I just happen to run across my Facebook Cards today while looking for my work business cards. I was feeling around the chasm that is my purse looking for my business cards and these cards were the first that my fingers latched on to. You know why?

Because they are so thick and sturdy that they just about overshadowed the other cards in my purse!

I seriously love the heft in these cards and the brilliant colors of the print are not too shabby either. I will definitely be ordering more of these!

You need to check them out! They are also still available for FREE for a limited time, so order yours now. Click on the photo above to find out how to get them.

ME, ME, ME, ME!!!! Moms hear that all the time but it’s not often that you hear MOMS say it. Sometimes mothers lose the ME in the course of taking care of everyone else. We look up one day and ask, “Where did that girl go and who is this crazed woman?”

Well a couple of years ago I started noticing changes in my body. I figured, “Well I’m 45. I guess it’s to be expected.” What I didn’t realize was how fast those changes multiply once they start coming on! Some days I wake up to look in the mirror and wonder who that old woman is looking back at me. On days when I’m half asleep I imagine my mother has come to visit!

Then it dawns on me that IT IS ME! It’s an older more mature me. The me who never worried about her looks much suddenly finds herself wanting to know more about this new ME and learn to love her as much as the old ME. Some days it’s hard and others it’s utterly depressing. I want to love this new me. I never did care for middle aged women who want to stay as they were in their 20′s and will do anything to do it including surgery. Lately, I am more sympathetic. I can empathize now but I don’t want to go that route. I’d like to take the road to “aging gracefully” instead.

All my life I have been lackadaisical about my beauty. I have never considered myself vain and had never really cared for all the trappings of being beautiful. Sure, I cared how I looked, I liked to wear nice things, I battled to tame my hair and I love shoes; but it was never a priority. I never obsessed over brand names, never really cared what kind of lipstick or make up I wore, and even shoes that I loved, I chose first for comfort than for style. I still don’t. That’s not my goal for starting this Meme.

It seemed fortuitous that BlogHER, for 2011, started a campaign called Own Your Beauty:

Own Your Beauty is a groundbreaking, year-long movement bringing women together to change the conversation about what beauty means. Our mission: to encourage and remind grown women that it is never too late to learn to love one’s self and influence the lives of those around us – our mothers, friends, children, neighbors. We can shift our minds and hearts and change the path we follow in the pursuit of authentic beauty.

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LOVE
It’s seems so easy to say
They say it’s the answer
Love and all will be better

At Christmas
Love makes all well again

People smile
They’re kind to each other

So maybe love is the answer
and maybe Christmas should be everyday

The following blogs are holding an awesome giveaway with a $500 prize. Sponsored by BlogHer and Swanson, they are participating in the Great Stuffing Debate campaign. I happen to love stuffing and I also love giveaways! If you win one of these, you can be swimming in stuffing. Which is what I intend to do

Melanie from Big Mama

Tara from Feels Like Home

Deborah from Taste and Tell 

Angie from Eclectic Recipes   

Amanda from I Am Mommy