Good Morning Dear Reader:

It is as I have feared, Armageddon. There was a huge UFO sighted over China and now my e-mail is gone. Quickly, move into your bomb shelter, this is it. I should probably go back a step or two so you can see how completely horrific my situation is.

First, oh happy day, I got a beautiful new laptop computer. It is light as a feather, or at least as light as the sandwich I ate for lunch yesterday. No more walking tilted left or right hikinging through aiports trying to balance that anvil-sized laptop I have had for so many years.

Then came the hard part, transferring all my five million pictures and data from the old clunker to the speedy new model. Of course, I have no idea how that can actually happen because I handed it over to my personal tech support person, my husband. Without missing a beat, I posted a blog on my new machine and it just hummed. After that it all went downhill.

Somehow, my phone got involved in transferring my contacts to the new computer, migrating (I thought only birds did that) my e-mail from Gmail to Outlook. Then as fast as you can say,”Oh my gosh, my phone is blank”, it was. When I say blank, I mean, the only information on there was the time. When you have no e-mail, no contacts, no recent calls, no favorites, and no text messages, you don’t really care what time it is.

There is one piece of good news, I can get on the Internet, and of course post to Lipstick Digest, because otherwise, I would have probably jumped off the nearest roof and would now be in traction at some hospital wishing I could call anyone and complain about the pain. But of course, I couldn’t because MY PHONE IS BLANK!

On a more pleasant topic

My new Marie Claire arrived yesterday, which was a lovely distraction. Dakota Fanning, who’s now 16, is on the cover looking just stunning. There’s a story inside about her and how she got started in the acting business. Not unlike Taylor Swift, she knew what she wanted to do. Her parents and grandparents were great athletes and had plans for her to follow them, beginning with tennis. One day, after playing, she told her mother she didn’t want to play tennis anymore because she got too hot. Acting is obviously way cooler!

Denim is hot again, but you really aren’s surprised are you?

It’s official, if you don’t have some suede, camel, fur trim, and animal prints, you could be missing the fashion boat. There are some great looks in the August issue and many for under $100. Denim is going to be big again, and that’s certainly no surprise, but the good news is that no matter what leg or

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wash you prefer, they are all in this season. There is even a tuxedo jean, complete with stripe down the legs. I am guessing you save those for the prom.

Yes, water works

There is an excellent article on page 176, Water Works by Dr. Howard Murad the author of  The Water Secret which stresses that in lieu of drinking 8 glasses of water a day, we need to replenish moisture in our body through the consumption of fruits and vegetables high in water, and most are. This type of liquid is surrounded by molecules that help it get into cells easily and quickly.

He encourages us to fill up on these healthy foods high in water:

Watermelons and cucumbers, 97% water

Tomatoes and Zucchini, 95% water

These clearly did not come from my garden!

Whole-wheat bread, 1/3 water

Roasted chicken breast, 65% water

Baked salmon, 63% water

Cheddar cheese, 40 % water

Red kidney beans, 77% water

Have a great day!

Diane