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Our Halloween Party

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So we decided to have a last minute Halloween Party. I got a punch bowl filled it with candy with a battery operated candle and put candy, serves two purposes trick or treaters. And to hide the candy from folks over doing it on candy, I spray painted an old witches hat and put it over the bowl. My cupcakes chocolate and vanilla. The chocolate icing are funny faces and if you don t want to eat a face then have a tropical flower. Cheers to a fun and safe Halloween.

Foodie Friday: Halloween Goulash

So its Halloween and what do you serve your adult friends for your Halloween Party. Beef Stew over Herbed Polenta 1. Take Sirlon and cube it and season with salt and pepper. 2. Cut up a pepper, an union and smash three cloves of garlic, and carrots. 3. In a sautee pot saute everything in Olive oil and reduce with a cup of wine and a jar of tomato sauce with 3 Bay leafs. 4. Simmer for 4 hours until meat is completely tender. Serve over hot Polenta with thyme. Cheers to a Ghoulish Halloween!

Does It Work?

So I have a bit of a dry hand problem. Which can age your hands and skin, so I have used Strivictin Anti Aging cream on my hands with sun screen. I do this twice a day once at night and the begining of the week. So, does it work? After a month, yes this it works and it works well. So, if you think that only your face ages, think again and pay attention to all parts of your body that is exposed to Sun and the elements. Cheers!

Hair This!

Are you the type of person who always puts your hair in a ponytail, you are doing errands in the ponytail it goes, well I was that kind of a person, until I went to my stylist to had to hack off 4 inches of my hair. Why?? Because I wore ponytails and it was not allowing my hair follicles to breathe. He told me he sees this alot with students, people who work at home, etc. So I asked him what the alternative to the old ponytail was and he told me stylish headbands, turbans, and even hair jewlery, that keeps the hair off the face and of course he suggested at night to get a silk bonet after I brush my hair before going to bed. He told me that even if you get regular deep conditioner treatments it still is no good if you keep the hair tight and don't allow those follicles to breathe. So, on my way home from the salon, I bought some stylish cotton headbands, cotton allows the hair to breathe. If you are like me and enjoy your locks then keep them with a head band. Cheers ...

Second Chances??

It seems as though people are on steroid CRAZY!! these days, I don't even read or watch the newspaper because of it seems as though someone has done something beyond bizarre. So, as a person who wears her heart on her wrist, do you ever give a person or an institution a second chance? Here are my rules: 1. We live in a working environment where the less qualified someone the more than likely they will get a job because it is cheap labor; however because those people are grossly incompentent they will take out their frustration on you the person. In this case I leave those people alone, do you support the institution is the question? It depends what you are going to get out of it... I went to a free or a $7.00 event at an institution that has one person who is so incompentent people laugh in his face, but I was there for a reason, and ended up getting not only free swag but three business contacts. So, don't let one person ruin your chance for a having a good time or gett...

Beauty Tip # 2: Why Fat is Good

Everyone seems to be on the endless yo-yo no carbs, no fat, juice cleanse diet... But as my friend and beauty consultant Eileen at Trish Mc Envoy told me if you have oily skin and are prone to break outs that is a sign of a good thing. What??? She told me the drier your skin, the more it is prone to advanced aging. So she said a little meat on one's bones also helped as well. I know explanation, if your diet is high in healthy fat such as avocados, coconut, olive oil, organic butter it retains the essentials oils in your body and your skin is much less prone to aging. She also told me that is secret to most Mediterranean diets, they drink one tablespoon of olive oil in the morning, for weight loss and to replenish essential oils lost during the winter months. If you look most scary thin women, need Botox and filler because they have lost volume in their skin, because they do not eat enough fat to give the skin a healthy glow. So embrace those avocados, eat a piece of ba...

Foodie Friday: Affordable Meals

Many Americans are still trying to find ways to feed a family of four on a limited budget. I discovered ways in which we all can have our food budget stretch a bit. Whenever there are meats on sale, my meat of choice is chicken and the cut are theighs and legs, buy three family packets of that meat. 1. One family pack or fryer pack of chicken has 10 pieces or portions of meat in them, so for a family of four that is 4 meals. If you cut the chicken theigh in half everyone can get a second helping wink, wink. 2. So, for my family pack of chicken theighs, I prepared it 4 different ways: 1. Baked Oven Fried Chicken with Italian Breadcrumbs and parmsean mixed into the breadcrumbs. 2. Baked BBQ Chicken 3. Curry Coconut Chicken 4. Herb Roasted Chicken with Rosemary, Thyme and Chives 3. You are thinking great what about sides? One 5 lbs. bag of potatos will go far.. For the Oven Fried Chicken-- cut the potato into wedges  with olive oil, and salt bake till do...