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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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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
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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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Talking Books
by Stephanie Holbrook, on behalf of the National Library Service, Library of Congress
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Talking Books, a free program offered by the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped (NLS), Library of Congress, helps provide eligible students with the reading materials they need to succeed. For blind and physically handicapped people, this nationwide program delivers classic literature, bestsellers and many magazines to keep them up to speed and on top of their studies. For host families who may not have the resources to care for a child with a disability, NLS Talking Books acts as a way to provide that family with a free method of providing the best and most comfortable living situation they can for their adopted family. A no cost program to host families who take in displaced families with blind or physically handicapped children. Please help promote this program on your web or in the material you give to host families. Please call 1-888-NLS-READ (1-888-657-7323) or go to www.loc.gov/nls/find.html for a directory of cooperating local libraries participating in the Talking Books program and for enrollment information.
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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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Discover your personality type and what careers are best suited for you
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All around me in my childhood were nothing but weak and inhibited women. Everywhere you looked in my hometown in the Middle East, it was the same story. There was always a weak woman trotting behind a strong and fierce looking man.
Sadly, this even applied to my own mother. I adored her—she was nothing but love—but I also hated her weakness. She couldn't stand up for us when our father beat us. Often we stood up to him to protect her, but it never stopped us getting it also. We used to beg her to leave him, but in the same breath we knew he was our meal ticket—she would never have been able to support us in that country. Her weakness made me treat her harshly, as less than worthy to be my mother.
My sister and I used to daydream that one day we would find out that we were adopted. Our real parents would be a strong mother and a gentle father. Alas, there was no chance of that. We were the spitting image of our mother, and we sure had our father's strong personality—with plenty of oomph!
He consented to my leaving home to study overseas.
We also dreamt about the day we could leave our hometown and go west. My father was favorably impressed with the Christian missionaries he met, so he thought a Christian country would be filled with people just like them. He consented to my leaving home to study overseas. Little did he know what would happen when my feet hit the streets in London.
Boy, did I live it up!
I was learning fast to be an emancipated woman. No more weak, feeble women for me, thank you! But after the novelty wore off, the wounds that had been bleeding deep down in my subconscious cried out for healing.
I searched for God everywhere—in books, churches, spirituality centers, convents—you name it, I looked into it.
Then I learned about another woman. She too was born weak. She was a victim of her circumstances, region and time period. She was in an even worse situation than I was. She was brought up in a regimented household, and her health and the mores of her time kept her from pursuing a formal education. She was weak and sickly all the time. She was pregnant when her beloved husband died, and she was stranded far from home with no money or property, with few rights and fewer opportunities to survive on her own.
This woman was Mary Baker Eddy. My! how her story wrenched my heart. But her story took an amazing turn. Deeply spiritual, she went on to discover the deep truth of the Bible, and developed a system of spiritual healing that became a worldwide movement. She wrote a book that changed millions of lives—Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.
This book changed my life also.
This book changed my life also. Reading it was the end of my search, but the beginning of my spiritual journey.
You know, I said earlier that I had wished I were adopted? Well, I learned that God had been my Mother all the time. I read in Eddy's book this definition: "MOTHER. God; divine and eternal Principle; Life, Truth, and Love." I cried and laughed, all at the same time. This was my breakthrough! With God as my Mother, what couldn't I have that I didn't inherit from my Mother already?
I looked around me and began to see potential in the very women I had despised. I didn't see them as weak any more. I raised my own self-image up a notch toward the full image of my Mother God. I saw I had the ability right within myself to tap into this divine energy I embodied.
And, from that time, I saw the real strength my mother had. I saw that it was her love for us that had made her meek so that we could be cared for. Though she had no education and couldn't have provided for us, she knew my father would see to it that we got somewhere. I suddenly saw the gentleness of God's love had never stopped being expressed to us through my mother.
Now for the first time in my life I respected her.
I had always adored her, but now for the first time in my life I respected her. I saw God was her Mother, too, and she had access to the same strength and gusto I did. When I spoke to her on the phone or when she came to visit, I started speaking to her differently also. I wasn't treating her with disdain, but with respect.
It turned out she had always been scared of me. When I found this out, I realised she hadn't only been abused by her husband, but also by me her daughter. How humbling this discovery was. In repentance, I resolved never to treat her that way again.
As I changed my attitude towards my mother, she changed as well. She gained the confidence to stand up to my father and to make decisions for herself. She doesn't speak or read much English, but she, too, reads Science and Health. Mary Baker Eddy's life touched my mother's also and made a difference to her.
Now relocated to New York City to be near my sister, my mother walks all over town and takes herself to exercise and art classes. It may seem simple, but she never would have done things like this before. Now, when I visit her, she takes my hand like a strong woman and shows me sights I would never have found on my own. I look up to her with wonderment. Yes, God is her Mother, too.
I now can see that God's mothering love has nothing to do with outward appearances or manner. Love dwells in the soul. My mother's inner strength was revealed by her gentle nature and tender heart. And Mother God has taught me how to find my strength in gentleness.
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9 Cash-Saving Tips That Pay Big Bucks
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The expression "a penny saved is a penny earned" doesn't cut it these days. But saving a few dollars here and there can add up...
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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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Suze Orman's Recession Rescue Plan - helps you survive in times of financial crisis
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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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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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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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Finding last-minute tuition money
There's still time to find funds for this semester's college tuition. But you'll have to move quickly.
By Gerri Willis
It's only a couple of weeks or even days until school begins. And if you don't think you'll be able to get a handle on your college
tuition bill, here with your guide to last minute money.
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Short-term Payday Loans
econ4u.org
...Which are more expensive, late fees or short-term loans?...
A short-term payday loan can be a better option than overdraft fees, reconnect fees, late payment fees or a damaged credit rating when
the loan is repaid promptly. However, these loans are not suited for longer repayment periods...
Being realistic about budgeting can help avoid the need for short-term borrowing.
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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 in 2009
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.
32 and Counting? Finding Your Happily Ever After Today
by Gi Gi
The author talks about the struggles a single mom goes through and the discovery that you can have HEAT (Happily Ever After Today) just
as you are, being single, taking care of your kids...
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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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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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TheOnlineMom.com offers parents and consumers a guide to the top-rated, age-appropriate, kid-tested and parent-approved tech toys and gifts.
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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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Get back in the game! Dating after divorce
Dr. Laura Berman offers smart strategies for finding romance again
TODAYShow.com contributor
Dating is often a risky and adrenaline-pumping adventure, but when you date after divorce, hearts aren’t the only commodities on the line. Between kids, potential step-relations, money issues and exes, dating after divorce can be a tricky and stressful undertaking.
Rather than delve into this stress, many divorcees choose to isolate themselves from dating and romance.
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HowToDoThings.com
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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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My Story as a Single Mom
by Gail Showalter
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Author Gail Showalter is looking for stories from single mothers to use as examples in a book that will reveal how personalities affect the different ways we handle difficulties. This submission should tell of a situation that you found yourself in as a single mother. It should tell what you did and relate that to your own personality and temperament. In other words, why you did what you did when another person of a different temperament probably would have done it entirely differently given the same circumstances. To find out more about the submission, CLICK HERE.
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The Breast Cancer Site
Please support the site sponsors, above, that make The Breast Cancer Site possible -- they pay for the mammograms your daily click provides. 100% of collected revenue from site sponsorships goes to pay for mammograms. Your click, along with others today, will fund free mammograms for women in need.
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Komen Breast Cancer Foundation
Breast cancer affects all women, young and old, directly and indirectly. This is why the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation www.komen.org stresses the importance of the breast self exam, the mammogram and early detection during October and throughout the year.
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Teens Report Parental Inattention to Their Important "Rites of Passage" has high price tag
by Amanda Bach
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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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