The secret to staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age… Lucille Ball.
The age part… I wonder just how much you could lie and get away with it?? Taking off ten years sounds like a nice round number.
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Unless your family is huge, holidays can be few and far between. That’s why I particularly like these weird holidays that I try to track down for you every day. But if for some reason, the day’s holiday doesn’t work for you, simply go out and make up one of your own. For example, as I look out the window, the view almost takes your breath away. The colors aren’t this intense quite yet, but the trees are beginning to turn so we could celebrate “Indian Summer Day”. And for dinner I could look up some native recipes to serve. …read more
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I don’t know why it is, but I’m not very good at delegating… anything. Oh, I take that back, I’m really good at delegating the cooking in our home, but most of the time I prefer to do things myself. But I was just reading that a wise woman shares her tasks. I wonder why that is so hard for me??
Sharing and taking turns… maybe I missed that lesson when I was growing up. I wonder?? Could there be a connection there somewhere?? All I can remember is that for most of our childhood years, I really didn’t have …read more
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Looking for something to keep you busy over the next few months??. Okay, Lauren Porter knitted her Ferrari for her honors degree, but you have to admit, what she accomplished is pretty impressive.
“The classic red bodywork consists of 250 squares of garter stitch made by Lauren and 20 family members and friends. It’s all supported by a steel frame which Lauren, 22, of Greatham, Hants, welded herself.”
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This is directed at those of you who actually leave the house to go to work. It’s a whole lot harder when your office is in the house. But for those of you who look forward to getting in the car and heading home, these ten ways make a lot of sense…
Here are the first three…
1. Leave work at the office. Resolve to not bring work home in the evening (or limit it to two nights a week if absolutely necessary).
2. Wind down your workday early. About two hours before you leave work, make a list of what you …read more
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I don’t know if you believe or not, but you just might be surprised at what you can do with a little practice. I had this fascination with tea leaves a few years ago and I got so good at it that I actually stopped doing it. It started to get really scary, but that is another story. What I found for you today is how to use a regular deck of cards to read fortunes.
Think of it as your summer project for this year. Want to practice? The minute your friends learn that you have… the gift, they will …read more
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There should be a subject at school about relaxing. I certainly could have used a little help over the years when I jumped to the wrong conclusions about a broken curfew or worried needlessly about something that hadn’t even happened yet! But I had nothing to fall back on.
And then I think about the subjects that I did take. To be quite honest, I can’t remember the last time I used physics or algebra?? I’m not saying that they are useless subjects, but I would have been a lot better off learning how to deal with real life issues …read more
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“There’s a big difference between a work ethic and a work obsession ‑- and knowing it can greatly improve your quality of life.
For some people there are never enough hours in the workday. They never seem able to clear their desks, snap shut their briefcases and focus on the rest of life ‑- even when they’re financially secure and their work habits are threatening their health or home lives. “My husband’s working, his traveling, were always put to me in terms of our being able to have more stuff,” says Tish, a fiftyish woman who lives in Silicon Valley. “I …read more
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Before I started working this morning, I was watching Breakfast Television and noticed at the end of the program, all the women had their wardrobes provided for them by various companies. I couldn’t help but wonder what that must be like. Get up, go into work and find a new outfit waiting for you… in your own size!
I can’t imagine anything better. While I love shopping for clothes, I hate trying them on with a passion! What I would love is for someone to come to me… complete with a tape measure… take the necessary measurements and then go …read more
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I find that the faces of the elderly so interesting. You can almost see all of the years of experiences that have accumulated. The man above for example. What has he seen over the years? What has he experienced?
Two movies come to mind that used this idea. Remember the elderly Rose from the Titanic or Jack Crabb from Little Big Man? Now how fascinating would that be to have either one of those individuals living just down the street from you!
*If there is an elderly person who lives on your street, take the time to get to know them. It …read more
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