Before you get out of bed, s-t-r-e-t-c-h your body.
What better time to stretch than when you’re cozy and warm, still under the covers?
Stretch your body as though someone is pulling it from both ends. Spread your fingers and your toes and wiggle them around. Get on your stomach and stretch out as though you are being pulled in five directions (each arm, each leg, and your head). Then curl up in a ball like a cat, and then stretch again.
The whole thing will take less than 2 minutes, and you’ll feel limber as you start your day. Don’t forget to take in lots of oxygen with a big yawn.
Focus this Easter weekend on a new, healthier holiday tradition of lighter food and healthier activities.
Instead of the usual baked ham or lamb, how about serving a grilled fish like salmon, snapper, or halibut with a variety of healthy steamed vegetables?
And make this holiday less about the food and more about the fun, traditional activities like coloring eggs, having an Easter egg hunt, or walking in the parade.
Stay away from the candy – especially the yellow marshmallow chicks and family-sized milk chocolate rabbits. (You know, the ones with the teeth marks in them.)
If you’re filling Easter baskets, choose some non-candy items, like colorful t-shirts or tank tops, socks, a CD, lip balm or lip gloss, toy cars, small dolls, a stuffed animal, books, jewelry, new toothbrush, seed packets, etc. You don’t have to spend a lot of money, and you can find things for all ages.
The next class at Marilu.com starts Monday, April 13, when we Get It Together!
Spring means cleaning, right? But really, cleaning’s not so bad. It’s the stuff that’s the problem – putting away all the good stuff, throwing out all the useless stuff, and having too much stuff. Take the class, learn to deal with all the stuff of daily living, and your house will be pretty easy to clean.
Do you want to fit more in your day? We all have the same 24 hours each day. How can you squeeze in another appointment, more phone calls, all the errands, and maybe a movie (not to mention time with your honey)? Take the class, learn to organize your time, and your life will be less stressful.
Take the next class at Marilu.com and Get It Together! This class will help you manage your stuff and your time with 10 days of assignments. You’ll be coached by JanB and SusanMik, both experienced coaches with the Total Health Makeover®. You’ll chat with Marilu. You’ll have daily assignments to help you Get It Together in your life!
Sign up here!
Class runs for 10 days – Monday through Friday, April 13-17 and April 20-24.
Members are automatically enrolled in every class. Become a member now!
When you have a tough decision to make, allow 36 hours to pass before choosing which way to go. It’s amazing how much clearer your perspective can be after such a short time. Thirty-six hours seems to be the magic amount of time for being able to assess a situation without having your feelings overwhelm you.
Marilu has a full schedule of radio interviews today, and many more coming up Friday, next week, and through the end of the month. She’ll be talking about her NY Times Best-Selling book Wear Your Life Well – now available in paperback!
Here is the complete schedule of Marilu’s “radio tour”, starting today, April 8. Please note: some interviews will be live, and some will be taped. The dates and times listed here may not be the actual time the interview is aired.
All times Eastern.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8
9 AM: WOGL-FM * Philadelphia * The Breakfast Club
9:10 AM: KGGO-FM * Des Moines * Lou, the Roundguy and Heather
9:30 AM: WOMC * Detroit * The Dick Purtan Morning Show
9:40 AM: KMPS-FM * Seattle * Ichabod Caine and the Waking Crew
10 AM: WHCN-FM * New England (CT, Mass & RI) * Renee Falcone, Celebrity Access
10:10 AM: KYCY-AM * San Francisco * Mike Lano
12 noon: THE FITNESS BUFF RADIO SHOW
5:30 PM: WDWS * Southern Illinois * Gary O’Brien and Friends
5:40 PM: WLYF * Miami * Be(e) You Radio, Inspiring, Empowering & Connecting Women
5:50 PM: KIXS-FM * Southern Texas
6 PM: KIOZ Rock105.3 * San Diego * Afternoons with BC and Clint
6:10 PM: NEWS-TALK 97.3 KIRO FM * Seattle * The Ron and Don Show
6:20 PM: WJR * Detroit * The Mitch Albom Show
FRIDAY, APRIL 10
11:30 AM: KKNW * Bellvue WA * Chat with Women Show
1 PM: Ekko Productions * NJ * The Dary Day Show
MONDAY, APRIL 13
7:08 AM: FAMILYNET * Mornings with Scott and Lorri
11 AM: WBIX-AM * Boston * The Frankie Boyer Health Radio Show
SATURDAY, APRIL 18
12 noon: KGO-AM * San Francisco * The Joanie Greggains Show
FRIDAY, MAY 1
11 AM: Blog Talk Radio * Online * Real Cougar Woman Unleashed
Passover (pesach) starts tonight at sunset, and continues for 8 days. Passover celebrates the Israelites’ escape to freedom from their Egyptian oppressors during the reign of the Pharaoh Ramses II in 1134 BCE. Each aspect of the Passover celebration symbolizes and recreates that historic journey. It’s a time for families to celebrate, observe specific rituals, and share in the lavish and symbolic Seder meal.
A happy and blessed pesach to our Jewish friends!
This song has nothing to do with Passover, but it’s in the klezmer style (a type of Jewish music), and it’s performed by Itzhak Perlman. What’s not to like?
Get up and move – enjoy the energy and vitality of spring!
Wear Your Life Well Use What You Have To Get What You Want
by Marilu Henner with Lorin Henner
What I’ve come to realize is that the key to wearing your life well is to fully understand what you have and, equally important, know what you want. You have to take a profound look at your dreams, goals, and aspirations, followed by a good, hard look at your assets, resources, liabilities, and talents. And then, you have to find a way to bridge the gap between the two — while learning to enjoy the adventure!
It’s not enough just to live—you have to wear your life well! Learn how in this inspiring guide from New York Times bestselling author and beloved actress Marilu Henner.
Ten years after actress Marilu started her bestselling Total Health Makeover series, she’s in better shape than ever—at peak health, working with a very active online community at Marilu.com, and celebrating life with her new husband, whom she helped to put his cancer in remission. Now she’s back with an inspiring guide to making your life work for you, whatever your age or condition.
Are you happy? Are you living the life you want, or are you living for other people? Are you guided by your own plans or by the design of others? Do you see your life as a daily grind, or are you eager to face each day and every new challenge? Do you get along well with your family, friends, relatives, and coworkers, or do you harbor anger, resentment, or guilt? Are you working toward a dream, or are you daydreaming about not working? In essence, do you Wear Your Life Well?
With the verve of a teenager and the wisdom of a sage, Marilu breaks down all the elements in our lives—our minds, our bodies, and the world around us—that can sabotage our progress, and helps us discover the best in ourselves. She pinpoints the often surprising ways we are compromising our lives and offers smart, sensible, healthy alternatives. And Marilu also includes a Booty Camp Life Blitz—a five-day jumpstart that uses the principles in the book in a very specific, directed way to get you a fresh start on the path to optimal wellness. So whether you need a major life change or simply want fresh ideas on improving your life, let Marilu be your cheerleader, muse, and guide.
* 1483 – Raphael, Italian painter and architect (d. 1520)
* 1632 – Maria Leopoldine of Austria, Holy Roman Empire Empress (d. 1649)
* 1671 – Jean-Baptiste Rousseau, French poet (d. 1741)
* 1773 – James Mill, Scottish philosopher and historian (d. 1836)
* 1823 – Joseph Medill, journalist and mayor of Chicago (d. 1899)
* 1826 – Gustave Moreau, French painter (d. 1898)
* 1884 – Walter Huston, Canadian-born actor (d. 1950)
* 1892 – Donald Wills Douglas, Sr., American industrialist (d. 1981)
* 1892 – Lowell Thomas, American travel writer (d. 1981)
* 1903 – Mickey Cochrane, American baseball player (d. 1962)
* 1918 – Alfredo Ovando Candía, Bolivian president (d. 1982)
* 1926 – Sergio Franchi, Italian-born singer and actor (d. 1990)
* 1928 – James D. Watson, American geneticist, Nobel laureate
* 1929 – André Previn, German-born composer and conductor
* 1937 – Merle Haggard, American musician
* 1937 – Billy Dee Williams, American actor
* 1938 – Roy Thinnes, American actor
* 1942 – Barry Levinson, American film producer/director
* 1947 – John Ratzenberger, American actor
* 1952 – Marilu Henner, American actress
* 1952 – Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1992)
* 1955 – Michael Rooker, American actor
* 1965 – Frank Black, American singer/songwriter
* 1965 – Sterling Sharpe, American football player
* 1969 – Ari Meyers, Puerto Rican-born American actress
* 1969 – Paul Rudd, American actor
* 1969 – Bret Boone, Baseball Player
* 1972 – Jason Hervey, American actor
* 1975 – Zach Braff, American actor
* 1976 – Candace Cameron, American actres
* 1978 – Tim Hasselbeck, American football player
* 1981 – Alex Suarez, American bassist (Cobra Starship)
* 1982 – Michael Guy Chislett, Australian-American guitarist (The Academy Is…)
I know – we wash and dry the laundry on the same day. At least we try to do it that way. Here are more tips for “greener” laundry.
Skip the dryer sheets. If you use them, cut them in half.
Wash your dryer’s lint filter with soap and water, and rinse well. Dryer sheets and fabric softeners build up on the lint screen, and prevent good airflow.
Blow out your dryer hose every year. Disconnect it from your dryer, and use an air compressor, leaf blower, or even a heavy duty hair dryer to push any lint through the hose. It helps to get gravity on your side – blow from the top down.
While the dryer hose is disconnected, clean out any lint you see from the back of the dryer. This helps prevent fires in your dryer (which are more common than you might think).
Use a folding wooden dryer rack, and hang clothes to dry whenever possible. Some clothes can easily be dried halfway in the dryer, and then hung to dry the rest of the way.
Put in a clothesline outside. There’s nothing like the smell of line-dried linens and clothes. If you don’t like the stiffness, fluff for a few minutes in the dryer before hanging or folding.
