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What I Learned in January

I L.O.V.E. learning and growing for all sorts of different reasons.  If you need a reason to keep things fresh in your life, here you go…. I have heard it said that the reason it feels like life is going faster and faster is that there are no longer new experiences to create new feelings

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Weekend Delights..Food…Fabulous…Funny…Found

Happy Friday or Saturday or whenever you may be reading this.  Before I get to the juicy stuff, I want to share 2 things with you: First…that picture of Owen.  It is so adorable it makes my heart hurt.  Where does the time go? Second…a couple of wishes for your weekend… praying you find the

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Fortyologie – Day 9: Accessories from Head to Toe

We are wrapping up fashion in your 40s week by talking about accessories.  Clothing is fun and I love to shop with the best of them but accessories are the defining feature of your look.  They are what make a t-shirt and jeans or little black dress uniquely you. We’ll start at your noggin and

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Fortyologie – Day 7: Leopard is a Neutral

Clearly I have a problem.  My discovery of 4 pairs of leopard print shoes in varying degrees of comfort was the sign.  (Yes, those shoes are all mine…don’t judge.)  I don’t know if it’s an expression of my personality or my fear that as I get older I will just fade off into invisibility that

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Fortyologie – Day 6: Athleisure

You may be wondering to yourself what ATHLEISURE is…friends, if this is new to you prepare to be amazed… ATHLEISURE:  Athletic type clothing made in more flattering shapes and styles so as to be worn instead of real grown up clothes but looking as though you are. Gals, we are so creative in our endeavors

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Fortyologie – Day 5: Skinny Jeans

Skinny jeans…terrifying, I know.  Their name implies so many things that strike fear in the hearts of women.  But, before we talk about styling our skinnies, let’s consider what they are. Skinny jeans are denim..a fabric with some structure.  If you wear skinny jeans that are made of a thin fabric, you will end up

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Fortyologie – Day 4: Jeans and Booties

I promised you the nitty gritty and so here you go.  Let’s tackle fashion for a few days.  I think there are some things that can be said to help us look and feel our best as our bodies are changing with age.  (Doesn’t it almost sound like I’m going to launch into some sort

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Faith, Food, Fashion and Funnies

Happy Hump Day!  Here are a few delightful tidbits to get you through today and on to the weekend. Funnies – Actually this is sort of heartbreaking and funny all at once. http://youtu.be/XgMPV3slCis Fashion – I got a Stitch Fix box today!  YAH!  You can read about my last box HERE.   Clockwise from the

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Because we want to feel beautiful

Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.  Rosalind Russell       I wholeheartedly agree with Rosalind.  We all know (and are desperately trying to believe in midlife) that beauty radiates from the inside out.  We experience it when we see that woman who the world may not notice for her appearance but

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