Jan
31
2013

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I am sitting in the bathroom.
There is a small human yelling at me.
Mommy.
Mommy.

The day has been an absolute “PALAVA”.

I need Jesus, Paul, John and Mary. Throw in the Holy Ghost, few aliens and everyone from the Fat Albert gang.

Why?
Why am I here?

… because today I chose to parent and not punish.

No lectures, no you cannot have this or that, no epic battles of wills. No. No. No.
I will not participate.

She knows what she has done wrong, she knows there is a sad face on the behavior chart and she knows I am upset to the point that words are scare.

So she beckons, she yells, more throwing, she has a one sided conversation with herself …

I feel like a mom that needs a hug. I wish my mother was alive. This is a grand mother’s shining moment… diffusing the yells of a naughty preschooler and the secret scowls of a 39 year old, pending divorce, frazzled, single mom.

Momma said there would be days like this…. but what do I do when she is a teenager… go to the pergola and knit a sweater?

Has she talked herself to sleep….
Clear the land mines.

I shall come out the loo now.
Thank you and good night.

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Jan
31
2013

Yoga Your Way to Weight Loss

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Yoga Your Way to Weight Loss - Reasons for weight gain & how yoga helps

Miranda Phelps (Author)


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Publication Date: January 19, 2013
You do not have to go to a class to practice the simple asanas or poses mentioned here. These basic poses will help you reduce weight and stress-levels. It will also help you concentrate better and increase muscle strength. When you are ready to do advanced poses, it is best you consult a yoga teacher or a physician who can guide you. Unlike other forms of aerobic exercises, yoga is less harmful on the knees and exercises almost every muscle of the body. You also need very few exercise equipment to practice yoga. All you need is an exercise or yoga mat!Combine the yoga poses explained here with a healthy diet and you will see yourself losing weight steadily. Yoga also helps improve flexibility and core body strength. Breathing and meditation techniques will help you calm your mind and improve the body and mind connection. Take a step towards a healthy and more meaningful lifestyle and start practicing yoga today!
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Jan
31
2013

 

Enjoy!

 

Six FREE Kindle Book Offers

by Michael Gallagher

Here are six FREE Kindle books in a variety of genres for you to consider this morning in the Amazon Kindle store: as of this posting, each of the books was free on the Amazon website butplease make sure you check the pricing before you smack the “buy” button as the pricing can (and does) change at any time!

Drowning Mermaids by Nadia Scrieva has received an average user rating of out of 4 out of 5 stars based on 86 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through February 5th.

Category: Fantasy / Romance

 

 

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

The deadly northern seas are growing unsettled…

None know this better than Aazuria Vellamo, who must conceal her physical abnormalities in order to masquerade as a normal human being. She is the proud Princess of Adlivun, fleeing from the threat of war in her underwater kingdom to regroup with her sisters and bodyguards in Alaska. This refuge holds unexpected surprises, for she meets a somber gentleman in a dark corner who offers her assistance.

Captain Trevain Murphy is a successful king crab fisherman who has spent his life building his empire above the sea, and knows nothing of the greater empire beneath the surface. When an elegant dancer captures his attention, he becomes fascinated with her old-fashioned speech and unique mannerisms. Learning that her father has recently died, he cannot resist extending kindness and offering to be her benefactor.

Neither the captain nor the princess can imagine that their lives will become forcibly entwined as a common enemy threatens both of their worlds…

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/5brqjq into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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This Tangled Thing Called Love by Marie Astor has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 18 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through February 4th.

Category: Contemporary Romance

 

 

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Claire Chatfield has everything a girl could possibly wish for: looks, a promising career, and an engagement ring from one of New York’s most eligible heir-bachelors! Life should be a dream and yet, it does not feel like one… When an enigmatic new neighbor, Alec Brunell, moves into an apartment above from Claire’s, Claire is surprised to find herself wondering whether the choices she has made in her life are worth following through.

In order to secure his place as his father’s successor, David Lawson must settle down with a wife befitting the future head of Lawson Enterprises – and who could fit the prerequisite better than lovely Claire Chatfield? There is just one glitch – David Lawson is in love with another woman.

Alec Brunell has never lacked for women’s attention, but he finds himself at a loss when faced with his downstairs neighbor, Claire Chatfield. Still, her iciness only adds fuel to his fire, as Alec is determined to change Claire’s view of him.

This Tangled Thing Called Love follows the story of four people searching for love – will they have the courage to find it?

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/ldd1lq into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Harry Defeats Ick & The Evil Plaque Monsters by Auntie Kim has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 7 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through February 2nd.

Category: Children

 

 

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Harry, a young boy who doesn’t brush his teeth every night was attacked by the evil group of bacteria, called the Evil Plaque Monsters. The Evil Plaque Monsters started doing evil stuff in his mouth that caused pain and suffering to Harry. When he was about to lose hope, his mother’s friend Dr. Jones, who is a dentist, helped him by calling Tommy the Super Toothbrush and Tina the Wonder Toothpaste.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/6mjler into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Just Evil by Vickie McKeehan has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 62 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through February 1st.

Category: Suspense

 

 

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

The Evil Trilogy
Despite growing up together in their trendy Beverly Hills neighborhood, three best friends hide dark childhoods. The lives of Kit, Baylee and Quinn have been anything but perfect. Little do they know a stranger is about to unravel long, buried secrets, bringing the past back to life with a vengeance.

Just Evil
Kit Griffin has finally overcome a painful childhood at the hands of her mother, former actress Alana Stevens. No longer living in the grasp of the cold, tyrannical woman, Kit’s life is finally on track. That is, until Alana is found brutally murdered on Mother’s Day, pulling Kit back to the dark horrors of her past. To make matters worse, the police consider Kit the prime suspect.

Jake Boston is an old family friend and the man Kit has loved since she was a teen. He’s fighting his own demons as a suspect in his wife’s murder two years earlier. Despite his past, he’s determined to win Kit over once and for all. But before that can happen they need to convince the police there’s a killer working his way down a list with cold-hearted vengeance in mind.

Forced to delve into Alana’s dark past, Jake and Kit uncover a forty-year-old double murder leading them straight to the door of a legal dynasty. Soon they find out just how far the heirs will go to keep the past buried.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/47y5v0 into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Releasing a Person: Fast Recovery from Heartbreak, a Breakup, or Divorce by Kathryn Alice has received an average user rating of 5 out of 5 stars based on 32 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free through February 1st.

Category: Advice & How-To

 

 

Here is the book’s description from the Amazon website:

Releasing a Person was first a workshop and then a bestselling CD that popular love guru Kathryn Alice created to help those suffering with the deepest attachment we face: that to another person. It has produced MIRACLES for those have used it.

For the first time, this material is being made available in book format. It will help you:

* Relieve the pain of a break-up or divorce

* Heal from heartbreak

* Dissolve a pesky attachment that is putting your life on hold

* Possibly work it out with the person you’re releasing (Kathryn calls this “The Phenomenon” in the book)

* Free yourself for the REAL love that awaits you beyond tie

* Get beyond a “crazy love” situation that is making you miserable

After a painful divorce, Kathryn found happiness with her husband of over a decade, Jon, and they have four boys.

Click here or type in http://smarturl.it/n0kny2 into your web browser to receive your free copy.

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Solomon’s Porch by Wid Bastian has received an average user rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 27 customer reviews. I received a note from the author saying this book would be free for today only.

 

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Jan
23
2013

 

CloudMagic

I’m a data hoarder. I’m trying to go paperless in the past and in the future. I’m scanning things at a magnamous rate. My phone camera is getting more action than the Ow.ly(s) during the riots of 2012 in the Middle East.  I have so much digital stuff. I should become my own library.

So during my search today I came across CloudMagic (https://cloudmagic.com/)

It let’s you search gmail, facebook, twitter, dropbox, evernote, skydrive, yahoo, box, contacts, google drive, google talk, icloud, outlook, outlook.com and other cloud based services for exactly what you want.

There is a free account if you want to check it out.

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Jan
20
2013

8 Crucial Tips When Living On One Income

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http://www.girlsjustwannahavefunds.com/tips-living-on-one-income/

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Jan
15
2013

Dr Martin Luther King Jr! Happy Birthday!

 

Dear Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr;

Happy Birthday! I am glad you were born!!!

Due to your courage and the push for equality, I – an African American woman from an impoverished background – have had an excellent education, travelled the world and have been abundantly Blessed by the ground you broke through your movement. I am eternally grateful for your bravery, courage and sacrifice.

I wanted to say that I’m sorry your “dream” has been skewed.

While you worked so hard to push opportunity to the African-American community, to some extent, there are some of us that no longer acknowledge, value or teach our children about the great sacrifice, the upliftment from oppression … nor do they take advantage of the educational opportunities that your courage afforded us.  For that I’m sorry, we know better and we needed to do better.

The path of assimilation, the damaging and long lasting effects of a slave mentality, generational effects of slavery and poverty, the sting of subpar education as a tool of oppression, violence, apathy and the lack of passion..  there are so many things still plaguing our community that your dream couldn’t cover… these are things we need to resolve for ourselves.

However, this day as I look at my child, I think about my Blessings, the opportunities afforded to me… I’m glad you had a dream and that you mightily brought that dream to fruition.

You made America better.
You are an American hero.
Happy Birthday!

Respectfully yours,
@Efabulous1

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Jan
15
2013

Dope Tech: The Best Calendar App for iPhone

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The Best Calendar App for iPhone – http://pulse.me/s/1kp6O

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Jan
12
2013

Check out “The Art of War E-Book”

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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appinmotion.artofwar This is a must have and must read for anyone trying to be successful in life. -Efabulous1

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Jan
08
2013

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Jan
05
2013

Kid: Mommy I am learning English, Spanish, Chinese and French.

Mommy: I am so proud of you. You are so smart.

Kid: I am even learning to speak Mommy, too.

At this point, I asked if I needed my own language. Then she bat her eyes and smiled and hugged me.

#thischildismine

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