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Cutting Grocery Costs without Cutting Nutrition

Simple, healthy, and affordable ways to weather the rising price of food

by Karen Collins, R.D., American Institute of Cancer Research

Grocery prices are projected to increase again in 2008 – that’s following 2007’s highest annual increase in 17 years. But surviving these tough economic times doesn’t have to mean sacrificing good nutrition. Some simple strategies can help you cut food costs and eat more healthfully, too.

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Madlynn is Kid of the Month

Some things should never be said...

by Kristyn Kusek Lewis

What Not to Say About Someone's Appearance
Don’t say: “You look good for your age.”
Why: Anything with a caveat like this is rude. It's saying, "You look great―compared with other old people. It's amazing you have all your own teeth."
Instead say: “You look great.”

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7 love rules you need to break

‘Cosmopolitan’ magazine lists nonconventional tips for happier relationships

These relationship secrets go against conventional wisdom, but “Cosmo” believes in shaking things up. Colleen Rush shares seven new rules for today's relationships:



Just because you’ve always done something one way doesn’t mean it’s the right way. Remember how much your life improved when you finally gave up super-low-rise jeans, dating only bad boys, and dial-up modems? Relationship experts say that ditching the following seven love rules can be just as liberating — maybe more.

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Holding Her Head High

Actress Janine Turner Inspires Single Mothers
New Book Uncovers Moving Stories of Single Mothers Throughout History

by Janine Turner

Nashville, TN – History yields to all types of mothers. Helena Augusta, abandoned single mother of Constantine, helped forever change Christianity. Widowed single mother Belva Lockwood would become the first female presidential candidate in 1884. And Harriet Jacobs, a slave, chose to live in a small airless attic for 7 years so her children could have freedom while diligently fighting for her own freedom and her children's safety.

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Single Mom Dating Tips from Ms. Single Mama

I have been a dating single mom for over two years now.

And the first thing I can tell you is this - it's not easy. First you have to get past your divorce, the heartbreak, the anger and the tears. And then, once you are finally ready to get back out there, you have to factor in the kids and their feelings.

Here are a few of my single mom dating advice articles that are a good base. Start here and then come back to my blog every day, because as you'll soon see - I'm learning as I go!

Ms. Single Mama advises on How to meet men as a single mom and date them, The good stuff: falling in love as a single mom, The not-so-good stuff: breaking up as a single mom.

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A Snow Shower of Spiritual Meaning

 

by Tom Black from Spirituality.Com

I am sitting at my desk, and an unseasonable snow is falling outside my window. One moment it drifts out of the sky like wandering confetti, another moment it swirls and swoops across the landscape like a huge flock of tiny white birds. The snow is soft and gentle like the fur on the bunny that right now twitches his flake-ticked nose under one of the bushes in our front lawn.

 

It's carrying a lovely metaphor for me, because it's reminding me of how spiritual inspiration feels. Sometimes spiritual ideas waft into my mind as softly as this snow falls, comforting and guiding me through any troubling problem.

 

Like life and death, what I had been thinking about earlier. It's a subject that gives me pause because it's often wrapped in harsh images of hell and judgment, oblivion and the unknowable. I've had to deal with the deaths of dear family members and a very dear friend. I miss them. I wonder about them now and then. Today, for instance, I've been wondering, "Where are they now and what are they doing?"

 

I can't figure it out. There are too many unknowns. Like today's snowfall—how much snow will pile on the roof, and where will the busy-body sparrows find nourishment?

 

In a way, I need nourishment, too. Mental nourishment. Fresh ideas. Answers. From God.

 

Those ideas settle into my thinking as softly as the snow settles on the earth.

They come as the gentle presence of spiritual ideas, something like the snow that is caressing my little world.

 

And as I listen, those ideas settle into my thinking as softly as the snow settles on the earth. Poring over my spiritual guide book, Science and Health, I read: "Life is eternal. We should find this out, and begin the demonstration thereof."

 

This statement falls gently on my thoughts, and the conviction grows that I can find answers to questions about my friends who have gone, and about my own life right now.

 

From another page in Science and Health comes this thought, swirling, swirling and finally touching me, "For right reasoning there should be but one fact before the thought, namely, spiritual existence. In reality there is no other existence, since Life cannot be united to its unlikeness, mortality."

 

Yes, there is more to the story of my life and my loved ones. It is in the spiritual dimension.

 

I realize my thought has become as quiet as the outside.

The snow continues to fall as do these spiritual messages. Steadily, softly, impartially, beautifully. The snow shower's simplicity, purity and grace speaks to me again. I realize my thought has become as quiet as the outside and as receptive as the earth opening its crannies to trillions of tiny flakes.

 

I'd never considered that snow could speak. But the way it is now reshaping my landscape, slowly, gently, even kindly, it is speaking to me, with unmistakable, yet quiet spiritual meaning.

 

It tells me that answers to those hard questions about death and life come through gentleness, quietness and softness, humbly receiving grace in the form of spiritual ideas about God's infinite universe. I don't have to think of myself or others as living in a limited world, but in the infinite universe of God's goodness.

 

God speaks to me through spiritual awakening rather than human intellect. The cascade of spiritual messages brushes me with an awareness that I can never figure out the things of God, divine Love. This Love dissolves the will that resists spiritual inspiration, this shower of holy meaning gets to me through thoughts as quiet and as pure as this fresh snowfall.

 

I don't need to be sorrowful. I can have peace.

"Sorrow is turned into joy when the body is controlled by spiritual Life, Truth, and Love." The ideas from Science and Health continue to accumulate in me as steadily as the pure, fluffy snow now builds up on the branches and twigs of the dogwood tree just outside my window. I know better now that those dear friends and family who are not within my view are embraced by spiritual Life and Love. I don't need to be sorrowful. I can have peace.

 

A pine tree across the yard, its boughs humbly bending under two inches of new snow and swaying gracefully in the breeze, speaks to me to be just as serene.

 

This day, I'm a part of this image. The snow-covered scene outside my window is one of peace, and inside me there is peace, even about death. My friends' lives have moved out of my sight, but have not really gone anywhere—unless, perhaps, for a quiet stroll through some gentle snowfall somewhere else.

 

Another page of Science and Health turns and this idea falls easily into my understanding. "Life, Love, Truth is the only proof of immortality." Wherever I find evidence of divine goodness there are gentle lessons to be learned about the eternal spiritual universe and everyone's sacred place in it, like each unique snowflake blending into the blanket of harmony and beauty that is effortlessly covering the earth today outside my window.

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Utility Prices are Significant Expenses

by Randi Lynn Millward

I don't know about you, but my electric bill is sky-high. I've been running around the house unplugging everything in sight so as not to incur charges from my appliances using "phantom energy".

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Because you are somebody special!

by Annette Bridges

Since my trip to Italy, my husband and I have enjoyed a delicious breakfast routine that often includes French toast, fresh fruit and a yummy cup of cappuccino.

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Our Friendships

by Laurie Cesario-Overton

We all have those days when we get overwhelmed and it seems like every time we turn around there is another problem.

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3 Money Rules for Stay-at-Home Moms

As we all know, life is unpredictable. We lose jobs, get divorced and even become widowed...
Here are three steps stay-at-home parents should take to better manage their own and the family’s finances.

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You May Have Too Much Debt But You Also Have Options

How Life Works

If you feel like you're in over your head with personal debt, you're not alone. Millions of Americans have become overextended, many as a result of easy credit and the recessions. Credit cards, medical bills, personal loans and raising interest rates do not make a good financial mix.

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Could fat babies mean fat toddlers?

A new study from Harvard Medical School found that babies who gained weight quickly had a sharply higher risk of obesity. The study followed close to 600 babies and found those in the top quarter of weight for their length at 6 months had a 40 percent higher risk of obesity by age 3 than smaller babies.

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Offer to barter

Dr. Marie - Advice for Pet Owners

A vetʼs office is a business that requires a lot of services. In many cases your vet may be willing to barter in exchange for veterinary services.

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How to Find the Best Car Loans for Single Moms

Financial Advice for Single Moms

The best car loans for single mothers might be just around the corner at your local car lot.

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Crystal Bowersox - A Single Mom And A Real American Idol

Read how the amazing Crystal Bowersox. the runner-up of American Idol Season 9, handles fame and life as a single mom, raising her 17 month old son.

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5 Ways for Single Moms to Save Money

Single moms are always looking for ways to save money, and for good reason... It’s important to find ways to cut corners on the little things that perhaps you don’t think about too often, because those are usually where your biggest money drains are.

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Suze Orman's Recession Rescue Plan - helps you survive in times of financial crisis

OPRAH.com

Do you know what your family would do if you lost your job - or worse, your home? Financial expert Suze Orman is ready to help you devise a recession rescue plan to survive - and possibly thrive - during this deepening financial crisis...

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Your Just-in-Case Emergency Plan

by RealSimple

Who do you call if you can't make it home in time to meet the kids' bus? Who do you trust to take in your mail when you're on vacation? Who do you trust with the extra set of keys to your house?

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How to save $10,000

By Liz Pulliam Weston

If you were hoping for a list of small tweaks you could make in your spending to save $10,000 a year, sorry. The reality is that $10,000 is a lot of money. And saving big money usually means making big changes in the areas where we spend the most, such as: Housing, Transportation, Food.

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The Super, Sexy, Single Mom on a Budget

by Renee Rayles

A quick reference guide designed for the busy, single mom who has

little time to read while running the mom taxi, cooking dinner, helping with homework, and trying to fit in a date night every now and then.

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Single Mothers &
Male Role-Models / Mentors

Single mothers carry an enormous load of responsibility, especially those having sole and/or primary custody of minor children. They nourish, they nurture, they teach, they discipline, they shelter, they protect, and they provide… all without the assistance of another equally-invested adult.

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Mom's Obesity Raises Newborn's Heart Risk

from the National Institute of Health

The more obese a woman is when she becomes pregnant, the greater the likelihood that her newborn baby will have a congenital heart defect, a new study suggests. The finding raises concerns because 1 in 5 women are obese at the start of pregnancy in the United States.

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The 10-Ingredient Shopping Trip

By Tara Parker-Pope and Mark Bittman

... In his latest “How to Cook Everything” segment on the Today Show, New York Times food writer Mark Bittman makes it surprisingly easy to cook a week’s worth of dinners with just a 10-ingredient shopping trip.

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Your 5-minute guide to protecting your identity

20 steps to protect yourself from identity theft, and seven ways to clean up things if you become a victim.

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Single Moms in the News

6 Best Celebrity Single Moms
Read about Halle Berry, Sandra Bullock, Michelle Williams, Reese Witherspoon, Kimora Lee Simmons, Mary-Louise Parker... read more

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Last Straw

by Jeff Kinney

For those wondering why tween boys don’t read very much, the answer is that more books aren’t like this...

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Get more self-confidence

Psychiatrist Gail Saltz and body language expert Janine Driver discuss ways to gain more confidence.

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Teens Report Parental Inattention to Their Important "Rites of Passage" has high price tag

by Amanda Bach

Almost half of America’s high school teens report parental inattention to what they consider to be key transitions during their adolescence, according to a SAAD.org study released. The study suggests that this lack of timely parental involvement in important “rites of passage” comes with a high price tag: the potential for dangerous behaviors that can lead to illness, injury, or death as teens seek alternative milestones to demonstrate growing maturity and independence.

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HowToDoThings.com

Is resource with a multitude of "How-To" topics. For instance, single moms can find helpful information about family life with informative articles on the topic of "Building a Family". HowToDoThings.com presents expert-contributed information on a wide variety of family-related topics, including adoption, pregnancy & birth, parenting, and celebrating family events. Some of our most popular articles are on subjects like "How to Understand a Fetal Monitor", "How to Prepare for Breast Feeding while Pregnant", "How to Set Up an Inflatable Birthing Pool", "How to Choose Nanny Agencies", and "How to Buy Infant or Baby Cribs".

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