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Send The Holiday Grinch To The North Pole
Friends Better Than Chocolate
What You Need to Know About Skin Cancer
Send The Holiday Grinch To The North Pole
1. Just because the ad says “bargain” doesn’t make it so. Recognize that a “blow-out sale” might really be masquerading as a wolf in sheep’s clothing. What do I mean by that? Holiday spirit is one thing, but business is business and these stores are in it to win it, so to speak. The holiday spirit only carries a retailer so far. So, Caveat Emptor (buyer beware).
2. Reality – Many of us are shoppers at heart. Be smart and use a credit card (assuming you haven’t just won the lottery) that gives you points or cash back
on your purchases. Be even smarter and pay the bill off in full each month.
3. Gift-giving from the heart is key. If you can find the time (if you can wander the malls, then no excuses, you have time for this), unleash your inner artist and create personal, memorable (hopefully not because you left a nail exposed and little Jimmy required six stitches, kind of memorable) gifts for friends and family.
Click here to read the rest of this article by Debbe Taylor, co-founder of WorkingMomLifeline.com.
"I told you not to put those cans in the garbage! Now it's too heavy to lift," I growled at my husband. He raised his eyebrow at me — his normally pleasant-tempered wife, who was doing a pretty good imitation of a witch. Later, I groused at my teenage daughter for leaving umpteen pairs of shoes all over the house.
Why was I so cranky this morning? When I sat down in my office to work, it hit me. Tethered to my computer due to mounting deadlines, I hadn't seen a friend for weeks.
I should know better. After all, I wrote a book about the importance of making time for pals. But when several called to have lunch, I put them off. "Let's wait till next month. I'm crazed right now," I said.
Click here to read the rest of this article by Marla Paul, in Revolution Health.
How to Spot It
Follow the ABCD rule for detecting skin cancer, which points to four signs that a skin lesion may be malignant:
A: It is asymmetrical. Draw an imaginary line through the middle of the mole, either vertically or horizontally. Are the two halves nearly the same size and shape? If not, get it checked by your dermatologist.
B: It has an irregular border. The edge or border of a melanoma is usually irregular. The border can be scalloped, ragged, notched, blurred, or poorly defined.
Click here to read the rest of this article excerpted from MORE Magazine.