tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-57283952532671373152024-03-05T03:26:56.376-08:00GirlyGoodnessmomohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238940245852726927noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-38512675852519168852013-09-10T13:49:00.001-07:002013-09-10T13:51:46.537-07:00The Perfect Bike PantThe name says it all. Ladies, if you are biking to work every day you need to be wearing <a href="http://www.blogger.com/%3Ciframe%20src=%22http://www.indiegogo.com/project/501772/widget%22%20width=%22224px%22%20height=%22486px%22%20frameborder=%220%22%20scrolling=%22no%22%3E%3C/iframe%3E">The Perfect Bike Pant</a> by ILADORA Apparel. They are the first bike pant of its kind to not only be comfortable and durable, but also fashionable at the office!<br />
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We all have bad habits that we know we should change but sometimes its just so easy to keep with the status quo and put it off for another day. Some people give the excuse that people don't change, which I think for the most part is true. However there are every day habits we can change so we can be a better person. Today's post is from my favorite no-nonsense counselor, <a href="http://www.drlaura.com/g/About-Dr.-Laura/273.html">Dr. Laura Schlessinger</a>. Perhaps after reading her thoughts, you will wake up tomorrow with a new outlook on life!<br />
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Old habits die hard. Be it smoking, gossiping, raising your temper, pointing out others' flaws, avoiding responsibility, or getting defensive, when something becomes familiar and comfortable, pathways get set up in the brain and it becomes a knee-jerk behavior. </div>
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Here are a few <a href="http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/emotional-fitness/201301/10-tools-change-hurtful-habits" style="color: #448ccb; font-size: 10pt; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">tips</a> on how to change a bad habit and be a better spouse, family member, or friend: </div>
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<strong>1. <em>Become aware of the problem.</em></strong><em> </em>When I was training to be a marriage and family therapist at USC, one of the things we would do is film sessions with families. Then we would sit down with the families and let them watch the tapes. It was amazing how many people would look at the videos and say, "I can't believe I do that! I can't believe I say that! I can't believe I make those faces!" It had been tough for them to see before because their behavior was so habitual and normal. Therefore, when you <em>discover or are confronted with something you do that hurts somebody else,</em>don't ignore it.</div>
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<strong>2. <em>Be honest with yourself.</em></strong><em> Whether you have figured it out by yourself or it was pointed out to you, you have to <strong>acknowledge</strong> that you have hurt someone else.</em> You need to take a good look at yourself and admit you have a problem. That's the only way you'll change your actions.</div>
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<strong>3. <em>Apologize.</em></strong> Apologizing doesn't just mean saying, "I'm sorry." It needs to be followed by, "What can I do to make up for it?" The answer you get in response will help you find a way to make things right. Furthermore, you can't apologize and then do the same thing again. Repeating the hurtful behavior makes your apologies meaningless.</div>
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<strong>4. <em>Think before you speak.</em></strong> Before words come out of your mouth, ask yourself, "What do I really want to convey? How will he or she interpret what I say?" Anticipate people's sensitivities. Take time to figure out what you're going to say in a tactful manner, otherwise, button your lip. Not everything that is true needs to be spoken.</div>
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<strong>5. <em>Show empathy.</em></strong><em> </em>Instead of saying, "I don't really understand why they're getting so upset," <em>put yourself in your loved one's shoes and feel what he or she is feeling.</em> One thing I used to do in private practice and still do with couples on the air is have one person defend the other's point of view. For example, if a husband comes home and isn't very cuddly and friendly, his wife has to adopt his perspective. She might say, "I had a long day at work and, on top of that, there was horrible traffic coming home." And then I do the reverse. If a husband is complaining about why things aren't neat when he comes home, he has to take on his wife's point of view: "I had x number of things to do <em>in addition</em> to taking care of the kids, so I couldn't make everything perfect." It's amazing what a difference showing some understanding can make. Just the look on the other person's face when you defend why they do what they do is priceless. (Just for fun, try playing this game tonight with your spouse!) </div>
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<strong>6. </strong><em><strong>Control your temper.</strong> When you're about to fly off the handle, remember the old "count to 10" trick.</em></div>
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<strong>7. <em>Practice, practice, practice.</em></strong> <em>It takes about 30 or so repetitions to create a new habit, so stay with it.</em> As you probably know, one of my hobbies is shooting pool. What's fascinating to me is how if I miss a shot and try to do it again thinking I'm doing something different, I'll hit it the exact same way. I have to set up the shot seven or eight times until my brain sees it differently. We're like that with everything - it takes repetition for your brain to set down a new pattern and become comfortable with it.</div>
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<strong>8. <em>Listen when others speak.</em></strong> Instead of getting defensive and assuming everything is a criticism, allow other people to help you recognize certain ways you could improve. Unless the person is downright mean and nasty, listen to them. You may think they're putting you down when they're really trying to lift you up. </div>
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<strong>9. <em>Remember that relationships have to be a win-win.</em></strong> <em>If one of you loses in a relationship, you both do. Always trying to "win" an argument is only going to cause more hurt.</em> For example, when a woman's husband doesn't want her to stay at home with their kids, I tell her to say how much more relaxed, loving, and available she's going to be, and that she's impressed with him as a man even though it's going to be a little scary without the extra income. That way it's a win-win: he feels elevated and so does she. If you can't fix it so both of you feel like you've won something, then put the issue away and come back to it another day.</div>
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<strong>10. <em>Believe in yourself.</em></strong> You have to believe that you actually can change. Trying is no good - you have to do it!</div>
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<strong>11. </strong><em><strong>Remind yourself that you want this</strong>.</em> You either want to be a better person or you don't. It's that simple. </div>
Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-86886899040408689252013-04-10T08:39:00.000-07:002013-04-10T08:39:54.336-07:00Dressing for Success: 10 Chic Tips"Workin nine to five, what a way to make a livin, barely gettin by, its all takin, and no givin."<br />
In 1982, <a href="http://www.dollyparton.com/">Dolly Parton</a> sung it best. However, thirty years later women are no longer relying on men for their incomes, or succumbing to lower wages. Many of us have been very successful and have worked hard for high paying, long term jobs.<br />
Now that we have all these great accomplishments, we want to make sure we look professional yet chic for our clients, employees, and bosses.<br />
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One of my favorite bloggers and fashion/business icons, <a href="http://www.laurenconrad.com/">Lauren Conrad</a>, recently posted about how to look stylish in the workplace. Read on and take notes to make sure you are not having a office <a href="http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/faux%20pas">faux pax</a> moment!<br />
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<b>1.</b> <b>Hem your pants.</b><br />
Ladies, you should never expect to wear the same pair of pants with flats and with heels. You need to have two separate pairs for each. When wearing pants with heels make sure the length is about .25" from the ground. And with flats, you do not want any part of your pants hanging on the ground, it looks sloppy!<br />
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<b>2. Check your sleeve length.</b><br />
When holding your arms at your side, the cuff of your sleeves should hit just below the wrist. Bring them to your taylor if you need the cuff adjusted. Sleeves that are too long or too short fall into the same category as ill-fitting pants.<br />
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<b>3. Buy button-up shirts that fit.</b><br />
Button up shirts should fit across your chest without gaping. It is unprofessional to be giving a peep show of your undergarments while the buttons are hanging on for dear life.<br />
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<b>4. Invest in a good pair of shoes.</b><br />
Always have at least two to three pairs each of heels and flats that you can wear for 8 hours. When you're in a meeting or giving a presentation your shoes will be noticed, and so will those scuffs. So be sure to have them shined or repaired if needed. Remember, shoe cobblers are our friends.<br />
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<b>5. Belt it.</b><br />
Never go belt-less when you're wearing a shirt tucked in and the belt loops are showing. It will look like you forgot to finish getting dressed. When you wear belts with shirts and dresses make sure the belt is secured even when there are no belt loops. You can use a safety pin to keep it in place!<br />
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<b>6. Don't pile on accessories.</b><br />
It's ok to pile on whatever accessories you want when you go out with your friends. In the office, make sure to keep it simple. To keep the focus on one item, consider a statement piece like a big necklace.<br />
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<b>7. Maintain your manicure.</b><br />
So many of us are guilty of picking away at our chipping manicure. But not only does it look unprofessional to sit in a meeting and peel away, it also looks like we don't care about our appearance. When the polish starts to split, take it off. You don't have to get manicures every week but make sure your fingers are nice and neat by using clear polish and cutting away the dead skin!<br />
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<b>8. Dry your hair</b>.<br />
Bottom line here, get up a little earlier if you don't have time to fully dry your hair. The just rolled out of bed or just took a shower look leaves a messy impression.<br />
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<b>9. Don't over do the perfume.</b><br />
I like to put the perfume on before I get dressed that way it doesn't linger on my clothes all day long and over power everyone around me. Remember, one pump, not three will do the trick.<br />
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<b>10. Brighten up your eyes.</b><br />
This is a good one for those of us that dabble in mid week happy hour every now and again. To get rid of those tired looking, red eyes, squirt some visine in and see how they open up. Brighter eyes will make a better impression than dark, unhappy ones.<br />
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To read the full article, <a href="http://laurenconrad.com/blog/post/9-to-5-chic-10-style-tricks-that-show-you-mean-business">click here!</a><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-82333368850595905752013-04-05T13:36:00.000-07:002013-04-05T13:38:51.522-07:00Happy Opening Day San Francisco Giants Fans!Today is one of my favorite day's of the year. Not only is it the start of baseball season but I get to watch my <a href="http://www.sfgiants.com/">San Francisco Giants</a> raise their second World Series flag in three years!<br />
Good luck to all the baseball fans around the country, and may the best team win!<br />
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<a href="mailto:denimdeeva@gmail.com">Contact me</a> today to book your in home denim party<br />
OR go to <a href="http://www.vaultdenimonline.com/">Vault Denim Online</a> and type in party code: 238038.<br />
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We never know where life will take us but it is more rewarding to do it with a smile.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">1. Blaming.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">People make mistakes. Employees don't meet your expectations. Vendors don't deliver on time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So you blame them for your problems.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">But you're also to blame. Maybe you didn't provide enough training. Maybe you didn't build in enough of a buffer. Maybe you asked too much, too soon.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Taking responsibility when things go wrong instead of blaming others isn't masochistic, it's empowering--because then you focus on doing things better or smarter next time.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And when you get better or smarter, you also get happier.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">2. Impressing.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">No one likes you for your clothes, your car, your possessions, your title, or your accomplishments. Those are all "things." People may like your things--but that doesn't mean they like you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Sure, superficially they might seem to, but superficial is also insubstantial, and a relationship that is not based on substance is not a real relationship.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Genuine relationships make you happier, and you'll only form genuine relationships when you stop trying to impress and start trying to just be yourself.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">3. Clinging.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you're afraid or insecure, you hold on tightly to what you know, even if what you know isn't particularly good for you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">An absence of fear or insecurity isn't happiness: It's just an absence of fear or insecurity.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holding on to what you think you <em>need</em> won't make you happier; letting go so you can reach for and try to earn what you <em>want</em> will.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Even if you don't succeed in earning what you want, the act of trying alone will make you feel better about yourself.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">4. Interrupting.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Interrupting isn't just rude. When you interrupt someone, what you're really saying is, "I'm not listening to you so I can understand what you're saying; I'm listening to you so I can decide what <em>I</em> want to say."</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Want people to like you? Listen to what they say. Focus on what they say. Ask questions to make sure you understand what <em>they</em> say.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">They'll love you for it--and you'll love how that makes you feel.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">5. Whining.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Your words have power, especially over you. Whining about your problems makes you feel worse, not better.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If something is wrong, don't waste time complaining. Put that effort into making the situation better. Unless you want to whine about it forever, eventually you'll have to do that. So why waste time? Fix it now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't talk about what's wrong. Talk about how you'll make things better, even if that conversation is only with yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And do the same with your friends or colleagues. Don't just be the shoulder they cry on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Friends don't let friends whine--friends help friends make their lives better.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">6. Controlling.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah, you're the boss. Yeah, you're the titan of industry. Yeah, you're the small tail that wags a huge dog.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Still, the only thing you really control is you. If you find yourself trying hard to control other people, you've decided that you, your goals, your dreams, or even just your opinions are more important than theirs.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Plus, control is short term at best, because it often requires force, or fear, or authority, or some form of pressure--none of those let you feel good about yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Find people who want to go where you're going. They'll work harder, have more fun, and create better business and personal relationships.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And all of you will be happier.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">7. Criticizing.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Yeah, you're more educated. Yeah, you're more experienced. Yeah, you've been around more blocks and climbed more mountains and slayed more dragons.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That doesn't make you smarter, or better, or more insightful.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">That just makes you <em>you</em>: unique, matchless, one of a kind, but in the end, just you.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Just like everyone else--including your employees.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Everyone is different: not better, not worse, just different. Appreciate the differences instead of the shortcomings and you'll see people--and yourself--in a better light.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">8. Preaching.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Criticizing has a brother. His name is Preaching. They share the same father: Judging.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The higher you rise and the more you accomplish, the more likely you are to think you know everything--and to tell people everything you think you know.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">When you speak with more finality than foundation, people may hear you but they don't listen. Few things are sadder and leave you feeling less happy.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">9. Dwelling.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past is valuable. Learn from your mistakes. Learn from the mistakes of others.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Then let it go.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Easier said than done? It depends on your focus. When something bad happens to you, see that as a chance to learn something you didn't know. When another person makes a mistake, see that as an opportunity to be kind, forgiving, and understanding.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The past is just training; it doesn't define you. Think about what went wrong, but only in terms of how you will make sure that, next time, you and the people around you will know how to make sure it goes right.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">10. Fearing.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We're all afraid: of what might or might not happen, of what we can't change, or what we won't be able to do, or how other people might perceive us.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So it's easier to hesitate, to wait for the right moment, to decide we need to think a little longer or do some more research or explore a few more alternatives.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Meanwhile days, weeks, months, and even years pass us by.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">And so do our dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Don't let your fears hold you back. Whatever you've been planning, whatever you've imagined, whatever you've dreamed of, get started on it today.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">If you want to start a business, take the first step. If you want to change careers, take the first step. If you want to expand or enter a new market or offer new products or services, take the first step.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Put your fears aside and get started. Do something. Do <em>anything</em>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Otherwise, today is gone. Once tomorrow comes, today is lost forever.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Today is the most precious asset you own--and is the one thing you should truly fear wasting.</span></div>
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If you find yourself unsure if you are actually wearing pants, reference this chart and dress accordingly.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">......Stay tuned for fashion sense from </span><i style="color: black; font-size: medium; line-height: normal;">Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible </i></span></div>
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It's that time of year when we all start to feel a little depressed or unmotivated to do anything. Start working out? Well, if I have to..but summer is still six months away, I'll start in March...or April. Start saving money and keep track of expenses. Yeah, that works for about a week and then something big comes up and you find yourself hemorrhaging money again. Watch calories and drink less? Sure sounds great, but any invitation to a friends house or happy hour and that concept is out the window. You tell yourself you'll start on Monday. Pretty soon a hundred Mondays have passed and you haven't changed anything.<br />
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A friend sent this article today and it just may be what we all need to change something, even if its one little thing. Enjoy and remember, baby steps.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Why is it that we cannot break the bad habits that stand in our way, crushing our desires to live a healthy life, be fit, simplify, be happier?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How is it that our best intentions are nearly always beaten? We want to be focused and productive, exercise and eat healthy foods, stop smoking and learn to get rid of debt and clutter, but we just can’t.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The answer lies in something extremely simple, but something most people aren’t aware of:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;"><strong>We don’t know how to cope with stress and boredom in a healthy way</strong>.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The bad habits we’ve formed are often useful to us, in dealing with stress and boredom. Consider the bad habits that fit this bill:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">This isn’t a complete list, but all of these habits fill a strong need: they are ways to cope with stress and/or boredom. We have formed them as coping mechanisms, and they stick around because we don’t have better ways of coping.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">So what if instead, we replaced them with healthier ways of coping? We’d get rid of the problems of these bad habits, and start getting the benefits of better habits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">How can we deal with stress and boredom instead? There’s no one answer, but the habits we form should be ones that lead to healthier results. Some ideas:</span></div>
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<li style="color: #333333; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Create, write, play music, read when we’re bored</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Learn to enjoy being alone, instead of being bored</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Take a daily walk and enjoy nature</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Deal with finances, clutter, paperwork immediately, in small steps, so that it doesn’t get stressful</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Take control of a situation: make a list, get started in baby steps, so things don’t get stressful</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Learn to be mindful of your breathing, body tension, stressed-out thoughts</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Get some rest</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Learn to savor healthy food that you find delicious</span></li>
<li style="color: #333333; line-height: 29px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 4px;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Slow down</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">These are some good examples. Each habit above will help cope with or prevent stress or boredom. If you replace the bad habits with these, your life will be less stressful and healthier. You’ll have less debt, less clutter, less fat, less disease.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The old habits of coping didn’t build up overnight, and they won’t go away overnight either. We built them up through years of repetition, and the only way to change them is also years of repetition.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">But an important start is to realize why we do them — stress and boredom, largely — and realize that there are other ways to deal with these two problems. We need to be aware when stress and boredom start to kick in, and instead of being afraid of them, realize that they are problems easily solved by other habits. Let’s take the fear out of stress and boredom. Let’s learn that we can beat them simply, and prove that with repeated good habits.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">We have been crushed by the habits we’ve formed out of fear of stress and boredom. We can fight back, by learning to breathe, to smile, to go slowly. We can humble these giants that crush us by turning them into mere gnats to be shooed away with a smile.</span></div>
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</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-48495747916201412242011-08-09T08:48:00.000-07:002011-08-09T09:03:46.459-07:00How To Deliver An Unforgettable Two- Minute ToastRecently <a href="http://www.gilt.com/">gilt.com</a>- one of my favorite designer discount websites- created an offspring just for men. The new site, <a href="http://www.parkandbond.com/">ParkandBond.com </a>is great and has some wonderful articles on men's clothing, accessories, and all around etiquette. I am stealing their article because I think it's important for men and women to deliver eloquent toasts at any occasion. We have definitely all seen the best man, maid of honor, or frat house buddy give drunken, crying, toasts at weddings. Its funny, but sometimes highly inappropriate stories and un-funny jokes make you gasp.
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<br />Get ready to take notes!<div>
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<br /><span class="Apple-style-span" >Nothing better illustrates the ongoing decline of gentlemanly manners than the over-emotive, inarticulate and generally pointless speechifying that passes for a modern rehearsal dinner toast. Before you stand up and add another eye-roll-inducing log to the pyre of modern manhood. But, as it turns out, making a good toast or short speech is not hard at all. If you follow the rules.
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<br />Rule 1: Adopt a mildly provocative tone.
<br />This ensures that the audience will listen. It’s the basis for the English best man’s speech. If you tease the subject a tiny bit, but with affection, that will make your emotions more convincing, and it will render your toast memorable and authentic.
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<br />Rule 2: But not too provocative.
<br />One friend of mine joked incessantly in his toast about how the bride’s family “all work in the New Jersey construction industry… and we all know what that means.” Given that the family in question looked like extras from Goodfellas, this did not go down well. And my friend Tim Geary opened his speech at his own wedding by announcing, “This is the first time I feel no guilt over having slept with the bride the night before the wedding.” His new mother-in-law failed to laugh. (My sister-in-law Whitney Cummings can do a good roast. Google her. But please, stop well short of where she does.)
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<br />Rule 3: Make jokes at your own expense.
<br />These always go down well. And, in my case at least, they are easy to pull off; “Sorry I’m wearing such an inappropriately lurid dinner jacket. It looked better on Eddie Izzard.”
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<br />Rule 4: Make jokes at the expense of your guests.
<br />At my 40th I announced, “I wanted to invite my oldest and best friends tonight, but instead I invited you shallow media/fashion types and hangers-on.” That was a double. It satisfied rules 4 and 5.
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<br />Rule 5: Don’t be too nostalgic.
<br />My dad remarked at his 70th birthday, “If you don’t drink and you don’t smoke, you won’t live any longer, it’ll just seem that way.” He ended with: “I’d like you to raise your glasses to the people who couldn’t be here tonight because they were too far away, or else sick, or because in some cases I didn’t invite them.”
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<br />Rule 6: Use no notes, ever.
<br />You’re smart enough to prepare three or four lines and remember them. You’ll deliver them more convincingly. And it’s more fun if you riff a bit.
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<br />Rule 7: Make an admiring remark about the prettiest girl at the party.
<br />Ignore this rule if you got married within the last 18 months, or any time when you are toasting your own wife.
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<br />Rule 8: Extemporize, sure, but prepare a punch line.
<br />At my wife’s birthday this year, I concluded that “she’s not perfect, but she’s perfect for me.” Corny, I know, but she liked it—and for some reason it caused a couple of other women to profess undying love for me.
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<br />Rule 9: Keep it short.
<br />Really short. Shorter than this piece. This is the most important rule of all.</span>
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<br />In addition to his day job of writing for Park & Bond, Euan Rellie moonlights as managing director of the boutique investment firm Business Development Asia.</div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-26362860630435752672011-07-15T13:15:00.000-07:002011-07-15T13:17:23.135-07:00Benefit's Cha Cha TintNew favorite! I went to fun Gilt City Benefit event on Wednesday night and was introduced to Benefit's Cha Cha Tint. Admittedly, I was skeptical about putting a stain on my face. But Diane showed me how and I'm having a lot of fun with it. It's a great mango pink color that blends well and adds a great glow to my otherwise pasty face.<br />
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Word to the wise: it's a stain. You literally have 2 seconds from the time you place it on your cheeks to the time you start blending with your brush. Don't be late. I spent the greater part of my Thursday morning trying to blend streaky mango stripes off my face. Day 2 (today) went much better.momohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238940245852726927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-72637361591160375842011-07-03T11:44:00.000-07:002011-07-03T11:44:40.214-07:00Wedding Season<a href="http://www.100layercake.com/assets/img/site/global/header_logo.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="100 Layer Cake" border="0" src="http://www.100layercake.com/assets/img/site/global/header_logo.jpg" title="100 Layer Cake" /></a>So, it's summer and that means it's officially wedding season. This one is a little different for me since my sister is getting married in January. So in addition to buying dresses, presents, and plane tickets, I'm also looking at dresses, venues, invitations, favors, and activities for the the wedding. As such, I've been finding a whole host of cute wedding blogs.<br />
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First up, is <a href="http://100layercake.com/">100LayerCake.com</a>, a magnificent DIY blog complete with a marketplace of gently used wedding decorations. So cool!<br />
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The blog itself contains hundreds of ideas for truly beautiful weddings and I've enjoyed rummaging through past posts to take a look at all the brilliant wedding ideas. I particularly like this one below and find the colors stunning.<br />
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I'll keep updating with more blogs as they come along. Until then, please enjouy 100LayerCake.com :)<br />
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When I was growing up, I spent many summer vacations at Lake Tahoe's Sand Harbor State Beach. It was my home away from home and something we always looked forward to as kids.
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<span class="Apple-style-span">*Numero uno is lunch at <a href="http://www.garwoods.com/dining.html">Gar Woods</a> but </span>don't plan on doing anything else that day if you go for the <a href="http://www.garwoods.com/images/collage/wetwoody.jpg">Wet Woody</a> pitcher. It will knock you on your bum.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">*Lakeshore Blvd driving through Incline and admiring all the huge "Cinderella houses" (as my sister and I like to refer to them).</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">*<a href="http://www.parks.nv.gov/pdf/10SandHarborBrochure.pdf">Sand Harbor State Park</a>- White sand beaches, clear blue waters, sunburns, childhood </span><span class="Apple-style-span">memories. Hands down my favorite pla</span>ce. Get there early in the a.m. to secure a good beach spot!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">*The '<a href="http://wanr.earthbiz.net/TahoeBeachDirections.html">nudey</a>' beach as our parents like</span><span class="Apple-style-span">d to call it. Just down the highway from Sand Harbor, you can reach it by boating in or hikin</span>g in. Not much experience <span class="Apple-style-span">here except for a quick drive by in the boat, though dad never l</span>et us get too close to the beach, lol!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">*<a href="http://www.parks.ca.gov/?page_id=506">Emerald Bay</a>- if you are in the car, get out and do some rock climbing and take some pics. </span><span class="Apple-style-span">Much better to boat in. Its crowded on a good day but well </span><span class="Apple-style-span">worth it. Lunch, drinks, swimming = good times.</span><span class="Apple-style-span">here except for a quick drive by in the boat, though dad never l</span>et us get too close to the beach, lol!</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">*Gambling, eating, drinking in <a href="http://www.tahoesouth.com/?Visitor=L5O9WWD4XT6N8WNJ&Visit=ND91USUPMIBFH1HD">South Shore</a>. Little too touristy and crowded for my taste.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">*<a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/fire-sign-cafe-tahoe-city">Fire Sign Cafe</a> for cheesey gouda eggs and hashbrowns!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">*<a href="http://www.sunnysidetahoe.com/static/index.cfm?contentID=106">Sunnyside Restaurant & Lodging</a> good eats and drink, but super crowded on the deck during the summer. Private beach and docks, spent ma</span></span>ny hours sunburning on a raft in the water..</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span">*<a href="http://www.tahoetruckeerafting.com/">Rafting</a> down the Truckee river from Tahoe City to Squaw Valley...looks cold. brr</span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-5459875935504587792011-06-07T09:20:00.001-07:002011-06-15T11:32:47.164-07:00Yippee for Summer<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK5pS9tutozZT-nOu0Xg9p9X2nUOZPhZUEa7Wu83c-jyI9pFaGYNPzXxNnyq3MdkGLdzcbeOOW0Oyyy2W5n3aCo0ikt0YFfthVUww2A85SQe0QtGkeKGSnL3n8LpUNx9Lkar6j30Rtho/s1600/20198768_030_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMK5pS9tutozZT-nOu0Xg9p9X2nUOZPhZUEa7Wu83c-jyI9pFaGYNPzXxNnyq3MdkGLdzcbeOOW0Oyyy2W5n3aCo0ikt0YFfthVUww2A85SQe0QtGkeKGSnL3n8LpUNx9Lkar6j30Rtho/s200/20198768_030_b.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5615514282219673922" /></a><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=20198768&catId=SHOPSALE-FRESHCUTS&pushId=SHOPSALE-FRESHCUTS&popId=SHOPSALE&navAction=jump&navCount=90&color=030&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&templateType=E"></a><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="http://www.anthropologie.com/anthro/catalog/productdetail.jsp?id=20198768&catId=SHOPSALE-FRESHCUTS&pushId=SHOPSALE-FRESHCUTS&popId=SHOPSALE&navAction=jump&navCount=90&color=030&isProduct=true&fromCategoryPage=true&templateType=E">Sea Turtle Bottle Opener</a></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-16327024089395812332011-06-03T17:07:00.000-07:002011-06-03T17:12:22.440-07:00Pie Subscription Service - yes please!As many of you already know, I am a proud member of the Fruit o' the Month club at Harry and David's. I'm a big fan of the 'gift that keeps on giving.' Therefore, I am proud to present to you a <a href="http://threebabesbakeshop.com/pie-subscription-service/">Pie Subscription service</a> from the loving hands of the Three Babes Bakeshop. <div><img src="http://threebabesbakeshop.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/thebabes.png" width="250" /></div><div>While I haven't signed up, I am really seriously considering it. It could make me a very popular person at work and at home...Anyone out there tried it? The Salty Honey Walnut in a jar sounds mighty tempting...</div>momohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238940245852726927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-42711298105038722652011-05-25T20:48:00.000-07:002011-05-25T20:56:52.495-07:00'Ukelele Songs' Eddie Vedder<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3ncMZtvlbOgqNc3XeTuendvZqrCPCyiprY_hGtF0dZo9Jkqyn6oU8VYfqNiifJNsw_E7DGc5SXteXwIIZ0_sZBSbnweVTFmB36j9ET2QZXnTqRNOqLLkg3wBJZ7I8blQXgcbuEEeVco/s1600/5572742992_92ecc900e5_o_custom.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><span><span></span></span><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 132px; height: 200px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh3ncMZtvlbOgqNc3XeTuendvZqrCPCyiprY_hGtF0dZo9Jkqyn6oU8VYfqNiifJNsw_E7DGc5SXteXwIIZ0_sZBSbnweVTFmB36j9ET2QZXnTqRNOqLLkg3wBJZ7I8blQXgcbuEEeVco/s200/5572742992_92ecc900e5_o_custom.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610867916998272658" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/05/25/136649054/first-listen-eddie-vedder-ukulele-songs?sc=fb&cc=fp#playlist"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "></span></a><a href="http://www.npr.org/2011/05/25/136649054/first-listen-eddie-vedder-ukulele-songs?sc=fb&cc=fp#playlist"><span class="Apple-style-span" >http://www.npr.org/2011/05/25/136649054/first-listen-eddie-vedder-ukulele-songs?sc=fb&cc=fp#playlist</span></a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-34773944253172866262011-05-25T14:44:00.000-07:002011-05-25T15:00:38.307-07:00Best 'Open & Drink' Wine Under $10<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4PAuvilWBZikbvZxY06OYxwmuFJztuhSNgm3dTq7DxmBd-pPmnNo2i-khCbtTCa-dvAl_QRxSI3dY5NaPK8FLR7kph6M4yTw8K3n-PxfX6SEgTMOOC72BJ7czUGlZBs8W6siT0N-8Z0/s1600/Cupcake-Red-Velvet.bmp" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 53px; height: 199px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4PAuvilWBZikbvZxY06OYxwmuFJztuhSNgm3dTq7DxmBd-pPmnNo2i-khCbtTCa-dvAl_QRxSI3dY5NaPK8FLR7kph6M4yTw8K3n-PxfX6SEgTMOOC72BJ7czUGlZBs8W6siT0N-8Z0/s200/Cupcake-Red-Velvet.bmp" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610776321781306994" /></a><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Say hello to Cupcake Vineyards! I was drawn to this uber cute label- yes that is how I pick my wine sometimes. On sale for $9.99 at most groceries its a definite must buy and try! Right now I'm into their 'Red Velvet' .</span><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px; "><span class="Apple-style-span">This oenophile is all about juicy, creamy, spicy, berry tasting red wine blends and this fabulous new release from Cupcake Vineyards has all the flavora that I love! Red Velvet is a rich, smooth, creamy blend of Zinfandel, Merlot and Cab with a splash of Petite Syrah and it’s reminiscent of a blackberry chocolate cupcake with a mocha coulis. It has a yummy nose of chocolate, deep rich blackberries, red fruits and a creamy mocha finish. This wine is affordable, totally delicious, and has just the right amount of complexity for me. If you sip it just right you will definitely taste the red velvet and cupcake flavors!</span></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Tips: Hold your breath and don't breath into your glass when sipping. The wine flavors come out MUCH better. Enjoy by itself or with some desserts. The one con, and I stress one, is the longer it is open the flavors get much sweeter and it really starts tasting like a dessert wine. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Check out the recipes section on their website for food pairings with their other fabulous wines! </span></span><a href="http://www.cupcakevineyard.com/recipes.shtml">http://www.cupcakevineyard.com/recipes.shtml</a></div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-82363952049837133242011-05-25T13:43:00.000-07:002011-05-25T13:58:26.486-07:00Almay One Coat Get Up & Grow Mascara<span class="Apple-style-span" >Redbook recently crowned its MVP's in beauty products of 2011. Mascara has always been a sore spot with me. I just can't find the perfect one. So after they crowned Almay's GET Up and Go Mascara numero uno of 2011, I figured what the heck. </span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">The first week was great, it separated my lashes, wasn't clumpy, didn't fall everywhere on my face, and was fairly easy to remove. Week two, not so good. I have to keep cleaning the wand and wiping off excess mascara. It also became very clumpy on my lashes so I decided to give it a rest for a week or so. I eventually came back to it and really cleaned it up- again- and have been using it for another week. Results are better, its still messy coming out of the tube but as long as I keep it super clean I have no problems. It has also been harder to get off my eyes using face wash and eye makeup remover..Not happy about that..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;">Out of the 100's if not thousands of mascara's on the market I find it really hard to believe this is the best it can get! I will use it until it dries out and then move on to the next recommendation! The sage will continue then...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 21px;"><img src="http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/public/oCNywGl8kqpV_ssvaaOys_wSEAGYMnMqMbTfaTsxQtX6jmNxf4xxvSIOlk7s-sxACD51RsANgcX9QNF44mXF5J6iU6PCBsYuUXJTgb5WviILLfaiZJyH_TdzAQy9cYnMnEu23HLMEMRyimqBBYaZ93OT" alt="Almay GET Up and Go Mascara" /></span></span></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-45442060314177175422010-12-08T11:37:00.000-08:002010-12-08T11:47:47.443-08:00Unique Stocking Stuffers- Part IIMagical Moments...What's not to love about this stocking stuffer? You can watch it over and over until opening day 2011!...Ok its not really unique but its a must have!<div><div><a href="http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10953845&cp=2296378">http://shop.mlb.com/product/index.jsp?productId=10953845&cp=2296378</a><br /><div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://mlb.imageg.net/graphics/product_images/pMLB2-9056745dt.jpg" alt="A&E Home Video 2010 San Francisco Giants: The Magic Inside DVD - MLB.com Shop" /><span><span></span></span></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>These are debatable, however if you have lotion on your hands its useful so you don't get stuck in the bathroom!</div><div>Crochet Doorknob Covers: $4.50</div><div><a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/33324027/crochet-christmas-red-white-and-green">http://www.etsy.com/listing/33324027/crochet-christmas-red-white-and-green</a></div><div><img src="http://images.ibsrv.net/ibsrv/res/src:www.outblush.com/get/women/images/2010/11/crochet-door-knob-cover.jpg" alt="crochet-door-knob-cover.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div>Jalapeno Meltaways @ Crate and Barrel: $10.95</div><div>Spice up your xmas with these amazingly good little chocolates!</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://images.crateandbarrel.com/is/image/Crate/JalapenoMeltawaysF10?$web_zoom$&extend=110,110,110,110" alt="JalapenoMeltawaysF10" /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-1458525996379009502010-12-03T08:16:00.000-08:002010-12-03T08:21:36.489-08:00Unique Stocking Stuffers- Part 1Felt Egg Cozy....What's not to love?<div>To purchase: <a href="http://shop.canvashomestore.com/">http://shop.canvashomestore.com/</a><br /><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0040/5312/products/egg_cosy_lo_res_cropped_large.jpg?1287561460" alt="Felt Egg Cozy" /></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>Red Mini Cleaver: $13.95 www.surlatable.com</div><div>This is truly a great gift. So easy to cut cheese and garlic....CHOP CHOP</div><div><br /></div><div><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2018612/minicleaver_rect540.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div><div><b>A bundle of cake flags...</b></div><div><b>They are cute, not sure what to use them for but I'm sure you can find something! </b></div><div><b><a href="http://herriottgrace.bigcartel.com/product/a-bundle-of-cake-flags">http://herriottgrace.bigcartel.com/product/a-bundle-of-cake-flags</a></b></div><div><img src="http://s3.amazonaws.com/atimg/2018682/cakeflags_rect540.jpg" /></div><div><br /></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-11775713452465035182010-11-02T10:41:00.001-07:002010-11-02T10:44:15.225-07:00Jewelmint: Month 2Hello Hello. Well, it's the beginning of the month and that means my next installment of jewelry has arrived from Jewelmint. I'm actually pleased to see the selections are a lot better! In fact, I'm having a hard time choosing. Here's what I like:<div><br /></div><div><img src="http://www.jewelmint.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/220x275/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/i/m/img_4667.jpg" width="220" height="275" /><img src="http://www.jewelmint.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/220x275/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/i/m/img_4460.jpg" width="220" height="275" /><img src="http://www.jewelmint.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/220x275/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/i/m/img_4389.jpg" width="220" height="275" /><img src="http://www.jewelmint.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/220x275/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/i/m/img_3061.jpg" width="220" height="275" /><img src="http://www.jewelmint.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/220x275/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/i/m/img_3092.jpg" width="220" height="275" /><img src="http://www.jewelmint.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/220x275/17f82f742ffe127f42dca9de82fb58b1/i/m/img_4297.jpg" width="220" height="275" /></div>momohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238940245852726927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-62923983028785377342010-10-11T16:01:00.000-07:002010-10-11T16:01:00.645-07:00Columbus Day...A day for celebration or a day of annihilation?<h1 align="CENTER" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Columbus, the Indians, and Human Progress</h1><h4 align="CENTER" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">excerpted from a</h4><h1 align="CENTER" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">People's History of the United States</h1><h2 align="CENTER" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">by Howard Zinn</h2><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; "> </h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Arawak men and women, naked, tawny, and full of wonder, emerged from their villages onto the island's beaches and swam out to get a closer look at the strange big boat. When Columbus and his sailors came ashore, carrying swords, speaking oddly, the Arawaks ran to greet them, brought them food, water, gifts. He later wrote of this in his log:</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">"They... brought us parrots and balls of cotton and spears and many other things, which they exchanged for the glass beads and hawks' bells. They willingly traded everything they owned.... They were well-built, with good bodies and handsome features.... They do not bear arms, and do not know them, for I showed them a sword, they took it by the edge and cut themselves out of ignorance. They have no iron. Their spears are made of cane.... They would make fine servants.... With fifty men we could subjugate them all and make them do whatever we want."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">These Arawaks of the Bahama Islands were much like Indians on the mainland, who were remarkable (European observers were to say again and again) for their hospitality, their belief in sharing. These traits did not stand out in the Europe of the Renaissance, dominated as it was by the religion of popes, the government of kings, the frenzy for money that marked Western civilization and its first messenger to the Americas, Christopher Columbus.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Columbus wrote:</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">"As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first Island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">The information that Columbus wanted most was: Where is the gold?</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">****</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">The Indians, Columbus reported, "are so naive and so free with their possessions that no one who has not witnessed them would believe it. When you ask for something they have, they never say no. To the contrary, they offer to share with anyone...." He concluded his report by asking for a little help from their Majesties, and in return he would bring them from his next voyage "as much gold as they need . . . and as many slaves as they ask." He was full of religious talk: "Thus the eternal God, our Lord, gives victory to those who follow His way over apparent impossibilities."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Because of Columbus's exaggerated report and promises, his second expedition was given seventeen ships and more than twelve hundred men. The aim was clear: slaves and gold. They went from island to island in the Caribbean, taking Indians as captives. But as word spread of the Europeans' intent they found more and more empty villages. On Haiti, they found that the sailors left behind at Fort Navidad had been killed in a battle with the Indians, after they had roamed the island in gangs looking for gold, taking women and children as slaves for sex and labor.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Now, from his base on Haiti, Columbus sent expedition after expedition into the interior. They found no gold fields, but had to fill up the ships returning to Spain with some kind of dividend. In the year 1495, they went on a great slave raid, rounded up fifteen hundred Arawak men, women, and children, put them in pens guarded by Spaniards and dogs, then picked the five hundred best specimens to load onto ships. Of those five hundred, two hundred died en route. The rest arrived alive in Spain and were put up for sale by the archdeacon of the town, who reported that, although the slaves were "naked as the day they were born," they showed "no more embarrassment than animals." Columbus later wrote: "Let us in the name of the Holy Trinity go on sending all the slaves that can be sold."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">But too many of the slaves died in captivity. And so Columbus, desperate to pay back dividends to those who had invested, had to make good his promise to fill the ships with gold. In the province of Cicao on Haiti, where he and his men imagined huge gold fields to exist, they ordered all persons fourteen years or older to collect a certain quantity of gold every three months. When they brought it, they were given copper tokens to hang around their necks. Indians found without a copper token had their hands cut off and bled to death.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">The Indians had been given an impossible task. The only gold around was bits of dust garnered from the streams. So they fled, were hunted down with dogs, and were killed.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Trying to put together an army of resistance, the Arawaks faced Spaniards who had armor, muskets, swords, horses. When the Spaniards took prisoners they hanged them or burned them to death. Among the Arawaks, mass suicides began, with cassava poison. Infants were killed to save them from the Spaniards. In two years, through murder, mutilation, or suicide, half of the 250,000 Indians on Haiti were dead.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">When it became clear that there was no gold left, the Indians were taken as slave labor on huge estates, known later as encomiendas. They were worked at a ferocious pace, and died by the thousands. By the year 1515, there were perhaps fifty thousand Indians left. By 1550, there were five hundred. A report of the year 1650 shows none of the original Arawaks or their descendants left on the island.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">The chief source-and, on many matters the only source-of in formation about what happened on the islands after Columbus came is Bartolome de las Casas, who, as a young priest, participated in the conquest of Cuba. For a time he owned a plantation on which Indian slaves worked, but he gave that up and became a vehement critic of Spanish cruelty.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">*****</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">In Book Two of his History of the Indies, Las Casas (who at first urged replacing Indians by black slaves, thinking they were stronger and would survive, but later relented when he saw the effects on blacks) tells about the treatment of the Indians by the Spaniards. It is a unique account and deserves to be quoted at length:</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">"Endless testimonies . . . prove the mild and pacific temperament of the natives.... But our work was to exasperate, ravage, kill, mangle and destroy; small wonder, then, if they tried to kill one of us now and then.... The admiral, it is true, was blind as those who came after him, and he was so anxious to please the King that he committed irreparable crimes against the Indians..."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Las Casas tells how the Spaniards "grew more conceited every day" and after a while refused to walk any distance. They "rode the backs of Indians if they were in a hurry" or were carried on hammocks by Indians running in relays. "In this case they also had Indians carry large leaves to shade them from the sun and others to fan them with goose wings."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Total control led to total cruelty. The Spaniards "thought nothing of knifing Indians by tens and twenties and of cutting slices off them to test the sharpness of their blades." Las Casas tells how "two of these so-called Christians met two Indian boys one day, each carrying a parrot; they took the parrots and for fun beheaded the boys."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">The Indians' attempts to defend themselves failed. And when they ran off into the hills they were found and killed. So, Las Casas reports. "they suffered and died in the mines and other labors in desperate silence, knowing not a soul in the world to whom they could tun for help." He describes their work in the mines:</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">"... mountains are stripped from top to bottom and bottom to top a thousand times; they dig, split rocks, move stones, and carry dirt on their backs to wash it in the rivers, while those who wash gold stay in the water all the time with their backs bent so constantly it breaks them; and when water invades the mines, the most arduous task of all is to dry the mines by scooping up pansful of water and throwing it up outside....</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">After each six or eight months' work in the mines, which was the time required of each crew to dig enough gold for melting, up to a third of the men died. While the men were sent many miles away to the mines, the wives remained to work the soil, forced into the excruciating job of digging and making thousands of hills for cassava plants.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Thus husbands and wives were together only once every eight or ten months and when they met they were so exhausted and depressed on both sides . . . they ceased to procreate. As for the newly born, they died early because their mothers, overworked and famished, had no milk to nurse them, and for this reason, while I was in Cuba, 7000 children died in three months. Some mothers even drowned their babies from sheer desperation.... In this way, husbands died in the mines, wives died at work, and children died from lack of milk . . . and in a short time this land which was so great, so powerful and fertile ... was depopulated.... My eyes have seen these acts so foreign to human nature, and now I tremble as I write...."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">When he arrived on Hispaniola in 1508, Las Casas says, "there were 60,000 people living on this island, including the Indians; so that from 1494 to 1508, over three million people had perished from war, slavery, and the mines. Who in future generations will believe this? I myself writing it as a knowledgeable eyewitness can hardly believe it...."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Thus began the history, five hundred years ago, of the European invasion of the Indian settlements in the Americas. That beginning, when you read Las Casas-even if his figures are exaggerations (were there 3 million Indians to begin with, as he says, or less than a million, as some historians have calculated, or 8 million as others now believe?) is conquest, slavery, death. When we read the history books given to children in the United States, it all starts with heroic adventure-there is no bloodshed-and Columbus Day is a celebration.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">*****</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">The treatment of heroes (Columbus) and their victims (the Arawaks) the quiet acceptance of conquest and murder in the name of progress-is only one aspect of a certain approach to history, in which the past is told from the point of view of governments, conquerors, diplomats, leaders. It is as if they, like Columbus, deserve universal acceptance, as if they-the Founding Fathers, Jackson, Lincoln, Wilson, Roosevelt, Kennedy, the leading members of Congress, the famous Justices of the Supreme Court-represent the nation as a whole. The pretense is that there really is such a thing as "the United States," subject to occasional conflicts and quarrels, but fundamentally a community of people with common interests. It is as if there really is a "national interest" represented in the Constitution, in territorial expansion, in the laws passed by Congress, the decisions of the courts, the development of capitalism, the culture of education and the mass media.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">"History is the memory of states," wrote Henry Kissinger in his first book, A World Restored, in which he proceeded to tell the history of nineteenth-century Europe from the viewpoint of the leaders of Austria and England, ignoring the millions who suffered from those states men's policies. From his standpoint, the "peace" that Europe had before the French Revolution was "restored" by the diplomacy of a few national leaders.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">But for factory workers in England, farmers in France, colored people in Asia and Africa, women and children everywhere except in the upper classes, it was a world of conquest, violence, hunger, exploitation-a world not restored but disintegrated.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">*****</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">When the Pilgrims came to New England they too were coming not to vacant land but to territory inhabited by tribes of Indians. The governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, John Winthrop, created the excuse to take Indian land by declaring the area legally a "vacuum." The Indians, he said, had not "subdued" the land, and therefore had only a "natural" right to it, but not a "civil right." A "natural right" did not have legal standing.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">The Puritans also appealed to the Bible, Psalms 2:8: "Ask of me, and I shall give thee, the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession." And to justify their use of force to take the land, they cited Romans 13:2: "Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation."</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">*****</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">The Indian population of 10 million that lived north of Mexico when Columbus came would ultimately be reduced to less than a million. Huge numbers of Indians would die from diseases introduced by the whites. A Dutch traveler in New Netherland wrote in 1656 that "the Indians . . . affirm, that before the arrival of the Christians, and before the smallpox broke out amongst them, they were ten times as numerous as they now are, and that their population had been melted down by this disease, whereof nine-tenths of them have died." When the English first settled Martha's Vineyard in 1642, the Wampanoags there numbered perhaps three thousand. There were no wars on that island, but by 1764, only 313 Indians were left there. Similarly, Block Island Indians numbered perhaps 1,200 to 1,500 in 1662, and by 1774 were reduced to fifty-one.</h4><h4 style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; ">Behind the English invasion of North America, behind their massacre of Indians, their deception, their brutality, was that special powerful drive born in civilizations based on private property. It was a morally ambiguous drive; the need for space, for land, was a real human need. But in conditions of scarcity, in a barbarous epoch of history ruled by competition, this human need was transformed into the murder of whole peoples.</h4>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-22870313620979880322010-10-11T12:53:00.000-07:002010-10-11T12:57:32.558-07:00Toliet Monster - Halloween Party Must HaveIf you are throwing a Halloween party, you must get one of these! Fabulously funny and guaranteed to scare the crap out of your guests! <div> <img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/31OyoKP25eL._SL500_AA300_.jpg" id="prodImage" width="300" height="300" border="0" alt="Toilet Monster" /></div><div><a href="http://www.amazon.com/Unknown-Toilet-Monster/dp/B000OUV5XM">http://www.amazon.com/Unknown-Toilet-Monster/dp/B000OUV5XM</a></div>momohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18238940245852726927noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5728395253267137315.post-13660994740359329412010-10-07T16:11:00.002-07:002010-10-07T16:19:59.236-07:00Best Under Eye Cream Part Deux<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62tQpo2RjHOgI_o4VTltiP7-BamheOQMouxP_LBezKwS5vs0VX5CI_Uzt8FFQgUf5Dz4uSbZCbuS7vRFMEe1XBL1mhyx731gyI4xSmmbL5MOKBRnJ1AFnsAcs9wUEjO-WBQGLHB5bXb0/s1600/images.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj62tQpo2RjHOgI_o4VTltiP7-BamheOQMouxP_LBezKwS5vs0VX5CI_Uzt8FFQgUf5Dz4uSbZCbuS7vRFMEe1XBL1mhyx731gyI4xSmmbL5MOKBRnJ1AFnsAcs9wUEjO-WBQGLHB5bXb0/s200/images.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5525447366315862018" /></a></div><div><br /></div>My new favorite eye cream is Kiehl's Avocado Eye Treatment. My under eyes were getting dry using the Clarins one mentioned in Part 1. If you are in need of major hydration then step into this! I would recommend waiting a few minutes before putting anything over it (i.e., concealer) as its a takes a while to soak in. It is only $25.00 at your nearest department store and so far has been great. <div>I do not know if it will help with long term under eye aging or if it has any ingredients to help your under eyes but so far I am hooked!</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; color: rgb(34, 34, 34); font-size: 11px; "><div class="contentasset" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div id="ing-ingredienArea" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; height: 95px; "><div id="ing-Image" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; float: left; width: 58px; height: 58px; "><img height="58" width="58" src="http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aaen_prd/on/demandware.static/Sites-kiehls_us-Site/Sites-kiehls_us-Library/default/v1286424205327/images/ingredients/ing_avocado_oil.jpg" alt="" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; " /></div><div id="ing-copy" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; float: left; width: 460px; "><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Ah’-voh-KAH-doh OY-il</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Avocado Oil, derived from the fruit of a tropical American tree, is a rich, fatty-acid emollient. Avocado Oil is known to be the most moisturizing of any fruit oil. It is also a natural source of Amino Acid proteins, Vitamins A, D, E, and potassium. Helps to restore the natural moisture of the skin.</p></div></div></div><div class="contentasset" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div id="ing-ingredienArea" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; height: 95px; "><div id="ing-Image" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; float: left; width: 58px; height: 58px; "><img height="58" width="58" src="http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aaen_prd/on/demandware.static/Sites-kiehls_us-Site/Sites-kiehls_us-Library/default/v1286424205327/images/ingredients/ing_beta_carotene.jpg" alt="" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; " /></div><div id="ing-copy" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; float: left; width: 460px; "><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">BAY-tuh KA-ruh’-teen</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Beta-Carotene is a naturally derived antioxidant predominantly found in many orange/red vegetables such as carrots. It is used in Vitamin A production and gives an orange tint when used in skin care products.</p></div></div></div><div class="contentasset" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; "><div id="ing-ingredienArea" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; height: 95px; "><div id="ing-Image" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; float: left; width: 58px; height: 58px; "><img height="58" width="58" src="http://demandware.edgesuite.net/aaen_prd/on/demandware.static/Sites-kiehls_us-Site/Sites-kiehls_us-Library/default/v1286424205327/images/ingredients/ing_shea_butter.jpg" alt="" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; " /></div><div id="ing-copy" style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; float: left; width: 460px; "><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">SHAY BUH-t'r</p><p style="border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-color: initial; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; outline-width: 0px; outline-style: initial; outline-color: initial; ">Shea Butter is the natural fat obtained from the fruit of the African Karate tree and is widely used in lotions and cleansing products for its hydrating properties. Protects skin from dehydration, restores skin's suppleness and improves the appearance of dry skin.</p></div></div></div></span></div><div><br /><div><br /></div></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18387650771496946819noreply@blogger.com0