I was at a display at Bed, Bath, and Beyond and looked into one of their (quite expensive) magnifying mirrors. It was a 15X mirror. What I saw – shocking!!!

I had hairs in places I never new. I could not believe the two small hairs that I had by my upper lip that I must have missed waxing. I really had some messy mascara marks under my eyes that were not noticeable in a standard mirror. And don’t get me started on my eyebrows – the eyebrows that I thought were finely tweezed. Ugh.

My dilemma. Do I buy one of these better magnifying mirrors to constantly scare myself and become obsessed with every little imperfection? Or move on and think that no one really sees me that close up, so who cares?

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Actually, more of an upper cheek area, my puffiness is usually talked about as my Pufferbugs. The term actually came form me complaining about my puffy eyes and/or the bags under my eyes. Well, my daughter was very young, and she must have heard part of the conversation and didn’t quite understand what I was talking about. All I remember is her asking me where my pufferbugs were, and the term has stuck. She is the one who points them out to me on occasion, and when the kids see me with a mask on, or applying an eye treatment, they ask if my pufferbugs have come out. Unfortunately, the pufferbugs have been rearing their ugly face more often than not lately.

I think I am pretty much exhausted and have not been taking care of myself – I will definitely admit it. With four kids home from school for the summer taking a new job position that is keeping me quite busy on the computer, and a husband who was in the hospital most of last week with a nasty staph infection – pufferbugs are what I get.

I honestly have never used specific puffiness reducing products, as a quick mask, deep moisturization, a little hydration and rest usually takes care of them. But I am on the lookout for a product to fit into my daily routine that will hopefully cut down on the pufferbugs rearing their ugly bags everyday.

I am looking for tried and true eye products that have worked for you that have battled under-eye puffiness yourself, so please let me know in the comments so I can give some a try.

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This is the soon to be 40 year old, country mega-star Faith Hill. She is stunning.

More than fit for a magazine cover, but Redbook didn’t think so. Jezebel.com got this “before” cover shot of Faith prior to being Photo Shopped to the editor’s liking.

I am appalled. What are we supposed to aspire to? She is beautiful. Why did the editor feel that she needed so much re-touching?

See the “after” picture by clicking “read more” below.

photo’s from Jezebel.com

There is simply nothing wrong with the “before” shot of Faith at all.  I like to know that she is a real women, be it a real beautiful woman at that – without re-touching at all.

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Unfortunately, stress can not only wreck havoc on our day to day activities, but stress is detrimental to our health.

Short-term (acute) stress can keep you awake at night and make you feel irritable and edgy. High stress levels over a long period of time (chronic stress) can cause serious health problems such as high blood pressure, and it can weaken your immune system and make it difficult for your body to fight disease. Stress is linked to health conditions such as depression and heart disease. via Healthwise.org

In my ongoing effort to find the perfect stress relieving techniques, I realize that I have different methods for different situations. I recently asked a few friends what they do to relieve stress, and my answers included everything from simply lighting a candle, to taking a nap, and even one friend admits to going on shopping sprees when she feels most stressed.

What de-stresses you?

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Caci hates being called “a giant”, but she sure loves it when she dominates on the basketball court. We always tell her to use her height to her advantage, but I may be in trouble.

Being so tall, Caci looks much older then she is. And the boys are starting to notice her. My son is 15 years old, and I have noticed new friends of his wondering about her. He has warned them to stay away. If that doesn’t work, I am sure my husband will!

Here is a picture of Caci from her graduation this week. The second picture shows how tall she is out of a few students. Please take note in the picture that she is the youngest out of the four pictured.

I wonder how tall she will be, and when she will stop growing. The doctor said she has always been “off the charts” for her height since she was born.

Yup, I think I am in trouble. I am glad I only have the one girl with three boys, and it is not the other way around!

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I l-o-v-e it! It is a FAT RANT by Joy Nash.

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The best way to prevent age spots is to protect your skin from the sun by using an effective sunscreen or sun block. Each and every day. I swear I have been lathering sunscreen on my hands throughout the day.

By putting on anti-aging sunscreen each and every day, like I have just started doing, you give your skin a barrier against any further damage as well as protection from the UV rays. These rays are essentially what cause age spots over time.

I am looking into some fade creams, and will report on those soon. I remember trying an anti-aging age spot fade cream from Joan Rivers before, and I will definitely be looking that one up again.

If you have any suggestions, please let me know before I hit the stores next week.

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So, I just came back from Las Vegas, and did some serious people watching. My hubby and I agreed that we have ever seen so many bigger breasted women. Like he thought, it used to be that about one in thirty women had bigger breasts. Now it is like one in thirty women that have smaller breasts.

I am wondering if plastic surgery is just so affordable that so many women are getting bigger breasts through breast augmentation. Or is it via those silicone inserts? Push-Up Bras? Or could it simply be the fact of hormones being injected into our foods and women are just growing up with larger breasts?

I always thought that I had bigger breasts, I am in a D – Cup, but larger breasts do run in my family. But everywhere I look, the younger women are busting out all over.

Why do we so concentrate on breast size in this country, anyway?

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Here is a list of what I am reading now:

• Decorating Idea Book
• Dr. Andrew Weil’s Guide to Optimum Health: A Complete Course on How to Feel Better, Live Longer, and Enhance Your Health Naturally
• Landscaping with Stone
• New Complete Guide to Landscaping: Design, Plant, Build
• Bobbi Brown Living Beauty
• Pure Skin: Organic Beauty Basics
• The Tween Years : A Parent’s Guide for Surviving Those Terrific, Turbulent, and Trying Times
• 1,000 Places to See Before You Die: A Traveler’s Life List

What is on your reading list?

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