September 2009 - Hemlines

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Send a note, share a meal

In an age of digital everything, there is still nothing like a hand-written note stuck to a mirror, tucked into a briefcase or snuck into a lunch bag. I try and sneak notes into my daughter's lunch box just to let her know I am thinking about her...

Published 30 Sep 2009 8:56 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Family, Food, Kraft
What is it like to live with Diabetes?

What is it like to have to monitor everything you eat and its impact on your body? How does it feel to have to pierce your skin a few times a day? Do you crave sweets? Do you get thirsty? Do certain aromas make you queasy? I don't know the answers...

Published 29 Sep 2009 9:20 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Health, Diabetes
Eat dinner with your family tonight

Today is Family Day--A Day to Eat Dinner With Your Children, a time to rededicate yourself to the importance of gathering around the family table at least once a day. The annual celebration was started back in 2001 by the National Center on Addiction...

Published 28 Sep 2009 8:45 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Family, Home, Food
Warning: This image has image has been retouched

If a group of French politicians have their way, a warning like the title of this post will appear on all retouched images found in print media and packaging. Failure to disclose that airbrushing or retouching has been done to an image could carry a fine...

Published 23 Sep 2009 5:26 PM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Beauty, Fashion, Health, Media
7 Habits of Highly Balanced Employees

According to a great article by Kathie Lingle in the Huffington Post on Friday, there are seven guiding principles in achieving work-life balance. It caught my attention today because I am actually dealing with several of them as I work from home with...

Published 21 Sep 2009 12:37 PM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Family, Money, Home, Employment, productivity, service, behaviors
Biggest Loser widow is already biggest winner

Abby Rike may have just started her quest to win this season's " Biggest Loser " title, but she has already proved to the world that she is the "biggest winner" for simply choosing to "be here." You see Abby lost her...

Published 18 Sep 2009 8:05 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Fitness, Health, Widow
Trifecta of outbursts reveals much about state of mind in America

While the outbursts of Joe Wilson, Kanye West and Serena Williams are shocking on the surface--especially if you watched them live as they occurred--I can't say I'm completely surprised by them. First of all, we live in a time when self expression...

Published 16 Sep 2009 3:29 PM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Country, behaviors, attitudes
Honoring those who served with service on 911

It is hard to believe that 8 years have passed since the attacks that tore our hearts apart yet brought our nation together. For me and many of my friends from work this date also marks the passing of Brad Talley, a colleague who died in a tragic accident...

Published 11 Sep 2009 12:27 PM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Death, Friendship, Country, service
Anger: the hidden emotion every new mom faces

Over the past few days, I've encountered three different news items related to anger in moms. I am a big believer that when something happens in threes, there is a lesson to be learned and shared. It started with a radio segment on Dr. James Dobson's...

Published 10 Sep 2009 8:44 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Family, Parenting, Mom
Gourmet-to-go creator gone at 66

Back in the 80s when I was a rising star in the communications galaxy I read the newspaper religiously. I looked forward to spending Sunday afternoon immersed in newsprint and coupons. It was here that I first met Sheila Lukins, who succeeded Julia Child...

Published 8 Sep 2009 11:27 AM by Lisa Beatty

Filed under: Passions, Home, Food

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September 2009 - Hemlines

Send a note, share a meal

What is it like to live with Diabetes?

Eat dinner with your family tonight

Warning: This image has image has been retouched

7 Habits of Highly Balanced Employees

Biggest Loser widow is already biggest winner

Trifecta of outbursts reveals much about state of mind in America

Honoring those who served with service on 911

Anger: the hidden emotion every new mom faces

Gourmet-to-go creator gone at 66