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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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by Victoria Moran,
Author of Living a Charmed Life: Your Guide to Finding Magic in Every Moment
of Every Day
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"In a charmed life, the best thing going is what is happening now"
Even the most dazzling lives are punctuated more by commas and periods than by
exclamation marks. You virtually guarantee a charmed life when you can give
yourself as fully to doing the dishes, and tending to the other miscellanea that
make up your day, as to some grand adventure. This is because you can count on
the dishes. They’ll be there alongside the grand adventures, and if no adventure
is immediately forthcoming, the dishes won't let you down. Besides, feelings of
enthusiasm, excitement, and positivity about anything and everything attract
adventures to a life the way an open bag of trail mix attracts bears to a
campsite. They just can't stay away.
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About fifteen years ago, I picked up a severe case of flu while traveling and it
kept me in bed for a month. I'll never forget the first night I washed dishes
after I was better. It was the most delectable experience: warm water halfway up
to my elbows, and slippery, shimmery suds to play in. I momentarily wondered if
the high fever had addled my brain -- I mean, please: dishes? -- but if it took
being addled to feel this extraordinary, I didn't want it any other way.
During the first few weeks of getting back into life, I was having these ah-hah
moments during activities once inconsequential in their ordinariness. "Wow,
driving a stick is really fun! . . . What did they put in this hot cider? It's
amazing! . . . The sunset was so beautiful I pulled my car over to look at it."
Smitten with my new way of seeing things but questioning its normality, I called
one of my mentors, a woman named Gladys Lawler who was nearing ninety and always
knew the answer.
She told me that everything seemed so stunning because I was in the moment.
"When you're in the moment," she explained, "everything is exquisite because
you're truly experiencing it." Life, I learned from Gladys that day, ought to be
this way all the time, but we're so used to being removed from the present by
keeping our minds one place and our bodies another that these periods of
resplendence are uncommon. She also told me that I'd be back to the old,
disconnected way of being before long, but that since I now knew that being
truly present was possible, I could remind myself to go there again.
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Her prediction was correct. As soon as my full strength returned, I was back to
busy mode: scheduling, planning ahead, multi-tasking. But even now, the
otherworldly beauty of that convalescent time can come back when I'm washing
dishes. I have a dishwasher these days but I often use the sink just the same.
It gives me the opportunity to stand in one spot and focus on one cup, one
glass, or one perfectly circular rubber gasket that, in its modesty, gives me
the use of my blender.
I recommend that you try some conscious dishwashing. Release all judgment ("I
always get stuck with the dishes . . . ") and just be with the process. Run the
water and be aware of the sound it makes rushing from tap to sink. Look at the
bottle of soap before you squeeze: what's in it? Do you like how it smells?
Watch the suds as they build and billow. Pick up a dish at random -- your coffee
mug maybe, or the bowl your daughter used for cereal this morning -- and regard
it as a gift from a grab bag. Have fun with it. Maybe it has something to tell
you, something to remind you of. Be with it and with every subsequent plate and
fork and measuring cup until the task is through.
Then give yourself as wholeheartedly to whatever comes next. In a charmed life,
the best thing going is what is happening now, even when it's scouring a
skillet.
Lucky charm: The next time you do the dishes, feel the water, caress the
crockery, and be present with all that's in you.
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The above is an excerpt from the book Living a Charmed Life:Your Guide to
Finding Magic in Every Moment of Every Day by Victoria Moran.
Author Bio
Victoria Moran, author of Living a Charmed Life:Your Guide
to Finding Magic in Every Moment of Every Day, is an inspirational speaker,
a certified life coach, and the author of ten books including The
Love-Powered Diet, Lit from Within; Fat, Broke & Lonely No More; and the
international bestseller Creating a Charmed Life. Her articles have
appeared in numerous publications including Body + Soul, Natural Health, and
Yoga Journal. Her blog, "Your Charmed Life," is published daily on
BeliefNet.com. She lives a charmed life in New York City.
Visit Victoria Moran online at
www.victoriamoran.com.
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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
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...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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