Age doesn't matter.

How to Make Magic with a Statement Necklace

The statement necklace is a magic maker!  An over-the-top necklace will turn any outfit into something special.  Wear one day or night…No matter where you go, no matter what you are wearing, age doesn’t matter…Wearing a statement necklace will just suddenly make you look smashing.  So let’s take a look at how to style a statement necklace…

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How Your Friends Make It Easy To Be Healthy: Wine & Sweets

Cutting Down on Wine and Sweets

This is a diary of the healthy lifestyle goals that my son, Chris, and I are making together each month.

Since it takes 21-30 days to develop a new habit, making a goal for the month ahead is an effective strategy.

Chris and I agree that making these monthly goals together and posting our results here for you to see helps us to improve our health.  I’ve always found that if I say out loud to someone what I plan on doing, I’m more likely to do it.  Because if I said I would, I feel responsible to follow through. 

Age doesn’t matter.  It’s never too late.  You can always make progress and actually reverse the signs of aging!

In April, my goal was to cut down wine and sweets to every other day.  Chris couldn’t think of a new goal, so he decided to maintain the progress he had already made on his healthy lifestyle. Continue Reading

It’s Here Now! 50 Shades of Beautiful

Campaign for Real Beauty

Dove campaign for all types of beauty from Huffington PostThe American fashion industry has slowly and gradually progressed beyond focusing on the stereotypical beauty as only being the blonde-haired, blue-eyed young woman.   After much pressure, they began to include beautiful young women of other ethnicities.  Then the Dove soap company broke another barrier by starting an ad campaign showing normal women as beautiful.

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How Your Friends Make It Easy To Be Healthy: Working on Exercise & Diet

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SpinMeSilly Bakes’ salted caramel brownie with ice cream by Suanie

This is a diary of the healthy lifestyle goals that my son, Chris, and I are making together each month.

Since it takes 21-30 days to develop a new habit, making a goal for the month ahead is an effective strategy.

Chris and I agree that making these monthly goals together and posting our results here for you to see helps us to improve our health.  I’ve always found that if I say out loud to someone what I plan on doing, I’m more likely to do it.  Because if I said I would, I feel responsible to follow through. 

In March, my goal was to go to the gym two or three times a week and cut out all sweets and wine (my downfall!) for a few weeks.  Chris’ goal was to cut down on chips (his downfall!) again because he had been eating the corn chips when going out to the Mexican restaurants he loves. Continue Reading