Hello to my “Mirrormirrorstuff friends:

Now that we have all “jingled” away the holiday, it is always back to reality! I don’t know about you, but reality isn’t always what I had in mind.

I decided to “Google” my name last night. I found out a lot of interesting details. We “Christine Walkers” have done many different kinds of things. One has an interesting “baby” business. Christinas have 3,666 others with the same name, and also found an obituary with my name. There are attorneys, doctors, and many other professions with my name. We are so unique! Under my name, I found my dad’s obituary. At least the two of us are connected.

I just attended a gathering of Warren Central graduates. We are doing quite well, of course. Some, I heard, are doing better with the help of plastic surgery. A little nip and tuck, breast augmentation, permanent lip liner and eye liner has helped define a few.

Some of us prefer to go “Au Natural” and add a few more beauty products to our daily ritual. Haven’t seen many of the girls for 40+ years. They are still just as beautiful as ever. The years have been kind! It was so nice to reconnect.

I am a guinea pig for lots of products that are produced to improve the appearance of our skin. I have found some great ones this winter. You will love all of them and it doesn’t require a knife or scalpel, weeks of recovery, and hiding behind a scarf and sunglasses.

How many weeks of your life are wasted staying away from people when you are swelled, red, and grouchy trying to recover from going under the knife to be someone you aren’t? Have you seen Joan Rivers? There was a period of time when her eyes wouldn’t close. She has had a bit of a botox overdose. I have earned my lines and wrinkles and hope to earn some more! I am going to learn to ski…………….need I say more. The Utah sun is so unforgiving! I will smear on the sunscreen and enjoy being scared out of my mind as I pray to stay upright and alive! This could be fun.

The products that I have found this winter work well. My sister is a new Avon lady, so I am trying Avon’s ANEW Rejuvenate. It is a glycolic facial treatment that I love. My skin improved enormously in just one application. It has resurfaced my face in a very short period of time. (Even driveways, your hardwood floors, and ceramic- tile areas need resurfacing every now and then. Just add your face to the list.) It is all about maintenance, girls.

My mom and I used to laugh about how our eyelids were changing. (I used to do her makeup for her when I came home, and we would laugh about how eyelids take on the appearance of corduroy!) Isn’t aging fun? Well, now there is a product that improves the “corduroy appearance” of the eyelids. They are smooth again. I can’t live without it now. I love it, too. It is Elizabeth Arden’s Eye-fix Primer. (Keeps eye shadow from creasing, too! Don’t you love products that fix more than one problem?)

Last, but not least, I found a hand cream that has made my hands look 30 years old again. It is so much better than the 100- year- old appearance that they have had for a few decades! Living on the plains of Nebraska is harsh and destroys the hands fast! Mine are always in water because I love to cook. I am so glad to have my “hands” back. I have wondered wear they have been all these years. They no longer crack and bleed all the time. They are even smooth when I get up in the morning. The product is Neutrogena Moisture Wrap lotion. I gave it to all of my friends this winter. They all have great hands again.

I hope 2011 is a great year for all of you. Isn’t great that we get to start over each and every day? There is so much to learn, starting with being kind to yourself. A little pampering never hurt anyone. Start with pampering “you” and pass it on!

Happy New Year!

Love to all,

Chris