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Family Member Guide to Nursing Homes

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Clients frequently tell us they trusted the nursing home or assisted living facility to take care of their loved one. We also hear clients say they assumed their regular visits to the nursing home or assisted living facility would encourage staff to provide better care for their family member. Well, that may be true but your presence in the room or down the hall is not enough. Frustrated family members concerned about the level of care their loved one is receiving call often. Most of the time, their complaints cannot and should not be addressed by filing a lawsuit ? so we provide more (Read more)


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Gardening for Wildlife - Biological Warfare for at Home and in the Gardens

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

It’s that time of year for the biting flies, skeeters and other insects. I discovered last year that a mixture of rubbing alcohol and pure mint oil keeps these pests at bay. I mixed 2 ounces of pure mint (from a health food store) with 14 ounces of rubbing alcohol. I was using this to spray for wasps, but discovered when I rubbed it on me, that all other biting insects stayed away too. It works well for me. I smell good and no harsh chemicals found in other sprays. The alcohol evaporates to nothing and the mint stays. Increase the formula to 25% mint and this kills off wasps in the (Read more)


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Effective Teen Parenting Is Challenging

Monday, November 5, 2007

We all know that the teen years can be viewed as a journey from childhood to adulthood, but consider that teen parenting can be seen as a similar journey. In the growing teen, they are dealing with getting older, accepting more responsibilities that they never had before, raging hormonal changes, discovering their own identity, and a struggle for independence. All of these things make teen parenting a challenge, since teens can go from one extreme to the other in the blink of an eye. One more teen stress that needs to be considered is the inevitable want to fit in, to be accepted by their (Read more)


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Bundt Cakes to the Rescue

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

While sitting at the bowling alley, a voice came over the intercom saying, “Tonight we are hosting a raffle on a yummy yellow sheet cake for $1.00 a ticket. The proceeds will go to our youth bowling association.” A yellow sheet cake, I thought? How often are you asked to bake a cake for a school auction, cake walks, parties or get-togethers? Bundt cakes makes excellent cakes for these events. They are pretty cakes, make for a great presentation and could bring in more money than a yellow sheet cake. Another benefit of bundt cakes is that they are easy to transport to your event. (Read more)


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Applying The Law Of Attraction: Feel Your Way To Prosperity

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Did you watch Oprah when The Secret was featured on the show? How amazing to have this incredibly powerful movie brought to the world like this. Thousands of people had already seen and benefited from the teachings of The Secret, but I think these were mostly the early adopters of this phenomenon. People who already have been learning about The law of Attraction through other sources and for whom it was more like a confirmation and clarification of knowledge they already had. Why I think it is so great to have the movie on Oprah, is that it could help to get The Law of Attraction more (Read more)


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A Fireside Winter Dinner Tradition

Tuesday, October 16, 2007

Winter time is the time for comfort food. Classic Beef Stew is perfect for the causal meal around the fire place. Surprise your family with this change in your dinner routine. Build a fire in your fire place. Put a washable blanket down like you are spreading a blanket for a picnic. Add comfortable pillows to sit or lean up against while you are eating. Put your pot of stew in the middle of the blanket with bowls and spoons around the pot of stew. Put your drinks in glasses with a lid. Make a pan of cornbread, cut into squares and place on a plate. Invite your family in for dinner. (Read more)


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How To Seduce Women - The Secret Foundation Of Attraction

Monday, October 15, 2007

If you want to learn how to seduce women then you need to forget about what you’ve been told is attractive to females. Let’s face it, the current rules of the dating game only serve to put women in the position of power while forcing men to lower themselves to the point of almost begging for their attention. To seduce women you need to shift your perception of who has all the choice. Most of the mainstream dating advice (and the messages that we are force fed by the media) tells us the as men we have to go out of our way to become sexually attractive and desirable. I want to (Read more)


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Photo Printers: How To Buy The Best Printer For Your Digital Memories

Wednesday, October 10, 2007

Family photos have gone digital - they are better quality, cheaper to print and digital images can go anywhere. You can instantly email your latest snapshots to your friends and family with few quick clicks, turn them into a slide show on your website, or you can print them for pennies. Of course you’ll want to print and save your most priceless photos for framing, hanging on the wall or adding to family photo albums so you’ll want the best photo printer for the job. Digital photo printing has come a long way in recent years, its now possible to print a lab quality photograph (Read more)


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How to Pick Up a Girl – The Art of Approaching

Tuesday, October 9, 2007

Perhaps you’re already familiar with the pick up artist (PUA) approach to dealing with women. You can spout endless openers, know the steps to take from beginning to “my place or yours”, but find you’re missing something. You just can’t get started. Yeah, you know all the reasons and make all the excuses, but you still don’t take that first step. It’s as if there’s some mechanical step that needs to be taken first. There isn’t. Approaching a woman is an art. There’s a raft of stuff on how to become a monster pickup artist (PUA), (Read more)


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Open Your Parachute

Thursday, October 4, 2007

SAW A SIGN AS I WAS DRIVING DOWN THE STREET TODAY, near my home in Honolulu . It said, “Parachute for Rent: Used once, never opened, one stain.” Somehow that struck me as the way we often live our lives. The ‘never opened’ part, I mean. WE HAVE SUCH INCREDIBLE GIFTS of talents, ideas, inspiration, goodness, and yet how much of it do we ever use? Like the parachute, our gifts are rarely opened. They’re rarely out there for the world to see these gifts or for us to enjoy. The parachute, the sign said, had a stain. And so it is with us as humans. The stain of our (Read more)


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