Arieles

@Arieles (2473)

United States • Age 59

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My daughter is in the hospital...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 16 Jan 13

My oldest daughter (25) was admitted to the hospital last night. She has Ulcerative Colitis and has been feeling poorly since her move back to Michigan. I feel so bad for her, her body just won't digest food the way it...

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Revving up your metabolism...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 15 Jan 13

I've lost a lot of weight before, I have lost fifteen pounds here and ten pounds there. I have had six kids and after each one I've been able to reach my pre-pregnancy weight (with the excpetion of my last two pregnancies). I...

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Sassy Water

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 14 Jan 13

What is Sassy Water? It's a water combination of cucumbers, ginger, and lemons to help fight belly bloat. This water was designed by Cynthia Sass. I learned about sassy water when I was studying the Mediterranean diet a couple...

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The simple word "diet" has a negative connotation..

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 13 Jan 13

The word diet is of Greek origin and means "A matter of Living." Our daily diet is how we nourish ourselves. I can say "I eat a healthy diet." Why then does it have such a negative connotation? Is it because we think of a "diet"...

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NUT-rition Energy Mix...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 13 Jan 13

I was ecstatic when I found this new peanut butter mix at the Dollar Tree. It's delicious. It is peanut butter mixed with banana, granola and nuts. I ate it with my apple this morning and couldn't believe how much it tastes like...

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Don't you know that the kids in other countries are starving....

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 12 Jan 13

This is what my mother told me and my brother when we were growing up and there was something on our plates that we didn't want to finish. We were full. We were members of the clean plate club. Never mind saying anything about...

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I can't believe she called her...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 8 Jan 13

an old lady! My daughter called the Ms. Betty white an "old lady!" I told her "you can't call her that, you know her name!" She said "yes, but she is an old lady!" Grrr..I love Betty White and I can't believe she is 88 years old....

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I can't even crack an egg...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 8 Jan 13

into the pan. Yesterday for a snack I was making myself and egg sandwich and I had to hit the egg a couple of times to get it to crack open. It just wasn't cooperating! After the third big crack, I went to put it in the pan, and...

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My keyboard caught a bug...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 8 Jan 13

I wasn't able to be here to much yesterday. I was having some problems with my keyboard. The I and K keys started sticking a week ago. They worked through some bugs, but apparently the same "bug" that had bothered them previously...

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Change of plans....

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 6 Jan 13

My daughter was going to come over tonight and spend the night. She changed her mind and is waiting to come over tomorrow. I think she wanted to go shopping at the stores, but I didn't have any plans to go anywhere. I would have...

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My son spilled his bowl of cereal...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 6 Jan 13

and all I could do was laugh. I laughed so hard it brought tears to my eyes. Poor kid just sat there with milk in his lap looking at me. What a way to wake up in the morning. I think today is going to be a good day....

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I'm looking forward to tonight...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 6 Jan 13

My twenty year old (expectant Mommy) is coming over tonight to do some work. She is going to spend the night, so we will have a nice little visit. I feel blessed these days to have my girls living so close and being able to visit...

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In the Floriday keys they are waiting

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 6 Jan 13

for the approval of a genetically modified mosquito. The scientists want to modify mosquitoes to die naturally. The gene in the mosquito will cause the mosquito to self destruct naturally before they even reach maturity and can...

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My daughter brought my grandson over last night

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 5 Jan 13

My daughter and my son-in-law came over to visit with us last night. We had a really nice visit. My son-in-law is still looking for work, so he brought his laptop and filled out some online application forms. I sure hope he finds...

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Valentines is quickly approaching...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 4 Jan 13

I know we just finished celebrating Christmas and the birth of Jesus, but I was wondering if anyone has a tradition for Valentines day? I've never really thought about it until I was reading in one of my magazines last night and I...

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The kids are back in school...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 4 Jan 13

today and it feels good to be back in a routine. We usually start the morning out with silent reading for one hour. They get to read a book of their choice and then we continue with daily lessons from there. We do a lot of home...

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Natural remedy for static cling...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 3 Jan 13

Does anyone know of a natural remedy I can use to eliminate static cling from my clothes? I know vinegar is one way, and I do use vinegar in my rinse cycle when washing my clothes and it eliminates some, but I find my clothes...

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The lady I babysit for ...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 3 Jan 13

The lady I babysit for brought by a couple of gifts for my two youngest kids. It was so sweet of her. They each got a pair of new pajamas. How thoughtful. One of the Christmas traditions we had when my brother and I were growing...

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My new Healing Our World came today

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 2 Jan 13

I was excited to see my new issue of Healing Our World in today's mail. I am especially excited to read "Crazy Sexy Kitchen." I love this magazine from the Hippocrates Institute out of Florida. The contributors are Doctors and...

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Hand me downs...

Arieles @Arieles (2473) • United States 2 Jan 13

I love it when the kids get clothes given to them. Last night my daughter went to stay the night with her older sisters and she came home this morning with four pairs of jeans. I love it. These hand me downs really help, and I...

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