I got a wild idea in my mind around June.  I want to see Gwen Stefani in Vegas for NYE!  I asked everyone I knew if they'd be interested.  Being that it's a long flight, a holiday and a pretty darn expensive trip, I got no takers.  The feeling stayed strong...I couldn't shake it.  Must.  Get.  To.  Vegas!

I sat with this strong feeling for weeks.  It was like something told me "if you book it, they will come".  SCREW IT!  I pulled out the iPad, bought 2 tickets to Gwen's NYE performance and booked the Plant Hollywood hotel with a premium fountain view.  Am I crazy?  Yes.  Yes, I am.  I decide I'll buy my flight in October to see if any takers step forward in the interim.  If not, I decide I'm cool going solo.  Maybe I'll take my dog?  The website says the hotel is dog friendly.  I don't think a dog in Vegas is the best option, but we are best friends.  We certainly would have fun even though she couldn't join me for the concert.  ;)   

Approximately 3 months later, I get a taker!  Holly is joining me!  By October, her boyfriend is joining us!  Within a week or two, another couple decide to come, too!  I'm so freakin pumpt I can hardly stand it!  My first destination NYE and it all came together just as my intuition said it would.  I'm so happy I listened to my gut!

Like many of you, I have a Pinterest board titled "My Style".  I've been clicking and adding snaps of what I think are good guides to how I want to look.  I like sleek lines, not a lot of jewelry, something that flatters my silhouette.  For example, I have a long torso, so drop waist fashion is NOT for me.  It makes my torso appear impossibly long and my legs unbelievably stubby.  

Ok, to my point...I've been pinning away onto my virtual board and I realized something today.  Some of the items on "My Style" board aren't really my style.  So what gives?  Ahhhhh....I pinned figures I wish I had.  Hahahahaha!  So, let's edit those and move them to my "Mind & Body" fitness board instead.  

The palm of your hand.  The bottom of your feet.  The tops of your feet.  Your knees.  Your ankles.  Your neck.  Your elbows.  These are some of the places on our body's that the skin is pulled taut by nature.  You have natural give in the skin on other parts of your body, say the belly or the love handles.   And let's face it, time marches right across our faces, so that skin has more give than we'd like, too.  We know this.  We know it's coming and a lot of us do what we can to take care of ourselves so our body's can take care of us as we age.  Aging is a gift not all receive, so we can't forget it's a blessing.  I can loose sight of that fact when I'm complaining about looking tired when I feel alert & happy.  Then I realize it's the sagging of my eyelids starting to make me look permanently tired.  I tell myself "gurrrl, don't pick at ya'self, be happy!".  Besides, I have a lot of life left in me!  

But one of the signs I'm aging that I find to be a complete kick in the teeth is when one of the LAST spots on my body I suspect loose skin would be a problem gets caught or pinched.  That's when the sign is oh so clear my skins elasticity is breaking down.  Recently I pinched the skin on my knee so hard it left a bruise.  No clue how it happened!  I shrugged it off.  This morning, I caught the skin on the PALM OF MY HAND between the door and the garbage bin.  Not a finger, not a toe, but the SKIN on the palm of my hand.  There is now a blood clot and bruise on my palm and I had NO idea that area of skin could even get wonky or loose.  It's one of the signs ya can't outrun Father Time.