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By Nicole CalhounApr 15, 20081 topic

Cleaning Your House Does Not Have To Be A Chore

When I was growing up, my two sisters and I had to clean the house every Saturday morning. This had to be done before cartoons, playing outside and right after eating breakfast. We used to get up early to make sure weâd be finished in time for our favorite Saturday morning lineups of Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry. nnSince I was the youngest, my chores were always the easier ones: vacuuming, sweeping and mopping. But as I got older, more duties were strapped to my shoulders,

Primary topic: Family

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By Nicole CalhounApr 15, 20081 topic

Tips That Will Keep Your Relationship Rockinâ

My husband and I are high school sweethearts. We have been together for fifteen years, now. He and I got married when we were only twenty and twenty-one years old. I am now thirty-one and heâs thirty-two. Weâre working on eleven blissful years of marriage. nnIt has been an amazing experience to love the same person for nearly half of my life! We started dating when I was fifteen, and he was sixteen. When I tell that story, other women think that Iâm lucky. Theyâre int

Primary topic: Relationship Advice

Relationship Advice

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By Nicole CalhounApr 15, 20081 topic

Would You Like To Throw Out Your Alarm Clock

Have you ever experienced this? You close your eyes for the night, and just when it seems like you are getting the best sleep ever, bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep: your alarm clock goes off. nnYou reach over and hit the snooze button. You settle back in and just as you drift off into that peaceful dreamland, there it goes: bleep, bleep, bleep, bleep.nnIf youâre like me, you could do this another couple of times before you actually get out of bed. Why we torture ourselves is bey

Primary topic: Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities

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By Nicole CalhounApr 15, 20081 topic

Trading Time For Money Stinks

Do you wake up in the morning dreading the moment that your feet have to hit the floor for you to get ready for work? If thatâs the case, join most of America. Very few people wake up to that annoying alarm clock and spring out of bed excited about having to go to work. nnAs if that were not enough, most of us have to fight traffic getting there, usually an hourâs drive. Then, when we get to work, we have to fight with unruly co-workers or a nagging boss. And to make matt

Primary topic: Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities

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By Nicole CalhounApr 5, 20081 topic

When Relatives Move In

Ever now and then, people fall on hard times. And thatâs okay. Unless we were born with a silver spoon in our mouth, weâve all gone through it at some point in time. nnBut what happens when you have a relative move in, who doesnât want to move out? How do you prepare for this and could it have been avoided? nnIf youâre experiencing this, I know itâs not an easy situation to go through and rarely is it ever fun. nnIf you are going to allow a relative to move in with

Primary topic: Family

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By Nicole CalhounApr 5, 20081 topic

Planning The Wedding Of Your Dreams

Did he propose, and you said âYes!â? If so, congratulations! You are about to embark on one of the greatest journeys known to mankind: marriage.nnThere are lots of emotions that swirl around an engagement. Donât let one of them be stress, due to not knowing how you will plan for the big day. nnThe first thing you need to do is to set a budget for how much you and your beloved want to spend on the blessed event. Once you have set the limit, do everything in your power to

Primary topic: Women's Issues

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By Nicole CalhounApr 5, 20081 topic

Prosperity Online Can Be Yours

What does it mean to have prosperity? Webster defines it as the condition of being successful or thriving, or having economic well-being. How many of us want that to be descriptive of our lives? I know I do. Just reading the definition made a sense of peace wash over me. nnAnd, I have not met a person yet, who has said no to having prosperity in their lives. But, I was perplexed because though everyone I discussed this with wanted prosperity, very few people actually experien

Primary topic: Home Business

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By Nicole CalhounApr 5, 20081 topic

Wealth Building On The Internet

What made Vince Lombardi a great coach? Well, at the beginning of each new season, he always gave his players the fundamentals of the game of football. He didnât just do this for the rookies, the new kids on the block; he also told his veteran players the same thing. He would start his sessions with a simple phrase. And that phrase was, âGentlemen, this is a football.â nnSo in teaching you how to build wealth on the internet, we need to go back to the fundamentals like

Primary topic: Home Business

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By Nicole CalhounApr 5, 20081 topic

When Is The Best Time To Start A Home-Based Business

If you are not living the life you have always imagined, then now is the best time to start a home-based business. nnIf you wake up in the morning to the dreadful sound of an alarm clock, now is the best time to start a home-based business. nnIf you and your spouse lie in bed and wish you didnât have to get out of your warm bed to get ready for work, each morning, now is the best time to start a home-based business.nnAnd if, you get sick and tired of fighting traffic, only

Primary topic: Home Business

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By Nicole CalhounMar 28, 20081 topic

Success Can Also Be Spelled A-C-T-I-O-N

In my line of business, network marketing, I meet all types of individuals. It is phenomenal to interact with such a diverse group of people on a daily basis.nnMy all-time favorite people to engage with are the go-getters! Those guys are just awesome! They light a fire underneath me every time I am in their presence. They are the type of people who wreak of success. nnWhen they walk into a room, everyone notices them. They look like success. They smell like success. They soun

Primary topic: Success Principles

Success Principles

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By Nicole CalhounMar 28, 20081 topic

Moms Helping Moms Win Big In Home-Based Businesses

If you have ever dreamed of being a stay at home mom, then a home-based business may be the key to you accomplishing that goal.nnEvery day, there are millions of working mothers who despise waking up to the dreadful sound of an alarm, only to go through the further misery of getting their precious children ready for someone else to raise.nnI have not met a mom yet who was not brought to tears the first time they had to leave their little newborn baby at a daycare center. And

Primary topic: Home Business

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By Nicole CalhounMar 24, 20081 topic

Firing Your Boss Is Not As Hard As You May Think

I get the awesome privilege of telling you that walking into your bossâ office and announcing that today will be your last day isnât as far off as you may think. nThere are droves of people doing it every single day. Why canât you be the next big success story? nnI know the next big question you want to ask is a one word question: How? Well, sit tight, and I will explain it to you. I think the answer may surprise you. nnThe truth is there are a lot of ways to become fin

Primary topic: Business Opportunities

Business Opportunities

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By Nicole CalhounMar 24, 20081 topic

Marketing And What It Means To Your Business

So, youâve decided to start your own business? Congratulations! Now that you have made that awesome step in the right direction, there is something extremely important that you need to ask yourself. nnAnd that is: Who are you going to share your opportunity and product or service with? Customers and business partners are the lifeblood of any business. Take one or both away, and your new business will quickly go out of business.nnBut, it doesnât have to be that way. All yo

Primary topic: Marketing Strategy

Marketing Strategy

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By Nicole CalhounMar 19, 20081 topic

Stay At Home Moms Are Perfect For Home-Based Businesses

What if you could earn more money, part-time, than your husband earns full-time, and do it all from home? Would you be interested in looking into an opportunity like the one that was described? If so, a home-based business is for you!nnThere are millions of stay at home moms just like yourself earning significant incomes from home. And in a lot of cases, these moms are bringing their husbands home to become stay at home families! How awesome is that? nnA part-time effort is a

Primary topic: Home Business

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By Nicole CalhounMar 13, 20081 topic

Work From Home And Have Success

Did you ever think that the words work from home or home based business would ever be paired with the word success? Well, thereâs no reason it shouldnât be. Especially with over seventy-nine million people planning on starting their own business in the next five years. nnThatâs right, every day, there are millions of people looking to start a home based business. And itâs not just stay at home moms, anymore. Itâs men and women who are sick and tired of being sick an

Primary topic: Home Business

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By Nicole CalhounMar 12, 20081 topic

Vacations Are Possible When You Plan For It

With the spring and summer months right around the corner and summer break right on its heels, most peopleâs thoughts turn toward vacation! My family is no different. In fact, weâve been planning all of our vacation time for the past twelve months. nnOur goal is to take three trips a year. Two short ones; maybe a weekend trip to another city in our state or a bordering state. And one nice, relaxing, long trip that we have to pack our bags and head for the airport for that

Primary topic: Travel

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By Nicole CalhounMar 11, 20081 topic

Gastric Bypass And Why I Did It

The struggle with my weight has been an almost ten-year process. Ever since my son, Jordan, was born, my weight never got back to what it was before I had him. I didn't have unrealistic expectations, but I did think that with the active lifestyle that my hubby and I had at the time, I would be able to keep it up. Wrong!nnDeciding to have gastric bypass has been a year in the making, preparing for it. Both for insurance criteria and trying to decide if it was something I reall

Primary topic: Overeating and Obesity

Overeating and Obesity

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By Nicole CalhounNov 1, 20071 topic

The High Cost Of Cancer Meds Have Some Cancer Patients Down

The cost of cancer medication has become astronomical. Being unable to afford access to good health coverage used to rest solely on the impoverished populations of our nation. Today, itâs hitting the middle class and affluent just as hard, if not harder. I know that sounds awry, but I believe Iâm right. nnTaxpayers absorb much of the bill because most cancer patients are covered by government insurance programs such as Medicare. And who normally foots those bills, but the

Primary topic: Health Products and Services

Health Products and Services

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By Nicole CalhounOct 29, 20071 topic

A Love Letter To Cancer Patients

Getting a cancer diagnosis is probably one of the most devastating things a person has to experience. I can only imagine what a person who has heard the words, “You’ve got cancer.” must feel, but that doesn’t mean I can’t sympathize with the situation and tell you that I love you. nnYou read all of the time about people telling you how to cope with cancer and what your treatment options are, so I’m not going to do that. What I am going to d

Primary topic: Family

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By Nicole CalhounOct 19, 20071 topic

37,000 Cancer Patients Will Die Without Health Insurance

It is hard to imagine that living in the most prosperous and powerful country in the whole world that there are over 47 million people in the United States who have no health insurance. That translates into 1 in 10 people without health care coverage in America. Our annual cost for health coverage, per capita, is nearly double that of health care in other countries. And for that amount of money, American citizens should definitely enjoy the best health services in the world.

Primary topic: Health Products and Services

Health Products and Services

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By Nicole CalhounOct 16, 20071 topic

Free Cancer Meds

Does the high-price of cancer medications have you down? That is because cancer drugs are some of the most expensive in the marketplace. Imagine being diagnosed with cancer, only to find out that the very drugs that may help you live longer, have costs equivalent to a new car payment and some even as high as small house! Yes, you read that correctly. nnThe cost of some cancer medications can range from several hundred dollars a month to as much as a hundred thousand dollars a

Primary topic: Health Products and Services

Health Products and Services

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By Nicole CalhounOct 11, 20071 topic

Sow, Save, Spend

Teaching your children about money is right up there with âhonor thy mother and thy father,â in my opinion. Why? Because so much of their lives will revolve around the decisions they make about it when they become adults. nnHave you ever heard that âhindsight is 20/20â? Well, it certainly was in regards to money in our case. My husband and I were barely out of our teens when we first moved out of our parentsâ homes and into our own abode. I still recall the exciteme

Primary topic: Parenting

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By Nicole CalhounOct 11, 20071 topic

Makeup 101

Have you ever wanted to look like one of the gorgeous female celebrities in a magazine, but think you canât achieve that look because you donât have a personal makeup artist at your beck-and-call? Well, Iâm here to give you a few pointers that anyone can follow. It must be told that anyone can have a winning look, and that includes you!nnIf you thought those ladies roll out of bed looking flawless every morning, nothing could be further from the truth. Even the brightes

Primary topic: Women's Issues

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