It isn't too late . . .
SUGAR & SWANK STILL HAS A FEW NEW YEAR'S EVE MAKEOVER APPOINTMENTS OPEN, SO BOOK A SPOT ASAP IN ORDER TO ENSURE YOU RING IN 2008 LOOKING FLAWLESS AND FABULOUS.
CONTACT JENNIFER AT 206-351-3213 OR JENNIFER@BESUGARANDSWANK.COM TO BOOK YOUR APPOINTMENT.
SEE YOU ON THE 31ST!
Have a very happy and healthy 2008!
Holiday shopping doesn't need to be stressful. Just copy and paste the following link into your browswer to see Sugar & Swank's selection of fabulous gift items.
http://www.kodakgallery.com/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=46h3bjsh.c34giqzl&Uy=8sz1fg&Ux=0
What else does Sugar & Swank offer? Easy and free parking, no lines, customized gifts, personalized attention and free gift wrapping. Oh, and a cup of tea and nibble of chocolate if you're in the mood!
YOU'RE ALSO INVITED TO SHOP LOCAL FOR THE HOLIDAYS
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11TH
6 PM AT THE SUGAR & SWANK STUDIOS
3418 77TH PLACE SE, MERCER ISLAND
VENDORS INCLUDE:
Prairie Girl Potions and Baubles by Jennifer Worick
Elegant Jewelry by Leslie Rubenstein
Delectable Chocolate by Annie's Chocolates
Aprons with Sass and Lavender Liners by Go2Design
Luxurious Linens by Private Quarters and Jill Calvo
Make-Up, Skincare and Girly Gift Items by Sugar & Swank
PLEASE INVITE FRIENDS! Just RSVP BY DECEMBER 7TH TO jennifer@besugarandswank.com.
In the meantime, Jennifer Muscatel and Sugar & Swank wish you a very happy holiday season and all your wildest dreams in 2008!
Shop Local for the Holidays on December 11th!
You're invited to calmly shop for the holidays with some super-fabulous local businesses while sipping champagne and nibbling on hand-made chocolates.
Easy parking, no lines, cheery environment, individualized attention and customized gifts for all the gals on your list. Even the guys!
Tuesday, December 11th at 6 pm
Sugar & Swank Studios
3418 77th Place SE
Mercer Island, WA 98040
RSVP by December 4th
jennifer@besugarandswank.com
or 206-351-3213
Please forward and invite friends to join you!
UNIQUE JEWELRY BY LESLIE RUBENSTEIN AND JENNIFER WORICK
LUXURIOUS LINENS BY PRIVATE QUARTERS AND JILL CALVO
DELECTABLE CHOCOLATE BY SANDRA WIXON OF ANNIE'S CHOCOLATES
FABULOUS COSMETICS, SKINCARE AND GIFT ITEMS BY SUGAR & SWANK
JENNIFER WORICK, NY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR, WILL ALSO BE SIGNING COPIES OF HER NEWEST BOOKS, BACKCOUNTRY BETTY & THE PRAIRIE GIRL'S GUIDE TO LIFE
AND BELIEVE IT OR NOT, EVEN MORE!
Sugar & Swank wants you to come over and play . . . with make-up!
Sugar & Swank currently has over 40 different mineral make-up colors, with even more for the holidays on the way, from which you can mix and match to create your own unique blends that no one else has.
Mix up a blush or eye shadow for just you and your friends to enjoy. Choose a cute and clever name to label it with.
What a perfect holiday gift!
Blend with Friends! Have a blending party to celebrate the holidays or a birthday with your pals!
And don't forget to Sparkle, Speak, Sign-Up and Save!
For every successful referral you make to Sugar & Swank you'll receive an eye-shadow or lipstick in any shade of your choice!
I came up for a breath and looked around, confused. I was sure I'd just heard someone say, "I should be dead."
In the lane next to me Anita, an elderly woman I see at the pool everyday, was talking to the lifeguard. "Good for you," he replied.
"Yes, swimming saved me."
I probably swim 6 laps to Anita's 1, but bless her, she's there. She moves her body in the water as well as she can, works to get her blood pumping and does her best to loosen her joints. Truth be told, I may swim faster than Anita, but I can completely relate to her because swimming has saved me, as well.
I come from a family of active people. My mom walks every morning and loves it, can't live without it, and goes through withdrawal if she doesn't fit it in. My brother gets on a treadmill and runs until his clothes literally (and disgustingly) drip with sweat. My dad's exercise is usually limited to the golf course, but he loves an excerise bike. Until recently, however, I did whatever I could to avoid raising my heart rate.
That all changed one Hawaiian day in July when my son, boyfriend and I decided to go snorkeling. It felt so good and natural to swim through the water in fins and I thought, "I should do this when I go home." So as soon as I returned I bought a pair of fins, some goggles and signed up to swim at the local pool.
It isn't the fanciest pool, but it is about a 3-minute drive from my house, I can usually get my own lane and the people who swim and work there are lovely.
When I first started going I was a little shy about protocol, but I soon felt like a regular. There's a lot of comradery, support and encouragement amongst the swimmers I see. Jim always has a wink and a smile for me when he swims by on his kickboard. John Michael, the lifeguard, will walk back and forth alongside me so we can chit chat. Frank relentlessly bores us with his nutritional advice.
I'm just so happy thought to have found an excercise that I look forward to and crave. It feels so good to push through the water and I've figured out what strokes are relaxing and what strokes really get my heartrate up. I used to go to my back doctor once a week but haven't been since I started swimming. And best of all, since swimming I have corrected a bothersome elevated triglyceride issue I've been fighting for awhile. Now my triglycerides are way below normal, my good cholesterol is higher than normal and my bad cholesterol is lower than normal. What does all that mean? Simply put, as my doctor said when he delivered the good news, "Your cholesterol is something most would be jealous of."
So yes, like Anita,swimming has saved me. And given my family's history of heart disease, without swimming I might soon be dead.
I never thought I'd fall in love with any form of exercise, but I feel so lucky that I tried swimming and liked it. If you're like me and dread the idea of suiting up for the gym, keep trying different ways to break a sweat. You might just find one you actually like and working hard at it might just increase your chances of living a really long time.
I spend Wednesday mornings with a small group of kids from my son's class discussing books. One of the books we've read, More Stories Julian Tells by Ann Cameron, sweetly relates a a story about some kids who put messages in bottles and send them off down a river hoping they will be found by someone, somewhere in this great big world.
We decided to try this for ourselves, so today each of the kids in the group wrote a message and put it in a bottle. The messages are pretty basic and don't include any personal information. In fact, I created an email address for the finder to use to let us know they found it. It is: thebottleproject@yahoo.com.
Now, throwing bottles into Lake Washington or the Puget Sound clearly isn't the Greenest idea, so I came up with a more modern approach: The Great Books Email Bottle Project. The kids are hoping I'll send out an email version of a "bottled message" asking people from all over the world to write us to let us know they received it.
So please, email us at thebottleproject@yahoo.com. And spread the word to family and friends - especially those who live really far away. It'll be fun to see how many emails we receive and from where they're sent.
Thanks!
I called my boyfriend's mom to let her know I was accepted to The Euro Institute. (See blog below!) She was excited for me and asked just exactly what I'd be learning.
"Facials, body wraps, waxing."
"Waxing?" she inquired. "Do you know what I heard? I heard that some women get waxed down there. You aren't going to be doing that are you?"
"You know what, I hadn't even thought about it, but I suppose I will be."
It was my friend Greg's first question, as well. "Brazilians?" he asked with hope. I don't get quite as excited about the idea, but maybe that's because I was married to a Brazilian for 5 years and any fascination with the country is now gone.
In any case, the bottom line is that yes, I will learn to wax "down there" but Brazilian training is an advanced course that I can only take after graduating. I'll also learn to wax other areas of the body, as well, so keep Sugar & Swank in mind when you are looking for a waxer . . . and a facialist. . . and a make-up artist.
