Cultured Moms Favorite Things-Book

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Afer posting this I was concerned that someone might think I am "diss'in" the older women. That is far from the truth. Just in case you are wondering what kind of value I put on older women and their importance in our life, be sure to read an earlier post, by clicking here. The older women are a blessing and we need them to mentor and share with the rest of the world. As women we are all going to be "older women" one day. I just want to look as good as I can while becoming that. :-)

Read a great book called, "How Not To Look Old" by Charla Krupp. I would suggest it for anyone over 35 and especially over 40. It had some great tips and advice. It also had a lot of product suggestions. Now, my word of advice. I don't think everyone should do everything in this book. For example, she talks about fake nails not being youthful. Well that is too bad. (I really do disagree!) My husband loves them and it is more important to me to please my husband. You can go to an extreme with this book I am sure. Do not do that. Pick and choose. I think being happy is a lot more important than trying too hard to look younger than we are. Having said that I looked at the review on Amazon for this book. It seems that most people like the book but a few don't. I understand why they don't. We can't all look like the over 40 celebrities unless we make the cash that those celebrities make, have a staff to make us look beautiful, and people to work on our photographs. Most of us don't. Also, unless you are willing to go under the knife it is just not going to happen. We all grow old and we have to accept that. It is unreasonable to think we are going to look young forever. Having said that....I am not in a big hurry. :-) There are some easy things we can do to look and feel younger and to look our best though. I am always up for a bit of self-improvement in any area. How about you?

So, I DO suggest that you get this book and read it. (Your library probably has it.) Learn a few things and then adapt what you want.

While I was at Amazon I noticed another book that was recommended. It is called "Staging Your Comeback: A Complete Beauty Revival For Women Over 45". I am getting that one from the library too so I will let you know what I think of it later. If you get to it before me leave me a comment with what you thought.

Now for a laugh.....

GAMES FOR WHEN WE ARE OLDER

1. Sag, you're It.

2. Hide and go pee.

3. 20 questions shouted into your good ear.

4. Kick the bucket

5. Red Rover, Red Rover, the nurse says Bend Over.

6. Musical recliners.

7. Simon says something incoherent.

8. Pin the Toupee on the bald guy



SIGNS OF MENOPAUSE

1. You sell your home heating system at a yard sale.

2. You have to write post-it notes with your kids' names on them.

3. You change your underwear after a sneeze.



OLD IS WHEN:

1. Going bra-less pulls all the wrinkles out of your face.

2. You don't care where your spouse goes, just as long as you don't have to go along.

3. Getting a little action means I don't need fiber today.

4. Getting lucky means you find your car in the parking lot.

5. An all-nighter means not getting up to pee!


But Most of All, Remember. . .

A Good Friend Is Like A Good Bra: Hard to Find, Supportive, Comfortable, And Always Close To Your Heart!

Cultured Moms Favorite Things-Terro

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This is a SERIOUS favorite of mine! If you have ever had a problem with ants it will become a favorite of yours as well. A couple of years ago a dear friend of mine (Thanks Christy!) told me about these. I was a bit skeptical that they could work as well as she said but decided to give it a try. Wow! I was so surprised. I sat these traps out and it wasn't long before there were lots of ants coming to take a drink at the 'pool of death'. Well, of course, they didn't know that. They came and then more came and then more came. The temptation is to kill them right then but that is not what you do. No, no, you just watch and wait as my friend told me to do. All those little pesky ants that were trying to get into my honey jar, cracker box, and other goodies were going to the ant trap instead. My friend was right! After about 2-3 days all the ants were gone. They come get their drink and then take it back to all the other ants. They all have some and then it kills them all! (Insert wicked laugh here.) Check out the photo below that shows how this works.

So, this is a wonderful product that really works. If you have not tried it and you have an ant problem get some. If you do not have an ant problem but do sometimes I suggest that you go stock up now. I believe I have seen them and/or purchased them at Walmart and Reasors (our closest grocery store).

(Click here to get more information.) I need to go add this to my grocery list for today. :-)

Hey, do any of you have a favorite product? I am sure you do. I like all the help I can get when it comes to finding out what really works. Leave me a comment about something that works for you.

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Cultured Moms Favorite Things-Sleep MD

For some time I have been having trouble sleeping. I am not the sort of person that can go without sleep and still be lovely. ;-) I really NEED sleep. Not an option for me. So while at the store one day looking at some "this will help you sleep" products anther woman was also looking in that area. Well, truthfully I was looking at products to help "others" not be such loud snorers. This woman said to me, you have someone that snores too huh? I sure do. She said here is something for YOU. She pointed out the product above. I went home with 3 products to help me and to help "others". (Trying not to hurt any ones feelings here.) I put them on the counter and said I AM GOING TO GET SOME SLEEP TONIGHT! I was pretty excited and yet kind of skeptical too.

Let me tell you what happened. I popped one of those baby blue pills in my mouth. It was not long that I was feeling REALLY drowsy. Downright tired! (I often have a hard time going to sleep because I don't feel sleepy at night. Of course, the next morning I DO feel sleepy!) I wondered if this would last. It certainly did! I love this product. It is convenient to buy since I can by it at Wal-mart. It was only around $15 and you get 30 night of sleep. It actually works....and that is a big plus. I have taken it many, many times since then with no problems at all. I do not wake up extra drowsy in the morning and I dare say, maybe even a bit more well rested? My handsome hubby has also taken this product. Not long ago he had to to out of town for a week. When he sleeps in a hotel he usually has a hard time sleeping. He was gone for 4 nights and had NO trouble sleeping at all. This is pretty close to a miracle. So, I give Sleep MD a 2 thumbs up. If this is something you could use go get some and give it a try. If you do, please, come back here and leave a comment with your thoughts. I would love to hear what you think of it.

For more information, click here. You can also see what others have to say, their FAQ's here, or the supplement facts. You can find out some places to purchase it by clicking here.

Cultured Moms Favorite Things -Edu-Track

Time to share one of my favorite things.

I have had Edu-Track Record Keeping System for SEVERAL years! We purchased it at a homeschool convention. I don't think you need to use a lot of it until you have middle schoolers on up but you certainly can if you like. You can learn more about it here.


It is an awesome program. This applies mostly to homeschool families. However, it has something on it for chores and other things that might be useful to other families as well. I personally think every homeschool family should have this program or one like it.


Another one I have heard about many times is Homeschool Tracker. I suspect both programs are good but of course I only have experience with Edu-Track. I would advise that you have one of them. They are very useful. I can track all the school things the children do, it helps enter grades and keep track of them, tracks attendance, tracks hours, plans lessons, prints report cards, it tracks book logs, & field trips. You can print out awards, certificates, & diplomas. It has an electronic filing cabinet for you to store information in. You can make and print out chore charts (with or without pictures) and much, much, more. My favorite thing about it is that in the end it will be easy to print out a transcript for my girls. I am able to print one out now just with what my oldest has done so far.

Here is something exciting. While looking around their website I discovered you can purchase lesson plans from them for the curriculum you are using. For example, now that my oldest daughter has finished Apologia Biology I found lesson plans for it. It looks really neat. You can check that out here. The list is pretty big. I may be using this for my younger daughter.

Here is an area where the two programs are being discussed. I have only used the one program but I know many that have used the other one. The other one has a free version and then you can also upgrade for a fee. I think the free version has a lot though. I suspect many Moms will want to upgrade at some point.

In case you are interested in Home School Tracker, click here.

Cultured Moms Favorite Things- Money Exchange

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I have found many things that really are great products. Often, I wish I could tell my friends and family about them. They don't always come up in conversation so I thought posting them here would be fun. I have thought of several things that I would like to share. Feel free to comment and share some of YOUR favorite things, deals, or helpful tips.

Love this and so should you! Do you know anything about Paypal? Well, this is just like it but free. Looks like Paypal has some competition. If you are interested in learning more click here. If you decide you want to sign up be sure to click on the link to the right of my page....scroll down just a bit. It is free to sign up and free to send money.

Speaking of money things.

I did this one also. I signed up for the HSBC savings account. The interest on this savings account is 3.50% until Aug. 15th. I signed up for this BEFORE this promotion. I have it set up to take money out of my bank account each week. I love it! I don't even think about it. While I am not thinking about it money is taken out of my banking account, added to my HSBC savings account, and has the best interest you can get. There is NO minimum deposit and no fees.

Cultured Moms Favorite Things-Mineral Makeup

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I have found many things that really are great products. Often, I wish I could tell my friends and family about them. They don't always come up in conversation so I thought posting them here would be fun. I have thought of several things that I would like to share.

Today I want to share about a great product for women!

( Although these things work for me I do realize it is possible they won't work for everyone. I am going to share anyway and hope that it will help you as well.)

#1 on my list right now is my new make-up/foundation. It took me a while but I have finally jumped on the Mineral Foundation band wagon. I have been using Revlon's for a while and have been very happy with it. However, I started doing some research and found a mineral foundation product that has only 4 ingredients AND it is affordable! Who knew? I remember watching those Bare Escentuals Mineral makeup commercials many years ago and wishing I could afford it. No way, wasn't going to happen. When I did my research I discovered people are comparing my new Everyday Minerals make up to Bare Escentuals Makeup...only cheaper.


What is really neat is that you can get a sample kit. It lets YOU choose 3 foundations to try as well as 2 other products. They are small samples but I have been using mine for SEVERAL days now. It says they last 3-6 days but I think it is longer. You can chose matte, semi-matte, intensive and original-glo. I think this is especially good for people with oily or combination skin. However, I believe this would work well for all skin types. I feel like my skin looks so much better. I purchased a concealer but the makeup is so good I don't always need it. I have done little experiments on myself. I put the foundation on half my face (without the concealer) just to compare. It was very obvious what side had make up. It was also very obvious my skin looked great! If I had the nerve I would show you the results. Hmmm, will have to think about that.

I discovered that there is even a Mineral Makeup Blog. Imagine that, an entire blog devoted to mineral makeup? That is an indication that a lot of people are really happy with mineral makeup. I enjoyed the post entitled Because of Mineral Makeup I.... and I found several tips on the Best of

While doing a bit of research regarding mineral make-up I found this excellent idea.

So as you can tell I am sold on mineral makeup and totally delighted with Everyday Minerals! if you decide to try it be sure to come back and leave a comment.

PS. I am adding to this post because I found something else. After hearing about Joppa from a faithful viewer of my blog (hey, why aren't the rest of you posting comments?) and doing some research I have to mention them. From the reviews that I have read it sounds like a really good product. I ordered THEIR sample/starter kit.

You get 6 things for 1 penny (and shipping of course).

2 - Foundations (Your Choice)
1 - Finishing Silk (Your Choice)
2 - Blush/Bronzers (Your Choice)
1 - Concealer (Your Choice)
It says it is for a limited time only.

You can also add other samples for .75 each. I ordered the kit above and 3 eye shadows. My total was 6.86. If the samples are like what I got from Everyday Minerals they will last a while. The eyeshadow looks like it will last a REALLY long time.