Start saving your loose change for the 2008 Long Weekend Getaway with the Peppers!!
Nov 7-10, 2008 All-inclusive Cancun Vacation.
Airfare, transfers, 3 nights at the Grand Oasis Cancun oceanfront room. Food, beverages, taxes, airfare, and pre-travel insurance are all included.
Cost is approximately $909 per person, based on double occupancy.
Contact Denise at 314-878-1100 ext 3018 or denise@denmarktravel.com
Deal or No Deal
The Pepper'hood
Our new social community just for members!
We are waiting for you! Please click here for instructions for sign up. We will be phasing out the current calendar and message board because this is just so much cooler and more personal! Get your profile up as soon as you can!
Poseprints
This has to be the most innovative stationary concept that we have seen in a long time!! Design your own cards with a look-alike image of you! Go to Poseprints.com and get started. If you make a purchase, put Peppers or Pepper in the code box at checkout to receive a special 10% discount!
The Transitional Person : What are they Good For?
An Enrichment Class on Relationship Skills or an Excuse to Ditch?
Sally : (Harry just met her. She is supposed to be his transitional person, she’s not supposed to be "the one".)
"All of this time I‘ve been saying he didn’t want to get married, but the truth is he didn’t want to marry ME. Why didn’t he love me?"
The Ford Modeling Agency provides daily tips regarding fashion, make-up, or hair. Check here often!
New Charity Opportunity
American Airlines offers a program to businesses in which 1 point is earned for every $10 spent on eligible air travel. Please use our Business ExtrAA number 789836 when booking flights on American Airlines.
This will, in no way, affect your collecting personal AAdvantage points for every flight. The ExtrAA is just that - Extra!!
All points will be held in the Sassy Pink Pepper Foundation and contributed towards flights for the families involved in the "Make A Wish Foundation"!
Thank you!!
Personality Type Test
This is (supposedly) a real test given by the Human Relations Dept. at many of the major corporations today. It helps them get better insight concerning their employees and prospective employees. It's only 10 simple questions, so grab a pencil and paper, keeping track of your letter answers to each question.
Here you will find stories which will make you laugh! Such as: “Japan's Speediest Rodent”, or “The Toilet Paper Bride”, or “If Brown Cows Make Chocolate Milk….”
Visit the newsletter archive for the articles most often requested by members! View our Archive!
Also, if you would like to try out my email service, click here and you will receive a $30 credit following your trial period.
Letting Go with Panache
5 Peppers
Letting Go with Panache is a two disc audio seminar that teaches strategies to let go of the past, enjoy today, and eagerly anticipate the future. It was produced in response to requests for a step-by-step program to deal with loss following a divorce by the members of Sassy Pink Peppers. Patty Swyden Sullivan is the Pink Pepper Consultant and writes the monthly column, Pepper Panache. Sullivan writes nonfiction and creative nonfiction, and is a trained domestic relations mediator.
You may purchase the CDs through the "shop" page or by clicking on the album cover which can be found on the sidebar to your right!
eat, pray, love
5 Peppers
Run out and get this book! I absolutely loved it and I understand that the movie rights were purchased recently!
This book is thorough in its scope and offers the author's wise advice starting at the beginning stages of the divorce process through to the "moving on" happily ever after period. My favorite portions were the "lessons learned" at the end of each chapter which offered sage pieces of advice that will save readers from taking the hard road of experience.
Every Woman for Herself
4 Peppers
"Every Woman for Herself" is warm and entertaining. Charlie is a delightful main character, and her budding romance with a famous actor is both funny and touching. Although some of the situations are a far-fetched, they fit so well with the overall madcap storyline the reader will not mind a bit. Definitely recommended for anyone that enjoys a romantic story or is looking to read something cheering!
Book may be purchased through Amazon on the right side bar.
Must Reads for Women!
5 Peppers
If you are looking for light-hearted, playful, funny, “laugh out loud” easy reading, check out some of the books listed below. They are sure to make you chuckle!!
“He’s Just Not That Into You” by Greg Behrendt. (Best Line: “Don’t waste your pretty.”)
“The Sweet Potato Queen’s Book of Love” by Jill Conner Browne.
(Best quote: “Be Particular.”)
“Shopaholic” Series by Sophie Kinsella
Including “Shopaholic”, “Shopaholic Takes Manhattan”, “Shopaholic ties the Knot”, and “Shopaholic & Sister”.)
“Bergdorf Blondes” by Plum Sykes. Couture Chick Flick.
“Mr Commitment” by Mike Gayle. Mr. Irresponsible becomes Mr. Commitment!
A couple other suggestions if you are in the mood for a love story and lesson in life books:
“The Five People You Meet in Heaven” by Mitch Albom, author of “Tuesdays with Morrie”.
“Suzanne’s Diary for Nicholas” by James Patterson. A true love story "for those who have loved, lost, and loved again"!
Whichever you choose, almost guarantee you won’t put the book down until you are finished!!! Enjoy!
(Can be ordered through Amazon on right sidebar!!)
Take Care of Yourself Financially
5 Peppers
David Bach's "Smart Women Finish Rich" and "Start Late Finish Rich" are both paid homage to the financial wisdom of his grandmother. Together, they are also an excellent foundation for women who are starting to get their financial lives in order.
It is reassuring to read that it is NEVER too late to begin saving for retirement and "everything else". These books can not only improve your financial life but your emotional health.
Both books can be purchased at "used" prices by clicking on the Amazon link found on the right sidebar of this page!!
Good in Bed
3½ Peppers
By Jennifer Weiner
If you're looking for the next great novel, this probably isn't it. But if you're looking for a book that's not too heavy, funny, and extremely entertaining, then this is the book for you!
Every woman who has ever struggled with even five extra pounds will relate to Cannie (the main character). Your attention is immediately grabbed in the first chapter when Cannie finds that her ex-boyfriend has written about their relationship in a popular Cosmo-like magazine that deals with her size and mainly her weight. After that, you find out about her journey on dealing with self-acceptance and discovering who she really is.
(Can be ordered through Amazon on right sidebar!!)
Cookin' For Love
4½ Peppers
Who Says Women Over 40 Are Too Old for Adventure, Romance—and Sex?
Inspired by a true incident involving the author and her best friend, Cookin’ for Love is the story of Miriam, a married Beverly Hills cookbook author who dreams about food, and her divorced best friend Kate, who dreams about “The One” who got away. When, after 25 years, Kate finds him on Google and he asks her to visit half-way around the world, where he’s an ambassador, she begs Miriam to go with her. It leads to an adventure that teaches both women about love, life and friendship—and sex.
Book may be purchased through Amazon on the right side bar.
My Kind of Place - Travel Stories From A Woman Who's Been Everywhere by Susan Orlean
4 Peppers
In My Kind of Place, Susan takes readers on a series of remarkable journeys
in a uniquely witty and sophisticated travel book. From the heart of the
African music scene in Paris, to climbing Mt. Fuji, to the World Taxidermy
Championships in Springfield, Illinois, Orlean conducts a tour of the world
via its subcultures. For those who love to get away to those who do it from
the confort of their own homes, My Kind of Place has something for all of
us. It's vivid, humorous, unconventional and incomparably entertaining.
(Can be ordered through Amazon on right sidebar!!)
A Walk on the Beach
5 Peppers
OK girls, listen up. If you've already read this book, you will understand what I am about to say! If not, please rush right out and buy (because you will want to keep this book) A Walk on the Beach by Joan Anderson. It is a must read for any woman over 40 and at least for me,could be a life changing book. It's her narrative of meeting Joan Erickson (wife of brilliant psychoanalyst Erick Erickson, who came up with the 8 stages of development in ones life) at 93 in Cape Cod and the wisdom and wit she learned from their friendship. It gives hope and meaning and affirmation of us as women heading into midlife (be it crisis or not) It will cause you to look at yourself and your life in a new way (hopefully) It is fantastic. It's not a big book, but chock full of wisdom. Run, don't walk to the nearest Barnes & Noble or Borders (or order on the sidebar to the right!).
(Can be ordered through Amazon on right sidebar!!)
The Between Boyfriends Book
4 Peppers
By Cindy Chupack
Written by the producer/writer of “Sex and the City,” this book offers humorous advice for single women on the art and practice of dating—or non-dating. It’s clever, witty and it leaves you feeling like a strong and independent female, which is always a welcome feeling.
(Can be ordered through Amazon on right sidebar!!)
I Used to Miss Him…But My Aim is Improving
4 Peppers
by Alison James
This book is full of sassy tips, sarcastic stories, and hilarious ways to heal after a breakup. It provides genuine advice in a girlfriend-to-girlfriend tone, but with a "rip his head off" twist. By supporting a girl's right to be angry with her ex, this fun guide will help you rebuild your spunk and confidence after he's gone.
(Can be ordered through Amazon on right sidebar!!)
Revenge of the Middle-Aged Woman, by Elizabeth Buchan
4 Peppers
This is a wonderfully reassuring book for any us who think life is over when our husband decides we are old and tired. It's the story of what happens to many of us when a marriage, especially a long time one, suddenly ends. Unless you've lived through this type of heartbreak you may not understand why Rose did the things she did. Many think because she didn't rant, rave and throw things, or worse, she's a wimp. Not so, she handled these extraordinarily painful events as a mature intelligent woman rather than as screaming fool. After she fell apart, she found her strength from within, from her children and with the help of loving friends. It would have been so much easier to go back to the old job and unfaithful husband, or would it. Could she ever really go back physically or emotionally? She moved on from the frequently steriotypical middle-aged husband who thought the grass was greener in a newer, younger place. Living well is the best revenge!
(Can be ordered through Amazon on right sidebar!!)
The Jane Pauley Show
4½ Peppers
On January 24th, Jane Pauley featured a show on how to get/have the perfect divorce. The three books listed below were highly recoomended for those curently going thru divorces. They Are:
“Ex-Etiquette” by Jann Blackstone-Ford and Sharyl Jupe
"The Truth About Divorce" by Dr. Robert Emory, and,
"Perfect Divorce" by Avery Corman.
All authors seemed knowledgeable in their fields and gave ideas on how to have the perfect divorce and get along with the ex especially for those who have chidren involved.
Just thought we would pass this along to our members!! Books can be purchased through Amazon on sidebar to the right!
Southern Fried Divorce
3½ Peppers
By Judy Conner
Conner—older sis of the bestselling Sweet Potato Queen, Jill Conner Browne—takes a candid, humorous look at her divorce from "that ex-husband," "that X" or "X." At first the book walks and talks like a missive from an airhead woman who languishes in an unfulfilling relationship. But just as reader exasperation begins creeping in, Conner proves she's a smart woman with a plan: after the split, instead of being contentious, Conner chooses to treat X right, declaring, "I was going to do this divorce my way." She continues charming readers with her folksy, down-home tone and wit, along with her sharp observational skills, especially when it comes to relationships.
(Can be ordered through Amazon on right sidebar!!)
