BEAUTY IS A LIFESTYLE THING

Spring Walking Program Healthy lifestyles include not just diet but it also includes adding exercise into your life. It has been proven that even moderate exercise can help to stave off even some of the most bothersome and dangerous health issues, such as heart attack, diabetes, and arthritis. Starting a walking fitness program may be just right for you. Here are some facts and how to get started. Getting Started I’m glad you’re ready to walk and a get healthy. But don’t just jump into any exercise program without first checking with your doctor. Get the doctor to release you and let’s go walking! Stay motivated and follow along with the simple guidelines and you will be on your way to walking with ease and enjoyment. Once you have been cleared by your doctor, here are some pointers to get you walking without disappointment, frustration, boredom, or pain. The Basics First things first, please check your shoes. If your shoes are in rough condition, you may

A Crafty Welcome! Nothing says welcome to my home more than a sign saying it! Here’s a D. I. Y. welcome sign that I started after attending so many craft shows and upcycle fairs, and saying to myself, “Gosh, I really could make this!”  I have a severe case of procrastination at times, but on this occasion, I stuck to my guns and said I’d do this project. My original intent was to just white-wash some kind of found board and then stencil the word welcome on it and stick it out on my porch. But this project felt so flat and it seems that everyone had this sign. As I thought about the project my new desire for mixed media arts reared its head. I wanted a three-dimensional image. So I started to look around for things that would form the letters. I went to Home Depot with my husband one day. On an end-cap to one of the aisles was an open flooring carton. It contained grey wash slat boards for flooring and some were already missing. I took just one (I should’ve taken more) up to

Lovely Asparagus Asparagus is a vegetable that is often synonymous with spring. It can be found in abundance. It is considered a vegetable that prefers cooler temperatures, and usually, seeds are started in the late winter and then set out as soon as the soil is warm enough. This lovely asparagus is commonly bright green, but can be found in purple and in white, contains a lot of great vitamins and minerals for you. One spear of medium size thickness will have only approximately 3 calories and contains 0 g of these: polyunsaturated fats, monosaturated fats, cholesterol, and sodium. Here are just a few more highlights of asparagus, carbs 0.6g, fiber 0.3g, sugar 0.3g, and protein 0.4g. There’s a lot to that little medium size spear, but wait it also contains vitamins A, C, E, K, and B6, also minerals like folate, copper, iron, and calcium. While the purple asparagus has the highest antioxidant fighting power and the white the lowest, the green asparagus is widely availab

ReImagining Things I used to own several mass-produced Easter trees. Well, over the years and many kids later, needless to say, they broke. So Today I'm reimagining these trees. (I had saved the hanging little Easter ornaments) I shopped at my home, and in my study, I found two (very) old white-painted metal urns! They are so cute and perfect for these mini-trees. They are super heavy so they actually can hold up some weight. I went out with the dogs and found a few branches. (I pulled some dead ones, they are quite brittle though). I figured I'd give them a coverage of white spray paint, but ultimately I liked their natural state, so I left them with no paint. Assemble I added dry floral foam cut to fit into the little urn. Then stuck the sharp edge of the branch directly into the foam. I added a bit of white glue surrounding just the foam and branch for extra added strength. I didn't want to use fake Easter grass, so I added green natural moss (the g

We are like the seasons In many ways, we are like the changing of the seasons. We change and adapt to our surroundings and we are always a work in progress. I used to think it was a bad thing to be a work in progress, but then I realized just like seasons, I change too. Officially, in the northern hemisphere anyway, Spring isn't supposed to be here until March 20th, but don't tell that to the Robins. They're here chirping and getting their nests ready. Spring brings happy changes, like temperate weather, and the emerging of all things growing. Like flowers, nature gives us color and shapes and scents. We emerge as we grow and change and perhaps we haven't quite hit our most colorful time yet, or perhaps we have and now we are at the point in our lives where we want to wallow in it! Whatever point of beauty you are in, be blessed to know like the artist and poetess Jody Hills once said: "She wasn't where she had been, She wasn't where she w