Charlotte's Tips

Time?

Charlotte — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:10:03 +0000

I feel like I never have the time to do what I want to do. Time just seems to fly by so quickly anymore. A lot of the time I get up and then the next thing I know the time on Nautica watches say it’s time to get ready for bed and I’ve accomplished absolutely nothing.

I remember when I was younger it seemed like “tomorrow” would never come. Now not only are the days flying by but weeks, months and years just zoom by. I feel like I’ve missed so much and don’t have anything to show for all that time gone by. Is it just that I’m getting older and don’t have a lot to look forward to? When I was younger I couldn’t wait to grow up, get married and become a mom. After I had kids I couldn’t wait for them to grow up and move on with their own lives. Now I find myself wishing they were still young and at home with me. I just can’t win!

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Falling for you

Charlotte — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 16:01:20 +0000

What is up with these models lately? I’ve seen an awful lot of them tripping, slipping or falling on the runway. One minute they are trotting down the runway and the next minute they are on their butts getting their beautiful Oscar de la Renta all dirty. Are they not paying attention or is something else coming into play with the tripping and falling. Is it because they are so anorexic? Could that be making them so weak that their knees just give out on them?

Am I the only one who thinks that fashion models are not good role models for our children? Would you want your child becoming anorexic because they look up to models and want to be like them? I know I wouldn’t want my grand daughter to be that way.

Work, work, work

Charlotte — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:55:11 +0000

Because of the events of last week I missed a couple days of work. If I don’t work I don’t get paid so Friday and this coming week I’ll be working extra hours to try to make up for some of the hours I missed last week. I have work piled up so it’s a good thing to work extra hours and get caught up. I would love to be able to catch up on my work at night or on the weekend but a couple of the programs I use I can’t use from home.

I love working where I work. I love the people I work with. I love the fact that we can wear jeans and t-shirts to work every day! One of my bosses just bought himself a new Zero Halliburton briefcase. It reminds me of ones that you see in spy movies. It’s hardsided and will keep his laptop safe in case it gets dropped.

Acne

Charlotte — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:47:48 +0000

I don’t have an acne problem but I know people who do. the most common acne treatments is to do a twice-daily application of an over-the-counter benzoyl peroxide in combination with gentle skin cleansing and use a moisturizer. Wash your hair daily, especially if it’s oily, and tie it back so it’s out of your face. Avoid touching your face. Your cosmetics and creams should be water-based or “”non-comedogenic”" formulas. Be sure to take off all make-up at night.

Eat a healthy diet. Be sure to eat plenty of fruits, vegetables, and whole grains. Eat foods that contain healthy omega-3 oils such as ground flaxseed, salmon, and sardines. Drink six to eight large glasses of water a day. Vitamins A, B, C, and E, as well as chromium and zinc, play a role in reducing and preventing acne. Avoid refined sugar, fried foods, and trans fat (such as milk, milk products, margarine, and any hydrogenated vegetable oils). Some people find that chocolate, caffeine, carbonated beverages, iodized salt, shellfish, wheat and/or milk products aggravate acne.

Take care of your skin and it will take care of you.

Cleaning

Charlotte — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 15:40:59 +0000

I had a fire outside my front door the other day. I’ve been spending the last couple of days cleaning up because of the smoke and soot that got inside through cracks in the door. I vacuumed everyday since Thursday and there are still soot tracks from the firemen. My daughter is coming up from Texas this week and should be here on Thursday and I have to de-soot this place by then. I’ve been burning candles and spraying Febreez to get rid of the lingering odors.

It was a teenager that started the fire. As far as I know they haven’t caught him yet. I wish someone would put a Garmin GPS device on him and track him down and throw is butt in jail!

Black Forest Ice Cream Parfaits

Charlotte — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:52:28 +0000

Yummy and quite calorie loaded… 701 calories per serving. You’ll need a diet pill or two after eating these!

2 cups fresh or jarred cherries, pitted
1 cup cherry flavored liqueur
4 oz high quality dark chocolate, shaved into curls
1/4 cup raspberry preserves
1 pkg dark chocolate Liebniz cookies, broken into 1 inch pieces
1 pint vanilla bean ice cream
4 fresh whole cherries with stems

1. Drain cherries and place into a medium glass bowl with liqueur. Allow to stand 1 hour to overnight.

2. Layer each of 4 parfait glasses with the cherries, chocolate shavings, preserves, cookie pieces and ice cream.

3. Top each parfait with a fresh, whole stemmed cherry and additional chocolate shavings. Serve immediately.

Makes 4 servings.

Thieves

Charlotte — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 01:11:29 +0000

I wrote the other day that I ordered a wireless mouse. Yesterday I went to check on the delivery status of my order and I was quite surprised to find out that had been delivered on Thursday. Well, when I came home from work on Thursday there was no package at my door or on my balcony. I tried to put in a claim with UPS but they said that the shipper had to do that. I called the company I ordered the mouse from and they are going to put a trace on the package, which will take about 8 business days, and if it doesn’t turn up anywhere they will send a new one. This time they will require a signature at time of delivery.

You see… I live in a condo complex and not exactly the best people live here. When I first moved in I ordered a webcam and it was left at the door and stolen. That time the little thieves left evidence.. the opened box with my name and address on it.. right in front of my door. The box was empty. This time there was absolutely no trace of the package at all. I guess they figured it was one of those small business opportunitites.

This will be my last year in this place. When my lease is up we will either buy or rent a house. No more condo complexes for us!

Theme Change

Charlotte — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:59:28 +0000

I did a theme change on my blog. I checked the old one in IE and only the header was showing so I changed to this one. I have a small problem with this theme. I love it but.. some of my sidebar widgets were messed up so I had to remove them. I no longer have my visitors widget, my SezWho widgets or my “Check These Out” widget. When they were up the images in them were way off to the right.. partially off the screen. I even checked it on the laptop which has a larger screen and it’s still the same.

I either have to get another theme or live without those widgets. There may or may not be more changes soon!

It’s raining

Charlotte — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:45:55 +0000

It’s raining.. it’s pouring. We’re in the middle of another storm. We’ve had several today already. It’s pouring so hard it’s like someone turned on the Danze faucets. It’s thundering, lightning and windy as heck. We have a severe thunderstorm watch until 8pm and have had about 3 severe thunderstorm warnings since this morning.

It’s gotten quite dark in here and I guess I should get up and put a light on. It almost looks like night time outside. The storm isn’t right on top of us but it is getting close. I think I’m going to shut down the computer so it doesn’t get fried. Later!

Weight loss at work

Charlotte — Sun, 27 Jul 2008 19:40:36 +0000

I found a good way to lose weight at work. Just have your office copier/printer break and stay broken for 4 days. That happened in our office. We have had to use a printer in another office. For me that means about 30 trips back and forth to the other office to get the copies I printed. I don’t need to read a Lipovox review to know how to lose weight.

I just hope the printer repair guy gets there on Monday with the part needed to fix our printer!