Apr

12

Preventing Premature Births – March of Dimes

Posted by Sarah R

April 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment

She doesn’t know it yet* I will be joining Mrs. Flinger on May 3rd to walk for Maddie Spohr and for March of Dimes. I have set up my own donation page on the Seattle for Maddie team for a couple of reasons. I couldn’t find a Portland team to walk with. I know there’s [...]

Apr

11

Spring Clothes

Posted by Sarah R

April 11, 2009 | 1 Comment

Image by K·FREE via Flickr If you’re anything like me, you’re keeping your wallet close to you and your pennies pinched. The latest issue of Cosmopolitan magazine has found women like you and I seven “ridiculously” good deals and I have to share them. It’d be mean not to! 1. Forever21.com – patent bag – $26.80 [...]

Apr

10

How to read people

Posted by Sarah R

April 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Image by SARhounds via Flickr According to Joe Navarro, former FBI special agent (I want that job) and author of What Every Body Is Saying, you can learn to read people pretty well with just three little tips. *If a person smokes or bites her nails excessively, she is soothing herself because she’s stressed. *If [...]

Apr

9

Where a single gal gives dating “advice” to dudes

Posted by Sarah R

April 9, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Image by harold.lloyd (curses! foiled again) via Flickr According to a Cosmo web poll, 72 percent of guys have pulled the “slow fade” to avoid breaking up with a girl. Excuse me? What kind of dude can’t look his girlfriend in the face and say “this isn’t working?” Really. How hard is it? Whether you [...]

Apr

8

6 Things People Are Talking About Right Now

Posted by Sarah R

April 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia 1. “Showmances” – Michael Hall and Jennifer Carpenter (siblings on Dexter), Blake Lively & Penn Badgley (Gossip Girl) and Stephen Moyer & Anna Paquin (True Blood) 2. “High/Low fashion” – designers are finally realizing that people like you and I can’t afford a $400 pair of pants, so they find a way [...]

Apr

7

Sex education versus abstinence only education

Posted by Sarah R

April 7, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia I am a Christian woman. I support waiting to have sex until a person is married. HOWEVER, I know the majority of people do not believe the way that I do. I fully believe in educating the majority – those who choose to have sex outside of marriage. My long-term goal is [...]

Apr

6

A humiliating bus stop

Posted by Sarah R

April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Part of me wants to be appalled, but most of me is giggling at the advertising ploy behind it. You sit on the bench at the bus stop and your weight is clearly displayed for all to see. The gym guilts someone into joining their establishment with creative advertising! Fitness First, a health club in [...]

Apr

5

Sulu Beauty – Paint & Peel nail polishes

Posted by Sarah R

April 5, 2009 | 1 Comment

Just because your nail polish is environmentally friendly doesn’t mean that it has to be boring! Sula Beauty has an amazing line of nail polish that has eliminated the need for chemical-based removers; their nail polishes are meant to last a few days before you can peel it off! With both a Sula collection and [...]

Apr

4

Running Gear

Posted by Sarah R

April 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Image by San Diego Shooter via Flickr I’m not allowed to start running until April 28th. That will be six weeks post-surgery, and I am already counting down because sitting on my bum (at least until the 14th) is killing me. I’ve resorted to looking lustfully at new running gear even though on the 28th, [...]

Apr

3

Truvia Trivia

Posted by Sarah R

April 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment

I recently saw an advertisement in Shape magazine for “truvia” that caught my eye. “Our new sweetener is born from a leaf, not in a lab. Meet the leaf of the stevia plant. The proud parent of our new natural sweetener. We just give it water. We give it sun. Next, we steep it in [...]

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