Over the past couple of months I’ve dropped ten pounds using a “slow carb” diet. But, once again, I’m kind of stuck. So I started looking into supplements — vitamins and minerals — that might often be deficient in those who have trouble losing weight. The vast numbers of potions and pills is overwhelming. I [...]
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It’s fine. Really. I didn’t want April anyway. On August 6 (Saturday night, day before Easter), I took Samson to an after hours clinic. He’d come down with the flu Thursday evening, but seemed to be on the mend. When he started throwing up again, I wanted to have him checked out. The clinic referred [...]
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Years ago I had an acquaintance who was always trying to get me on her latest diet du jour. Forget the fact that I was slim and she was heavy. Forget the fact that I was healthy and she was not. No matter how I approached it, she was sure that she knew the cure [...]
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As I write, I’m sitting in the gorgeous Joseph Smith Memorial Building in Salt Lake City. I just finished speaking on “Monetizing a Blog” at the Story@Home Conference. Now that’s all well and good, but I’ll save that story for PopCre.net. What I want to tell you about is the cake. I’ve been dieting for…forever. [...]
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This post brought to you by Walgreens. All opinions are 100% mine. You know Walgreens. It’s the pharmacy you can always count on, even when others are closed down for the night. Having been a mom for over 24 years, I can’t even count the number of times I’ve had an emergency resolved by the [...]
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Next week I’ll be getting an eye exam. I have to finally admit that I can’t see as well as I need to. OK, and I want to use up every ounce of my insurance benefit before the year ends. Still, I’m doing the right thing. Finally. I really want to get some lenses that [...]
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I’m all about saving money. In difficult economic times, it’s even more important to squeeze every penny out of your purchases. Sometimes that means selecting lower quality items. Not everything needs to last for centuries or provide professional quality results. If my preschooler wants to learn to paint, I’m not going to buy the same [...]
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For those of you working on the Why Can’t I Sleep project with me — trying to develop better sleep habits and, perhaps, becoming an advanced early riser — I wanted to pass on Amazon’s Gold Box deal. Today only, the Philips Wake-up Light Plus is being offered for 30% off at Amazon! Instead of [...]
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Changing lifelong habits can be very difficult. Training myself out of being the night owl that I’ve been since birth is something that is now 46-years ingrained into my soul. To be completely honest, I’m more than skeptical about this (or any)Â help to sleep program, because I’ve tried so many things. But it’s one of [...]
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The introduction to How to Become an Advanced Earl Riser says” The modules can be taken in any order and worked on as there is no linear way of doing this, this will become obvious when you read them, for example I speak about cutting down on coffee, if you’re not a coffee drinker it won’t apply to you. [...]
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Yesterday I completed the Advanced Early Riser quick start assignments. Today I read about sleep science and the five parts to becoming a real morning person. The Truth About Sleep Author Steven Aitchison starts out this section challenging the vast majority of sleep specialists — Thomas Wehr in particular. He claims the 8-hour sleep rule is a [...]
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Last week I let you in on one of my life’s big questions, “Why can’t I sleep?” The more accurate question would really be, “Why can’t I get to sleep?” Once I’m finally asleep, I can usually sleep like a log and never want to get up, but it’s the getting to sleep — at [...]
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After a lifetime of asking myself, “Why can’t I sleep?” I’m making another attempt to solve the problem. This morning I began a search for the latest resources to help you get to sleep. I haven’t used most of these personally, but am basing my recommendations on highly positive independent user reviews. If you have [...]
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I was born a night owl. That’s not hyperbole. Soon after the lawyer delivered me to my parents, they began asking, “Why can’t she sleep?” and within a few years, I was asking (again and again), “Why can’t I sleep?” To be clear, I’ve never had a problem with the sleep itself, it’s the falling asleep [...]
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This post brought to you by Boudreaux’s Butt Paste. All opinions are 100% mine. We have six children, and although we are about five years beyond the diaper stage, I well remember dealing with the wretched things. Even more, I remember trying to cure diaper rash. One of our poor little babies had such a [...]
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