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Operation Beautiful in stores today

well since I am changing this blog from a stampy blog to a foodie/bookworm blog, today's post is apropos. I am excited to be able to purchase a ticket to the Healthy Living Summit to be held next week in Chicago and one of the many reasons is that I may get a chance to meet the wonderful young lady whose book is about to change the lives of many women. Caitlyn Boyle started posting random acts of kindness notes all over the place, for women (and men) starting with You Are Beautiful on a mirror in a ladies room. I love this idea. Girls are brought up with self esteem issues just by default, due to magazines, tv and advertising. She started blogging about it and it's just grown from there.

The book that is being released today is Operation Beautiful and can be found at Barnes & Noble, Borders, Amazon & Indiebound.com. I am planning on ordering a couple copies today, and bringing them with to HLS. One will be a gift for a special young lady in my life, my Goddaughter Justina and the other will be for me. I may buy a third, just to have handy for a gift...

I also want to add, I am finishing up the latest Janet Evanovich, Sizzling Sixteen and it's awesome, just like all the others!

To a beautiful life, and happy reading....

Lisa

If you could bring back a canceled tv series, which would you choose?

If you could bring back a canceled tv series, which would you choose?
Submitted by The Good Girl Gone Blog.

Life on Mars. Hands down......   actually, that or Pushing Daisies or Dirty Sexy Money. I can't choose one. All three need to be back. Nothing like a bit of UN-reality show to distract you from the everyday, mundane, existence......

Plus Jason O'Mara is hhhhhh-ooo-ttttt!! sizzlin hot. Love me some of that......

From June 4th - July 4th --Show your American Pride!

Are we Americans as dumb as we appear --- or --- is it that we just do not think?
While the Chinese, knowingly and intentionally, export inferior and even toxic

products and dangerous toys and goods to be sold in American markets, the
media wrings its hands and criticizes the ex-Bush, ex-Clinton Administration for perceived
errors.

Yet 70% of Americans believe that the trading privileges afforded to the
Chinese should be suspended.

Well, duh..why do you need the government to suspend trading privileges?
SIMPLY DO IT YOURSELF, AMERICA!!

Simply look on the bottom of every product you buy, and if it says
'Made in China' or 'PRC' (and that now includes Hong Kong),
simply choose another product, or none at all. You will be amazed at

how dependent you are on Chinese products, and you will be equally

amazed at what you can do without.

For example: Who needs plastic eggs to celebrate Easter?
If you must have eggs, use real ones and benefit some

American farmer. Easter is just ane example, the point is do not

wait for the government to act.

Just go ahead and assume control on your own.

THINK ABOUT THIS:

If 200 million Americans refuse to buy just $20 each of Chinese goods,

that's a billion dollar trade imbalance resolved in our favor...fast!!
The downside? Some American businesses will feel a temporary pinch
from having foreign stockpiles of inventory.
Wahhhhhhhhhhhh !!!

The solution?
Let's give them fair warning and send our own message.
Most of the people who have been reading about this matter are planning
on implementing this on June 4, and continue it until July 4.

That is only one month of trading losses, but it will hit the Chinese

for 1/12th of the total, or 8%, of their American exports.. Then they will at least

have to ask themselves if the benefits of their arrogance and

lawlessness were worth it.

Remember,
June 4 to July 4.

EVEN BETTER. . . START NOW.

Send this to everybody you know. Let's show them that we are Americans
and NOBODY can take us for granted.

If we can't live without cheap Chinese goods for one month out of our lives,

that means the dollar spot at Target and most everything in all of the dollar stores elsewhere.....

WE DESERVE WHAT WE GET!

Pass it on, America

Song Tag! Y'all are it!

Try this out, it's fun.

The #1 song on the day I was born is the Beatles' "All You Need Is Love"

which just happens to be one of the Beatles' songs that I really like!

How cool is that?!?

Go check your birth date out

Now go stamp something. Since I can't get into my stamp room again til over the weekend stamp something for me too!