Summer is a great time for children. School is out for most of them and it’s time to play. Running, climbing, building sand castles, swimming… Sweating, sunburns, complaining. It isn’t necessarily all that easy to keep the kids busy all summer long, especially on particularly hot days, the days when…
January 1 is just two days away. A new year means a new you, right? Not so fast. How many times have you made a laundry list of New Year’s resolutions only to fall off the wagon within days? Whether it’s losing weight, quitting smoking or becoming more organized, we…
Diet & Fitness / Healthy Eating
By Maris Callahan – DietsInReview.com Brush off your picnic basket, park blanket, Frisbee and that look of winter hibernation and get outside! While picnic fare is often calorie laden, these simple tips (and recipes) will help you enjoy picnic in your favorite spot. 1. Make a Plan. If you’re planning…
Food & Recipes / Healthy Bytes
There is truly no one food that can help your health more than chilies — no matter whether red or green. When the weather gets colder, chilies can really help your system stay at peak health. A great way to really boost your system is to eat chili — often…
Style & Beauty / Product Reviews
Regardless of your hair type, all of us can benefit from a little leave-in conditioner love and protection. Whether your hair is straight as a board, frizz-prone, stylishly wavy or wound into tight curls, leave-in conditioners help restore our hair’s moisture level and leave us with easier-to-manage tresses. Even when…
Let’s face it; we live in a pretty competitive world. Because of that, children may not understand the importance of sportsmanship when involved in competition. Winning can easily become the sole focus of a game, so children may not think much about the importance of good sportsmanship. Parents and coaches…
Food & Recipes / Food Product Reviews
The concept of the 100-calorie snack pack had become quite popular these days. You can get everything from cookies to crackers, even soda in small packages that equal about100 calories. The question is, are these packs the best way to control your diet? Are there better options out there? The…
Don’t throw out those cosmetics that you think you just won’t use quite yet. Give them another chance by using them for something other than what they were meant to do. Use your imagination to find new uses for old makeup. For example, if you use cream blush, then spread…
When dining out, do you start your meal out on the light foot? You waited 15 minutes to be seated and your stomach is growling by the time you finally get your table. Your first instinct is to dig in to the basket of warm bread or feast recklessly on…
Relevance Info Services, an international publisher of quality information, approached me as an expert in relationship issues with the question if I could evaluate a number of websites that offer methods and tips for saving relationships and prevent a divorce. The fact is that, with respect for all the well…