Sinking the spam.

Good evening, everyone! What a treat to come back and find 4 new posts. You made my day! I really enjoyed reading about your treasures. Thanks so much for sharing with everyone. I've purged so often over the years that I'm amazed I have anything left, but those special things have a way of hiding out from me so that I don't do anything foolish with them. LOL I had a good workout, then came home to do piddling stuff around here. I finished the last book in a series by Gary Chapman and Catherine Palmer. I hated reading the last chapter because I knew that would be it since it was only 4 books, Spring through the following Winter. If you're ever in the mood for a just-because-it-feels-cozy kind of book, I highly recommend these. My next book is "The Memory Keeper's Daughter" that a friend loaned me. I'm sure I'm probably the last one to read it. Dinner is cooking, so I have a little play time here. I had leftover chicken breasts and leftover whole wheat spaghetti and creamed spinach, so I threw together a kind of chicken florentine or chicken spaghetti kind of casserole, all basically WW/Core and using up all our leftovers! Hubby gets the 1/2 cup of leftover mashed potatoes on the side, and we'll both have garden salads. Marci, happy first day of school tomorrow! I hope your assistant works out great. Jan, I drink green tea drinks all the time, especially before working out because I read in a Woman's World magazine recently that it maximizes your workout. Hey, I'll do anything to get double the workout! Raeanne, love your sense of humor! Suzanne, I've been keeping Sweet Pea's photo on my end table and keeping healing thoughts for him going everytime I look at it. Dee, I have my mom's last wedding band that my dad gave her for their 25th anniversary. I wear it whenever I go somewhere nice and think about how I'm taking Mom with me in spirit! She used to be a great Canasta player, so maybe she'll send me some good strategy if I wear it to the next game. :-) Well, hubby's home, so I'd better scoot. Wishing you all a peaceful evening and a happy Thursday!

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I saw the report on TV that's transcribed in Sushipup's link. It says the same thing I've always heard from the pros. The active ingredients in the cheap stuff are the same as in the expensive stuff, and the biggest differences are in packaging, perfume, fillers, stabilizers and preservatives, waxes and "sealers", etc. None of them will prevent aging, and they don't claim that they do. They lessen the appearance of aging with moisturizing, fillers (which wash off), exfoliating acids (you could use a washcloth for that part), etc. What prevents premature skin aging (aging itself is genetic and some people look older at a younger age and nothing will stop that), is reducing sun exposure, and keeping a healthy body (no smoking, little drinking/drugging, good diet (including sufficient fats), general fitness, and lots of water). Re before and after pictures, make your own. Make them for a friend. There are good reasons why older actors look so youthful on screen, and like hags in the vegetable aisle. I'm not saying you won't see a difference. Just that there's a lot of difference in lighting and focus when you're trying to make the before picture look as bad as possible and the after picture look as good as possible.