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How Your Friends Make It Easy to be Healthy All Year Long

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For almost three years now, my son Chris and I have been making health goals together every month.  Although we are from different generations, age doesn’t matter when it comes to health.  We have the same goals of good dietary choices, exercise, sleep and such.  These habits create lifelong health.

Since Chris and I started to share monthly health goals with each other, we’ve improved our lifestyle. In 2017, we got to the point where we were both down to our ideal weight, improved our eating habits, and developed exercise routines that worked for us.

In 2018, we were humming along very well, until October.  At that time, we became deterred by time, weather, sickness, and then the holiday season.

Now that a new year is beginning, Chris and I are reviewing last year’s goals and planning new goals, picking up from where we left off. Our last goals were to try to get back our previously good habits of exercising regularly and eating foods that are good for us. Continue Reading

Do You Think of Style When You Write Your New Year’s Goals?

Tis the time to make goals for the new year coming!  Goals for the new year include many areas of our life.  The common areas we usually think of are health, money and work, relationships, community service and shedding bad habits.  Age doesn’t matter.  Life is a constant process of growth and self-improvement.

I never thought about creating style goals until I read Angie Cox’s blog You Look Fab.  Inspired by Angie, I made a list of style goals the last two years.  You might like to make some style goals of your own, if you don’t already.

These are some of my style goals, past and future:

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How to Sparkle and Shine in a Metallic Top

A bit of sparkle comes in many forms:  jewelry, embellishment with sequins or crystals, metallics, etc.  Age doesn’t matter because your true self sparkles and shines, too!  Today, I’m sharing a formula showing how to sparkle and shine in a metallic top.  I’d like to encourage you to think outside of the box as well.  You can wear a metallic top any day of the season as part of your usual casual outfit.  And it’s a good piece to wear for virtual get-togethers!

I wore my gold Lurex sweater tunic quite a few times in Christmases past — from the extended family celebration to around the office during the holiday season to holiday brunch with friends.  The last time I wore it, co-workers told me it looked so comfy, and it was!

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Special Ways to Dress Up for Holiday Dinners

When you host and serve a dinner at your home and/or attend a dinner at your friend’s house, do you know what you will be wearing?  If the answer is no, there are some ideas below that can help to inspire you.

These outfit ideas on what to wear to your holiday dinners is part of a series in my Holiday category here, where you can find outfit combinations for all the events that come up for you.

Whether you bought new clothes for the holidays or not, there are so many different types of events to enjoy.  The new and the old will likely have to be mixed and matched.  From laid-back and cozy to glitzy and glamorous, choose the style that matches your true self.  Age doesn’t matter!

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How to Be Glamorous in Evening Pajamas

Evening pajamas are not for sleeping, but rather for partying!  Since at least the 1920’s, women have entertained at home in silky, sexy, comfortable pajama outfits; then at the dinner parties of friends; then out to the theater and now on the streets day and night.  From Greta Garbo to Kate Moss, think of comfortable and flowing clothes in silky materials, soft cashmere, generous volumes, loose-fitting trousers, long flowing skirts, slides (especially sequined), slip-on shoes and smoking slippers.

Age doesn’t matter. Take a look at how to style evening pajamas and find the one that’s just right for you!

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