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About me - Savanna Carlsen

I am a married mother of 4, I've had a lot of craziness in my life and feel as though I have become a stronger person from those experiences. I feel as though I have so much to share and offer the world. I hope that I can make a difference in at least one

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Home & Garden > Lawn & Landscaping Home improvement: Landscaping your property: 1 of 12

Your home is a representation of yourself. Your landscaping shows your passion for your home, yourself and the environment. When deciding on a landscaping project, it's important to get as many estimates from licensed contractors as you can. One of the best ways to locate a licensed contractor in your area is doing an intern...
Travel > Orlando Saving money on your Walt Disney World trip: 6 of 17

Walt Disney World may be the happiest place on Earth, but it's definitely not the happiest place in your pocketbook. Visiting Walt Disney World is definitely a must do vacation sometime in your family's lifetime. The key is to plan ahead, budget wisely and do your research on this magnificent park. The first thing to plan fo...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Death of a child: 6 of 13

When I first met Skyler Anne at age two, she was a little spit fire of a girl. With her big blue eyes and thick brown hair, she had her mom and dad wrapped around her little finger. I met their family through her older brother, then 14, who was friends with our oldest son. They ended up on the same baseball team together. Sk...
Jobs & Careers > Professionalism Why today's society does not encourage hard work: 12 of 21

Many parents are not encouraging their kids to be hard workers. They are not pushing their kids to accomplish anything or choose a career path. There is nothing wrong with talking to youth about their future. One doesn't have to force choices down their kids throats, but encourage them to do something. Tell them they can bec...
Parenting & Pregnancy > Tweens & Pre-Teens Parenting teenagers: Learning to let go: 9 of 14

When our children are born, they are so precious and fragile. We are willing to do anything to protect them. They are so innocent to the world and as they grow we are there for them when they are hurt, when they are sick, when they need love and guidance. In the blink of an eye, they suddenly know everything. They talk back,...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Drinking: 21 of 29

It was ninth grade and I was fourteen or fifteen years old. It was the last year of junior high school and I decided to sneak some hard liquor from my dads liquor cabinet. I mixed a whole bunch of different hard liquors together and added water to the rest to make it look like they hadn't been touched. I put my mixture in an...
Relationships & Family > Siblings Pros and cons of growing up as an only child: 21 of 26

Who says an only child is lavished with attention and spoiled by their parents? I am an only child and I don't really recall getting spoiled or having all my parents attention. Okay, so I was the only girl I knew to have a four-wheeler, (but what I had really wanted was a horse). I had my own room, had my own dog, got my par...
Relationships & Family > Cheating Spouses & Affairs Cyber cheating: How to know if you're involved in an online affair: 5 of 6

Online affairs are becoming more and more common. Most who are involved in them think it's no big deal and feel as though what they are doing is not wrong, but is it? Ask the person who is the one beinging cheated on. It's pretty much guaranteed they will be hurt, angry and see it as an affair. Why are there men and women ou...
Relationships & Family > Break-Ups & Exes Breaking up with an alcoholic: 7 of 8

When is enough, enough? I ask that to myself every time my husband goes on another binge. We've been together since we were seniors in high school. Four kids later, we are now both thirty six years old. Where has the time gone? I look back through my journal and see how it all started from the beginning. I literally watched ...
Health & Fitness > Addiction Understanding Addiction: 7 of 7

The un-addicted society is very uneducated on what addiction is. They believe that if you have a problem, or an addiction that you can or should just stop it cold turkey. This is impossible to do without help. Addiction is a disease. If stopping something cold turkey were that easy, nobody would have any of these problems to...