Uverse as well. I was so afraid to lose my email address and learn new channels on the TV but I realize it is all in the mind. You can if you think you can! And I am so glad I did!
My Uverse TV looks great and what a plus to be able to watch what I taped
in another room. My husband is especially fond of that feature, as he doesn't have to watch the chick flicks that I often tape.
I am able to laugh with my girls and play the silly games like Angry Birds
and texting actually has become so much easier. This iphone 3G S replaces
all my misspelled words with corrections. I also can check my emails and search the web right when I need to. I can see how that could be addictive.
The world is moving forward and I started to get lost in fear. The fear that I wasn't smart enough to get it. But I was wrong, I'm getting it just fine. I may be a little slower than the young but I am not being left behind.
Rethink all possibilities and you will be amazed at how much fun it can be and how much younger you feel.
"Hurry Back!"
Jump in I did, because not only did I change my phone I changed my
TV cable company and went with Uverse as well. I was so afraid to lose my email address and learn new channels on the TV but I realize it is all in the mind. You can if you think you can! And I am so glad I did!
My Uverse TV looks great and what a plus to be able to watch what I taped
in another room. My husband is especially fond of that feature, as he doesn't have to watch the chick flicks that I often tape.
I am able to laugh with my girls and play the silly games like Angry Birds
and texting actually has become so much easier. This iphone 3G S replaces
all my misspelled words with corrections. I also can check my emails and search the web right when I need to. I can see how that could be addictive.
The world is moving forward and I started to get lost in fear. The fear that I wasn't smart enough to get it. But I was wrong, I'm getting it just fine. I may be a little slower than the young but I am not being left behind.
Rethink all possibilities and you will be amazed at how much fun it can be and how much younger you feel.
"Hurry Back!"
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Android....The Little Green Munchkin!
"We're not in Orlando anymore, we must be over the rainbow!"
The new Android G2 phone with Google, according to T-Mobile, is the fastest connection between you and whatever's next. And what could that be? Perhaps an app (as the young people call it) that sends you not only over the rainbow but clear to the moon.
Over the rainbow is how I sometimes feel in this whirl wind explosion of technology. Best Buy's newest commercial says it all, we no sooner purchase a new techno toy and learn all its ins and outs, when it has become better
than it was just the day before.
The new Android G2 phone with Google, according to T-Mobile, is the fastest connection between you and whatever's next. And what could that be? Perhaps an app (as the young people call it) that sends you not only over the rainbow but clear to the moon.And one never knows what you might find there.
I recently went to the circus and as I looked down my row of audience participants I saw all the young people with their Android cell phones slide texting, voice texting, and just plain texting. I could only imagine all the facebook entries, the twittering tweets, and the cell phone socializing that was taking place in a matter of seconds.
Truly I was jealous! I wanted to be part of this new and innovative world of the Android Phones with all their intricate applications.
As adults we just have to know how everything works and fits together, but young people just start playing the game and they enjoy every minute of it. They learned at a very early age to just start pressing buttons, nothing explodes, and usually they find all kinds of hidden treasures. Oh, to be young, fun, and crazy again!
It's never to late to be young at heart, to occasionally be free of rules and have some fun, and I'm sure with those new $400 phones I'll feel exceptionally crazy! But who cares, I think I am ready to try it! "HB!"
Website for Android Character Photo Image http://www.fuseoptimisation.blogspot.com/
Astronaut Cartoon by Nick Downes
Monday, February 14, 2011
And This Little Piggy Went.............AAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!
I've been working so hard at the wrinkles appearing on my face, I have neglected to realize that aging also appears elsewhere on the body. The strongest hit areas seem to be the head and feet, which brings me to the frightful appearance of my mother's big toe strategically placed on my right foot.
I happened to look down the other day in the shower and aahhhhhh, could it be, that toe looks very familiar, it looks like the one I remembered seeing on my mother's foot, the one I swore as a teenager would never end up on my
foot, as the nail was gi-normous and frightful.
Through your teenage years, you are sure that visually things appear quite different and what was ugly then, changes in time, but the truth be told sometimes ugly just remains and we use our age to disquise our feelings
when those ugly genes end up on our bodies.
As youngsters, we glance at our parents and then take long looks at ourselves in the mirror, being sure that the genes we don't want to inherit from them are not found anywhere on us, but unfortunately sometimes they show up later on in life, like now!
Fear sets in, even your other toes feel it, when will those family genes take over the entire foot! Or worse yet, what other parts of your body will take on the looks of your parents. Let's face it, we can always hide our feet in shoes, but some exposed features can't be hidden, unless we wear a burqa, and that is just out of the question.
We not only have entered an age of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, and cancer, we have entered the age of the aging family gene pool, which I call the geek genes. OMG!
We love our parents, but even now, we hoped that when that little sperm met you the egg, only the good genes passed and the genes that you secretly knew where not becoming got lost in your mother's uterus somewhere, anywhere, but not in you.
As you glance at your aging Prince Charming or Princess, you start to see some of the characteristic genes of your in-laws, playing peek-a-boo with your eyes. Oh, no, there's that beer belly of your father-in-law or the double chin of your mother-in-law or the bunions of both of them combined. It gets embarassing when you tell a white lie to your partner, suggesting he or she wear a scarf. You explain "that scarf matches beautifully with what you are wearing", when actually, you want to cover up the 2nd chin which has instantaneously appeared.
It's all about money sometimes. Oh, to be high maintenance, and find the doctor who not only replaces hip and knees, but toes, as well.
Imagine the money a good doctor could make removing certain aging geek gene body parts and replacing them with parts that at least resemble the looks we had in our earlier years.
You can only do the next best thing, at least for your feet, and that is get a pedicure and pay the manicurist whatever it costs to redesign the nail, so your mother's toe is removed and returned to its rightful owner and you are left with the little piggy who once again went to market.
I am heading out the door now to take advantage of my Prince Charming's wallet. It's Valentine's Day and I so deserve that pedicure. Follow my lead. Happy Valentine's Day! And "HB!"
I happened to look down the other day in the shower and aahhhhhh, could it be, that toe looks very familiar, it looks like the one I remembered seeing on my mother's foot, the one I swore as a teenager would never end up on my
foot, as the nail was gi-normous and frightful.
Through your teenage years, you are sure that visually things appear quite different and what was ugly then, changes in time, but the truth be told sometimes ugly just remains and we use our age to disquise our feelings
when those ugly genes end up on our bodies.
As youngsters, we glance at our parents and then take long looks at ourselves in the mirror, being sure that the genes we don't want to inherit from them are not found anywhere on us, but unfortunately sometimes they show up later on in life, like now!
Fear sets in, even your other toes feel it, when will those family genes take over the entire foot! Or worse yet, what other parts of your body will take on the looks of your parents. Let's face it, we can always hide our feet in shoes, but some exposed features can't be hidden, unless we wear a burqa, and that is just out of the question.
We not only have entered an age of heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure, arthritis, and cancer, we have entered the age of the aging family gene pool, which I call the geek genes. OMG!
We love our parents, but even now, we hoped that when that little sperm met you the egg, only the good genes passed and the genes that you secretly knew where not becoming got lost in your mother's uterus somewhere, anywhere, but not in you.
As you glance at your aging Prince Charming or Princess, you start to see some of the characteristic genes of your in-laws, playing peek-a-boo with your eyes. Oh, no, there's that beer belly of your father-in-law or the double chin of your mother-in-law or the bunions of both of them combined. It gets embarassing when you tell a white lie to your partner, suggesting he or she wear a scarf. You explain "that scarf matches beautifully with what you are wearing", when actually, you want to cover up the 2nd chin which has instantaneously appeared.
It's all about money sometimes. Oh, to be high maintenance, and find the doctor who not only replaces hip and knees, but toes, as well.
Imagine the money a good doctor could make removing certain aging geek gene body parts and replacing them with parts that at least resemble the looks we had in our earlier years.
You can only do the next best thing, at least for your feet, and that is get a pedicure and pay the manicurist whatever it costs to redesign the nail, so your mother's toe is removed and returned to its rightful owner and you are left with the little piggy who once again went to market.
I am heading out the door now to take advantage of my Prince Charming's wallet. It's Valentine's Day and I so deserve that pedicure. Follow my lead. Happy Valentine's Day! And "HB!"
Monday, January 31, 2011
Jack the Ripper....Jack the Shredder!
We are continuing with Resolution 2, dealing with the decluttering of my home which has been going fairly well although slow. Part of the problem is
the overwhelming amount of paperwork I have, most coming from junk mail I receive daily.
How many trees must die for the credit cards I don't need to sign up for. I receive checks that banks send me to consolidate my bills to a lower
interest rate that keep me spending money I don't have. Catalogs are sent
monthly of all things ordered in the last year, in hopes I will once again go into debt for the American Consumer, I am. Shame on me.
The motor on my small shredder shudders at the piles of useless paperwork that I must eliminate in order not to have someone steal my identity. Sometimes I hope they do steal it and I will assume another name and they
can pay off the debt. Wouldn't that be nice.
Unfortunately, when the collectors discovered the theft, they would find you, as they know the thief is never gonna pay. So, you are hit twice, stolen by someone, and resumed by the one you wanted to be stolen from.
What a vicious circle and one you can't hide from. I signed up for junk mail elimination with no guarantees. I realize that although I sometimes enjoy looking through the wish catalogs that are sent to me, it is only time consuming to a situation I can't afford anyway, so why have them sent.
We are all getting our receipts ready for our year end tax return. I have seven years of tax receipts saved in my garage for any possible audit I might get. Chances are I wouldn't remember that far back to help the auditor understand what I did on my return that year to determine my refund or payment anyways.
The answer one would think is the "Go Paperless" option. This option allows you to spend your money on printer's ink for anything you might need to save a copy of. How convenient for those banks and big businesses pretending to care about our landfills, when actually they are only putting the spending of money back on you.
I'm getting ready to tackle my office and the clutter, of course, starts with all that #@!%$** paperwork. Jack the Shredder is out and ready and I have poured myself a glass of wine. It's gonna be a long ripping day! "HB!"
the overwhelming amount of paperwork I have, most coming from junk mail I receive daily.
How many trees must die for the credit cards I don't need to sign up for. I receive checks that banks send me to consolidate my bills to a lower
interest rate that keep me spending money I don't have. Catalogs are sent
monthly of all things ordered in the last year, in hopes I will once again go into debt for the American Consumer, I am. Shame on me.
The motor on my small shredder shudders at the piles of useless paperwork that I must eliminate in order not to have someone steal my identity. Sometimes I hope they do steal it and I will assume another name and they
can pay off the debt. Wouldn't that be nice.
Unfortunately, when the collectors discovered the theft, they would find you, as they know the thief is never gonna pay. So, you are hit twice, stolen by someone, and resumed by the one you wanted to be stolen from.
What a vicious circle and one you can't hide from. I signed up for junk mail elimination with no guarantees. I realize that although I sometimes enjoy looking through the wish catalogs that are sent to me, it is only time consuming to a situation I can't afford anyway, so why have them sent.
We are all getting our receipts ready for our year end tax return. I have seven years of tax receipts saved in my garage for any possible audit I might get. Chances are I wouldn't remember that far back to help the auditor understand what I did on my return that year to determine my refund or payment anyways.
The answer one would think is the "Go Paperless" option. This option allows you to spend your money on printer's ink for anything you might need to save a copy of. How convenient for those banks and big businesses pretending to care about our landfills, when actually they are only putting the spending of money back on you.
I'm getting ready to tackle my office and the clutter, of course, starts with all that #@!%$** paperwork. Jack the Shredder is out and ready and I have poured myself a glass of wine. It's gonna be a long ripping day! "HB!"
Friday, January 21, 2011
"Mirror, Mirror on the Wall....Am I Younger, it's your Call?"
It has been two weeks now and I have been burying my face in anti-aging everythings. I hope you have been doing the same. Do you find in the mornings, when waking, you consciously find yourself trying not to move any of the muscles in your face, as not to change the depth of the wrinkles, as you race to the bathroom mirror for (we hope) a younger you.
Out comes the magnifying mirror to take a closer look to the possibility that someone has created the facial time machine and we are seeing ourselves at least 10 years younger than when we went to bed.
I recently read an article in More magazine*, where the journalist suggested that in those waiting weeks of rejuvenation, we have forgotten exactly what our wrinkles really looked like before we began.
I don't know about you, but I remember each and every appearance of new found wrinkles within the last few years.
We try and convince ourselves that it was the way we slept that caused the morning lines on the sides of our eyes, until we recognize that within the following weeks, they never go away, but are there to stay....for good! "OMG!"
So, if I become one of those women who run off and purchase a new product that declares amazing results in a short time, to any of the facial aging problems that appear over the years, so be it! If we can invent phones and laptops that reach other continents in seconds, I'm quite sure there is someone out there, able to bring back our younger selves in our skin.
More magazine, also suggested that L'Oreal's Paris based research and development team is working on a project to eliminate gray hair strands forever. This would be taken orally.
I'm in!
That would really be worth every penny I would spend, as gray hair is just not allowable on my head. The problem is it is showing up faster than I can eliminate it, so a friend turned me onto a product called Kiss TRUCOLOR*. It looks like a large lipstick that you moisten and apply to those gray areas that return after coloring almost immediately. It comes in 6 natural shades and works great!
I did so enjoy the Bangs suggestion in Charla Krupp's Book How Not to Look Old*, that today I am reaching out to you with another suggestion that is easy to accomplish and cost effective. Chapter 9 tells us nothing ages you like dark lipstick that bleeds into those aging lip lines we are trying desperately to abolish.
Charla's suggestion is lighter lipstick, preferrably pink. Although pink has never been my color, I went with one that had a light coral edge and I must say it worked perfectly. Between the covering bangs and the lighter lipstick at a party I just attended, I received several compliments on looking great. I was elated!!!!!
Perhaps those anti-aging creams are kicking in to help with the overall new me, as well as a few other of Charla's effortless ways to look younger, which I will introduce in later posts.
So, the mirror called it in a good way, perhaps not the full ten years I look forward to, but even 10 months is an amazing improvement!
Become a Blossoming Baby Boomer with me and join in the fun, life can get better with age, and you're as young as you feel works, especially when you look younger! "HB!"
*More Magazine http://www.more.com/
Kiss Trucolor Kiss products, Inc. Pt. Washington, NY 11050
How Not To Look Old by Charla Krupp
Out comes the magnifying mirror to take a closer look to the possibility that someone has created the facial time machine and we are seeing ourselves at least 10 years younger than when we went to bed.
I recently read an article in More magazine*, where the journalist suggested that in those waiting weeks of rejuvenation, we have forgotten exactly what our wrinkles really looked like before we began.
I don't know about you, but I remember each and every appearance of new found wrinkles within the last few years.
We try and convince ourselves that it was the way we slept that caused the morning lines on the sides of our eyes, until we recognize that within the following weeks, they never go away, but are there to stay....for good! "OMG!"
So, if I become one of those women who run off and purchase a new product that declares amazing results in a short time, to any of the facial aging problems that appear over the years, so be it! If we can invent phones and laptops that reach other continents in seconds, I'm quite sure there is someone out there, able to bring back our younger selves in our skin.
More magazine, also suggested that L'Oreal's Paris based research and development team is working on a project to eliminate gray hair strands forever. This would be taken orally.
I'm in!
That would really be worth every penny I would spend, as gray hair is just not allowable on my head. The problem is it is showing up faster than I can eliminate it, so a friend turned me onto a product called Kiss TRUCOLOR*. It looks like a large lipstick that you moisten and apply to those gray areas that return after coloring almost immediately. It comes in 6 natural shades and works great!
I did so enjoy the Bangs suggestion in Charla Krupp's Book How Not to Look Old*, that today I am reaching out to you with another suggestion that is easy to accomplish and cost effective. Chapter 9 tells us nothing ages you like dark lipstick that bleeds into those aging lip lines we are trying desperately to abolish.
Charla's suggestion is lighter lipstick, preferrably pink. Although pink has never been my color, I went with one that had a light coral edge and I must say it worked perfectly. Between the covering bangs and the lighter lipstick at a party I just attended, I received several compliments on looking great. I was elated!!!!!
Perhaps those anti-aging creams are kicking in to help with the overall new me, as well as a few other of Charla's effortless ways to look younger, which I will introduce in later posts.
So, the mirror called it in a good way, perhaps not the full ten years I look forward to, but even 10 months is an amazing improvement!
Become a Blossoming Baby Boomer with me and join in the fun, life can get better with age, and you're as young as you feel works, especially when you look younger! "HB!"
*More Magazine http://www.more.com/
Kiss Trucolor Kiss products, Inc. Pt. Washington, NY 11050
How Not To Look Old by Charla Krupp
Friday, January 14, 2011
Oh, No!.......Does it Have to Go?
While those cream chemicals are rejuvenating and restoring our youthful faces, we are also committed to our 2nd New Year's Resolution of decluttering our homes. I found this to be harder than I thought!
Stage one, once again, is determining which clutter character you are. Are you the Collector, the Inheritor, the Parent, the Compulsive Shopper, the Scout, or the Host. Depending on which room you are standing in my home, I can
easily be all of the above! OMG!
Fortunately, as the Collector, I only have a few collections, of which only one continues, so I don't have to deal with that. If you are a Gigantic Collector than review your taste and recognize that perhaps that sea shell collection gotten in 1975 during your Bahama honeymoon no longer moves you, especially since you have remarried. If you can't part with it then rotate those sea shells with the starfish now and again, it will lighten the shelf load.
Not living in the same state as my parents or in-laws have made it easy not to be a huge Inheritor. I must admit I have a few sentimental pieces from loved family treasures but they aren't a part of what I feel needs to go. Again, if the Inheritor is you, what must you do? If you have received gifts or willed valuables that personally, you find grotesque, be bold but tactful, see if another family member wanted this in the first place, as it matches perfectly with their china choices, if not, the Salvation Army can always use a another grotesque
artifact. A simple white lie, with tears in your eyes, to express it shattered in a million pieces to your favorite relative, will save hurtful feelings.
The Parent is one I must admit, I fall into. I have one daughter who travels with her job and I have collected some of her valuable whatevers, in my garage and extra bedroom. I also have a daughter with hoarding genes, and have boxes of who knows what left in many closets, that one day she swears she will return to get. I will have to get up the nerve to ask my travelling daughter to go through and eliminate some of the whatevers, and with the other I have decided to just say good-bye to most of it. As they both read my blog, I'm sure they will be visiting soon and re-evaluating their possessions.
The Compulsive Shopper and Scout seem to be a part of my daily routine. I just can't pass up a good buy and collect plastic everythings for every available need. "This plastic container holds a lot of water, I can use it to water all my plants!" I have about 12 of those and when I have that family barbecue I am definitely going to need that electric rotisserie that doesn't fit on my barbecue but I will make it work, it's only pennies. The plastics I will have no problem trashing, the penny saver incidentals will be difficult, especially if they are new.
The last is the Host, one who loves to entertain and acquires all necessary appliances to do the job. Forget about the holiday and seasonal collections of dishware used only once a year, remembering that if the food is good, the guests will be happy and bound to return to another dinner feast without the look of the holiday season.*
Now that we have determined what clutter princess or prince you are, makes it easier to get started. Start small today. I already put the trashing to practice with my cosmetic bathroom drawer. I must say it was amazing what I found in the back of it! And wow, how difficult it was to say good-bye, especially because it was unused and cost money. I finally had to come to grips with the fact that it sat in the back of that drawer for who knows how long, perhaps a few years and I never needed it to fix any of the wrinkles on my face, so out it went and I am so glad it is over.
Continue with small areas in all rooms which catch your immediate attention. The Fly Lady is a great website to get you started and on your way! This website is listed under my links. I will have more info to help you throughout the decluttering process and together we can have it all done before spring cleaning, which will allow us to enjoy the flowers.
Got suggestions, tell all, and "Hurry Back!" "HB!"
*Much of this valuable information was taken from Kick the Clutter clear out excess stuff without losing what you love by Ellen Phillips.
Stage one, once again, is determining which clutter character you are. Are you the Collector, the Inheritor, the Parent, the Compulsive Shopper, the Scout, or the Host. Depending on which room you are standing in my home, I can
easily be all of the above! OMG!
Fortunately, as the Collector, I only have a few collections, of which only one continues, so I don't have to deal with that. If you are a Gigantic Collector than review your taste and recognize that perhaps that sea shell collection gotten in 1975 during your Bahama honeymoon no longer moves you, especially since you have remarried. If you can't part with it then rotate those sea shells with the starfish now and again, it will lighten the shelf load.
Not living in the same state as my parents or in-laws have made it easy not to be a huge Inheritor. I must admit I have a few sentimental pieces from loved family treasures but they aren't a part of what I feel needs to go. Again, if the Inheritor is you, what must you do? If you have received gifts or willed valuables that personally, you find grotesque, be bold but tactful, see if another family member wanted this in the first place, as it matches perfectly with their china choices, if not, the Salvation Army can always use a another grotesque
artifact. A simple white lie, with tears in your eyes, to express it shattered in a million pieces to your favorite relative, will save hurtful feelings.
The Parent is one I must admit, I fall into. I have one daughter who travels with her job and I have collected some of her valuable whatevers, in my garage and extra bedroom. I also have a daughter with hoarding genes, and have boxes of who knows what left in many closets, that one day she swears she will return to get. I will have to get up the nerve to ask my travelling daughter to go through and eliminate some of the whatevers, and with the other I have decided to just say good-bye to most of it. As they both read my blog, I'm sure they will be visiting soon and re-evaluating their possessions.
The Compulsive Shopper and Scout seem to be a part of my daily routine. I just can't pass up a good buy and collect plastic everythings for every available need. "This plastic container holds a lot of water, I can use it to water all my plants!" I have about 12 of those and when I have that family barbecue I am definitely going to need that electric rotisserie that doesn't fit on my barbecue but I will make it work, it's only pennies. The plastics I will have no problem trashing, the penny saver incidentals will be difficult, especially if they are new.
The last is the Host, one who loves to entertain and acquires all necessary appliances to do the job. Forget about the holiday and seasonal collections of dishware used only once a year, remembering that if the food is good, the guests will be happy and bound to return to another dinner feast without the look of the holiday season.*
Now that we have determined what clutter princess or prince you are, makes it easier to get started. Start small today. I already put the trashing to practice with my cosmetic bathroom drawer. I must say it was amazing what I found in the back of it! And wow, how difficult it was to say good-bye, especially because it was unused and cost money. I finally had to come to grips with the fact that it sat in the back of that drawer for who knows how long, perhaps a few years and I never needed it to fix any of the wrinkles on my face, so out it went and I am so glad it is over.
Continue with small areas in all rooms which catch your immediate attention. The Fly Lady is a great website to get you started and on your way! This website is listed under my links. I will have more info to help you throughout the decluttering process and together we can have it all done before spring cleaning, which will allow us to enjoy the flowers.
Got suggestions, tell all, and "Hurry Back!" "HB!"
*Much of this valuable information was taken from Kick the Clutter clear out excess stuff without losing what you love by Ellen Phillips.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
Ready, Set, Go!
It was hard to get ready, but I think I am set, so here we go! How Not to Look Old by Charla Krupp will lead us to a new youthful us. She has my kind of ideas, the products we purchase, have to deliver results, be user-friendly, and not outrageously expensive.
We first must define our Maintenance Level, which involves our "can't live withouts", our "no valuable time fors", and "are you rich or are you poor."
For a very long time I was Low Maintenance, didn't need to invest a lot of energy and money into myself, but then again, I was in my twenties, looking young! I moved onto Medium Maintenance, in my late thirties and forties, recognizing the need for what I felt was good skin care regiments, mornings and evenings.
Then came the fifties, and I'm not talking baby boomers birth years, and all of a sudden I feel the overwhelming need to raid the savings account and IRA's to catch a glimpse of a face and body I once knew.
Soooo, Charla Krupp's first suggestions is Bangs. Let's face it, the forehead and brow lines that gave us intellectual character in our thirties and early forties, now are so deep we cry every morning looking into the mirror wondering when this seniorella event too place.
I did it, I cut bangs, and guess what, it worked! I just went into a cheap salon today to get a quick trim and my fairy godmother was the hairdresser and did her magical wonders on my hair. "Oh, Happy Day!"
I left the salon feeling so elated at my new found youth, I went and purchased some suggested creams to diminish crow's-feet, deep wrinkles, lip lines, smile lines, and sagging skin. Let's jump start our morning and night do overs with some of her suggested creams and also Good Housekeeping anti aging winners of 2010.
Charla Krupp's five step bathroom program is 1. Cleanse 2.Exfoliate 3.Restore 4.Moisturize and 5.Protect.
As my pocket book is slim after the holidays, I kept my old cleansers, exfoliates, Moisturizers, Protectors, but I spent my money on the Restoring!!! I purchased Dermalogica's multivitamin power concentrate and Good Housekeeping's Boots No.7 Protect and Perfect Intense Beauty Serum and L'Oreal Revitalift Deep-Set Wrinkle Repair for Night Use.
In four to eight weeks we will re-evaluate our skins and see if we need to try other brand creams or if the magic is working and we are noticing youthful changes!
Until then, get out your scissors or make an appointment for new found bangs, it will start to change your life and with it your attitude, perhaps Cinderella is hiding under Seniorella after all. "HB!"
We first must define our Maintenance Level, which involves our "can't live withouts", our "no valuable time fors", and "are you rich or are you poor."
For a very long time I was Low Maintenance, didn't need to invest a lot of energy and money into myself, but then again, I was in my twenties, looking young! I moved onto Medium Maintenance, in my late thirties and forties, recognizing the need for what I felt was good skin care regiments, mornings and evenings.
Then came the fifties, and I'm not talking baby boomers birth years, and all of a sudden I feel the overwhelming need to raid the savings account and IRA's to catch a glimpse of a face and body I once knew.
Soooo, Charla Krupp's first suggestions is Bangs. Let's face it, the forehead and brow lines that gave us intellectual character in our thirties and early forties, now are so deep we cry every morning looking into the mirror wondering when this seniorella event too place.
I did it, I cut bangs, and guess what, it worked! I just went into a cheap salon today to get a quick trim and my fairy godmother was the hairdresser and did her magical wonders on my hair. "Oh, Happy Day!"
I left the salon feeling so elated at my new found youth, I went and purchased some suggested creams to diminish crow's-feet, deep wrinkles, lip lines, smile lines, and sagging skin. Let's jump start our morning and night do overs with some of her suggested creams and also Good Housekeeping anti aging winners of 2010.
Charla Krupp's five step bathroom program is 1. Cleanse 2.Exfoliate 3.Restore 4.Moisturize and 5.Protect.
As my pocket book is slim after the holidays, I kept my old cleansers, exfoliates, Moisturizers, Protectors, but I spent my money on the Restoring!!! I purchased Dermalogica's multivitamin power concentrate and Good Housekeeping's Boots No.7 Protect and Perfect Intense Beauty Serum and L'Oreal Revitalift Deep-Set Wrinkle Repair for Night Use.
In four to eight weeks we will re-evaluate our skins and see if we need to try other brand creams or if the magic is working and we are noticing youthful changes!
Until then, get out your scissors or make an appointment for new found bangs, it will start to change your life and with it your attitude, perhaps Cinderella is hiding under Seniorella after all. "HB!"
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