Do you check in with your parents? I checked in with my dad this afternoon.
He talked about maintaining his weight at 185 lbs by walking and eating better. Wow!
Dad said muffins and donuts have mega-calories when I told him I gave them up last year and lost 10 lbs.
We talked about how it was easy to say [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Serendipity Leads to Taking Care of Your Health
Posted in Body, Food, People I Know, Soul on January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Rest and Take Care of Yourself
Posted in Uncategorized on January 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you have 3 or 4 appointments a day? Once in a while? Most days?
Me, I’m on the run an awful lot. Most days I have 2 or 3 appointments.
You can keep up this pace, keep it sustainable, if you rest and take care of yourself.
How?
Watch a movie.
Accept a serendipitous offer to have lunch.
Treat yourself [...]
Checking Up on Friends Helps Take Care of Yourself
Posted in Uncategorized on January 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you check in on friends you haven’t heard from in a while?
Make a phone call or write on their Facebook wall?
Hear good news.
Offer a word of encouragement.
Have a laugh.
This is an older HuffPost blog, look at #3 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/arthur-rosenfeld/nine-tips-for-surviving-t_b_149394.html.
Reach out to help yourself, http://www.ordinaryartblog.com/?p=355.
Eating Soup Takes Care of Your Cold
Posted in Body, Questions, Soul on January 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Do you like soup? Do you enjoy soup especially when you’ve got a cold or the flu?
Paula on Open Source Food posted a simple onion soup recipe, http://www.opensourcefood.com/people/Paula/recipes/onion-soup.
Kathy posted a vegan pea soup recipe, http://kblog.lunchboxbunch.com/2009/01/no-paparazzi-peas-pea-soup-recipe.html.
More peas, this time with winter squash from Mellisser, http://theurbanhousewife.blogspot.com/2009/01/misobutternut-squash-soup-by-nava-atlas.html,
Can you tell I like vegan soups?
Take Care of Your Finances
Posted in Arbonne on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Disclaimer, talking about my Arbonne business in this post.
Three things I say a lot about the Arbonne business:
It might be for you.
Simple, but not easy.
I love it.
You might like to see Arbonne on the news http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZyDCzSEgS0.
Do you like the low start-up costs at the end?
Arbonne voluntarily recalled our peanut butter chews, http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/arbonne01_09.html.
You know I’d love [...]
Take Care of Your Garden – January Tips
Posted in Gardening, Questions, Soul on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
If you are in the Middle Atlantic states like me, January means not much opportunity for dirty hands.
Yesterday a buddy asked what to do gardenwise this month.
Three January Gardening Tips
Read gardening books and seed catalogs or watch garden shows.
Make notes about what you like. Highlight plants that are easy or native.
Review your garden notes from 2008.
You [...]
Apologies – I Didn’t Take Care of Myself
Posted in Uncategorized on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Resting is difficult for me. Walking, talking, listening, spending time with people these are fun and easy.
Apologies for not blogging the past few days. I was literally hiding under the covers over the weekend and this morning.
Your Pets Take Care of You
Posted in Body, Questions, Soul on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Remember talking to your cat or a stuffed animal during junior high? Told them all your problems?
Have you taken a run with the dog lately? Stroked the cat before drifting off to sleep?
Enjoy your pets. Cats, dogs, horses and others help with:
Exercise
Stress
Boredom
Relaxation
Love
Thoughts from a first-time dog owner, http://www.wagreflex.com/2009/01/readers-pets-bella-the-shepherd-mix.html.
Funny, short video, http://ipond.com/interesting/cat-talking-translation-484.html.
Wonder what your pet says [...]
Take Care of Your Appearance – Book Review
Posted in Uncategorized on January 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
You might like the tips in The Dress Doctor: Prescriptions for Style, From A to Z by 8 time Academy Award winning designer, Edith Head.
Written in 1959 and reissued in 2008 with witty watercolor sketches by Bil Donovan, the tips for dresses and skirts might seem dated. You can easily substitute contemporary pants for the suggested skirts.
*Fit
Don’t wear [...]
Take Care of Your Cold
Posted in Uncategorized on January 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
How does it feel to have a cold? Are you a trooper and go to work? Do you act like a baby and hide under the covers?
Me? I hide under the covers. Apologies for no posts since Friday. I was hiding under the covers!
Catherine’s suggestions to feel better quickly:
Drink plenty of water.
Drink hot tea, soup or [...]
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