I read a great article here about 13 habits to improve your life.  I’ll give you a quick rundown of the 13 habits, and then I want to elaborate on the last one. 

1. Eat breakfast every morning.
2. Add fish and Omega-3 fatty acids to your diet.
3. Get enough sleep.
4. Make social connections.
5. Exercise for better health.
6. Practice good dental hygiene.
7. Take up a hobby.
8. Protect your skin.
9. Snack the healthy way.
10. Drink water and eat dairy.
11. Drink tea.
12. Take a daily walk.
13. Plan.

I could not agree more about the positive effects planning can have on your health and overall well-being.  Just a few minutes of planning each day or each week can mean better health for you and everyone in your family.  One tool I use to facilitate my planning is a menu planner.  Not only does this ensure we are eating nutritiously, the menu planner also helps keep my grocery shopping in check so that I don’t spend too much on unnecessary items.  Click below to print out your own menu planner and start planning your meals and your good health now!

lushhus-menu-planner.pdf

Cheers,

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I realized I have not seen many of the award-winning movies that are bestowed the Best Picture honors at the Oscars.  My husband and I have decided to watch each Best Picture winner, and I thought you might like to do the same.  Get started this weekend if you don’t have other plans.  Perhaps this is something you want to do alone or with your significant other.  Or, you could even partner with another couple or several friends and take turns hosting your very own series of Academy Awards movie screenings.  Without further ado, here is the list of all the Best Picture winners….  (Click on the link below for a printable version of the list complete with a check-off column.)

academy-award-best-picture-winners.pdf

Academy Award Best Picture Winners

2007-No Country for Old Men

2006-The Departed

2005-Crash

2004-Million Dollar Baby

2003 -Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King, The, PG-13

2002 -Chicago, PG-13

2001-Beautiful Mind, A, PG-13

2000-Gladiator, R

1999-American Beauty, R

1998-Shakespeare in Love, R

1997-Titanic, PG-13

1996-English Patient, The, R

1995-Braveheart, R

1994-Forrest Gump, PG-13

1993-Schindler’s List, R

1992-Unforgiven, R

1991-Silence of the Lambs, The, R

1990-Dances with Wolves, PG-13

1989-Driving Miss Daisy, PG

1988-Rain Man, R

1987-Last Emperor, The, PG-13

1986-Platoon, R

1985-Out of Africa, PG

1984-Amadeus, PG

1983-Terms of Endearment, PG

1982-Gandhi, PG

1981-Chariots of Fire, PG

1980-Ordinary People, R

1979-Kramer vs. Kramer,

1978-Deer Hunter, The, PG-13

1977-Annie Hall, PG

1976-Rocky, PG

1975-One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, R

1974-Godfather: Part II, The, PG-13

1973-Sting, The, PG

1972-Godfather, The, R

1971-French Connection, The, R

1970-Patton, PG

1969-Midnight Cowboy, R

1968-Oliver!, G

1967-In the Heat of the Night, NR

1966-Man for All Seasons, A, NR

1965-Sound of Music, NR

1964-My Fair Lady, NR

1963-Tom Jones, NR

1962-Lawrence of Arabia, NR

1961-West Side Story, NR

1960-Apartment, The, NR

1959-Ben-Hur, NR

1958-Gigi, NR

1957-Bridge on the River Kwai, The, PG

1956-Around the World in 80 Days, NR

1955-Marty, NR

1954-On the Waterfront, NR

1953-From Here to Eternity, NR

1952-Greatest Show on Earth, The, NR

1951-American in Paris, An, NR

1950-All About Eve, NR

1949-All the King’s Men, NR

1948-Hamlet, NR

1947-Gentleman’s Agreement, NR

1946-Best Years of Our Lives, The, NR

1945-Lost Weekend, The, NR

1944-Going My Way, NR

1943-Casablanca, NR

1942-Mrs. Miniver, NR

1941-How Green Was My Valley, NR

1940-Rebecca, NR

1939-Gone with the Wind, NR

1938-You Can’t Take It with You, NR

1937-Life of Emile Zola, The, NR

1936-Great Ziegfeld, The, NR

1935-Mutiny on the Bounty, NR

1934-It Happened One Night, NR

1933-Cavalcade, NR

1932-Grand Hotel, NR

1931-Cimarron, NR

1930-All Quiet on the Western Front, NR

1929-Broadway Melody, The, NR

1927-Wings, NR

Enjoy,

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