Loving my New Facial Care Routine!

Out of all the regimens and routines we do everyday, cleansing your face at least once a day is essential.  As I get older (almost 40) I realize the importance of removing your makeup every day and taking the time to moisturize.  My hormones are changing right now.  So my pores are turning into big moon craters.  This really agitates me because I have had super duper skin my whole life.  Now my pores are opening up to accept all of the pollution, dirt and grime the world has to offer.

In comes in the first line of defense.  I am LOVING on these products and you should try them out!!!

Supremely Smoothing Face Scrub from Bath and Body Works  True Blue Spa Line.  It has a light fresh scent and feels heavenly on my skin.  It's not gritty and washes away clean.  LOVE IT!

After my face is super sweet clean I move on to the astringent and shrink, shrink go my pores for all day loveliness.  Thayers is something I cam across when looking for alcohol free toner.  This astringent is wonderful stuff.  It coats my face with a cool blanket of pore shrinking love.

Try them and let me know what you think!

How to Ruin a Grilled Cheese

By Lawrence Marcus, Associate Digital Editor, Food & Wine

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It's hard to imagine a bad grilled cheese, but melty perfection isn't a given. Here, the James BeardAward-winning cookbook author behind this year's Grilled Cheese, Please!, Laura Werlin, reveals five ways to fumble this deceptively simple sandwich.   Laura Werlin's indulgent New American Grilled Cheese recipe, with cheddar, Monterey Jack, cornichons and andouille sausage.

1. Go overboard with bread. The ratio of cheese to bread should be 50-50. "Too much bread prevents the sandwichfrom getting crisp, which is crucial," says Werlin. Too little cheese also yields disappointing results: "If you cut the sandwich open and there's nothing gooey in the middle, why make one? People do that, amazingly."

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2. Slice the cheese. Grated cheese melts more quickly and evenly. If you're using the right amount of cheese and it's sliced, it won't melt before the bread burns-unless you cook it over a low flame for a long time. "Who wants to wait half an hour?" asks Werlin. "Grilled cheese is all about immediate gratification"

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3. Add butter to the pan. "The minute you put your sandwich in the pan, it absorbs the fat, and it doesn't get distributed evenly," explains Werlin. Instead, spread butter on the bread first. Press down on the sandwich with a spatula to achieve ideal crispiness.

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4. Use anything other than a nonstick pan. Cast iron might seem rustic, but the benefits of nonstick are twofold, according to Werlin. "First of all, the sandwich doesn't stick, but neither does the cheese that inevitably comes oozing out," she says. "So then you get to pick up those little extra bits of cheese that get all toasty at the bottom of the pan. You don't want to leave those behind."

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5. Skip condiments. This depends on your audience, since kids might not appreciate chutney, but "myriad ingredients can elevate a grilled cheese sandwich from good to great," notes Werlin. She likes roasted peppers, arugula, olives and herbs, as well as artisanal breads, like those baked with olives, dried cranberries or herbs. Werlin's favorite alternative to traditional bread might be the croissant: "You've already got the butter built in, and it becomes supercrisp because it smashes down so well. Boy is that good." 

Did Robert Wagner and Christopher Walken argue the night of Natalie Wood’s death?

By Associated Press, Updated: Friday, November 18, 5:08 PM

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

Was there a fight on board the Splendour the night Natalie Wood drowned?
Clashing versions of what happened on the yacht shared by Wood, her actor-husband Robert Wagner and their friend, actor Christopher Walken, have contributed to the mystery of how the actress died on a Thanksgiving weekend 30 years ago, and who may have been responsible.

As investigators reopened the case after receiving new information, Dennis Davern, who was a captain of the yacht, appeared on national TV on Friday to restate his contention that a fight broke out between Wagner and Wood.

Was that fight “what ultimately led to her death?” Davern was asked by “Today” show host David Gregory.

“Yes,” Davern replied.

“How so?”

“Like I said, that’s going to be up to the investigators to decide,” Davern responded after a long pause.

Davern said he originally lied to investigators about events on the yacht when he was interviewed after Wood’s death. He accused Wagner of neglecting to do everything he could have done after her disappearance from the Splendour, and with intentionally keeping the investigation into her death low-profile.

Like Davern, Wagner contends a fight broke out.

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In his best-selling 2008 memoir “Pieces of My Heart,” he wrote that an argument over the acting profession led to Wood retreating to her cabin, while the dispute raged on between Wagner and Walken. Later Walken went to bed, according to Wagner, who, after staying up with Davern for a while, went looking for his wife and couldn’t find her on board. He then noticed that the dinghy was gone.

But in a 1982 interview on “Good Morning America,” Walken insisted he did not quarrel with Wagner.

“No, that’s not true,” Walken said when asked if a fight was the reason Wood left the yacht. “They were very good to me, that family, and that’s not true.

“We were having a Thanksgiving weekend, a good time,” he said.

Here's How to Tell the Deals From the Duds at a Dollar Store

Madeleine Scinto
Wednesday, November 9, 2011

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Despite their name, 99-cent stores can offer great deals on items like coloring books, notepads, stocking stuffers, baby clothes, soap, and so on.
"The biggest misconception about dollar stores is that they only have junk that no one needs and everything is low quality," says Andrew Schrage of MoneyCrashers, an investment website.
There's too much competition for them not to offer similar products to general stores.
But watch out: Some products should only be bought at a general store. Read through to see if you can guess what's a deal and a dud at the 99-cent store.

DEAL: Pet Toys
Pet toys can stand to get beaten (and eaten) up since they're so cheap, and the store usually has a great selection.

NO DEAL: Batteries and Other Electronics
Some stores sell "gray goods," or products made for a foreign market. Oftentimes they fail to comply with U.S. regulations and as a result, they can be dangerous.

Batteries can be prone to leakage and fail to last as long as name-brand batteries. This means you'll spend more on replacements.

Also be forewarned that some UL labels on electronics and extension cords may say they're U.S. approved when they aren't.

NO DEAL: Domestic Fire Products
Lighters, tiki torches, barbecue makers, and outdoor candles should never be bought from a dollar store. If you do, you might find your house go up in flames like a Hawaiian-themed barbecue.

DEAL: Cookware
Dollar stores stock lots of basic cooking supplies, including pots, pans, spatulas, ice cream scoopers, cheese graters and oven mitts.

You'll save 50 to 90 percent on items, compared to prices at Target, but sometimes these kits will be really dirty, missing pieces, or just flat-out broken. Check to make sure.

NO DEAL: Groceries
Whatever amount you might save isn't worth the risk of eating counterfeit products or food made for international destinations that haven't been U.S. approved.

The merchandise may be also expired: Food-carrying containers sit outside for long periods of time, and temperature changes spoils the food, Terri Gault, founder of TheGroceryGame.com, tells MainStreet.

In terms of pricing, grocery stores offer better deals, especially with pre-packaged baking goods and generics. The big box stores are even cheaper when they're having a sale or giving out coupons.

DEAL: Cleaning Supplies
Buy these, especially items like mops, rubber gloves, or sponges. They're the same as what you'd get at the grocery store, just cheaper.
You can also go for liquid cleaners, says Schrage, but oftentimes their formula is diluted and leaves residue.

Also think about buying disposable clean-up items like toilet paper and paper towels. Keep in mind, however, that you may want to buy these toiletries in bulk.

DEAL: Greeting Cards
Dollar stores stock up on lots of good, quality cards, which they sell for cheap. A drugstore like Duane Reade will charge $1.40, but the 99-cent store price comes in at about 50 cents.

DEAL: Party Supplies
As with greeting cards, dollar stores always restock party supplies.
Their merchandise tends to be fun and lively, and most importantly, cheap. They carry everything you need, from hats to plastic plates, cups, and utensils.

NO DEAL: Children's Toys
DO NOT buy these at a 99 cents store. 99-cent store toys are made cheaply so you won't want to risk having a piece breaking off in your kid's throat. Same goes for baby products—avoid them.

Items sold in the dollar stores sometimes bypass U.S. approval, which as we pointed out earlier, could mean high levels of lead and other chemicals. Remember those Chinese Mattel dolls?

NO DEAL: Over-the-Counter Medications
Stay away from vitamins, as the amount of nutrients the label claims is probably faulty. Cheap vitamins also don't dissolve quickly enough for your body to absorb them.
Similarly avoid buying aspirin, ibuprofen, and other over-the-counter meds at a 99 cent store. Independently-owned 99-cent stores have been known to counterfeit these products.
"Suppliers digitally alter a label and scan it into a generic bottle or package," Greg Guila, a lawyer specializing in patent law at the firm Duane Morris, tells MainStreet.

This article is part of a series related to being Financially Fit

My Husband Has Gay Jungle Fever

Watch Out Sidney Poitier, LOOK WHO'S COMING TO DINNER!  My husband and his gay jungle fever best pal Sean.  No, neither one of them are gay; very much into the boobies (girl boobies) but they show each other their big manly chests and slap each other on the butt!  It must be a guy thing because I don't get it.  I love them both!

Me & Jack We Go Way Back

Me and Jack definitely go way back.  At one time in my life I weighed 372lbs.  It was thanks to Jack.  I don't blame him for all of it, but we had a pretty serious relationship for a while.  Somewhere in the range of 13 years or so.  He never looked this buff when I was eating with him.  Doesn't matter anymore because he doesn't rule my life anymore.  I'm almost as skinny now as he is.  Suck It Jack.

Rudolf Hess’s Remains Removed From Grave

courtesy of http://www.gamingsurvival.com/

By JUDY DEMPSEY

Published: July 21, 2011

BERLIN — The bones of Rudolf Hess, Adolf Hitler’s deputy, have been exhumed and disposed of because his grave in the small Bavarian town of Wunsiedel had become a pilgrimage site for neo-Nazis, the town’s mayor said in an interview on Thursday.
Karl-Willi Beck, 56, who has been mayor of Wunsiedel since 2002, said the cemetery administrators removed Hess’s remains and his gravestone early Wednesday.
“It was the right thing to do,” Mr. Beck said.  Read the full story here.