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Lifestyle Portal19 Sep 2008 04:27 pm

Past life regression can locate the reason why we have problems with people in our current life or why we are scared of certain situations. You have people around you in your current life that you have extraordinarily met before, now just imagine being able to unearth what happened and what your relationship was to them at that time and destroy blocks that plague you in your current lifetime and even unearth talents and bring them into your present time. Past life regression, also known as PLR, is fabulous.

When you are having a past life regression, aka PLR, session you go back to the life you should most need to know about in your current lifetime. This is tremendous and will probably point out a considerable deal about your present life and help you will to go forward with your life with a greater understanding of yourself, your life and the sisters around you.

You may also find out why you are the person that you are, now that is unbelievable. If you adore nature perhaps you were once a farmer, if you love to travel maybe you were an explorer. Instead of dampening down our strengths we should embrace them.

Each and every experience is unbelievable and unique. Other people have visited places they had lived in before and ?knew? where to go. Discover Past Life Regression with Anne Jirsch.

Home Improvement + More& Lifestyle Portal& Shopping Portal13 Sep 2008 02:04 am

Has the power gone out at your house? Has your refrigerator stopped working during the night? Do you have concerns regarding the stuff you had in your freezer?

Relax ,in that case you can use some easy tips for handling food safely.

If the food has been completely thawed or even warmed to room temperature, throw it away. Discard it if it has been out of the refrigerator for over two hours.

Make sure to cook the food right away if it’s almost thawed and still a little cold. As long as you have cooked your meal it’s fine to eat and stick it in the fridge to eat later.

The food can be refrozen if there are still ice crystals visible on it. If you don’t have a freezer to put it in, make sure to get some dry ice and put it in a cooler. These items will need to be cooked, because your freezer will not offer the same longevity that a normal freezer would offer.

If you notice any food with even a little freezer burn, you need to throw it away.

Sudden power outages cannot be avoided, but there are things you can do to prepare for them.
If your existing fridge or freezer has seen better days, the best advice that anyone can give you is you invest in a new one. Consider a large American Style fridge freezer when you have enough space. This can really make the difference to any kitchen. A variety of American refrigerators and freezers from many suppliers are listed on this site.

Enjoyment& Life Information& Lifestyle Portal20 Aug 2008 06:09 am


Making lists is always hard and very difficult, as people have very different tastes and ideas, and when it comes to that, there is really no right or wrong, simply a variety of options to choose from. However, let’s try together to find the top ten wedding favor ideas, hoping that at least one of them will be on line with your own taste. Let’s not worry about popularity or actual cost, let’s be free. After all, your wedding should be beautiful, but also fun, because it is a memorable event that will last forever.

1) Engraved small silver platters withy names and date 2) Picture frames featuring the married couple. 3) Silver small ornaments for the house. 4) Crystal small ornaments for the house. 5) Chocolate products. 6) Small silver bookmarks. 7) Silver bottle stoppers. 8) Candles for the house. 9) Small silver wedding bells. 10) Coffee favors specially mixed for your guests. I hope that this list encounters your imagination and finds its way to your wedding, but if not, there are hundreds of different options to choose from and that will please your taste. On line catalogues and retail stores are great ways to start looking, so go ahead and plan a wonderful wedding.

Lifestyle Portal27 May 2008 06:37 am

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Lifestyle Portal23 May 2008 10:28 pm

Soap - it has the ability to produce strong, lasting emotions in
us, and this depends on its peculiar scent… charming aroma, or
color. I clearly remember when my child was very young and loved
a special soap bar with a little ducky inside - she would get it
out at every bath time. I easily remember the cool invigorating
feeling of washing with sea-spray scented soap, or the luxurious
feel of scrubbing with vanilla soap. I remember these things
easily - soap scent easily brings such memories back.

Nowadays, richly scented soaps aren’t cheap, and we can’t always
afford the ones we want. Often, we have to settle for
commercially made soaps with only a hint of fragrance.

But what if I told you that you could make your own homemade
soap? That you could choose any fragrance you wanted, and even
put herbs, flowers or other things inside the soap? Would you be
intrigued? Would you be willing to give it a try? There are
hundreds of great homemade soap recipes and we’ll start with a
very basic one. It’s important to remember that sometimes it
takes a few tries to get it right, but once you’ve got the
process down, homemade soap making is easy and fun!

Here’s the recipe, followed by a link that will help you find
all the supplies and additional info you need.

Basic Recipe For Homemade Soap

Ingredients:

Lye solution Animal fat Cool water Scents, herbs or anything you
want to add to the soap

Things you will need:

2 quart jar Large pot (at least 12 quarts) Candy thermometer
Wooden spoon Soap molds Rubber gloves Something to cover soap at
the end of the process, such as a towel, Styrofoam or Cardboard

The first thing you will have to do is make the lye solution
ready for use. You do this by pouring 2 1/2 cups of cold water
into an enamelled pot. Next, you should slowly add 13 ounces of
the lye, being sure to stir continuously with the wooden spoon.
The water will heat up the lye, and it will have to be cooled
before you can go to the next step. If you want to cool it
quickly, place the pot in some cool water. After the lye has
cooled, you should pour it into the 2 quart jar.

Next, you need to prepare the animal fat. To do so, put 6 pounds
of it in a pan, and heat on low until it melts. Once all of it
is melted, remove it from the heat and cool. It’s important to
remember that one of the biggest problems people face when
making homemade soap is trying to rush the process and not
allowing the lye or animal fat to cool. If you rush it, the
process may not be a success.

The lye and fat need to be between 95-98 degrees for the next
step (use the candy thermometer to measure the temperature). You
may have to place them in basins of either hot or cold water to
get the temperatures just right.

Once they’re right, stir the fat (it’s probably hardened a
little), and then slowly add the lye, stirring the entire time.
The substance will turn opaque and brown, but then after
stirring for some time, will begin to lighten. Once that
happens, and it is the consistency of sour cream, you are ready
for the next step.

Now for the fun part! Add your scents or whatever else you want
to the mixture, and then pour it into the soap molds. Place them
in a warm location, and use something (the towel, Styrofoam or
cardboard) to insulate it by placing it over the top. Wait
twenty-four hours, and then remove the soap from its molds.

You’re almost done! Now you should set your soap in an area
where there are plenty of breezes, and allow it to sit there for
2-4 weeks. Waiting is the hardest part, but it will allow your
soap to set properly.

Lifestyle Portal17 May 2008 03:31 am

Camping with kids when they are happy is a fantastic family
experience. Camping with unhappy kids could put a very quick end
to your family adventures in the great outdoors. There are
plenty of ways to have avoid bad camping experiences, but here
are my picks for the three most important.

Don’t take over. We spend most of our lives “organizing”
our kids, making sure they get up, dressed, off to school, to
weekly activities and play dates. It’s an easy trap to try to
organize their camping experience too. This is especially easy
to do when it looks like their first choices of activities
involve sleeping in the tent all day or throwing rocks at one
another across the firepit.

However, one of the most fundamental lessons camping can teach
is that you are responsible for your own experience. Mother
Nature is a great provider of natural consequences. Don’t put up
your tent right, you’ll get wet. Don’t collect firewood, you
won’t eat hot food. Do collect firewood, and discover the
mesmerizing dance of a night campfire. Get up the energy to
paddle to the middle of the lake in the middle of the night, and
see stars like they were meant to be seen. Step back, and let
your kids learn from their own experiences. You might just pick
up a little something too.

Avoid constipation. Think I’m kidding? I used to take
city kids on month long canoe trips, and several of them showed
insane talent for “poop in the woods” avoidance. Some made it as
long as a week before they gave in and took Mr. Trowel off to
dig a hole. Kids like routine and predictability, some kids a
lot more than others. When that routine is turned upside down,
even by fun activities like camping, it can cause system backup.
That can lead to stomach troubles, cramps, and really stinky
farts (amongst the 2-12 year old set, this is serious business,
and might be for you too, if you’re sharing a tent).

Fortunately, there’s a really easy fix for camping constipation.
Eat beans. I used to serve chili the first night out on trail.
Vegetarian chili with 5 kinds of beans. Sometimes it took a day
or two, but no kid could hold out a week against my 5 bean
chili. Other forms of fiber help too - oatmeal for breakfast,
dried fruit in your gorp. Also have your kids drink lots of
water, especially if fiber isn’t a really common part of their
diet.

Keep the sleeping bag dry. Let’s face it, sleeping
comfortably is pretty important to all of us, but a wet sleeping
bag can make a kid totally miserable. This is especially true if
your child’s sleeping bag is one of the big box store $20
variety. You know, the ones that weigh 15 pounds (dry!) and are
made of cotton. Get one of those wet, and your camping trip is
over, it will take until next year to dry. Even a good kids
sleeping bag can get wet, however, and it’s not easy to convince
a kid to climb into a soggy bag to sleep.

The key to keeping a sleeping bag dry is to keep its
surroundings dry. If you’re going to be in wet conditions (rainy
season, or paddling on a lake), prepare your gear. Put kids
sleeping bags, and any other gear you treasure into dry bags,
garbage bags, or some other water barrier. Put a tent cloth
under your tent (properly!) so you keep water out of the tent.
Teach your kids good tent etiquette so they don’t crawl all over
the tent in their wet boots, or dump a mug of hot chocolate over
their sleeping bag.

Lifestyle Portal12 Apr 2008 04:13 pm

This year will be an especially poignant Independence Day for
the United States on July 4. While there has been a surge in
patriotism since September 11, we all need to maintain a sense
of pride and love for our country whether we are at war or
living in peace.

Children need to feel a sense of belonging, in their family,
their classrooms and their country. They thrive in an
environment of respect, compassion and stability. If we teach
our kids love, honor, compassion and respect for their country
as well as for their fellow man, they will not only be graced by
a sense of patriotism, they will become better citizens.

One of our greatest challenges as parents is to raise our
children to be healthy, honorable adults. A sense of patriotism
is a good reinforcement of honor and ethics.

Our babies learn kindness from our gentle touch; they learn
healthy self-esteem by our praise and respect; they learn to
maintain their precious bodies with good food and regular
exercise. They learn these living examples from their caretakers
and schools. We are also responsible for teaching them to
respect and be kind to others, to keep their community clean and
to trust that their country will defend and protect them as best
it can. I firmly believe they should be taught to revere their
country’s flag and all it stands for.

My children have already been told that, while it might be
“legal” to burn the stars and stripes as an expression of
individual freedom, they would be hard-pressed to get past Mom
if they ever entertained the idea!

Children need to know they are a very large and integral part of
their country’s make up. They are the future parents and
government that will uphold the morals and ethics inherited from
these same entities.

Is it too much to ask that our children be patriotic, honor
their flag and stand up for what’s right and good about their
country? I don’t think so.

It is our job to instill a sense of patriotism in their young
hearts, offering them the opportunity to love and honor their
country and its flag. In doing so, these same feelings will
transfer to mankind and the world.

As much as we want our children to love their country, we also
need to recognize the importance of global relationships.
Setting good examples of patriotism should, in turn, teach our
kids that every person counts, no matter where they live or who
they might be.

Lifestyle Portal06 Apr 2008 12:37 am

Setting up a quality childcare is only part of what’s needed to
have a successful program. You also need to let parents know
about your business. Since most home-based childcare providers
do not have a lot of money to spend on advertising, a little
creativity can help you reach parents who are looking for care.

Networking is a strong tool. Make sure that everybody you know
knows that you provide childcare. That way, if they hear of a
parent looking for care, they can refer that parent to you. Add
your business name and current openings to your voicemail or
answering machine message. Parents looking for childcare will
know instantly whether you have openings for the age(s) they
need. Announce current openings to parents who currently have
childcare in your care. Parents who are current customers are
strong references for parents who are looking for care.

Parents who are current customers can help you find new
families. Start a referral program, where current families can
get a discounted rate or bonus if they refer a new family to
you. For each referral that signs a contract, the referring
family could get a free day of childcare, or care for a parents’
night out.

If you don’t already have one, consider creating a website. More
and more people are using the internet to find childcare, and a
website is a great way to give parents more information about
the care you provide. Several companies offer free or low-cost
web space, although the websites allowed by these companies will
be fairly basic. If you would like a little more polished and
complex website, plan on spending several hundred dollars to get
it started.

Advertising online can also be an effective and inexpensive way
to reach parents. Directory sites like
www.daycarematch.com allow you to reach parents instantly
and nationwide. You can manage your own profile, update your
openings, and tell parents in-depth information about the care
you provide. Many providers also report having success by
posting ads on free classifieds websites. Placing an ad in a
newspaper is typically expensive, and providers have reported
mixed results with these ads resulting in new families signing
contracts.

Target your advertising efforts where parents tend to gather.
Ask toy stores or children’s boutiques if you can display some
brochures by the cashier. Ask your local hospital if you can
leave brochures for the parents taking birthing classes. Put
your business card in trick-or-treat bags at Halloween. The more
you can get your business name out there, the better your
chances of reaching parents interested in care.

Use creativity when coming up with inexpensive ways to
advertise. However, make sure you consider safety. While a sign
in your front yard may be an effective and inexpensive way to
advertise that you provide childcare, it also alerts every
passerby that there may be several children in the home, a
potential safety risk. When creating brochures or a website,
don’t use your exact address. Rather use a close intersection -
on the corner of Park and Solomon - or a close landmark - behind
Southgate Mall. Parents can still get an idea of where you are
located, but you can save your actual address to give out in
person or over the phone.

With a little creativity, some hard work, and networking, you
can build a strong childcare program and help keep your openings
full. Keep your marketing efforts constant, so that you don’t
need to scramble when you have an opening, but little enough
that you have plenty of time to spend with your little ones.

Lifestyle Portal27 Mar 2008 12:17 am

With fierce crime on an increase, eager For Sale By Owners, are often slack in their judgment of just how dangerous such a thrift venture is. Husbands become homicides, wives are ravaged, families forever devastated, all because invincible men are anxious to sell homes themselves to people who-they only want to believe-are qualified buyers.

What would For Sale By Owners do if they knew they were really buying trouble?

As a retired real estate broker, I feel qualified to shed some light on this, all too often, evaded area of concern. Most agents are reluctant to tell people just how dangerous it is to open their door to strangers. Understandably, people who must sell homes would, if they can avoid it, rather not pay sales commission fees. Of course, it is absolutely within a consensual couple’s rights to sell their home themselves.

But all too often, the man saying, “We can sell it ourselves, Honey,” pops a FOR SALE BY OWNER sign in the yard, and goes off to work. His complacent companion places an ad in the local newspaper, fields the phone, and sets appointments for supposedly “Interested buyers” to come see their home. The danger is cloaked in ignorance.

I’ve had women, former clients, tell me they had prayed that no one would call, and after peeking out the curtains, then refused to answer the door. In their efforts to be professional, most agents do not wish to alarm or alienate sellers who might list with them later. I am retired and have no such vested interest.

Even Realtors® recognize they are placing themselves at risk when showing houses. Every year, many are abducted, robbed, murdered, or raped in this country. NAR®, the National Association of Realtors, cautions agents to be vigilant, wary with whom they work. Often well-informed agents will no longer do “Open Houses” because it is simply too hazardous. The commission reward of marketing a home in this manner is disproportional to the risk.

Evil is denied entry when we bar the door.

Russ Miles is author of the novel, For Sale By Owners:FSBO. A “Seasoned Real Estate NAR® Broker,” disabled by Multiple Sclerosis, Russ writes books & articles on varied subjects.

FOR SALE BY OWNERS:FSBO ISBN 0-595-28703-4,in trade paperback, is available by phone or Internet:1-800-Authors to order direct! Adobe e-book & hard cover editions also available at Amazon.com at Barnes and Noble and other fine booksellers.

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