Eat This For That

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You know that I love food? Yes, of course you do. I talk about it all over the place on here. It's the very reason that I have my A Girl's Gotta Eat series here and there.

Today I was thinking of talking about food for our overall health. Like you know the song "The neckbones connected to the backbone...."? Then I was thinking we can change the song to "Sweet potatoes are connected our overall retina health..." eh, eh? There's a tune in there somewhere, you just have to work for it a bit.

So here are just 4 fruits and/or vegetables that will help boost the health of certain body parts.

• EYES: 1/2 cup of cooked carrots a day will give you 33,000 IU (International Units) of beta-carotene. For good eye health, you only need 20,000 IU's. So it won't take alot of the orange sticks to start seeing through walls. (photo courtesy wholefoods.com)

• NAILS: Carrots make their appearance down here again for nails because "they" are saying that one cup of fresh carrot juice each day helps with our nails. To add to that list try consuming broccoli, fish and onions to help prevent this from happening to you. (photo courtesy wholefoods.com)

• SKIN: Shoot for a good healthy portion of yogurt each day for some vital Vitamin A to help get that youthful glow to your skin. The acidophilus in the yogurt will help with proper digestion, and a good functioning intestinal tract will help flush out toxins that get absorbed through the skin. (photo courtesy beautips.info)

• TEETH: Green tea and fresh raw fruit help to ward off the plaque that can cause cavities and bad breath in your pearly whites. Eating raw fruit massages your gums too. (photo courtesy losingbellyfat101.com)

Eat these 4 items daily and hopefully you will start to see a great difference in your overall safebeauty health. If that's what you're into...

My best,

Song of the Week: This was one of the songs on this weeks "The Sing Off" (which I hope you are all watching because the show has some insane performances on it)."Footloose" by Kenny Loggins of course goes down in history as one of the best scenes of the original movie. Enjoy.

Ouch I Broke My Nail-Hard!

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Okay so I was bringing groceries into the house the other day and as I was reaching out for the doorknob to turn it and let myself in, my hand slipped and my fingernail caught the knob in such a way that my nail just went "rrrrrrrrrrrriiippp!!!!!" I cringed from the pain a few seconds after it happened because at first I didn't know what happened.

But now I am in mucho pain. Just look at this...

Yikes right? That is almost a clear tear right across the midsection of my right hand ring finger. It catches on everything and it's a complete nuisance throughout my day.

What to do, what to do? Well I Googled it and found a few remedies. Of course they all require nail glue and what don't I have? Nail glue. So feel bad for me. The real reason I wrote this post? For sympathy from the readers.

But when I do get my nail glue or crazy glue (read about that one time) then I will write up the tutorial or my results on here for ya all.

We'll see. I hope this doesn't kill me.

Does anyone have a really good way to repair such a severe nail tear? Have you ever broken your nail and found a good way to repair it easily and naturally?

My best,

Song of the DAY: Yes, I am posting this song and video only for today because it's not my favoritest thing in the world and I can only stand it for so long. Look at this video and it will blow your mind how interesting (?) these guys are. And I think they are taking themselves seriously here which is another interesting thing....Empire of The Sun "Walking on a Dream"

Eat It!

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In the words of the great Weird Al Yankovic "Eat It"

photo from Stern Fan Network of Weird Al in his "Fat" video

Lately I have been teetering on the edge of insanity when it comes to food. Have you ever wanted to just call it a fat year? I'm not obese but mentally there is something going on with me that secretly admires someone who can just throw caution to the wind and eat to their hearts content and not really care about the consequences. Or constant knee pain, or the threat of diabetes.

All my life I have been pretty athletic and have sported a pretty svelte physique. But after having made 2 humans and delivered them naturally I can verify that yes it's true, most things don't just snap back into place like you would have hoped or as it appears it did for Jessica Alba after her second child. And now that I am one year away from turning 30 I'm mulling over in my mind "Does it even matter anymore a few extra pounds? I mean come on, if this recession keeps going like it's going, and inflation keeps rising, I am going to need more fat reserves than I've got right now." Hence the 2 - count 'em, 2 - fudge brownies I ate last night after making a fresh batch for dessert.

Now. Did I send my husband 3 separate texts asking for him to pick up certain junk foods from around town while I knew he was running errands last night? And did said texts vary wildly from: "Maybe we should have another baby..." to "A McDonalds hot fudge sundae, no wait. I mean a vanilla cone. Nope. A bag of Poppycock. Umm...umm...wait. Okay, a bag of Hint of Lime Tostitos. Or maybe Doritos?"

The Hint of Limes won out just to let you know. My tummy....my brain....it's a constant war I tell ya.

How about you all? Do you ever have days where you just want to eat 2 of everything slathered in chocolate or sprinkles?

My best,

How to Put On Perfume

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I've always wanted one of these old school spritzer versions...

I knew a lady that used to spray a literal cloud of perfume in her bedroom and then proceed to walk straight through it. To say that she would always smell heavily of whatever is her scent of choice that day would be an understatement.

I love a nice scent just as much as the next girl, but smelling like I took a bath in it just isn't my thing. There are actually alot of people that are allergic to heavily scented things like perfume (considering that there are rarely ingredients labels on most jars it's a no wonder so many people are allergic - we really haven't the slightest idea what they are using in these things)

So if we must dive into the arena of wearing perfume (natural versions or otherwise) here are a few tips as to where to apply it to extract it's maximum scentitude.

• Wrists
• Inside crooks of elbows
• Behind the knees
• Chest
• Behind earlobes

And why pray tell should you apply it into any of these spots? Well these areas are your hot spots that when you have a blood surge for any reason they warm up faster and closest to the surface which then triggers your body to evaporate the alcohol in the perfume and hence, release the scent.

This little bottle here is what got me my hubby. Well that, my cooking, and my winning personality I guess...

snort...chortle, chortle...

Now before I go, just to clarify, the woman I mentioned in the outset wasn't applying just a general fruity and light atomizer (body mist in a spritz bottle), but rather one of those really floral type scents that are really just a bit - much.

So those are my suggestions as to where to apply your perfume to your body to maintain friendships and not alienate others. Hope you enjoyed it.

My best,

*Cool water photo from The Scent Perfumery

*Prada perfume photo from Designer Planet

Mrs. Meyers Dish Soap Update

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So 2 Wednesdays ago I did a review on Mrs. Meyers Dish Soap here. And I was honest as all get out, mentioning the highs and lows of the product.

Today I pop in to give you a quick update on my thoughts and feelings on the soap as of late. And if you are an ad or PR exec from Mrs. Meyers I apologize for the harsh reality I am about to lay down...

I need to ditch the basil. It. Is. Driving. Me. Nuts. Dishes are bad enough to have to deal with on a daily basis. Having a dish soap that smells so strongly (of the wrong thing) and makes you dread doing dishes even more is a terrible thing.

Also I cannot believe I didn't notice this before, but the soap has this lingering effect that it does. I will wash out my cups and dry them and store them away in the cabinet and then the next day take one out to get a drink. Pour said drink. Take swig. And nearly do a spit take because just imagine having basil infused apple juice in the morning...mmm....pffftttt! (That was me actually reenacting my spit take)

So I am officially over the Mrs. Meyers Basil scented dish soap. Sorry. But there is still hope as I have said that they do have a Lemon scented one. So onward and upward and moving onto the next big thing Mrs. Meyers has to offer. Hopefully.

My best,

Song of the Week: Journey "Don't Stop Believing", because I have hope that one day I will find my perfect fit dish soap.