Personal Finance > Auto Insurance AAA membership: Is it worth it?

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I have had AAA assistance off and on for a number of years now. As a woman it makes me feel more confident when I am out on the road. Last winter in -20 weather my tire popped and I had my youngest child with me and they were there with a tow truck and changed my flat in about half an hour. I mean now thats service and the g... More..

Health & Fitness > Diet & Weight Loss How to stop emotional eating

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Wouldn't we all like the easy escape from the pounds of flesh that attack us.Experts would like to say that overeating is generally caused by hand to mouth disease,the truth being that it is caused by our emotions and our inability as humans to gain control of what's readily available. Food. I mean there are people with fat ... More..

Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Saying good-bye

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Well another topic I am great at.I have been saying goodbye my whole life. I said an early goodbye to my innocence. I have said goodbye to my father, many times in my life.I said goodbye to my family feuding over whether or not I had said goodbye to my innocence. I have said goodbye to life sucking friends.Oh and then there i... More..

Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Loss of a parent

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I came from a broken home where abuse was rampant and the very last thing I thought was that I would lose a parent. I had an emotional and tumultuous childhood and I wasn't done accusing and berating my mother for her lack of attention to my strife that she had in my eyes ignored, only to see her sick and dying before she re... More..

Home & Garden > Gardening (Other) True gardening stories: How it all went terribly wrong (humor)

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Do Not Weed The Carrots!That was the first word of caution I received about gardening.The funny thing is I received many more words of caution that definitely went unheeded my first year of gardening vegetables.I had been a renter for so long I had forgotten what it was like to get all sweaty and dirty and proud over what peo... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Parenting Methods Should parents use corporal punishment to discipline children?

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I totally agree with what has been named corporal punishment.I have three children all of whom have needed physical discipline throughout their childhood.I have a 14 year old, a 12 year old and a 10 year old. I must say my range of disciplines has changed between all of them.When I had my son I was bordering cruelty until I f... More..

Parenting & Pregnancy > Babies (Other) Tips for naming your baby

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With the onslaught of celebrities naming their children after fruits dreaming up the perfect name for you baby seems incredibly difficult these days. It used to be that people chose names out of meaning in their personal life like naming children after parents or loved uncles but these are the times when anything goes. I hav... More..

Personal Finance > Spending & Saving (Other) Is a credit union or a regular bank the best choice?

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credit union vs. bank...hmmm, well I would bet on a bank and this I am telling you from experience.While it's nice to be a part of an exclusive club, of which I still am, It is also far to exclusive in other ways. My husband and I went with a credit union for our first mortgage only to feel discriminated against and told tha... More..

Style & Beauty > Clothing Tips & Advice How to choose plus size lingerie

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Very Very soft lights...candles are preferable. It is not the lingerie that is the problem it's the spider veins and the folds of fat that won't tuck in and the idea that your spouse or other would even want to see you in a piece of lingerie. That is when you know a person loves you for what you look like is when they can ge... More..

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