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I just received a gift of a gorgeous black, gold and red silk scarf. It's beautiful, but I am totally clueless about how (if??) to fold the thing and wear it. I have a black suit jacket and a cream suit jacket I could definitely wear it with. I was too embarrassed to ask the person who gave it...

My BF and I have a guest from France staying at our home. Good friend of ours and a sweet person, but let's just say that we are both unpleasantly surprised at how little he showers. I don't want to insult him--like I said, he's our friend and a really nice person. I did manage to tactfully...

Do you love air conditioning in the summer? Hate it? Seems like a lot of people feel strongly one way or another on this, so I was curious. I don't like AC normally, and this year I'm starting to absolutely hate it! My office is freezing, my house is freezing (BF hates the heat), the supermarket...

Someone today in the ladies' room at work left a "present" on the floor. We're a small company, but lately have been getting a ton of temp workers in. Those of us who are full-timers were walking around in a complete state of shock. Our temp workers aren't unskilled labor--they have to have a...

One good thing that came out of moving is that my DBF insisted on setting up my workout space in the dining room area instead of stuffing me away in a bedroom. (His idea!) So now instead of working out in a basement bedroom with no windows (as in our old apt) or doing weights and step in a tiny...

Wow, I just realized this morning that for the last 3 weeks, my workouts have been practically nonexistent. First I was sick with some sort of fever/horrible sore throat/bronchitis thingy for a week, then I was packing to move for a week and still sick, then I moved and have been living out of...

Anyone have a rough idea of how much to tip movers? We're moving on Sunday; hired a company to do it. I know they expect tips but I have absolutely no idea what the acceptable range is. We have a medium load of stuff--moving out of a small apartment, so it's not as if we have rooms and rooms of...

I've been sick with a possible combo of strep and bronchitis (yikes, I know--waiting on test results). Couldn't breathe last night and wound up in the ER, where they gave me prednisone for 5 days. I'm scared stiff of this drug. Has anyone here taken it and what have your experiences been...

Thought I'd ask all you moms out there about this, since you probably have a lot of experience figuring this stuff out when your kids are sick. (As opposed to me--I always panic.) At what point do you call the doctor for a fever? I've had this really strange virus for two days now--stuffed nose...

Anyone use puzzle mats or other kind of mats under their treadmill? I'm probably going to be buying mats for my weight area from Greatmats.com, but I'm not sure if they will be good enough with my treadmill. I need to keep the noise and vibration from bothering my downstairs neighbors. The...

I can't decide which one of these to get next. I do them both from Fit Tv right now, but want the full DVDs. I currently have all of the GS, plus PS. I like SH because I feel that my form really improves when I use it (don't like it or use it for legs), but I'm not really looking for more muscle...

Venting here: I got notice that my rent is going up about 15%!!!! if I take this apartment for next year. I've been here 4 years, and they've never raised the rent more than about 5% at once before. I am so pissed off--I love my apt and my neighborhood, but it's now a small fortune for rent. So...

As promised, an update on how my heels feel with the insoles that I bought to make them less painful. www.insolia.com The verdict is...eh. Yes, they put your weight more onto your heels, but it doesn't really help for very long. The balls of my feet were still killing me after an hour of...

The discussion about low-rise pants in the 'tummy/body parts' thread made me remember that I wanted to post this: I was watching one of the morning news shows on Friday, and they did a segment on the return of 80s fashion. ICK!!! !!! x( Among the really awful styles that are apparently now...

I heard this on the news this morning! http://www.webmd.com/content/article/119/113227.htm I'm really excited--I LOVE chocolate milk. I use Skim Plus and Nestle's cocoa. Going to have some on my really long workout days.

I normally don't come here at work, but it's just ridiculously slow today. So I am sneaking on, setting my screen tiny because I sit in an open area and everyone who walks by can see what I'm doing. Anyhow, I'm bored!!! Argh. I have double-checked and triple-checked everything that I possibly...

How rude is it to not go to the wedding of the daughter of a first cousin? I get along with my cousin, we sometimes have nice talks at the family functions I do show up to...but I hate going to family functions as a rule. Plus, this wedding starts at 4 p.m. on a Sunday and it's at least 2 hours...

I wore 1-inch, well made, cushioned heels today to a meeting with a client and my feet are just killing me. Plus, my back was killing me just from wearing my heels while sitting at my desk. I wear clogs most of the time--I guess I'm spoiled by them. But I really would like to look professional...

My band snapped in half right in the middle of the shoulder work in GS--my favorites, too! It only had a tiny little rip in the middle, but one pull and whap! I finished with 3 pound weights. I love band work.

I was poking around the Sissel-online site and found this--looks really interesting, and I'm thinking it would be great to have for work, where I sit so much. Does anyone have this and use it? Thanks! http://www.sissel-online.com/models/934_jsf-450.php