Don’t let an over-full schedule keep you from taking care of yourself. At Zena, an Aveda Concept Salon, you can get your hair cut, colored and styled or enjoy spa services like facials, waxing, or massages...on your schedule! Zena is open from 8am to 8pm Monday through Friday, 8am-5pm on Saturday and (starting November 9th) 10am-5pm on Sunday. Amira says, “Our early morning and late afternoon appointments were filling up quickly and our guests were clamoring for more weekend appointments. We know every minute counts over holidays, so it’s really easy to make an appointment on our website!”

If the last time you turned on your gas furnace seems like ancient history, it’s time for a checkup to protect the life of your unit...and your family! Gerald says, “In addition to having a working carbon monoxide detector, get your furnace inspected annually to be sure it is operating safely. Carbon monoxide is odorless, colorless, and potentially deadly. Don’t skip your furnace’s yearly check-up!”

They say “Smile and the world smiles with you.” Ready to see if that’s true? You can nominate yourself or someone else for a Smile Makeover. Just write down the story behind the smile, why a makeover is needed, and how it would change a life. Please keep your entry under 500 words. Then email your entry to info@sugarlandortho.com no later than December 5th. Dr. Lemke will choose the top five finalists and then select one winner to receive a complete Smile Makeover which may consist of orthodontic consultation, treatment, records (x-rays, imaging), and related treatment and planning, up to a maximum of $8,000.

Joyce says, “I love that my new teeth are light, strong, and easy to clean. My favorite part was getting the exact shade I wanted...a “Chicklet White” One of my previous dentists wouldn’t let me pick my own shade and insisted on a dingy yellowed color for a permanent partial. When I told him I didn’t like it, he said, “Well, you’re stuck with it.” Dr. Cook respected my opinion. In fact, she agreed that with my fair coloring a white smile looks natural and beautiful!”

All too often, children are prescribed smaller “guesstimated” dosages of adult medications, which may or may not be height/weight appropriate for them. The operative word in compounding is custom design. We can “edit out” fillers or dyes, change the flavor, or create a gel, a cream, a pill, a gummy, or even a lollipop form of medication. Compounded medications aren’t mass-produced approximations. They’re specific to your family’s needs.

Developed by physicians at the University of Minnesota, NeuroAssist works with your brain chemistry to suppress appetite. It significantly curtails how much you want to eat...without making you feel hungry, cranky, jittery or stressed out. Dr. Alford says, “NeuroAssist doesn’t make the decisions for you, but it makes it easier to overcome obstacles to weight loss. You’ll still have to portion your food and keep your food journal, but NeuroAssist makes it easier to stick to your weight loss plan without giving into hunger or irritability. Essentially, NeuroAssist gives you the edge you need to stick to your healthy goals and see success!”

Hope For Three and Presenting Sponsor Fred and Mabel R. Parks Foundation is honored to present Dr. Temple Grandin on February 6, 2015 at Sugar Creek Baptist Church. The once is a lifetime interactive speaking engagement will give guests a startling no-nonsense insight of a person living with autism as well as share ideas on how others can overcome obstacles and improve their quality of life.

“We try to do something new every year and we are really excited to announce this year’s wreath raffle as we think it will be a fantastic addition to the Tour,” stated Lisa Moore, Events Specialist for Child Advocates of Fort Bend (CAFB). Each of our talented Christmas decorators has generously created a beautiful wreath which will be placed in the home that they decorated. Guests can purchase raffle tickets at the homes for a chance to win the wreaths.

Fort Bend Cares proudly announces Memorial Hermann Sugar Land Hospital and Spectra Specialty as presenting sponsors for its February 7, 2015 annual Road Trip fundraiser. Joining them as diamond sponsors for the event are Grant Thornton LLP, The PUB at the Fountains, and Fairmount Santrol.

This year Lupita’s Mexican Restaurant is the only restaurant in Sugar Land or Missouri City to make Houston Chronicle food critic Alison Cook’s list of the Top 100 Restaurants in Houston. When it comes to classic family Tex Mex in a warm and welcoming setting (with so many tiny pinatas!)...nobody does it better!