OMG! My mother-in-law told me the "do not go to bed angy" line.....
I dont want to hear in in magazines and I especially dont want to hear it from her! There are times when you just have to sleep things over, you know. You dont have to talkt hrought every fight or every stressful situation, whether it be about youur husband or about work crap. EVERYONE NEEDS TO JUST STOP TELLING OTHER TO NOT GO TO BED ANGRY!!!!! That is the worst advice that I have EVER heard!

-another Royal Icing recipe
-walk off 10 pounds
Happy Birthday Staci, and "Amen," to Pattie. When you don't have kids 'til 40, you're too busy to worry about being 50 anyway (I received a card on my 40th birthday that said, "Cheer up, you could be turning 40 AND be pregnant). Ah, well...

I enjoyed reading the list and everyone's comments. Amen to Katie in Louisianna! I also live on the Gulf Coast (North Florida) and have experienced the 100% frizz.

To Staci, and any other curly headed ladies who are looking for wash-n-go hair, here is a website you might want to peruse - http://www.naturallycurly.com/. I am a wash-n-go gal, but I still have a straightening iron for the days (mostly weekends) I just want it to be tame. I've found when I'm going curly that the less I try to "fix" my hair, the better it looks. :)

Cathy I. -- Thanks for the BD wishes! It's silly, I always wanted to be 35!??! So, this year, when I turned 36 I wasn't AS excited??
Krista-- Thanks so much for the website. I'm going to check it out as soon as I get these little ones to bed. (They have five more minutes with Dad playing Mario Super Galaxy!) My hair is not kinky curly but I have just enough wave that is a nuisance! So, I'm very anxious to check it out. Thanks again!

Staci - I use Garnier Fructis Curl Sculpting Cream Gel. I love it!

Just cracking up over these! I love that I never see them in Real Simple. So true that the same stuff comes up over and over in other mags. I keep my Simple in piles by my bed and just look through them over and over. Frozen grapes...pass the ice cream!

http://www.divinecaroline.com/article/22111/35240-curl-fate
A friend sent this article to me sometime ago about those who have curly hair want straight and vice-versa...love to see that so many have embraced their curls :-) but thought it was funny.
And I don't want to hear about frozen grapes or going to bed angry either...unless of course I have had time for my afternoon nap --- ha ha!
Love the blog and I hope all have a great week.

Anne-- Gonna make one of those unconsolidated trips to the store tonight JUST for the sculpting gel! HA! Have a good week everyone!

Michelle made me lol. One of the girls in my office is constantly getting cheap spray-tans. She is soooo pale, and then she'll come in looking like she's been mudwrestling and forgot to shower. The next day it starts peeling and she gets all blotchy for a week until it wears off. She does this about once a month. Why? Apparently being blothcy-tanned is more attractive than being white? I don't know.

I hate all those quizzes about relationships/are you in the right job/do you have a problem with..... They are so general as to not even be vaguely entertaining to do, and certainly don't tell you anything that someone who is partially awake won't already know about themselves.

Oh, and all the 'use this wierd thign as a substitute for somethign you like to eat' ones. No cottage cheese for me, thanks. It is NOT just as good.

Actually, after clicking over to the finance section, I have a new one: how to save money: don't be an idiot.

So, if i already have only one credit card, no magazine subscriptions, don't eat out more than once a week... there's nothing I can do?

The "right" wash and go haircut would probably mean about 1/2 inch long all over. I might love it, but my husband would divorce me.

I do take the stairs in work. But I work on the second floor. Now what?

Consolidate your errands so that you have more time to spend at home putting yourself in a timeout to keep from yelling at the kids.

It takes me about 20 minutes to fall asleep when I take my afternoon nap.

I'm tired. I'm going to have a cup of coffee now, because I can't just get up from my desk at 3 p.m. and say I'm going for a walk.

I personally LOVE going to bed angry, because that way I get some sleep!
Who wants to be up all night hashing things out!? :o)

What, we all do not follow these oh so simple rules. I do think they are interesting to read. Just that, when I am relaxing on the couch with my little chihuahua and watching American Idol. I have my own ways of doing things, I agree that we should have shortcuts, but some are way too 'simple.'

Hahaha...yeah, I'm totally up for never seeing those again. :)

Walk around the block instead of drinking coffee? Riiiight. I'd walk around the block, sure but then I'd need to drink that cup of coffee. :-)

i just found your blog + i actually agree with all the tips (never heard of vaseline on eyelashes though). you're profile pic looks like you've got the great wash + go haircut :)

If you can't do 30 minutes of cardio per day, try adding up your little daily activities, like painting your toenails or quaffing wine....

Sing it, Sister! I've said this for years.

I know what to eat, don't need a magazine to tell me, but a carrot is not a substitute for a potato chip! Grr...

HAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!

Are you the funniest woman on the planet? I think you might be!

You put a smile on my face this morning with this piece and the "Paint it Black" lullabye expert (I think I may have to buy that CD)

This is very funny!

I have always hated the advice about not going to bed angry. Sometimes you just can't stop going in the same circles and if you're tired it will only get worse. For the love of god, go to bed angry - and then talk the next day!

This is too funny. Trite advice in magazine articles is one of my all-time pet peeves (and I'm speaking as a person who writes magazine articles herself). I nodded and laughed all the way through this list. You know it's bad when we could recite these things in our sleep... -Julia :-)

Very clever. I just wanted to let you know that I was reading the May issue of Real Simple today, enjoying very much (as I always do) the "Road Test" section, when I came upon an article that saddened and disturbed me. I have decided to never read your magazine again, and felt I should tell you why.

I believe that children have the right to be born into a family with a mother and father who love them. I know that not everyone believes this way, and I respect others beliefs just as I expect others to respect mine. But the article about Sarah Ellis and her partner bringing two kids into the world with the help of a "donor" was very disturbing, and I think out of place in a magazine such as yours. In the past I've read your magazine for organizing tips, make-up tips, simple menu ideas, and such useful information as "which swimsuit will detract the most attention from my "full" hips" :-) etc. I do not read it expecting to be bombarded with certain staff member's agendas. Perhaps you are rolling your eyes at this point thinking I'm "one of those people", and you'd probably be right to think that. For, unlike Sarah and Kristen who look upon Easter as a holiday in which they will now need to find a "little pink dress and shoes, [and]...tiny suspenders", I am one who looks upon it for an entirely different reason. Homosexuality is a moral issue, and cannot be easily argued in a secular way. So I will not attempt that here.

I finished reading parts of the magazine, but couldn't get through it. I literally felt sick for those babies. Your magazine has become tainted for me. Everything now (every picture, every article...), feels fake, untrue, and like it it has an agenda behind it--and it's an agenda that I don't agree with. So I will no longer buy or read your magazine, and like my several of my friends who are subscribers, will do what we can to convince others to do likewise. Thank you for your time in reading this.

Sincerely,
Amelia Kynaston
Las Vegas, Nevada