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How to: 2020 Holiday Edition – How to stay safe and sane this holiday season!

I know.  You must be thinking, “As if 2020 didn’t suck enough, here she comes with this BS attempt to ruin our Christmas! I would never!  I am definitely not trying to be the Grinch that Stole Christmas! (For those that celebrate!) This post may also be a little late.  But, better late than never! …

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Dried Up Hand Sanitizer Hands? Check out this post for information and a DIY remedy!

And no, they are not new Disney characters! Recently, one of my subscribers (and old friend…not old, old, but old as in been around a long damn time!) mentioned that in middle age, she was suddenly suffering from eczema and if I recall correctly, either an increased issue with asthma or newly developed asthma.  I …

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I know many of us women have for years been robbed of our precious sleep due to hormones.  I don’t know about you, but for me, it started with night sweats.  I was in my thirties and waking up several times a night drenched.  I couldn’t wake the spouse up and change the sheets, so …

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I started writing this post earlier this week and finished it Friday night.  Obviously, this was prior to the historic announcement that Biden would be our next president and that, Kamala Harris, a WOMAN and a woman of color, would be the next Vice President.  Was I surprised? No.  I believed that a huge segment …

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Recently, I noticed that it was taking far fewer hair- pins to pin curl my hair at night.  I have to admit, I was more than a little concerned when I noticed.  Not only that, the ponytail I would be sporting by day three after the salon, was feeling a little light.  I asked my …

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I’m pretty sure that I was in my forties before I went through a bottle of foundation.  My make up routine was lipgloss and eye liner.  I wore make up for special occasions.  I used to have to throw it away because it dried up.  And concealer?  What the hell was that?  I used to …

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It is so strange.  It never fails.  Within a week of publishing a post on a topic, I walk into a bookstore, or cruise a magazine rack on my way to the coffee counter in Barnes & Noble (Where there is never a line and you can get that same highly acidic, eat the paint …

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If you are like me, you have more than a few bad habits. There’s probably a list. Definition: Hab-it A settled or regular tendency or practice, especially one that is hard to give up.  Acquired mode of behavior that has become nearly or completely involuntary. James Clear writes “Your life is the sum of your …

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