good reads, healthy eats, treat yourself

Good afternoon fellow readers... it has been some time since my last post.. i apologize! but during my time away i enjoyed a relaxing weekend over Labor Day vacation..woot woot no work this past Monday! Also during my time , i researched some new features that i am very excited to share with you!!!  So todays feature is 'good reads, healthy eats, and tReAt yourself'.. its actually like 3 tools in one, but i liked how all the words kinda rhymed together. okie dokie- first one... good reads. this seems quite easy, but if you are like me, i am horrible at finishing a book! i always seem to start it, but can never finish it...its on my list of things to do.. finish a book! but one of my favorite places is book stores... from borders to barnes and nobel! I love the smell of them, and all the mass amounts of books from astrology, to love, to cool picture books and of course my absolute favorite- the HUGE magazine selection! so, after surfin' the web (ha i love this phrase b/c its what people first called it when the huge boom of the internet became popular, so its funny to me to still use it.. im a weird i know!) and found a few books that i think seem like a good read... i would love to give you some reviews, but i would not want to disappoint you since i probably would not finish them to give a review...but here are my recommendations! 

1. Nina Garcia's "Style Strategy: A less is more approach to staying chic and shopping smart"

(i have to add that while the title is very catchy and appealing, the cover is quite weak. i am the type of person who usually chooses a book by the cool cover, yea which i know that is what most 8 year olds do, but Nina could have stepped it up a new notches, however she has a nice touch of pink font i must say)

2. "The Secret Life of Marilyn Monroe"- i have been a huge fan of Marilyn for quite some time! i used to always do book reports on her during school and i just have this admiration and fascination with her- from her fame and fortune, to her many lovers, to her tragic end.. so this 'secret life' title is very tempting!

3. "blink-the power of thinking without thinking'- just the title alone is worth reading the back of the cover to see what it is really about! which of course i did, and seems that the book is about how we make choices that seem to made in an instant, in a blink of an eye and how some people follow their instincts and win, where others think and stumble into error... i'm thinking this sounds pretty interesting.....

one thing you should know about me is i love food. i am polish, which means since the day i was born i have had a love relationship with food...except for sourkraut, gross! i love all fast food joints-i refused to see the movie supersize me for the mere chance that i would not want mcdonalds after seeing it, and i just could not allow that! However, my tastebuds have matured through time and i now appreciate and love healthy foods- im sure my mom wishes that were true when i was younger when i would spend 2 hours at the dinner table refusing to eat peas. But as more research is being conducted on our health and the ticking clock of our life

 expectancy seems to be getting shorter due to cell phone waves causing brain cancer and the

 addiction to tanning beds creating a 70% chance of skin cancer in ones life, i think its

 important to take small steps to adding a few more minutes to our lives. Here are a few small steps to HEALTHY EATS...

1. organic milk/Silk soy milk...even better.. make a Silk smoothie- just add ice, frozen strawberries and Silk soy milk.

2. SUSHI- don't be retarded and eat Sushi straight for 2 weeks like that Entourage actor did, because you could get mercury poisoning. And sadly, the deep friend tempura sushi that tastes soo amazing isn't as healthy as a California roll....and it has been shown that using chopsticks works the right side of your brain!

3. Kashi granola bars and cereal- this stuff is great and is packed of nutrition..they make eating healthy easy!

and after a long day of work, or when you kids happen to drive you crazy singing miley cyrus or just love seeing how many times they can say 'MOM' before you loose it, take some time to relieve the stress and TREAT YOURSELF. 

While one of my favorite places in the world is the SPA, during these economic troubled times, my wallet hasn't stepped foot near a spa in who knows how long. But, with a few items you can make your own bathroom into a  DIY spa day.

1. bubbles/bath salts

2. loofa/body exfoliation scrubby thing

3. candles, candles, candles (make sure the shower curtain doesn't get too close...)

4. chill music- colbie caillat, matt wertz, and ye

s maybe even some Celine Dion

5. rubber duck- why not!

pour in the bath bubbles so that you can make a santa claus beard, do a little scrub to get rid of the dull skin, light some de-stressing candles, pop in the chill and relaxing music, and best part which you must do- turn off the lights.  the smell, the bubbles, music and candle light will create an instantly relaxing mood. and dont for get to stay in until your hands turn to prunes and get all wrinkly!

i hope you enjoy these few tools I have suggested in my blonde's guide to life. you only have one life to live, so make sure you enjoy it and dont let is slip away...treat yourself each day...even if it is a few pages in a new book, or soakin in the tub with a rubber ducky.

until next time...toodles!