My daughter Christine has Lupus and she thinks she is invincible. She tries to overcompensate for the times she feels like hell, by being Superwoman, Supermom and Martha Stewart, all rolled into one. In the weeks preceeding Christmas her home looked like a Winter Wonderland, tastefully decorated wit
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I don't know how many of you are of the same mindset as I am. You find one book by an author that you like, and it's almost addictive. For me, that was Dan Brown. The first book I ever picked up by Dan Brown was Da Vinci Code; the mystery, the intrigue, the deception, the ultimate quest for the
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Perhaps not in time for holiday baking, but for future cooking sprees, here's an idea that might help those with aches, pains, or strains in the hands! The battery operated sifter works just like it sounds. You pop in a couple of batteries, depending on which sifter you purchase, and it does the wor
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So, I'm officially obsessed with my child. I'm not ashamed to admit it. BUT, I'm a rather private and modest person and I truly do not like to interfere with others' lives. I do not like to flaunt my baby's pictures and shove them into everyone's e-mail boxes every month, week, day...well, you know
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Here are tips on how to survive school when you suffer from FMS or any other chronically painful illness. I did survive and am alive to tell the tale. I did not know these tips, when I was in high school, so what I did instead, was skip school quite a bit in order to sleep. This is actually effectiv
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We all know the feeling - we kick on the furnace for the winter and within days our skin starts screaming... loudly... for attention! It "screams" by getting dry and itchy, developing rough flaky patches, and just generally acting cranky! We have to DO something - we rush to buy the latest, greatest
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by Ron Rubin and Stuart Avery Gold As a reader of the motivational Zentrepreneur Guide's series of books, I looked forward to the advice, knowledge and inspiration that these books usually contain, when I received the new idea log and work book. The pages of this workbook follow the same theme, us
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This is one of those simple ideas that make you say "I wish I thought of that!". The Doudou padded bed bumper easily Velcros right to any wall running next to your bed. This cute and soft bumper then protects you from bumping into the hard wall, while tossing and turning in the night. It also helps
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Most of my friends admire me for what I accomplish. Those closest to me know my deepest horror stories, and most embarrassing moments concerning my disease. Having an inflammatory bowel disease is not a pretty picture- or a pretty smell either. It puts extreme limits on your everyday life, and makes
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A 30 day plan to boost energy, enhance weight loss, heal GI problems, prevent disease, and slow aging. by John R. Taylor N.D. and Deborah Mitchell I have been hearing a lot about probiotics lately, in the news, on television and even by some of my health blogging friends. Simply put, probiotics ar
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