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November 2009
Adult woman liked ‘New Moon,’ how about you?
I’m a grown-up who saw New Moon. I want to know what other grown-up women think about the movie.
I liked it. I found some things extremely odd though. What was up with Jasper’s outfits? The 80s cowboy look was strange, distracting.
But when Jacob Black took his shirt off, all the pre-teen girls first gasped, then said, “Oooooooo.”
It was adorable.
Thank a service member with website
You could send your expression of gratitude to American service members through a simple website.
LetsSayThanks.com allows you to pick out a card from many online selections, then write a personal greeting.
The website takes care of getting the card to a service member.
Pedorthist can reconstruct favorite shoes
There is such a thing as a pedorthist, who can turn a painful pair of shoes into a comfy pair by changing their construction.
An editor in Glamour magazine had a pedorthist turn a pair of Manolo stilletos into a lower style and raves about it.
Most of us don’t have shoes worth several hundred dollars, but all of us are getting older and with age comes foot problems. So if you have a beloved pair you’d like to reconstruct, look into it.
To read more about pedorthists, go to Abcop.org.
Yet another way men and women are different
Men and women have different ideas on grooming, according to a survey by Remington.
Of those surveyed, 71 percent of women prefer that men trim back hair. About 75 percent of the men said they don’t do it.
Same vast canyon of understanding on ears, eyebrow and nose hair: 44 percent of women think it’s bad when men don’t groom those areas.
24 percent of men said they don’t even consider it.
Yet another way men and women are different
Men and women have different ideas on grooming, according to a survey by Remington.
Of those surveyed, 71 percent of women prefer that men trim back hair. About 75 percent of the men said they don’t do it.
Same vast canyon of understanding on ears, eyebrow and nose hair: 44 percent of women think it’s bad when men don’t groom those areas.
24 percent of men said they don’t even consider it.
Dear Taylor Swift: Don’t let us down
If there ever was a pop culture positive role model for girls it is Taylor Swift.
She has won about every country music award possible, most notably and amazingly the Entertainer of the Year Award from the Country Music Association, a category long dominated by men. She’s 19. She’s as close to girl as she is woman.
She recently hosted Saturday Night Live and was hilarious without being vulgar or inappropriate.
She had a moment ruined weeks ago when Kanye West famously interrupted her Video Music Award acceptance speech. She managed to handle that with grace and humor for weeks since then. Even at the CMAs, it was Brad Paisley and Carrie Underwood who joked about Kanye, with Taylor in the audience lauging, not participating.
She isn’t just a voice or a look, though she has a voice and good looks. She writes her own music and plays her own guitar.
And she gets teenage girls because she is one. Girls manage to look up to her, but not hate her. She has the homecoming girl looks but the nicest-girl-in-the-class sensibilities.
May I never seen her in an inappropriate photo shoot or falling out of a limousine drunk.
Better, may her peers never see that.
How’s the flu affecting your family, work life?
How’s the flu affecting your work life? Are your kids home sick with either seasonal flu or H1N1 and you’re telecommuting? Are you out of sick days but have sick kids and a crabby boss? A nice boss? Are you a professional caregiver with the flu yourself, and having to close your business temporarily? If so, please email me at kmargolis@coxohio.com or call 225-2216. Or just post a comment here. Thanks.
Are your thighs tingling?
If your thighs tingle, you could have Skinny Jeans Syndrome.
I too read that twice, but it’s a real thing.
It’s a compression of the lateral femoral cutaneous nerve, which runs on the outside of your thigh, according to Health magazine. You get it from wearing those tight, tight skinny jeans.
Treatment? Get bigger jeans. (That’s the magazine talking, not me.)
Or, wear denim leggings with enough stretch for comfort.
Omarosa still in Dayton seminary
Omarosa Manigault Stallworth is still attending a Dayton seminary.
This is noteworthy because many people doubted her commitment to the ministry after she entered United Theological Seminary in August. Afterall, Omarosa, gained fame and notoriety when she was the standout character in Donald Trump’s ‘The Apprentice.’ She’s gone on to participate in other reality shows, as well. She’s long been known as an in-your-face reality character.
Her spokesperson, Priscilla Clarke, of Clarke and Associates, said Omarosa is back and forth from Dayton to other locations like Washington D.C. and Los Angeles, but is still studying for work in the ministry.
Sure, sure, most divinity students do not have press representation, but give her credit, she’s still enrolled. Most of you didn’t think she’d do that.
According to her Twitter account, she’s still having fun. Her tweets included an appearance in Las Vegas and partying ‘like a rock star’ on Halloween. But another tweet mentioned her divinity homework while getting her hair done.
Fundraiser held to purchase wigs for sick kids
When Becca Sanford was a stylist, cutting hair for the Locks of Love program, she had an idea.
It was great to participate in the program that allows people to donate their hair to make wigs for children with cancer, but was there something missing?
Do all the kids who need wigs have the money to get the wigs?
And what about those kids who lost their hair from other causes.
Sanford did some research and found all those needs were unmet, so she started a foundation, Hair for Kids.
The foundation raises money to pay for the human-hair wigs for children who have host hair due to cancer, alopecia, burns or even had their head shaved by a brother playing with dad’s clippers.
“Not to be normal is not easy for a kid,” said Sanford, owner and operator of Becca’s 3700 Hair Studio in Kettering.
On Saturday, Nov. 14, Sigma Phi Gamma International Sorority will hold a fundraising dinner and auction, featuring gift baskets to benefit Hair for Kids. Sanford is a member of the sorority.
The wigs are costly. The wig alone can cost $1,000 retail, but there are fittings and customization. Anything that involves hairstyling or cosmetic labor comes from Sanford donating her time and skill.
Sanford has been in the hair business for 38 years. Originally focusing on hairstyling alone, she has evolved into a full-scale styling and wig businesss.
The name of the foundation is intentionally specific. It’s hair for kids, not wigs.
“Wigs has a faux paux to it,” she said. “You think of what your grandma work in the 70s.”
It’s not always an easy job. She has to go to the cancer unit at Children’s Medical Center often and it is “heartwrenching.” But heartwarming are the results.
“Rarely do I not cry,” she said. “I’m happy I can help them, but it tears you up to see them go through it.”
The Nov. 14 fundraising dinner also will benefit Pals for Life, a breast cancer support group. The group also purchases wigs for cancer patients, but also pays for mammograms, prosthetic bras and other items.
Once, a 28-year-old woman came to Sanford’s shop shortly after being diagnosed with breast cancer. She had long hair, halfway down her back, that she would go on to lose in chemotherapy.
“Don’t worry, we’ll get you hair and hair like this,” Sanford.
She was able to keep her promise as Pals for Life purchased her a wig.
How to go
Basket Auction Dinner for Hair for Kids Fund
Faith Lutheran Church, 3315 Martel Dr., TOWN
Tickets for the turkey or ham dinner are $14.
They can be purchased in advance or at the door, but please call ahead if you are planning to attend so organizers can prepare for enough people.
You may attend the auction only without purchasing a dinner ticket.
Call 239-0659 or 298-9222.
‘Bonnet rippers’ new kind of romance novel
There’s a new kind of romance novel out there and its plot includes forbidden love, a mysterious outsider and a heroine who has to decide between new love and her old life.
But these are not sexy Harlequin-like romances nicknamed bodice-rippers.
These are bonnet rippers.
Amish love stories are occupying many of the top spots in religious fiction.
The appeal of the books are their traditional, as well as secretive elements, said Susan Trollinger, professor of writing and rhetoric at the University of Dayton, as well as an expert on Amish life.
The traditional is that they are told in a format we all are used to: Woman meets man and has many tough choices to make as a result.
The secretive part are the players. Amish culture is one Americans seem fascinated with, but get very little real glimpse of. Trollinger, however, has. She has visited Amish households in Holmes County, observing people’s daily lives there and even has been invited to worship services and weddings.
“Very few people can just show up at an Amish household and be welcomed,” Trollinger said. “Amish people go through great pains to reject outside culture - not just technology - but also how families function as well as mainstream values and beliefs.”
But is it so different from the hopes of many non-Amish readers?
“And it seems like the Amish have a good secret which is how to live a life that is secure and based on community,” Trollinger said.
The books’ plots usually include a young Amish woman who falls in love with an outsider. The woman is young enough, however, that she has not yet officially entered the Amish church, so she still can make a decision to leave the community.
‘(The reader says), ‘See, the Amish woman wants to be more like, me,’” Trollinger said.
In most cases, the woman does leave with the community and the reader perceives a happy ending.
The books are marketed at conservative Christian readers, often showing up in devotional sections of bookstores.
The books are safe. Despite their sassy ‘bonnet ripper’ nickname, there is no sex, no physical expressions of love. The heroines are devoted to the idea of family an the structure of the home.
“The Amish are appealing because of their traditional, old-fashioned lifestyle,” Trollinger said. “There’s a sense of belonging, a feeling of family that many middle-class Americans perceive as the correct way of life.”
Get a free book
Marta Perry is a prolific novelist in the Amish romance genre. She’s written books like ‘Leah’s Choice,’ and ‘Twice in a Lifetime,’ starring heroine, Leah.
An e-book version of ‘Hide in Plain Sight’ which includes Amish characters is available for free. Go to http://tinyurl.com/ygsd75e to give it a try.
American husbands the best in the world
American husbands have better attitudes about helping out with chores, such as laundry, cooking and cleaning than their counterparts in 12 other countries, according to a Oxford University survey of 13,500 men and women.
Norwegian and British husbands also scored high.
Lowest were Australian hubbies.
Dayton teen wins national design contest
Dayton teen-ager Leah Williams is the winner of a fashion design contest sponsored by Twist magazine.
Leah, 13, designed a T-shirt,she called “Live the Life in Paris.” She said she likes the contrast of black and white in her shirt and the ‘imagery’ in it.
“In the future, I would like to become a fashion designer,” Leah said. “I would like to keep on creating new clothes.”
As the winner of The Ultimate Fashion Contest, she is named featured designer for a holiday collection featuring her digital designs.
She also will appear in Twist magazine.
The contest had over 5,600 original design entries.
Leah’s winning t-shirt design “Live the life in Paris” will be available for all girls around the country to buy on a limited edition basis at www.estToday.com.
