19 Feb 10 Take Off the Rose-Colored Glasses When Dating

Robin was giving me an anatomy of her divorce. 'There were signs,' she said. 'Plenty of them. I just ignored them.' 'The counselor told me to ignore how he treated other people,' said Manuela, 'and concentrate on how he treated me. But one day I became 'other people.'' It's typical to do this in the early stages of dating and falling in love because, first of all it's an exciting and complex process getting to know someone, and secondly, there are all those wonderful dreamy chemicals bathing ...

18 Feb 10 10 RED FLAGS IN DATING RELATIONSHIPS

10 RED FLAGS IN DATING RELATIONSHIPS When starting a new relationship, many women (and men as well) tend to overlook some behaviors in their new partner that do not bode well for the future. Then, down the road, comes the exclamation 'If I had only known...'. As a Psychotherapist who has worked with mostly women and a few men in the field of Domestic Violence, during counseling sessions we can always trace back unpleasant and also dangerous character traits to the very start of the ...

17 Feb 10 I hate my computer and other inspirational thoughts

The New Year has not started out very well for Yours Truly. After the first day of the new year, my life went south for the rest of the winter. All I can say is, I hope it has a wonderful winter, and don't forget to write. Speaking of writing, I can sum up my feelings at this moment by saying, "I hate my computer." Perhaps, you may think the word "hate" a little too strong. Under normal circumstances, I would agree wholeheartedly. These, however, are not normal circumstances by a long ...

16 Feb 10 Being Sensitive and Kind

I am very caring and sensitive. I think this is in part down to my tough upbringing. I worked on a cabbage farm since I was eight years old. My father was a dour and God fearing Evangalist who married a one armed Yugoslavian peasant from Skopje. She never spoke a word of English and still doesn't. My father moved on in the late 1980's having eloped with a Tibetan Monk. I never heard from them again but I escaped from the cabbages. I was an only child until my mother re married again and I now ...

14 Feb 10 Holiday Gift Baskets: Preparing Food Gift Baskets for the Holidays

Holiday gift baskets are among the most common gifts that are given to families, colleagues, or employees. One of the most common gift baskets is one that contains foods and other goodies. Companies provide baskets of goodies to its high-ranking employees. Next-door neighbors also give each other baskets of foods. Giving away foods as presents is very common and convenient. This is because you do not have to wrack your brain on what to give away as gifts, especially during the ...

13 Feb 10 EVERYONE HAS A DOUBLE SOMEWHERE

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and Yours Truly have an agreement as ironclad as any legal document in the world court. Simply put, the contract is as follows: I will eat broccoli when she eats liver. I'm on pretty good ground here because I know she abhors liver and will not allow me bringing it into our domicile in any form. In fact, if I consume any liver I'm sometimes not allowed home until it has completely gone through my system, which can take up to three days depending on my ...

12 Feb 10 Ways to Reduce Food Cravings

Have you ever experienced uncontrollable food cravings? If you are like millions of other people, chances have it that you experience these urgencies from time to time. It is extremely natural to have food cravings; however, the foods which our bodies often desire pose quite a danger to our weight. That is why it is important to control these urges and minimize our intake of various junk foods. One of the most important things that you can do in order to reduce cravings is to minimize your ...

11 Feb 10 Diet Food Home Delivery for Getting Sexier

Are you jealous watching those models walking the ramp? The jealousy is the result of having a hateful body one possesses. Though we know that beauty is God's gift, a beautiful body can also be cultivated. Not all people are bestowed with sexy figures but having manageable body that looks attractive is not very difficult. At least we can certainly try not to look fat in belly and cheeks! The curvy body has health benefits with it too. Rather, health benefits are much more than you can even ...

10 Feb 10 Are diet pills dangerous?

It's hard to know what diet pills out there can be dangerous, you have to make sure you always do your research and make sure you know what you are putting in your body. Some diet pills raise blood pressure and can make the heart race which can throw people into cardiac arrest. Hoodia Gordonii is made with all natural ingredients that will never harm you're your body or leave you feeling jittery. Diet pills do not have to be dangerous if you pick the right one, read the reviews and talk to ...

08 Feb 10 Why Is There "Egg" On My Hamburger?

Have you ever had egg and red beet root on your hamburger? I haven't... in fact, when I pulled the top of the bun off my burger at "Hungry Jack's" and saw not the usual pickle, onion and special sauce, but beet root and a fried egg, you could have picked my chin up off the floor with a spatula. HOW in the world does anybody eat egg and beet root on ahamburger? I looked around the hamburger shop and realized that other people were eating egg on their hamburgers too... and to them it seemed ...

07 Feb 10 The Growing Popularity of Girls Games

Girls Games are a reasonably new phenomenon and have been gaining in popularity over the last couple of years. The reason for this late interest seems to be that the game world, since its start decades ago, has been mainly targeted to boys. With plenty of violence and lots of sex- related themes it hasn't been able to attract a large girl audience. A typical game you'll run into when searching the web has a shooting, racing or sport related theme i.e. mainly boys' interests. You will generally ...

06 Feb 10 Does Fast Food Cause Obesity

Whether child, teen, or adult, frequent fast food eaters are more susceptible to obesity. There are long term studies that show a link between fast food and weight gain. The rapid rise in obesity over the last 3 decades coincides with the rise and popularity of the fast food industry. Child and adult obesity have reached epidemic proportions in the US and in many other countries. Does fast food cause obesity - it probably isn't the only cause, but people who choose fast food as a meal three ...

05 Feb 10 IN A BUSY WORLD WE STILL NEED TO TAKE TIME TO LAUGH

In many ways, the American home faces the danger of becoming a vanishing institution. Along with its extinction, the family unit as we know it is in danger. Children are not growing up in homes anymore. They are growing up in terminals. In reality, the American family does not need a home. We are born in a hospital, educated in a college, courted in an automobile and married in a church. We get our food at the delicatessen and restaurant. We spend our mornings at golf, our afternoons at the ...

04 Feb 10 HOW TO TELL THAT YOU'RE GETTING OLD

This week I celebrate another birthday, which brings me to that auspicious milestone where I am right between 52 and 54. A person only comes to this stage of life once, so I am going to make the most of it. This year I plan celebrating my 29th birthday. I figure it's my birthday, so I should be able to celebrate whichever one I please. Twenty-nine is the perfect age; this is the third time for me to celebrate it and it probably will not be the last. At 29, you are not over the hill and yet you ...

01 Feb 10 Choosing Food to Eat to Lower Cholesterol

There are two types of cholesterol that circulate through the body's blood stream; LDL or low density lipoproteins and HDL or high density lipoproteins. LDL is considered bad and HDL is considered good because of the way they work in the body.  High levels of LDL cholesterol are a leading factor for increasing the risk of heart disease while HDL cholesterol is known to reduce this risk.One of the easiest ways to control this is by choosing food to eat to lower cholesterol. It really can be ...