by Alison Moore Smith | Apr 9, 2019 | Body, YouTube Vlogs
Shopping has never been my bag. (Heh.) Clothes and fashion have never been my forte. My high point for fashion was in college when I intentionally refused to wear jeans (because that's all anyone wore) and sought out the most eclectic thing I could find—including 40s...
by Alison Moore Smith | Mar 5, 2019 | Body, YouTube Vlogs
It's been many decades since I used the daily blow dyer/curling iron combo to create my big 80s hair. But for an event last week, I thought it would be fun to spiff up my hairdo with some curl. I bought a 1-1/4″ Conair Infinitipro and did my best to create a...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 26, 2019 | Body, Mind, YouTube Vlogs
Do you feel invisible? Want to change that? Consider my four reasons why midlife women disappear into the ether! If you do one of the following things, reconsider! Lie about your ageHide yourselfSexify yourselfTry to look 30-ish As the wise Susan Colby of Girls Gone...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 9, 2019 | Body
Last fall we got an instant pot, mostly because…well…instant. I don't like cooking, but I like eating healthy. I love my crockpot, so this multi use pressure cooker seemed like a great addition. We got the six-quart instant pot that also serves as a slow cooker,...
by Alison Moore Smith | Feb 2, 2019 | Body
It's freezing. And in addition to the constant companionship of my sugar-free cocoa (which I'm sipping right this very moment, per usual), I have been craving soups. But some of the tastiest soups are super high in fat and calories. 1 cup of this stuff is less than...
by Alison Moore Smith | Jan 29, 2019 | Body, Home, YouTube Vlogs
My closet is mess. I don't like buying clothes and I like buying fat clothes even less. One of my goals is to do a midlife wardrobe makeover—complete with a capsule wardrobe of interchangeable pieces—once I'm at a healthy size. But for now, I'm stuck. Now that I've...