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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com
I really liked this post that Nancy did a while back about the 39 ways to live a better life in 2008. If of all the 39 I had to pick one that I liked best, I would pick no. 6 : Play more games and read more books than you did in 2007, because by following this faithfully you take care of your physical, mental and spiritual well being!


Putting this into practice can really make a difference in your life. What with work and looking after the kids and home I was really not getting any time to read, or so I thought! So I resolved to take at least some time out for myself everyday and read.
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by Reena Daruwalla, guest writer for Nancy Hayssen.com

I am not a big fan of the term chick lit (though I do enjoy reading books classified as such), but it does describe a genre of books in the market. Ever since the stunning success of Helen Fielding’s Bridget Jones’s Diary this segment has become a force to reckon with. One more niche within the Chick-lit segment is the body acceptance books genre.
Ever since I read Nancy’s YOU Can be Sexy at any Size in which she reveals her secrets to feeling beautiful and sexy whatever your size, to which she brings a wealth of knowledge and experience that she picked up as a plus size model, I have been keen to find out what are the other books this or similar niche.
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Every Thursday night we have a creative “girls night” on our property . . .

* This night was awesome! We made “Tamales”… enough to serve an army! We stayed up until 11 hand rollin’ one tamales after another. Sure makes me appreciate those Tamales I’ve quickly checked out and eaten from Trader Joes!
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