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Fight the Frump- Oprah Joins The Fun

 

Oprah did a whole show devoted to Fighting the Frump with Fussy makeovers. Here is a little snippet-

"Do you run errands in your pajamas? Are your husband's sweats a staple in your wardrobe? If the answer is yes, you may be a shlumpadinka. Though this word isn't in Webster's Dictionary—yet—Oprah says she knows a shlumpadinka when she sees one. "I made this word up a long time ago," she says. "It represents, for me, a woman who dresses like she has completely given up…and it shows."

Whatevah, as The Tempered Woman said, "It's Frumpadinka not Schlumpadinka!"

Here is an example of her magic non-schlumpadinka-frumpy makeover. This woman is breaking all the Fight The Frump Mandates.

Oprah's Fight the Frump Expert Guest Stylist did a totally Fussy approved makeover. Except for that bag. I would never approve that bag. Ack!

  Does this remind you of Fussy's Supa-Fab Advice?

My beloved trousers slacks pants & a cute jacket.

They say imitation is the most sincere form of flattery. I guess we'll continue to let Oprah play along. Seriously, Oprah, next time at least throw us some linky love, Sheesh!

My love to all my Fabulous Frump Fighters (and you too, Oprah),

Fussy

Oprah, Dr. Oz & Fussy say Stop Poisoning Yourselves!

My homeboy, Dr. Mehmet Oz and his amazing eyebrows, were back on Oprah to teach us how to stop poisoning ourselves.

The show started with two supa-unhealthy people. They followed Dr.Ozzie's instructions on how to stop killing themselves get healthy. Voila, now they are healthier and happier. ~Yawn~ It wasn't exactly titillating, hence the lack of photos for ya'.

The good part was when he gave great tips that we can do immediately to stop killing ourselves! Excited? Good, because this was a good episode after all.

Take Your Shoes Off Inside!

     Mothers of the world- pump your fists in the air! Whoop, Whoop! Let's do an 'I told you so' dance.

I always worried about dog poop in the house, but apparently all the toxic lawn care products are even worse. Yikes! Ozzie said that the chemicals get trapped in our carpet. Babies will ingest them, and they become airborne when we walk over them. Dog poop- OK. ChemLawn- Not so much.

Never Heat &/or Microwave In Plastic-

 

  Oh, Sweet Redemption, I've been annoying people informing the masses forever. Plastic wrap over food and heating plastic containers releases chemicals. These plasticizers and PBas are endocrine disruptors. They mimic Estrogen in our bodies.

Only nuke your food in glass! Use a plate to cover the top. Melty plastic wrap that touches your hot food? Yikes, you are just begging for breast cancer. Stop it, now! California just passed a law banning toxic plastics in children's products. Good Job! Hopefully, more will be done to stand up for our health.

Have y'all read my post about plastics? "Exposure in even small amounts (plastic) has been linked in some studies to early puberty in girls, genital defects and reduced testosterone production in boys and impaired sperm quality in men, although the chemical industry disputes the strength of the studies.

Under the new law, any product made for young children that contains more than one-tenth of 1% of phthalates (pronounced "THA-lates") cannot be made, sold or distributed in California beginning in 2009."

Clean Without Poisoning Yourself-

Most cleaning products are full of toxic chemicals that build up in our homes and cause serious damage to our health. Have you seen commercials for Clorox Spray Disinfectant? We are lead to believe spraying that chemical gumbo on our kid's highchair and toys is a good idea? Not only do the chemicals we clean with build up on hard surfaces, but they become airborne.

Dr. Oz also mentioned how it is the teeny tiny airborne particles that do the most damage. Our homes are built airtight and these toxins just build up in the air we breath! We should open up our windows for a bit everyday to release the chemicals and particles we are breathing.

I have found White Vinegar works on my hardwood floors. I also love rubbing alcohol to clean with. Toxic? Don't drink it, but the inhalation of a bit of alcohol fumes aren't carcinogens like you have in household cleaners. Unless you are sniffing it in a closet, you should be OK.  If you have been sniffing it in a closet, you have worse issues, go get some help.

Check Your Basement.

Do the smell check. If it smells, then you probably have mold. Toxic mold is some nasty stuff. Go buy a dehumidifier and keep it going.

Also, keeping cans of paint, varnishes, et cetera- are supa-dangerous. If flammability doesn't give you pause, the fact that, even when closed, the toxins leak out into the air- should scare your pants off! If you keep them, then store them in a well-ventilated area, like your garage. Now, go put your pants back on. Yes, you too!

Dry Cleaning Doesn't Have To Kill You-

Normal dry cleaning solvent is a carcinogen. Bring it in your home, hanging it in the closet, and then taking the bags off is the worst thing to do. The out-gassing release of the chemical solvents will just build up in your supa-energy efficient home. Then we breathe in the chemicals for 6 8 hours every night!

I found a "Natural" Nontoxic chemical using cleaner for hubby's shirts. It is no more expensive and he can't tell a difference. Trust me, if it were any different, Mr. Smartypants would know. A quick peek in the yellow pages should show who goes "green" when dry cleaning.

Because I'm avoiding laundry duty of my high journalistic standards, I wanted to show y'all what I discovered in my fridge....

Unsafe plastics-

#3- PVC

#6-PS

#7-Polycarbonate

Look for-

#1-PETE

#2-HDPE

#4-LDPE

#5-PP

Love to all y'all,

Fussy

Fussy Loves Voting & Cake

Hey Supa-Fab Feedreaders -Be sure to click over so you can see the poll and vote on this week's caption!

Opinion Polls & Market Research

Big love and congrats to the finalists- HRH, Nancypants, Summer, Trish, Jennifer, Jennifer (playgroupie)  Go give them some bloggy crack, everyone needs a comment-laden fix!

***I never do this, but I must! There are three more captions that should be there! I'm sorry to the mystery three, Mr. Smartypants chose only these. I'm so bummed!***

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Remember that I gave up sweets for Lent? I decided that I would only go back to a few buckets handfulls bites of dark chocolates a day...

Oh my goodness, you would not believe the amount of sweets I have thrown down since Easter!

What have I loved the most? CAKE! Cheap cake, fancy cake, pancakes, cupcakes....mmmm...

Because of my deep and profound love of cake and Jim Gaffigan, I give you...

Did you just laugh soooo hard, too?

OK, Friends of Fussy, share your thoughts on all things cake!

Love, Fussy

Fussy's Really Bad Lost Post -Episode 8

Episode 8- Meet Kevin Johnson.

It should've been called, "Thank goodness the writer's strike is over and this isn't the last show, because the fans would've needed grief counseling."

We start off remembering what a complete waste of skin Michael is. How he betrayed the Losties and then killed Libby and Ana Lucia. And who can forget how he handed  his friends over to the others.

Sayid decides to corner Michael and find out what the heck is going on.

Then we see Michael back home in New York, he keeps trying to kill himself and Walt hates him. He is trying to end it all in an alley with a gun and our old buddy Mr. Friendly shows up.

Tom explains that the island won't let him kill himself and "they" have a job for him. Maybe through the new job he can redeem himself. He goes to visit Tom in his penthouse.

We meet Tom's weekend boyfriend. I guess that's what Tom meant when he told Kate, "You are not my type."

Tom tells Michael that Penny's Dad, Chaz Widmore, is the one who dumped a fake plane in the ocean and had corpses dug up in the Philippines to stage the wreckage. He showed Michael invoices and pictures. I'm still not sure if I believe that story. 

When Michael boards the ship in Fiji he learns this is not a rescue for sure and he is prepared to blow up the freighter before they can find the island.

 

A Lostie fanatic noticed that Michael's passport & Ben's have all the same numbers. Man, that is some Lost devotion.

Michael detonated the bomb that Tom sent him. He is ready to save his friends. Instead of a boom, a little note pops up. After that he gets a call from Ben, he wants the names and profiles of everyone on the boat.

He says he isn't killing them because some could be innocents, and he is a good guy. Captain Creepypants gets creepier all the time. Weren't the first others that he gasses innocents? Sheesh.

At Ben's suggestion Danielle takes Alex and Karl away from the barracks to protect her. The bad guys will want Alex as leverage.

Karl and Danielle get shot by who knows who.

Stop making me cry, evil Lost overloads!

Finally, back at the good ship Widmore, Sayid now knows that Michael is working for Ben. Sayid marches him into Captain Cutiepant's cabin and tells him everything.

I was not expecting that to happen! Not sure if I think that was the best idea or not. ~shrugs~

 

Whoopsie, I must've forgotten to write on this picture. Oh well, it's 6:30 and I'm tired,  just imagine lots of unnecessary words and arbitrary doodles.

Okay, Lostie Friends of Fussy, that's it until April 24. Our only confort is that it will come back! Remember, here's the good recap! I'm off to go read it too and see all the stuff I should've mentioned in my recap.

Love, Fussy