World

The Big Chill 2009

Thanks to everyone who sent it suggestions for the New Year trip to the hills of Provence...also known as, the Big Chill 2009 because my friend's old stone house had ...

Martin Luther King Jr. Revisited

DaNice D Marshall | 1 day ago

I was not quite nine years old when Martin Luther King, Jr. passed from this world and although I knew of him, I did not know him. All of the stories that I've heard have...

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Martin Luther King Jr. Revisited

DaNice D Marshall | 1 day ago

I was not quite nine years old when Martin Luther King, Jr. passed from this world and although I knew of him, I did not know him. All of the stories that I've heard have...

Diversions

Feng Shui Tip 1/6/08

Ah, so this day commemorates and celebrates the visit of the Magi, the Three Wise Men, to the stable where the babe named Jesus was born. They were said to come from ...

New Year's Tips To Staying Safe: A Reminder

B The Gossip Girl | 3 days ago

It’s a sad but true fact that the world isn’t always the safest place for women. It seems like everyday on the news there is another female victim of violence. Watchi...

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New Year's Tips To Staying Safe: A Reminder

B The Gossip Girl | 3 days ago

It’s a sad but true fact that the world isn’t always the safest place for women. It seems like everyday on the news there is another female victim of violence. Watchi...

Politics

Breaking News - Auto Industry!

The statistics are in for 2008. For all auto manufacturers in the U.S., sales were down a little more than 18% in 2008 as compared to 2007 , the fewest autos sold sin...

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Israel-Palestine Conflict Part 2

A.E.Larkie | 7 days ago

First let's start by saying that the first religious group to ever establish a national homeland in the Palestinian region were the Jews over 2000 years ago. With that sa...

Living

Miss Manners Is My Hero

Many of you know I'm a huge fan of Judith Martin (aka Miss Manners), particularly when it comes to wedding etiquette. Her snarky wit and sensible approach to money an...

Recovering From the Post-Ick Icks

laurieboris | 1 day ago

Okay, suppose, like me, despite your best intentions you end up with a cold. You probably have enough life experience and advice from your mother on how to get through on...

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Two Movies to Work Out To

cake | about 9 hours ago

Movies are ideal to workout to for the following reasons: 1. Intervals -- films are automatically broken up into scenes (unless you're watching Russian Ark, which is a fe...

A&E

Garage Sale Item #3

Let's start the new year off with this adorable pair of lucky love monsters. Why are they lucky? Oh, ya know, because they are. My husband and I had several cakes of ...

Question of the Day

Kerri | about 21 hours ago

Last year, my friend and I discovered Hannah Montana. Strangely fascinated (since we are in our upper 20s) we started listening to the music and were intrigued when the H...

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Here's a Little Slice of Florida

Crayon Marks | about 15 hours ago

What do children do on January 5th in Florida? Go swimming! ...

Well-Being

Recovering From the Post-Ick Icks

Okay, suppose, like me, despite your best intentions you end up with a cold. You probably have enough life experience and advice from your mother on how to get throug...

making memories with sprinkles

mama bear | 1 day ago

This Christmas both kids got a chance to roll out dough, choose cookie cutters, and sprinkle colored sugar on their creations. We used a traditional sugar cookie recipe t...

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Two Movies to Work Out To

cake | about 9 hours ago

Movies are ideal to workout to for the following reasons: 1. Intervals -- films are automatically broken up into scenes (unless you're watching Russian Ark, which is a fe...

Style

Obama-rama!

I wish I'd had more time running through Dulles airport -- it's teeming with inauguration swag! So I'll have to settle instead for fashions I find elsewhere (unlikely...

Are Thin Eyelashes A Pressing Health Priority?

veganchick | 2 days ago

You may think that there are plenty of serious health matters that deserve extra attention—obesity, breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and so on and so o...

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Are Thin Eyelashes A Pressing Health Priority?

veganchick | 2 days ago

You may think that there are plenty of serious health matters that deserve extra attention—obesity, breast cancer, diabetes, heart disease, HIV/AIDS, and so on and so o...

Money & Careers

Recession vs. Depression

What's the difference between a recession and a depression? We've been hearing both terms, sometimes interchangeably, along with "economic downturn" all over the plac...

Anyone shop for groceries online?

Crayon Marks | 2 days ago

I love a good budgeting challenge and have tried numerous things through the years to try to cut our grocery bill, except shopping for groceries online. Now that the econ...

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Martin Luther King Jr. Revisited

DaNice D Marshall | 1 day ago

I was not quite nine years old when Martin Luther King, Jr. passed from this world and although I knew of him, I did not know him. All of the stories that I've heard have...

Family

Invisibly Busy

One evening last week my husband commented, sounding quite impressed, "You've been busy today!" Well, yes, but I wondered what he meant in particular. "You moved the ...

Recovering From the Post-Ick Icks

laurieboris | 1 day ago

Okay, suppose, like me, despite your best intentions you end up with a cold. You probably have enough life experience and advice from your mother on how to get through on...

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f words

Stubblejumpers Café | about 19 hours ago

Once in a while Everett throws a choice word into his conversation and I do my parental duty and say "Hey, watch your language in front of your old mother." The other day...

Green

More Ways to Reduce Waste

Let’s start off 2009 right, by reducing waste and improving our lives. Here are a few more tips to follow up from yesterday: - Buy Media Digitally. No packaging and n...

Peddling Fraud - sorta

YeaYeaWendy | 2 days ago

A couple of weeks ago, I told everyone about the free Yankee Candle coupon for $10 off of a $25 purchase. Yesterday, I was on eBay looking for Yankee Candle deals and I n...

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Peddling Fraud - sorta

YeaYeaWendy | 2 days ago

A couple of weeks ago, I told everyone about the free Yankee Candle coupon for $10 off of a $25 purchase. Yesterday, I was on eBay looking for Yankee Candle deals and I n...

Gossip

Jennifer Love Hewitt & Ross McCall call it quits

Jennifer Love Hewitt and fiancee Ross McCall have decided to go their separate ways, according to sources. A source close to the couple says, "They broke up over the ...

I'M GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE OLD LADIES...

mama bear | 2 days ago

Yesterday I went shopping, and I realized something important: I am having a hard time keeping looks off my face when in public. I had two Christening gifts to shop for, ...

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I'M GOING TO BE ONE OF THOSE OLD LADIES...

mama bear | 2 days ago

Yesterday I went shopping, and I realized something important: I am having a hard time keeping looks off my face when in public. I had two Christening gifts to shop for, ...

DIY

Homemade Oven Mits - So Neat

A great way to showcase a small amount of really special fabric. They get lots of use and visibility, totally practical, easy to make and always welcomed as gifts. A ...

making memories with sprinkles

mama bear | 1 day ago

This Christmas both kids got a chance to roll out dough, choose cookie cutters, and sprinkle colored sugar on their creations. We used a traditional sugar cookie recipe t...

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(BLANKING) Technology

mama bear | about 20 hours ago

When it comes to certain things -- fashion, trends, technology -- I am behind the times. I accept this, and move on... until it bites me in the tush. My 1 year old comput...