ANTI-AGING STRATEGY 2 : DAY OF MENTAL PURIFICATION

February 10, 2008

Day of Purification sounds somewhat fanatical. The title could equally well be Day Of Clearing-Out-Your-Head. Really, these are just updates from my life. I’m having a mental health day today to celebrate being alone in my home. That probably hasn’t happened since 2002.

1. The day began with a truly challenging workout.

Mindy Mylrea All Systems Go!

The picture is linked to the Collage Video site where the exercise video can be purchased. It is based on the concept of “core bracing”, where either the movement or the weighted body bar provide a continuous balance challenge to your core muscles. It’s a doozie.

2. Then followed an hour of my most inspiring yoga DVD, that I told you about in this article called Product Review : Yoga Dance Fusion. I had to to that to get over the hard workout.

3. I moved on to a 10 minute shower, and my Anna Sui Sui Dreams lotion which is 6 years old. My usual shower is 4 minutes long, and down the stairs to get the lunches packed.

4. A cup of green tea and my computer for an hour, with the dog outside, is heaven.

5. My computer is rather pathetic. A bungee cord holds the screen from flopping down. This is what it looks like :

My computer.

That serves as my humble reminder that what the value of what I write is in the words, not in the box. The pitiful 512RAM makes it slow, but I’ve learned to think while I wait, much the way it used to be when we had a dial-up internet connection.

6. I will really like my hair in 2 weeks. I have finally got the color right. I’ll post a picture. OK, if history repeats itself, it will be much longer than 2 weeks before I really like my hair.

7. Still struggling with the new blog theme. Well, honestly, it’s Laurence who is struggling.

I met Laurence as one of the technical advisors for the blogging course I’m taking. Here is a woman with the wonderful ability to answer a question at a level appropriate to the asker!

It wasn’t the usual tech help experience from Giovanni at Dell “…I’m going to need you to disconnect the XY cable, shut down your browser, delete Drive G, uninstall application 678, upload a different browser, and reinstall Windows.” Oh, swell, Giovanni, now there’s advice I can use. Don’t make me laugh.

Or you have the other extreme of Tom at Microsoft Tech Support, “…ah, yes, you’re having that problem because of the setting of the code for the icon.” , and you’re sitting there “…, aaannnnnd????? What do I do with the setting of the code for the icon?? Where do I go to even find it??”.

Not only does this woman have my heartfelt and everlasting thanks for her kindness and her patience in getting my new theme up and running, but I recommend her services to you if you have anything technical to accomplish or learn. She is that rare combination of teaching ability and skill. If she will allow it, there will be a path to her website on the front page of my blog, with no reimbursement to me of any sort, ever, should any of you utilize her services.

8. My dog is trying to get inside my head so I’ll walk him. This is him :

My dog, Jesse.

True to his German Shepherd breeding, he is somewhat intense and anxiety-ridden. Otherwise, this is a good animal. His name is Jesse, or Poochie to my children. If any of you tell me that his character is kind of like mine, I will have to smite you. Now 1PM, we’ve walked down the driveway to get the mail so he’ll leave me alone.

9. Lunch : steamed Brussel sprouts to kill off any recently germinated cancer cells, and my 10-ingredient smoothie. The recipe will appear eventually. None of us is quite ready for that yet. 92% chocolate for dessert, and I am primed.

10. Facebook is my latest project. I can barely figure it out, but it is more intuitive than MySpace which I really did not have the patience for. My kids had to make my MySpace profile, so annoyed was I with the whole thing. I tried to delete the account, but last time I looked, there I still am.

Facebook (fb) is better; fewer choices, much easier. Anyone have an account? I have figured out how to add a friend ; or at least, I can get it to work 3 times in 5. I am the only person I know who could not find 5 people I know on fb. I only found my friend, Gina. So I went looking for people I don’t know, and I found Paula !! I joined her group and requested to be accepted as a friend. Must be embarrassing to be declined.

Then Gina and I decided to form our own group : Women Over 40. The Best Is Yet To Come. Our group has 2 officers (Gina and myself) and no members! I love it!! Please come and join so you can suggest things to talk about. This was my first suggestion : EXACTLY what does retirement look like to you?

Gina had a great idea as well : the film for the great book The Time Traveller’s Wife (here outside Canada) will be out in 2008. Who do you see cast as the main characters?

11. Now 2.30 PM. One hour till my 1/2c. of red wine to get any cancer cells the Brussel sprouts missed. Time to apply Paula’s Skin Balancing Carbon Face Mask . This stuff is a most excellent greenish black. I put the Skin Recovery Hydrating Treatment Mask around my eyes, and on my neck, with the impurity-absorbing Carbon Mask on the rest of my face. With my hair tied back, I am a thing of beauty.

I usually do my face mask during Hockey Night in Canada which my family is obsessed with, so I am left alone. The kids all stand for the national anthem and I am in bed with a book and a greenish-black face. My skin looks a whole lot better after. I try to be faithful to my once weekly schedule, but it takes a good 30 min. to dry so you have to plan it into your day.

12. 3.15PM : the mask is off and my skin is smooth and happy. So it’s a little early for the wine. Meh. The mask dried faster than usual.

13. Walk down road to meet schoolbus (with dog). Back to reality. It’s OK. I am thankful for my reality.

Posted by Christine Scaman | Filed Under Happiness, Paula's Choice, Sites To Know

Comments

2 Responses to “ANTI-AGING STRATEGY 2 : DAY OF MENTAL PURIFICATION”

sonja on February 19th, 2008 11:22 pm

This one is hilarious. I can picture it every step of the way.
karen raulerson on July 7th, 2008 6:42 pm

funny– i need a facebook group for women over 60… haha-seriously, someone started me on facebook and did not tell me—so my youngest son emailed me and said “mama, you do not have but one friend on facebook– could i be your frined? funny, huh.. now i have two…