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I am so good.

Christina Jones — Mon, 08 Jan 2007 13:43:16 +0000

Two perfect resolution days. I got this groovy new elliptical machine (yep, hubby, I chose this instead of the treadmill), and am 2 for 2 (days of working out. w00t!

I have some serious poundage to work off, from (how many is it now?) about 5 attempts over the past 2 years at quitting smoking, but I am geared up to do it. I have also been drinking my water, taking my vitamins and washing my face every night. Good for me. How are you doing on your resolutions?

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Dreaming of Jane Iredale’s Gold Dust

Christina Jones — Fri, 13 Oct 2006 15:44:22 +0000

I just woke up from a nice morning nap, and had the craziest dream – I dreamed I received this glorious birthday package from Jane Iredale (my current love – have you seen this – it is my FAVORITE), of the most amazing goodies, and then this group of strange girls were at my house, one was busy hitting on my husband, and the other one told me as she was leaving with a giant duffle bag stuffed full on her shoulder, “if I saw anything I liked, I just took it. I will bring it back.” And my 8 yr old son was smoking. I guess it beats the dream from a few weeks ago where my 12 yr old daughter was having a baby. Yikes. LOL

Must mean Christina is back on the wagon (yeah, I fell off a little, but am crawling back on) and on that dreadful psychedelic dream patch. Shh. Don’t tell Hsien, she will kick my butt.

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Oh, Beautiful Stress

Christina Jones — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 02:26:17 +0000

Am I insane for going to my 20th high school reunion? Maybe. Why do we put ourselves through the stress?

I am sitting here watching my very favorite movie, The Full Monty – and if you have never seen it before, it is the story of 5 “regular” men who are down on their luck and decide to do a Chippendale’s type show to make some money. And it is oh-so hilarious – rent it if you have never seen it before, you will have to watch it a few times to get all of the heavy accented English. Dave, the “fat” guy, who isn’t very fat really, is all worried about his pudgy tummy and is going through all kinds of insecurities about it – pretty much like I am over mine. He says: “Anti-wrinkle cream there is, but anti-fat bastard cream there is not.” LOL What a shame. We are what we are, and no overnight sweating it with Saran Wrap or mad amount of exercise during the last week is going to make any difference. Mine is particularly bad from my last bout with quitting smoking – and the 2 or 3 attempts over the last couple of years – I packed on about 20 pounds with each time. *sigh* I am very thankful I am tall.

But, I was never a skinny chick before, and I likely never will be – but I keep trying to eat healthy, get a reasonable amount of exercise, and hope that someday it will all kick in. And I hope my classmates from 20 years ago still love me for my charming personality! Ha!

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Joey New York on QVC

Christina Jones — Thu, 15 Jun 2006 18:22:10 +0000

I am being a lazy bum today – well not really – my mother is coming on Saturday, and my house is a wreck (story of my life), so I have that kind of stuff on my mind rather than beauty or MRSA or Brad Pitt, like usual. LOL I am so deep. Ha. Anyway, I wanted to not miss getting this bit of news in, as I dearly love Joey New York for helping me get through the hard times of quitting smoking:

Joey Chancis, the founder and CEO of Joey New York will be featured on QVC this weekend – Saturday, June 17th to be exact. She will be there promoting Joey’s new Quick Lunchtime Face Peel. ~~I cannot find an exact time, but I am guessing she is going to be on the AM Style program, which airs from 8-11 am, Eastern time.~~ She is going to be on the Saturday Night Beauty Show, from 7 – 8pm.

Here is the info about the peel from their web site:

Get the same results from this multi-functional gel peel at home as you would if you were to go to the dermatologist during your lunch hour. Instantly removes dirt that is embedded deep in the pores, plus exfoliates exhausted surface skin cells. Skin glows.

One big thing to note about this peel is that it does not leave your skin red and irritated afterwards, which is why I assume they call it the Lunchtime peel – you could go right back to work afterwards without worry. This usually retails for $40, but it looks like it is going to be on sale for $36.36 at QVC. Don’t miss it!

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Cosmeceuticals – Skin Medica

Christina Jones — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 15:18:31 +0000

The latest round of skin care that has struck my fancy is a dermatologist developed product, by SkinMedica. (Remember talking about cosmeceuticals? I love them so!) You know of my woes with my blackheads and my oily skin and the fact that I refuse to give up coffee and I have been stinking at getting all of my water in lately. Ha ha. So that leaves me on a search for the perfect skin care line that can tackle my problems even though I am very resistant to change in lifestyle. C’mon, I quit smoking, that should be plenty of change for me for a while.

Enter Skin Medica. They have products for the good ol normal and dry folks, which, at age 37 I should be one of those, but am not, so I am looking at their acne line. A couple of things that I have sampled and particularly liked are their Retinol Complex, which provides antioxidant protection and increases cell turnover, getting rid of the old, dry, wrinkly skin making room for newer fresher skin – and their Purifying Mask. I love masks! This one is a deep pore cleansing mask, and it does a fantastic job.

The catch here is that you can only purchase these products through a dermatologist, you can find one that carries the line here, or you can go through a small consultation process at The Skin Store to purchase them online.

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A beautiful day of catching up!

Christina Jones — Wed, 07 Jun 2006 15:29:00 +0000

I am going to sit here today until I am caught up. I have quite a few things that are time sensitive and have been hanging around here, and I have been too lazy/preoccupied/selfcentered/delusional to get them done. Call me out if you don’t see 4 posts from me come around today. There I have said it. Time to go to work.

Oh – guess what? Today is my one month non-smoking anniversary. I joined this group – QuitNet – and they sent me an email this morning to remind me of these things:

Your Quit Date is:Sunday, May 07, 2006 at 8:00:00 PM
Time Smoke-Free:30 days, 9 hours, 59 minutes and 7 seconds
Cigarettes NOT smoked:912
Lifetime Saved:6 days, 23 hours
Money Saved:$162.75

I am trying not to even really think about it, much less obsess about how long it has been down to the second – however, I do think I deserve a $162.75 prize. Don’t you honey??? LOL

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Crossing a rickety non- smoking bridge

Christina Jones — Tue, 30 May 2006 03:11:30 +0000

I am now 22 days into this non smoking thing (lets just call a kettle what it is, ok?) and I feel like I have crossed some sort of a bridge – rickety as it may be – and I am a little ready to get back to some sort of normalcy around here. My husband was home this weekend for the first time in 2 weeks, and I could tell, really, how bitchy I was. I sort of feel like that ol’ laid back gal I once was is not coming back, and she is being replaced with this somewhat argumentative and “half-empty” person, which I truly am not (I hope). I catch myself doing it and can stop myself sometimes and laugh, but geesh. I don’t think I am being irrational, but if I disagree with you, I will most likely tell you now, even if it is a small thing. God forbid you really make me mad. I desperately hope to get back to myself soon, cause I don’t care for Miss Type-A. And I don’t think Marshall is overly into her either, even though he loves to argue. Ha.

I am sure you have no doubt noticed that I have been scraping by this last few weeks – doing the best I can, but nothing spectacular (I don’t ever get “too” spectacular anyway, but you know what I mean, I hope – LOL). This has held true with all parts of life – my house is just clean enough, the laundry is just done enough, my kids last couple of weeks of school were really unprepared (thank God they are out now) and I have generally just had a hard time planning things and doing the mundane every day routine (not that I love that and am great at that anyway). Did I mention when I quit smoking one time – my most successful time prior to this one – that I had to go on Prozac after about a month, as I sat around boo-hooing and just generally being miserable constantly. Like I really HAD lost my best friend. Ridiculous. I refuse to go there this time. That worked when I was 25 or so, but it isn’t going to fly at 37 with kids and responsibilities. Can you believe I have been trying to quit that long?

Anyway, if you have been thinking about quitting, I hope that at the very least you are still thinking about it – and if you are quitting too, please feel free to talk about it, it is a bit of a lonely thing to do, especially if, as most smokers are, all of your friends are smokers and you just can’t hang out with them right now. I understand, I really do.

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The Campaign to Eliminate Lip Wrinkles

Christina Jones — Tue, 23 May 2006 17:14:26 +0000

Oh, just an update here – I am still well on my campaign – 16 days and counting in fact. I would like to have a new lip wrinkle, but alas there are none around, and I am not going to buy a whole pack of lip wrinkles just for one. My creative juices are very lightly flowing, but I still feel nowhere near back to normal, and in addition, I can’t sleep at night to save my life. I have tried sleeping pills, exercise, reading, working SuDoku puzzles – everything I know – but still don’t sleep for more than about 2 hours at a time. Oh well, it will come, in the meantime I am taking about 4 naps a day. Ha.

Also, something to note, I really do think that Joey New York’s LipNIX did help a good bit with the cravings those first few days. I was skeptical, I really was, but I do know there is something to be said about aromatherapy, and Joey has it down pat. I am now using their lipFIT, which is aromatically designed to keep me out of the kitchen cabinets, and I can definitely say it works there too, however I need the aromatic metabolism booster, as I have gained 6 pounds in these 14 days and have exercised every single day and not eaten any more than usual. That was what kept me from quitting in the past, mostly. Joey New York – are you working on that one??

I have the lipFIT in the colored lip gloss, and it is really a pretty color, with sparkles, and is not sticky and nasty like a lot of lip glosses are. This is a fine lip gloss even without the extra benefits and can be purchased from the Joey web site or check out this killer palette from GreatSkin.com (there is also a similar palette to this one for the LipNIX). Who doesn’t need this? Well maybe Mary Kate Olsen and Nicole Ritchie – but everyone else, you bet they do!

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I have survived!

Christina Jones — Thu, 11 May 2006 13:11:29 +0000

I am sure you will all be happy to know that I have survived. LOL I had a REALLY bad day yesterday, but somewhere around 7 or 8pm I came back to life. Stay tuned for yesterdays planned posts, and if you are thinking about quitting – it is a good time to give it a whirl. Once you get past the 3rd day, it is no problem (I can say this, cause this isn’t my first rodeo). But now I have to find a nice way to dump all of my smoking buddies, because the availability of cigarettes is what keeps me coming back. Ha!

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Day 3 Blahs

Christina Jones — Wed, 10 May 2006 12:43:09 +0000

I had big plans around here today in the way of posts, but I am on day 3 of the Campaign to Eliminate Lip Wrinkles, and it isn’t going so swell today. I am going back to bed for a little while, and hopefully when I wake up, I will feel better.

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