In This Issue:

• Budgeting 101
• Seven Sizzling Solutions to Predictable Hourly Stressors
• Redecorating Your Nursery: Making Baby's Room Safe 
  
• Water-saving Secrets for Gardeners and Lawn Lovers
• Love Potions: How Essential Oils Can Improve Your Love Life
• Recipe Box: Broccoli Stuffed Meatloaf
  
• Recipe Box: Chicken Meatballs
  
• Reader's Garden Secrets and Tips: Deter Ants
  

Budgeting 101

Does it seem like it's getting harder to stretch your paycheck to cover all your bills? With gas prices approaching $4 a gallon and food costs increasing every day, now more than ever it is important to make sure you have control of your finances. Easier said than done. With all the financial advice out there, it is easy to become overwhelmed with where to begin. Step one to getting on the right track is simple: Develop a personal budget.

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Seven Sizzling Solutions to Predictable Hourly Stressors

In one's daily routine time and stress are siblings. Their relationship lends its hue to our life. One must be a good time manager in order to reduce stress and by managing stress one becomes a better time manager.

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Redecorating Your Nursery: Making Baby's Room Safe

Expecting a treasured arrival to join your family? Planning to makeover a room to greet this newcomer? Read this article to make sure your nursery will be safe for the precious little one who will be living there.

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==========SHARED QUOTES==========

Anna Pavlova's last words (1881-1931) "Get my swan costume ready."

Shared by: Lesley Prince

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 ==========HARVEY MACKAY==========

• Burma Shave: Are We Nicking Ourselves In The Throat?

==========RECIPE BOX==========

Something Different: Broccoli Stuffed Meatloaf

Good Food, Good Health: Chicken Meatballs

Water-saving Secrets for Gardeners and Lawn Lovers

"Think green; save blue" will likely be the motto of environmentally aware gardeners and lawn lovers across the country this summer as drought conditions are expected to persist in many regions. It is possible to grow a thriving garden and nurture a lovely landscape while minimizing water consumption. Here are some tips for conserving water in your corner of the great outdoors.

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Love Potions: How Essential Oils Can Improve Your Love Life

Whether you're in a brand new relationship or a marriage that has lasted for decades, you can use aromatherapy to enhance the romance. A selection of fragrant essential oils can help create a passionate connection between you and your partner.

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==========PT FORUM & READERS QUESTIONS==========

Q: Lots of Little Red Dots

I have them on my upper arms, they're not spots, it's like they're under the skin, no amount of exfoliating and moisturizing seems to work. Summer is coming up and I won't be able to hide them with a jacket. Help! It isn't very pretty.

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==========NUTRITION WISE==========

Q: Does the type of pizza crust you choose really make that much difference?

Q: Is it true that moldy food can cause cancer?

Q: Does eating breakfast really help weight control?  

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/nutritionwise.html

Can Surgery Reverse Obesity's Damage?

http://www.pioneerthinking.com/nutritionnotes.html

==========DIRECT ANSWERS==========

Relationship experts, authors and columnists Wayne and Tamara Mitchell offer up common sense advice about life and relationships. 

• Unreliable Source

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=========READERS' GARDEN SECRETS AND TIPS=========

Deter Ants

by S. Pavlovits

My young son and I discovered that ants do not like to cross chalk lines. To deter ants from entering our apartment building we drew a 1" thick chalk barrier across the patio. Also, we thought maybe the reason ants didn't like crossing chalk was that it was "sharp" totheir tiny bodies---it is just ground up minerals.

We thought talc might have the same effect. We tried baby powder. The ants never came back. May have been a combination of the talc and the fragrance may have disguised their trail/food source.

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==========FEEDBACK==========

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~ Michelle Richardson

CONTRIBUTING WRITERS: Karla Brandau, pebblez.com, Lesley Prince, Michelle Richardson, S. Pavlovits, AICR, Harvey Mackay, Direct Answers.

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