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Music to Inspire Weight Loss?

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There is a new CD out called “Skinny Songs“. They are pop style songs with motivational lyrics like the following: “Skinny jeans, skinny jeans, you’re still hanging ’round In the back of my closet and that’s bringin’ me down this morning, I woke up, and made me a vow skinny jeans, gonna get back, into you somehow.” Apparently the “establishment” is not impressed but I think it is a great idea! (For those of you who read my articles on weight loss, you may already know that I’m not terribly impressed with the establishment of doctors, dieticians and nutritionists that … Continue reading →

New Uses for Old CDs and DVDs

Cds and DVDs seems to be everywhere in our household. We constantly get them from so many sources. Many are mailed to us, to encourage us to sign up for internet services or preview some great new gadget. We received a CD when we bought house paint, and another in our box of light bulbs. The are CDs slipped into bags when we buy greeting cards, and others when we visit a local fair. Major appliances now come with their own DVDs that explain how to use them. It is getting pretty ridiculous. But can anything be done with these … Continue reading →

5 New Uses for Old CDs

My son just walked into a living room with an old music CD stuck on his thumb. “Look Mommy…a ring”. “Cute, honey…now throw your ring in the garbage before you break it”. While I would never suggest that old CDs would make a pretty ring, it made me wonder what I could do with the piles of CDs I have shoved in my desk. They are everywhere because my husband recently bought me an Ipod at a discount store. While I hate to throw away perfectly good music CD’s, I can’t imagine that there is a big market for the … Continue reading →

The Evolution of Recording Mediums and Devices

I was watching a Discovery Time special last night called “Yearbook.” It was covering 1978 and talked about how that was the first year the Walkman came out. It went on to say how it was the first time we could actually walk around and carry our music with us. I told my husband how funny it was that now, with the invention of the iPod you could carry around ALL the music you own in one small little device. I started to think how lucky I was to have seen almost all the mediums and devices for music. Actually, … Continue reading →