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Cleaning Your House Does Not Have To Be A Chore
When I was growing up, my two sisters and I had to clean the house every Saturday morning. This had to be done before cartoons, playing outside and right after eating breakfast. We used to get up early to make sure weâd be finished in time for our favorite Saturday morning lineups of Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry. nnSince I was the youngest, my chores were always the easier ones: vacuuming, sweeping and mopping. But as I got older, more duties were strapped to my shoulders,
April 15, 2008
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Tips That Will Keep Your Relationship Rockinâ
My husband and I are high school sweethearts. We have been together for fifteen years, now. He and I got married when we were only twenty and twenty-one years old. I am now thirty-one and heâs thirty-two. Weâre working on eleven blissful years of marriage. nnIt has been an amazing experience to love the same person for nearly half of my life! We started dating when I was fifteen, and he was sixteen. When I tell that story, other women think that Iâm lucky. Theyâre int
April 15, 2008
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Would You Like To Throw Out Your Alarm Clock
Have you ever experienced this? You close your eyes for the night, and just when it seems like you are getting the best sleep ever, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep: your alarm clock goes off. nnYou reach over and hit the snooze button. You settle back in and just as you drift off into that peaceful dreamland, there it goes: bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep.nnIf youâre like me, you could do this another couple of times before you actually get out of bed. Why we torture ourselves is bey
April 15, 2008
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Trading Time For Money Stinks
Do you wake up in the morning dreading the moment that your feet have to hit the floor for you to get ready for work? If thatâs the case, join most of America. Very few people wake up to that annoying alarm clock and spring out of bed excited about having to go to work. nnAs if that were not enough, most of us have to fight traffic getting there, usually an hourâs drive. Then, when we get to work, we have to fight with unruly co-workers or a nagging boss. And to make matt
April 15, 2008
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When Relatives Move In
Ever now and then, people fall on hard times. And thatâs okay. Unless we were born with a silver spoon in our mouth, weâve all gone through it at some point in time. nnBut what happens when you have a relative move in, who doesnât want to move out? How do you prepare for this and could it have been avoided? nnIf youâre experiencing this, I know itâs not an easy situation to go through and rarely is it ever fun. nnIf you are going to allow a relative to move in with
April 5, 2008
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Planning The Wedding Of Your Dreams
Did he propose, and you said âYes!â? If so, congratulations! You are about to embark on one of the greatest journeys known to mankind: marriage.nnThere are lots of emotions that swirl around an engagement. Donât let one of them be stress, due to not knowing how you will plan for the big day. nnThe first thing you need to do is to set a budget for how much you and your beloved want to spend on the blessed event. Once you have set the limit, do everything in your power to
April 5, 2008
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Prosperity Online Can Be Yours
What does it mean to have prosperity? Webster defines it as the condition of being successful or thriving, or having economic well-being. How many of us want that to be descriptive of our lives? I know I do. Just reading the definition made a sense of peace wash over me. nnAnd, I have not met a person yet, who has said no to having prosperity in their lives. But, I was perplexed because though everyone I discussed this with wanted prosperity, very few people actually experien
April 5, 2008
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Wealth Building On The Internet
What made Vince Lombardi a great coach? Well, at the beginning of each new season, he always gave his players the fundamentals of the game of football. He didnât just do this for the rookies, the new kids on the block; he also told his veteran players the same thing. He would start his sessions with a simple phrase. And that phrase was, âGentlemen, this is a football.â nnSo in teaching you how to build wealth on the internet, we need to go back to the fundamentals like
April 5, 2008
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When Is The Best Time To Start A Home-Based Business
If you are not living the life you have always imagined, then now is the best time to start a home-based business. nnIf you wake up in the morning to the dreadful sound of an alarm clock, now is the best time to start a home-based business. nnIf you and your spouse lie in bed and wish you didnât have to get out of your warm bed to get ready for work, each morning, now is the best time to start a home-based business.nnAnd if, you get sick and tired of fighting traffic, only
April 5, 2008
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Success Can Also Be Spelled A-C-T-I-O-N
In my line of business, network marketing, I meet all types of individuals. It is phenomenal to interact with such a diverse group of people on a daily basis.nnMy all-time favorite people to engage with are the go-getters! Those guys are just awesome! They light a fire underneath me every time I am in their presence. They are the type of people who wreak of success. nnWhen they walk into a room, everyone notices them. They look like success. They smell like success. They soun
March 28, 2008
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Moms Helping Moms Win Big In Home-Based Businesses
If you have ever dreamed of being a stay at home mom, then a home-based business may be the key to you accomplishing that goal.nnEvery day, there are millions of working mothers who despise waking up to the dreadful sound of an alarm, only to go through the further misery of getting their precious children ready for someone else to raise.nnI have not met a mom yet who was not brought to tears the first time they had to leave their little newborn baby at a daycare center. And
March 28, 2008
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Firing Your Boss Is Not As Hard As You May Think
I get the awesome privilege of telling you that walking into your bossâ office and announcing that today will be your last day isnât as far off as you may think. nThere are droves of people doing it every single day. Why canât you be the next big success story? nnI know the next big question you want to ask is a one word question: How? Well, sit tight, and I will explain it to you. I think the answer may surprise you. nnThe truth is there are a lot of ways to become fin
March 24, 2008