Last Minute Xmas Dinner Menu Another year flashes by and we are thinking again about our collective Xmas dinner. Geraldine and I are fortunate that we get together on the day for a collective celebration. Here are our old favourites plus some new salads.
Join us in Paris 2012 to Demystify Parisian Chic Everyone needs a goal for the New Year. Geraldine & I and our lovely friend Joan have talked all year about spending a few days in Paris discovering the places Ines de la Fressange raves about in her book
What is Your Life Purpose? Sheree Carbery writes how this is a good question and one many women tend to ask when they reach middle age, "whatever that is to you. I know I certainly had no clue what my life purpose was for many years. I went from one job to another thinking that one day I would find something I truly love to do and was passionate about"
6 of the World's Most Beautiful Older Women Lesley Blume recently reported in the Huffington Post "It was surprisingly easy to come up with a (certainly not all-inclusive) shortlist of mature beauties. The following women inspire the hell out of me. In fact, after doing this little project, I’m looking forward to sixty. As Holly Golightly, the ultimate glamor girl, once said: “Wrinkles and bones, white hair and diamonds: I can’t wait.”
St Clair 1/2 Marathon - Anyone going who wants to share Put a date to your New Year's resolution of getting fit. - Geraldine and Raewyn walked the 2011 St Clair Half Marathon with a group of 'wisanow' women. And for in 2012 there will be a new group of women taking up the challenge. One asks, 'does anyone wish to share accommodation?"
Super Foods for Socialising Nutritionalist Catherine Sisssons explains that summer holidays brings BBQ's, social dinners and Christmas drinks - often the food group that lacks the most during this time is fibre based fruit and vegetables. Fibre in vegetables can help provide more water to your body than sipping on a drink bottle and its the alcohol and caffeine that can contribute to water loss.
A Breath of Fresh Air Noeline Levinson explains, "we do not breathe enough or easily. Watch yourself during your day and notice how many times you hold your breath. Every time we do an action we tend to hold our breath. When we are scared we hold our breath.