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!"
Monday, January 31, 2011
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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