Dirt, does a body good

A friend posted an article from the New York Times regarding how eating a little dirt helps a body build an immune system. I found the article extremely fascinating. The idea is something that I personally have believed as well. I mean I am a big hand-washer, especially during cold/flu epidemics, but overall I'm not always that careful about what I touch. In fact, I feel that it may be this reason that my immune system is so strong, in all reality I rarely get sick (knock on wood). In fact, I don't think I have even had a minor runny nose cold yet this winter. (hoping this post is not jinxing me...)

What I do know is that for the last two mornings I have been on my way to work or a coffee house with the intention of eating breakfast and both times there have been extremely adorable and excited puppies just begging for me to pet them. So I did, I stopped petted them, let them lick my hands, and continued on my way. Less than 30 minutes later I was using that same hand to hold my pop tart/scone. It wasn't until after the fact that I realized I never went into the bathroom to wash up. But this doesn't bother me. Just like leaning my head against a pole on the t when I am exhausted causes no concern. I know people that carry around the anti-bacterial sanitizers, I dread the thought of becoming one of those people. As much as I hate sickness, I surprisingly have no fear of germs (i realize this may not make sense to you but it does to me). When I eventually get to having a kid - eeek - I fully intend to expose him to as much as possible, my kid will be dirty but healthy.

Yes, I am still listening

Pandora helps me keep my sanity at work :) But every couple of hours all of a sudden the music stops and I get the following message:


Yes, I am listening. There is no way to keep the page active. I turn on the station, minimize the window and go about my day. I have tried keeping it up and clicking into the window every so often, but without fail the question appears a few hours into the day. It is very trivial, but I wish I could just let Pandora know that yes, I will be listening to you from 8:30 am till when I go home, please don't turn off.

They Do EXIST

Michelle Obama has my shoes! AND she wore them to the inauguration. So all of you know, they are Jimmy Choos. Thank you Karin for spotting these!!!

Anyone have a few extra hundred bucks they are dying to spend on my footwear fetish??

Feet

Chester French posted the picture. Yes, I realize I am barely there, but still its me :) Foot model here I come

Umbrellas are not just for Rain

The mbta trip finder informs me that if I wanted to take public transportation from my orange house to my 70s inspired office building it would take about 27 minutes. Of this 27 minute trip, 21 of them involve walking to and from various bus stops. This is not exactly worth having to wake up earlier than I currently am -- currently walking takes me about 15 minutes.

Anyway, I have found that winter weather walking is made bearable by two extra accessories: the second scarf and the umbrella.

The second scarf does wonders with the wind. First, a hippie scarf is worn close to the neck for instant warmth and help to my need for having at least two layers on each and every part of my body. Second, a knit scarf is wrapped around to help keep the hood of my coat up and to fight against the cool wind.

More importantly let us focus on the umbrella. The umbrella helps while walking through a snowglobe snow storm. Snow often blows right into your face which makes you constantly blink or if you are wearing glasses cause everything to get blurry and hard to see...it just causes the walk to become miserable. The constant pelting of snow in the face helps remind me that the world is getting covered in snow -- and not pretty snow, snow that is going to make driving miserable, snow that is going to sit on the sidewalk forever because people don't feel like shoveling their portion of the sidewalk, snow that is going to turn yellow or black in a few days making the world dirty...yeah snow in the face while walking to work at 8:30 sucks. The umbrella keeps those flakes a healthy distance from my face allowing for me to view the snow fall from just enough of a distance that I can pretend it's not really here...

So don't be afraid of usin the umbrella in the snow...at first I thought it was weird, now I rarely leave home without one...but then again, it was this kind of reasoning that began my addition to sunglasses. so maybe, for your own sanity you do want to just forget everything that i mentioned above. :)

Insta-Pick-Me-Up

This video is the ultimate pick-me up if you are having a bad day. I dare you try not to laugh!

Oh, btw, there are outtakes.

Enjoy :)

Everyone needs a Brazilian Buddy

I'm on an email list which provides me with coupons for beauty products/spa treatments/etc that even after the mark down is still way beyond my price limit. Today's coupon was just too good to be true. Right now I have been offered a 2 for 1 Brazilian. I mean what woman doesn't want to drag their BFF along with them to experience all that fun.



I personally love the advertisement of:

"You have your friends, your Facebook friends and your BFF’s. You have school buddies, lunch buddies, IM buddies. But do you have a Brazilian Buddy?"

So yeah...I'm not sure the qualifications for a Brazilian Buddy, do you?

Coffee PROS and cons

Last week we learned that those that consume seven or more cups of coffee a day are more likely to hallucinate or hear voices than those that have a more reasonable caffeine intake.

This week, we learned that those that drink at least 3-5 cups are less likely to develop dementia, type 2 diabetes and Parkinson's!




I'm thinking that my morning/afternoon/evening coffee consumption doesn't have a reason to change as of yet...

Thumbs up all around

The last week I have read one book, seen two movies and listened to three new (to me) musicians...

Well Enough Alone A Cultural History of My Hypochondria
* First off, you should know that this book was a gift, I did not purchase this one on my own. But that being said, this book provides great insight on the history of Hypochondria, a number fun facts and a ton of new diseases to self diagnose with... Those who do not suffer probably have no need to read it

Slumdog Millionare
* I can't say enough about this movie. I thought it was well done and clearly the award people agree. The movie pulls on all sorts of emotions and thankfully has a bolly-wood style dance number during the credits.

Defiance
* Daniel Craig's blue eyes are reason enough to go see this film. The world is bleak and grey but those blue pierce through your soul. The final moments of the movie has those true statements regarding the characters you have been watching for the last 2 plus hours and of course they cause the tears to come out...

So I went to the Paradise for the first time. Awesome venue. I need to go again...if you haven't been we shall have to grab a show soon. Which leads me to the first to singers

Joshua Radin
* He was the second person to go on stage. His voice is unbelievable in concert. His stories between songs are great, and he thinks that "there is nothing more sexy than a girl that recycles".

Dar Williams
* Dar was the headliner of the night. I had heard great things from many friends and just took a leap of faith that their judgment was good and went to the show. She's adorable, her songs are spunky and I enjoyed them all.

The last group I was exposed to because my legs/feet were needed for a picture. My appendages clearly are more photogentic than the rest of me. (you can find my hand in the holy cross admissions booklet -- i'm the one holding a pussy willow branch)

Chester French
* Go to their myspace page link. The music is great. And quite possibly you may see a very small part of me in their slide show of fans..only time will tell.

This week was full of great new finds (and by finds I really should say referrals). I really needed to revamp my iPod, all these groups have smooth sounds so if you know of anyone else please let me know!

Because its PRETTY

Yesterday I was carrying around my little coach clutch. I love this thing. It is small, cute, and pink. (It was also like 80% off so very affordable, I would assume that it is considered "last season" but let's face it, I am not exactly known for my fashion forward way of life) Anyway, twice I was told by different guys that they didn't get women's love for coach, labels, etc. For me, my love of coach simply comes from the fact that their products are well made, and VERY PRETTY :)

If there was some other company that also made something that looked like this for less than what I dished out for it, by all means let me know where to find it...

Stacy and Clinton Would be SOOOO Proud

Last night while standing at the Paradise in Boston listening to Dar Williams sing I had an amazing revelation...my pants fit wonderfully. They were still sitting very much above my hips, the crotch was no where near my knees and I could feel the fabric sitting close to my entire leg. I have always had a problem buying clothing. My biggest fear is that I invest in something only to gain 32 pounds over night. (something i realize cannot happen but am absolutely convinced will) So in the past, I have always gone not necessarily baggy, but there is always little extra fabric, just in case. The main reason I started reevaluating whether or not I can trust my personal judgment comes from the fact that I was trying on a pair of jeans and the store employee told me I needed TWO sizes smaller than what I was looking at. I thought she was crazy, so just to prove her wrong I took the pants in with me...low and behold she was right. Not only did the pants fit, but they looked FAB. Ever since, I have been slowly rebuilding my wardrobe with clothing that fits. It is quite exciting to feel this good in clothing and I am extremely happy that woman butted into my life. :)

I am now purging my closet of items that are just too big. This is partly because my closet is very small and becoming very full. But also because I have to realized that even if I do gain weight and they suddenly fit the items will be so out of style I will need new shit anyways...

My iPod had a Heart Attack

Honestly, it did. I was walking to my morning meeting in the square and all of a sudden my iPod just stopped. It had more than a 75% charge still in it, so there was no way it just burned through its battery. I tried turning it back on, thinking maybe some how i banged it in my pocket. The little guy tried so hard, but just a flash of the apple would show up nothing more. At this point I am freaking. I use that thing every day, what was I going to do... I didn't want its potential death to distract me from my upcoming interview so I needed a diagnosis and I needed one stat!!

As a side note I feel like I should let you know I am currently reading Well Enough Alone which is a memoir of a woman who is a hypochondriac, so my disease radar is way WAY up. And apparently it allows for me to attribute human disease to inanimate objects, go figure.

Back to the story --- Due to my inability to be late to anything, I was 30 minutes early for my meeting. I did have my iPod charger with me, as I had used it at the office the other day and had not emptied out my bag since. Once I was in the building, I found an outlet in the hallway that was slightly hidden behind a fake tree (I'm relatively certain it was fake) and figured giving the iPod a power boost was really the only thing I could do. Once he was plugged in, there was a click or two and he awoke! He just needed a pick me up. I don't know if it was too cold or what, but I have never had to jump start my iPod before, and now I am very concerned for his well being. Let's hope he can pull through this ordeal and keep me moving.

Harder than I thought

that's what she said.

seriously, i just spent about an hour trying to figure out how to put a counter at the bottom of this page. i wanted to see if there is anyone out there actually reading my random thoughts, you know, find out if i have a fan base of some sort. no pressure to come back here, i can live with a failed blog if need be. but really, i did not think this would not take nearly as long as it did. i can design freeking web surveys with all sorts of bells and whistles in html for crying outloud. but could not handle finding a "gadget". oh well.

someecards explains politics

I just thought this was fitting... someecards just knew the proper way of bringing together the blogging conflict i had yesterday...dating + the inauguration.

History in the Making

January 20th 2009. wow, what a day in history. i mean afterall, i went on a date with guy i met online.

yeah i bet you didn't see that coming...

so last winter i admit to signing up for a free online dating site. there had been a lull and i figured why the hell not. i learned very quickly that i attract very unnerving 20 somethings and lonely 50 year old men. i quickly quit looking at the site and basically forgot about it. i did not however ever take down my profile. sometimes i would feel guilty when i was seeing someone and the site would remind me of who was "stalking me". but i figured meh, whatevs. Over the holidays people get desperate, and i got a flood of emails telling me i was cute, etc, which definitely makes you feel good about yourself especially when you know you are transitioning out of a fling.

this week i agreed to meet one of my "stalkers". i only really asked him to meet in person because the last person i said this to got scared off and i thought that would be the easiest way to end it. (i am a firm believer that ignoring people is just rude). to my surprise he agreed to it. so after my jazzfunk class i had to race back to inman to shower to only then race back to central to get on the t and head into the city.

the date was the definition of meh. it wasn't boring but it wasn't exciting. all i can say is at least i didn't have to pay for my captain and gingers. (i was really craving some rum. there had been a small pirates marathon on saturday - i think - and there had been no rum, i know, the horror!) but i think i need to stick with meeting people in bars, or basements, or yeah there is a reason i don't blog about my dating life...people might begin to think less of me :)

lesson learned. websites are not for me. but hey at least i tried.

DISCLAIMER: I did watch the inauguration, i did enjoy the speech and the small flub caused by chief justice roberts. but this topic was something i could actually write about.

Inauguration day is almost here!

This blog is never going to become much for political discussion...but the inauguration is super exciting so I thought I would cover it at least a little.


Q: How many porta-johns will there be available to patrons for the festivities on the 20th?
A: 5000

Note: I prefer the term porta-john over porta-potty, I am not sure why.
Second Note: I have been in a portable bathroom, complete with running-water faucets; its weird

Q: Will prostitutes invited?
A: No

Note: It sounds like only groups of two or more prostitutes are frowned on...if you are a loner its ok.

Q: Can I drive to the inauguration?
A: AAA says not the best idea. NBC lets you make up your mind but points out that most roads are "Restricted to Buses and Authorized Vehicles Only"

Note: This only proves that driving sucks.

Seriously, tomorrow is going to be amazing. I'm so glad that my employer is letting us close down for the inauguration to watch it on a big screen. I hope everything goes well and that all you enjoy watching it too. Let the healing officially begin!

Walking in a Snow Globe

Walking is by far my preferred method of getting around out here, and is how I commute to work every day, get to friends houses, kickball games, bars, jazzfunk, etc. With the snow falling as consistently as it has this weekend, being a pedestrian has become quite risky. I am not going to even broach the topic of Massachusetts drivers in the winter, or God help me the plow men. (Last year i was almost hit by a plow...we are talking inches between me and that gigantic yellow monster) What I am simply going to address is my method of staying on my feet and off my ass.

Over the course of the last 7 or so years I have perfected my technique of successfully staying upright while moving over snow covered sidewalks. Four Worcester winters provided me with the practicals needed to increase my ability to survive slippery steps and slush covered hills.

In my opinion, the key to keeping from landing on one's ass is that one must take small controlled steps. If you're doing it right you will begin to "feel the burn" in the hip flexer area. (I use this muscular reaction as an reason for why I shouldn't need to feel guilty for staying away from the gym...we don't need to discuss the fact that I probably shouldn't get as much of a work out as i do from walking in the snow) I'm not sure why a smaller gait is better, but i feel like it has to do with the fact that your feet stay under your center of gravity more.

Since my steps are smaller they become quicker and I have been informed that I kind of look like a cartoon character that is zipping along the roads. Personally, I feel like I look more penquin-esk. I mean not only do I waddle while doing this, but my arms are always slightly away from the body in an attempt to keep me balanced. The arms come out a bit more when things look a little more icy, subconsciously they must be the equivlent of a tightrope-walker's pole.

The most amusing part of my winter walking has to be when I have to adjust my movement to allow for me to turn up a side street. Not only do my steps become absolutely minuscule and lightening fast, but my arms fly out to become almost parallel to the ground. The best place to see this action occur is to see me try and turn down Gorham Street near Davis Square, I have been told it is ridiculous.

For additional resources regarding this topic, you may wish to refer to the Globe. I enjoyed that they point out that part of a penguin's success to staying up is because of a huge claw that is on the bottom of their foot. Is the reporting hoping that I attach a nail to the bottom of my boot? Just wondering what the point of that comment is...maybe its to remind me that no matter how careful I am I will most likely end up sprawling out on the sidewalk at somepoint into a bush. I'm thinking that yak trax may be a better option...

is it cold? let's count the layers

One easy way to figure out just how cold it is out there is to simply look in one's hamper to determine how many pieces of clothing are worn each day...for instance, let's just look at what I've worn these last two days

Thursday:
1. regular undergarments
2. tights under jeans
3. long three-quarter sweater
4. long cardigan
5. fleece lined hoodie (hoodie up)
6. scarf wrapped once, long wool coat (hood up), scarf continued to wrap again
7. regular socks, extra fuzzy socks, faux-fur lined boots
12 items of clothing

Friday:
1. regular undergarments
2. tights under jeans
3. tank top
4. sweater
5. hippie scarf
6. fleece lined hoodie (hoodie up)
7. scarf wrapped once, long wool coat (hood up), scarf continued to wrap again
8. regular socks, faux-fur lined boots
12 items of clothing

So yes, in two days there have been 24 pieces of clothing on my person. I would also like to bring attention that I think I have found a new pro to wearing butt-underwear. Butt-underwear has been discussed in my kitchen many-a-times, it's pros and cons, my love of it, etc. But honestly I feel like today I was just warmer.

High School Reunion via the newspaper

I went to high school with one of the ferry boat captains...how amazing is this??? Hudson River Plane Crash

My Golden Birthday's Second Cousin Twice Removed

Today is the 25th day of me being 25. So far, so good, no major quarter life crisis. In these first formative days of the next chapter of my life I have had some really great moments, which include but are not limited to...

* Reconnecting with a elementary/middle/high school (hey - small town we all know each other) friend who i have not really hungout with/spoken to in NINE years
* On a similar note, learned that i do not like yukon gold but am willing to split a bottle with two other people when necessary
* Quality time with one of my dearest friends who rarely get to see
* Eight days in Florida
* Read four books+: Tipping Point (awesome), Hypocrite in a Pouffy White Dress (hysterical), the Namesake (could have lived without), Twilight (I think we all know how I felt about that one), and then i started Roadside Attraction (But sadly have not had a chance to revisit it)
* Said good bye to a friend who left for CA because of a guy (think Felicity - obv before the bad hair cut)
* Finished my second grad school class
* Learned the secrets to photo shopping and was assured no one looks THAT good in real life
* and of course started this blog


Sadly, I do have to accept that the following can just never happen:
* be a child prodigy: no one cares if you can read and do math when your in your 20s
* be a child star: although I am at the perfect age to star in a sitcom as a freshman in high school
* get casted on ANTM (not that i would really want to be on the show now, its going downhill): 25 is basically retired as a model
* get arrested as a juvinile (which is clutch as the event can be wiped clean before I enter the "real world" and yet i still have a story to tell at cocktail parties)


I guess the best thing to do at this point is look at all the things I've already done or gotten through. Of course one would think I was referring to those cutesy loving moments like first kiss, love, etc. No, I am refering to stuff that I no longer have to deal with now that I am definately an adult:

* I have already gotten through the times of when someone else (aka mom) has a say in what I wear. I now decide to put on whatever I feel like - except mon-friday 9-5 unless there is holiday...
* Don't have to be concerned about having an ID, because clearly I have been 21+ for four years. oh wait, didn't i get turned away this summer b/c i was without said ID and i was questionable...grrrrr
* At least puberty school is over and done with, so that should mean that i've outgrown my awkardness...right? come on... please? really??

So yeah that list was kind of a bust...oh well. guess in the end, i just need to be happy and hopeful for the great things to come. i'd say let's hope for smooth sailing, but i find that its the bumps in the road that make the ride fun :)

Finding Jesus the lolcat way

i'm sorry this was just too funny to pass up.

please don't judge

I read Twilight. I said it.


I finished it after work while sitting in a massage chair in the science building recovering from my jazz funk class from last night. I think I really need to point out how much I less than three the statistics department (please tell me you all picked up on that math joke).

But back to the point here. The story really keeps you reading, I really enjoyed all how ever many pages it was, but I can't decide on whether or not to take the plunge into the next book. I bought this one because I needed to get my sister a cookbook for christmas that was $24 and in order to qualify for the free super shipping guaranteed by Christmas (this was the last day mind you for the guarantee) I needed to spend at least one more buck and so Twilight it was. Normally for something like this I would look to borrow, but I'm not exactly friends with a ton of tweens...so my next option would be to attempt the library system. Sadly, my roommate attempted that method and found that the waiting list was way longer than her (let alone my) attention span would allow. So here I stand, at a crossroads...do I go for the big purchase or just let myself sit there knowing that there may be 3 more good stories about the sexiest vampires known to man. (and yes I know both Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise were ones once) Your input on this matter will be greatly appreciated, even more would be if you gave me your copy of the next one.....

the hunt begins anew

I completely forgot to keep you posted on the hunt for red october...umm i mean the hunt for the green 4 inch heels.

Looking out the window while bundled under my fleece sheets in my bed, I saw the world as a cold and uninviting place. The sky was saying stay put, but I knew I would feel like a waste if I missed my chance at the finding THE SHOE. Dressed and armed with my ipod, out I went to pleasantly find that the world was actually a lot warmer than I expected. Catching the Number 1 Bus I got off at Newbury street, grabbed a coffee from DD and felt ready to hunt.

Sadly, after entering a number of shops, I came out with a bunch of purchases, but no green pumps. I will advise any and all Boston readers to get their butts down to Newbury ASAP as I scored big that afternoon.

Lucky jeans regular $129 purchased at $45

(website says $64.5...I think the woman at the store may have made an error. oops. hey, we bonded. she helped me yet again come to terms with the fact that I need to buy jeans that are "tight" -- no way am I ever going skinny. )

<--- of course I would show you the butt view Puma sneakers regular $89 purchased $36/$39



(again better deals than what's listed on the web. but go quickly! the awesome sales guy was telling me how quickly things were flying off the shelves!!! he was super interested in kickball, kind of the reason i wanted the silver...that and I like to be tacky sometimes)




moral of the story: I still don't have THEM. But I make friends with sales people way too often and sometimes get better deals because of it.

Coffee and Boobs

As an avid coffee consumer I am amazed to hear that because crude oil has fallen in value "soft commodities" like coffee are predicted to fall as well. If I was driving my car almost to empty, had $3 in my pocket (clearly in this hypothetical situation we are assuming no one takes plastic) and needed my $2 morning cup of coffee, I sure as hell would hope that the half gallon of gas I could afford would get me to my barista and back.

To be honest this post was originally inspired by the article in the Globe this morning that informed readers about the amazing new coffee shop that is opening in Maine.For coffee drinkers who need more than caffeine to get them going, Donald Crabtree thinks he's hit on an eye-opening answer in this small town just north of Augusta.

Crabtree plans to open a topless coffee shop in as soon as a month here, where the biggest excitement has usually been the town picnic during Vassalboro Days each September.

In a long-vacant building that once housed Mac Daddy's Pub at the Fat Cat Grille, Crabtree plans topless service between 6 a.m. and 6 p.m. to 25 tables arranged on a checkerboard floor behind blacked-out windows and a cordon of security. Read more...

I enjoy the woman who threatens her husband with divorce if he picks up a coffee drinking habit. God help that man, hopefully he already is a regular at some strip club. But being the practical minded person that I am, I have to wonder if I could handle working at the topless coffee shop...I mean what if someone ran into me and I spilled on myself. Damn, Gina that would hurt.

4 x 12 is not 52

"the pill" is probably one of the most common forms of birth control prescribed at this time. We are all familiar with what it looks like; four sets of 7 seven pills, totaling 28 daily doses. But have you ever noticed that in order to make it to your annual doctor's appointment - and a year has to go by between visits because insurance only allows one check up in a calendar year - you always have to call over a month before to her office and ask for the doctor to call your pharmacy to up your prescription at least one more time so that you don't have to skip a month (or maybe even two)?

here's why:

The stupid thing can only be prescribed for 12 months. Which any average American would think, no big deal. It's a monthly prescription obviously you would only need 12. Well, do the math 4 weeks x 12 prescriptions is 48 weeks. Last time I checked there were 52 weeks in a year, so the prescription really should be written for 13 fills. But here is the kicker, each time the drug is refilled an individual get's "1 month", by law a prescription is only good for one year and so at most it can only have 12 months listed on the slip.

Oh the stupidity of those in charge. Imagine how much time could be saved if women across the nation didn't have to call their doctors who have to call the individual pharmacies to extend prescriptions that help keep sex safe every year.

mid year review.... of my fashion decisions?

Surprise mid-year review today. Awesome. Fortunately no major complaints. Except the length of my dress. No lie. My general professionalism was being discussed and mid-thought my supervisor exclaimed "and that dress is way WAY WAY to short" (really the way's got louder) I countered with the fact that I had already worn this dress on numerous occasions. But it has been banned. I am convinced the length of the dress appeared shorter due to the 3.5 inch heels and pinstripe tights. But what do I know... Hopefully I can find a replacement winter dress/skirt because I have a serious lack of appropriate winter work clothes.


DISCLAIMER: that is in now way me --->
(but i'm sure you realized that. this model has no butt)

ps. i promise work won't be discussed in the future...unless its funny

too much booty in the pants? hell no

J-Lo and I are thrilled. It's all about the pear shaped booty :)

Fat bottoms may be good for health, protect against diabetes - Harvard researchers

By Kate Sikora

The Daily Telegraph

January 06, 2009 12:00am

• Big butts could be a health plus
• Fat may protect against type 2 diabetes
• Lopez, Beyonce on to a good thing

WOMEN can stop worrying about pear-shaped figures - fat bottoms have been scientifically proven to be a sign of good health.

New research, published in the journal Cell Metabolism, suggests the fat responsible for producing the pear shape flaunted by celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez and Beyonce may be active in protecting women from diseases by releasing certain hormones.

Buttock and hip fat may protect women against type 2 diabetes, from which more than 1.7 million Australians now suffer, researchers from the Harvard Medical School found.

When buttocks and hip fat from mice was injected into other mice, their bodies easily used the blood sugar-regulating hormone insulin and lost weight.

Read the whole article...

Annual Horoscope thanks to OK! Magazine

Horoscopes may not be my main source of enlightenment but I just felt like the people at OK had me nailed as seen by the get the looks section (i've highlighted it in blue for you). let's go ahead and see if any of this is even remotely accurate in 2009

Capricorn:

Love Last year career demands created distance in your love life. In January, make a sweeping gesture to repair the rift. Keep the love flowing by planning a date night (or two) each week. Try to heal the hurt from a past heartbreak before July when two eclipses in your relationship house bring the promise of romantic revolution.

Health Temper, temper, Pluto shortens your fuse this year; making you prone to high blood pressure. Remove stress-inducers from your
life. Dedicate yourself to fitness routine.

Career When life gives you lemons, make lemonade. You'll be one of the rare few who thrives during an economic recession. Where is the need in the current marketplace? Figure it out and start a business to fill that gap. Big-time funding could come your way

Health Social time is scarce in 2009 and you may have time only for family and a few old friends. This could cause rifts with newer pals, who may feel neglected. You can't please everyone, and you'll have to make peace with that.

Get the Look Capricorns are icons of feminine power and grace. Your style is tailored, luxe and elegant. Tower in sky-high heels and stick to muted colors like silver and black schemes.


on a side note: what makes OK! think i want to know about angelina's ability to get pregnant. a friend of my family told us how a priest announced to his parish recently that he was going to visit his sister's family for the holidays and bless her new child. Which would be a sweet announcement, if he didn't feel the need to continue on to say that the child was from China because his sister is barren! eeek

and so it begins...

a combination of having blog-envy and a need for a new activity has produced this site. i'm not sure the direction this is going to head but i hope it provides some entertainment to me and at least a few others out there :)

i am sure my love for summer dresses and obscenely high heels will filter through. after all, i am on the hunt for those elusive four inch, bright green heels. one can only hope that we are able to find each other...in the meantime maybe i'll just settle for these