November 2007 - Issue 1

Published: Tue, 11/06/07

November 2007 - Issue 1

"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life." ~ Confucius

Feng Shui for Kids Rooms

For years, people have been rearranging their furniture, re-painting their walls and removing clutter in the hopes of changing their life through Feng Shui. But what about the kids? Find balance in your child's life with these Feng Shui tips. >>read article

Setting SMART Fitness Goals

One of the simplest steps you can take when you embark on improving your health and wellness is setting your goals. Right? Actually, creating goals should not be taken lightly. To improve your success rate with achieving your objectives, you need to create a specific roadmap. >>read article

From Stodgy to Stunning: Makeovers for Inherited Furniture

Iinherited furniture can be a blessing or a burden. How do you decide if inherited furnishings have "good bones" and are worth revitalizing with fresh fabrics and custom details? Here is some advice on how to make the most of inherited furniture. >>read article

Six Quick Tips to Build Charisma

Each person is born believing that other people and events revolve around them which is generally true for the first few years of a child's life. The focus of activity for a growing child is inward. Some people carry this inward, self-focus into adulthood. These people, so overly concerned with their own well being in a self-centered way, never learn the secrets of influence. Successful people, who want to have the power of persuasion, turn their circle of activity and interest outward. They expand their centers to be as conscious of the world around them as they are of themselves. They develop what we call, charisma. >>read article

Manage Rainwater Runoff with Beauty and Style

Water management is a great way

individual households can help to keep watersheds, rivers, lakes and oceans from filling up with polluted runoff. Here are a few ways the environmentally conscious homeowner can manage the water that falls on their little corner of the world -- and do it in a way that adds beauty to the yard. >>read article

Recipe Box:

Something Different:

Halibut En Papillote with Mushrooms

Good Food, Good Health:

Oatmeal Pancakes with Cranberries

Readers' Beauty Secrets of The World:

Skin Care Advice

by Becky Coger

After reading this web site, I believe most beauty tips are from very young girls. I am over 50. Please don't try all the crazy stuff you read. You may be over working your tender, young skin. Take it from an adult who has had sensitive, problem skin for many years--

Try this:

(a.) Wash your face with Clean and Clear Continuous Control acne cleanser that has 10% benzoyl peroxide medication. Find it in any drug store. (About $8) Skin care

Purple & White container.

(b.) After rinsing your face with water, pat on apple cider vinegar - straight from the kitchen. I started using vinegar six weeks ago and my skin hasn't looked this good for years.

Acne medicine had dried my skin so much it produced its own problems. Now by face is very soft to the touch. Vinegar works as a fruit acid, much like the Alpha-hydroxy expensive products. I do this every time I wash my face.

(c.) In the morning, if my skin feels a little oily, I simply rinse it with C & C product with salicylic acid acne medication, which is a beta-hydroxy product.

Keep your routine very simple. Try the vinegar. It truly works. Wish I had known about vinegar years ago. If your skin is very sensitive, dilute the vinegar 50-50 with water. Vinegar restores the proper Ph condition to your skin and kills any bacteria.