The Happiest Time of the Year?

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Life Coach Gives Tips for Surviving Less Than Perfect Holidays

For all the promise of joy, peace and harmony that comes with the holiday season, the reality for millions of people is that the season is anything but a celebration. For many, it’s a reminder of lost loved ones, personal disappointments and dreams left unfulfilled.

But for life coach Teri Johnson, whose personal journey through an imperfect life now inspires others to reach for the lives they’ve always wanted, the negative “nevers” of the disappointing hand life may have dealt you is where the healing starts. By confronting a never-ending and unproductive cycle of negativity, the elusive joy of the holiday season can be found not just now but every day of the year, says Johnson, author of the newly released book, Overcoming the Nevers (www.overcomingthenevers.com). Read more »

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What?

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I’m inundated with random pitches daily – some of which are precious gems that make you wonder, “What was this person thinking when sending me this email?” In this case, I’m curious as to why it would matter if the expert available for interview was “good looking”?

Bytox has formulated a special hangover remedy and has carefully marketed it in an easy-to-use, safe patch.  The Bytox patch helps to replenish the necessary levels of vitamins and nutrients your body loses when consuming mass quantities of alcohol. With holiday season approaching, people will drink a ton – and the specially-formulated Bytox hangover remedy patch effectively replenishes the vital levels of vitamins and nutrients your body loses when you consume alcohol. By enhancing and restoring these levels, Bytox reduces the physical side effects of alcohol consumption.

Use the patch before during or after your night out for maximum relief from hangovers. The patch is 100% safe and really works!* Bytox has zero calories and won’t irritate your stomach, so you can party in style. For more information visit www.bytox.com.

We also have a well-spoken, good looking doctor – Dr. Leonard Grossman who is available to discuss how the patch works.    Thanks so much and I look forward to hearing your interest.

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Hilarious Gifts For The Man In Your Life This Holiday Season

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When it comes to shopping for holiday gifts for my husband, he’s into “anything electronic.” Computers, televisions, gadgets and gizmos – he’s got a million reasons why each and every one will enrich our lives (it’s TECHNOLOGY, Junie!). However, sometimes he needs to get into something a bit less hi-tech…and trying to get him to read a book is, well, painful. When I received this round up of holiday titles for the men in our lives, I just had to share them. Which one is your husband? Read more »

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Live Tree Buying Guide

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Oh tannenbaum, oh tannenbaum, how lovely is thy tax situation.

Less than 24 hours after the Department of Agriculture announced they were slapping a 15-cents per tree tax on Christmas tree growers, the Obama administration backed off on the plan. The idea, hatched by the tree growers themselves was to fund a promotional push similar to the successful “Got Milk?” campaign from dairy producers. Read more »

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Hi-Tech Romance: Finding Mr. Right This Holiday Season

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I met my husband thanks to technology. OK, so it wasn’t online dating or a mobile app, but rather a Web 2.0 tradeshow that found us both catching some fresh air outside an afterparty club, and a number of additional shows in the months following that led us to continued encounters (he lived more than 3,000 miles away at the time – talk about a LONG distance relationship!). For others, fate hasn’t been quite as kind, and with the holiday season coming up, we’re all looking for Mr. Right (or Mr. Right For Now) to share in holiday parties, cozy fireside chats and to kiss as we ring in the new year. What if Mrs. or Mr. Right were only a simple click of the mobile phone away? To help hopeless romantics across the country, mobile app expert, Simon Buckingham, CEO of Appitalism (the mobile superstore) has created a list of top mobile apps to help find that holiday love everyone is looking for. Read more »

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Bye, Bye, Raccoon Eyes!

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Don’t wake up racoon eyed! JASON Quick Clean Makeup Remover Pads use gentle natural ingredients, swipe every bit of makeup away, and feel soft on delicate eye tissue! Formulated with soothing cucumber extracts, these pads instantaly lift away all types of makeup, even waterproof!

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Life After Heart Failure

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I almost died today. No, really, I know that sounds like the overly-dramatic opening to some tear-jerker chick flick, but in this case, it’s true. The sentence has been floating around in my head for the last 24 hours, not seeming any more real with each passing repetition. Just last night, I was cuddling with my newborn son, feeling completely whole emotionally, albeit exhausted, worn, and like a wet rag. And today, I’m surrounded by doctors, nurses, and other medical professionals jabbing me with needles, hooking me up to countless machines and telling me how lucky I am to have come to the hospital when I did. Read more »

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I’m A Mom!

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At 8:28 pm last night, I gave birth to a happy, healthy, humongous baby boy. He weighed in at 9 lbs, 7 oz, measured 22 inches in length, and scored a 9 on his Apgar tests. Kiddo is a tank – eating voraciously and wearing the 6 month onesies instead of newborn size clothing. I never understood what love at first sight meant – until now. I am utterly, completely, totally in love with this little bundle, and I cannot describe the many sensations that come with new motherhood – from the feeling you get the first time baby nuzzles in close and you realize that he’s completely trusting of you and counting on you to keep him, to the feeling you get the first time he opens his tiny little eyes and you get to meet, face-to-face, that tiny little stranger who’s been kicking inside you for 9 months.

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Halloween Party Cocktail Recipe: The Blood Shot

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This is the perfect drink for Halloween parties since it tastes great and is very simple to make.

The Blood Shot

1 part Iceberg Vodka

1 part Peach Schnapps

1 part Jagermeister

1 part cranberry juice

Mix, pour over ice, let cool then strain into shot glasses and serve!

For more tasty drink ideas visit Iceberg.ca.

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South Florida Eats: Racks Downtown Eatery, Boca Raton

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Racks Downtown Eatery in Mizner Park had the potential to be a great hidden gem in Boca Raton, and I was looking forward to writing a great review of the restaurant. From the moment I walked through the door, I was greeted by a happy, friendly hostess and a clean, modern-looking restaurant with raw bar, pizza oven and indoor/outdoor bar that was quickly filling up for what I later found was Happy Hour.

For those who aren’t aware, I’m less than a week away from “D-Day” and my son’s arrival, so I look like I’m carrying a soccer ball around my waist when I do motivate myself to get dressed and venture out into the South Florida heat and humidity to get a bite to eat (the poor hubby has been tasked with more deliver orders than I care to outline in the past month). I’m also dealing with the myriad of late-pregnancy pains that moms-to-be look forward to: back pain, swollen joints, and general aches. This is all important to my overall restaurant impression, which is why I spell it out up front. Read more »

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