Lifestyle
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Summer Skin With Trader Joe’s
Trader Joe’s is known for classic as well as creative food at a decent price. It’s somewhat small for a supermarket, with a limited variety and fun seasonal items. That makes it great for people who want to get in and out without the paradox of choice (making no decision because there are too many choices.) Its tropical shirted staff does a great job of making it the happiest place on the strip mall. But have you tried their personal care products? I’ve tried several over the years. Here are a few that stood out among my collection. Note: Trader Joe’s does not offer online purchases but you can go…
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Do Silk Pillowcases Work?
We could all use a little luxury. I’ve been obsessed with beauty tips since I discovered red lipstick a a small child. As time passed, I became more focused on healthy skin and hair. I’ve seen beauty fanatics talk about sleeping on your back to prevent wrinkles. Even my chiropractor said it is the best position to sleep in for spinal health. Yet, there’s something about rolling over onto my side that really knocks me out when I have a hard time falling asleep. I’d heard about using silk pillowcases to prevent wrinkles and to keep hair from becoming a tangled, matted mess but there were two reasons I didn’t…
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Decluttering And What’s Important In Your World
I’m in a business building program where one of the steps involves clearing out physical and electronic clutter. This has been an ongoing project for many years and now that my kids are older, it’s more of a reality. I’ve done Flylady’s fill up a box with items you no longer want each day for 40 days. I’ve read that book about sparking joy. I’ve just always felt more relaxed in homes that are clean and organized and wanted that for myself. So I took the week to go full force. Emails and files were probably the most time consuming and I’m still not done. A couple of days later,…
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Non Alcoholic Moscow Mule
I really belong at the kid’s table. We don’t have to eat what’s served and just want to laugh and have a good time. Grownups just complain. And drink alcohol. It’s an Emperor Has No Clothes perspective for me. I don’t get why people like the taste. Buckets to spit wine in; this, I get. Yes, I’ve had “good” wine. Yes, it was less bad. I’ve tried liking alcohol. Straight drinks, mixed ones. Beer is most undelicious. It’s just as well that it never stuck because I no longer have much of a tolerance for it . I don’t know if it’s from lack of practice or all of the…
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Dog Shampoo For People?
When their cat died, my grandmother, who had limited mobility, asked my grandfather to get her a lap dog. He came home with a Rottweiler. It sounds like a punchline but the dog was so large, that even as a puppy he hung over my grandmother’s lap. She loved him and named him Plato because he was so smart. She was generous in her anointment. He ate the contents of our litter box. My grandfather would show off his one “trick” where he would pretend to hit my grandmother with her cane and Plato would half jokingly lunge after my grandfather and bite his arm. Then my grandmother would pretend…
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Save On Organic Groceries With Misfits Market
“Food deliveries are the best part of 2020”, my daughter joked last night. We haven’t been to one store since March and look forward to packages from Amazon in a way that channels the excitement of the Pony Express. Around March, I saw people massively stocking up on pantry items and found myself ordering food from independent vitamin companies that had a few staples. I also purchased cloth napkins. Fortunately, I’ve had my produce delivered from Misfits Market for about two years and found myself relying on their shipments more than ever. I even upgraded to two boxes per week, hoping to bring in more starchy vegetables to add substance…
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