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Giving Your Children The Best Start in Life

LovelyM — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 01:00:36 +0000

Every parent wants the best start for the children in life. In terms of getting the children into the best school in the country, or out of the country, enrolling them in various enrichment courses such as Creative Writing, Entrepreneurship as early as age 9, computer classes like Flash, Microsoft and sometimes, even crash courses in JavaScript.

While the IT lessons may be exaggerated for those aged 9, the others aren’t. All the lessons need money. Lots of money. Not every family can afford it despite the parents both working hard full time. Even ballet, martial arts to help the kids’ health, all need money, more than the enrichment classes that schools have subsidised for them.

Whatever in life that parents want to give to their children, it’s always the best possible option. Parents just want their children to have a better life than they do, no matter what the financial situation is. If it helps their children to get ahead faster than other children in class, for example, better mathematics calculations in their heads, they will send them off to abacus classes. If it helps the children to do better in spelling, they will send them off to courses that teach the kids on phonics.

All these efforts are done in hopes of helping the children to do better in life and perhaps have a better lifestyle in future. The things that parents do while the children are too young to understand have all been done in hope. Hope that the children will grow up to be useful people and an added bonus is to be well-known in a good name.

However, how many are really able to do it in the current situation when subsidised courses come with a condition that not all may qualify for the subsidies / scholarships / bursaries? In this case, how do parents really help their children get a good start in life?

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Wedding Anniversary Gifts: 36th to 40th

LovelyM — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 00:00:42 +0000

For a marriage to grow into the 36th year, it takes a lot of commitment and communication. It might also just take some help from Five Love Languages to help keep that love tank full.

Bone China is a symbol for the 36th year of marriage. Need a new dining set? This Disc Bone set may just replace your old set. If your family loves to play Mahjong, this set may just be the one for you. For the 37th year of your wedding anniversary, it’s represented by Albaster. A new table perhaps?

Gifting Beryl or Tourmaline for your 38th wedding anniversary is a great present. If your husband is a pen lover, this rosewood pen may just be the one for him. A lovely pair of rose craving earrings may delight your wife. As you proceed on to your 39th year of marriage, lace is a symbol of the special anniversary. Is she a great cook? This lace apron may just protect her from the oil and stains from her clothes. Get this pair of Adidas soccer shoes if he loves to play soccer.

The 40th year of wedding is a wonder year that the both of you have come so far. Ruby is the symbol for this year. This ruby necklace has a lovely design with heart-shaped pendant. Love to read with Kindle? This jacket with patent leather will protect your Kindle.

What other gifts have you given for your spouse and partner who has been with your all these years?

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Lovely Sisters or Bridesmaids Dresses

LovelyM — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:00:08 +0000

Previously, some bridesmaids dresses ideas were given to help source for a memorable wedding photo. While some brides specify the colours to reduce the hassle of getting the same dresses, some of the bridesmaids dresses can be considered below.

This party dress has colours ranging from red to black, choose your colours!

The 50’s style has been updated with colours from ivory to pink.

If pleats and tube dresses are your style, get this in different colours too!

How about highlighting the hem with glittering dots?

14th Wedding Anniversary Gifts

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Sleeping With Your Business Partner

LovelyM — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 00:00:26 +0000

You can sleep with your business partner. That’s only if you are married to each other. In Business and In Love lets couples work with each better in order to reduce conflicts.

Product Description
In Business And In Love introduces you to what many couples have found to be the best way to make their marriages stronger and more meaningful- working together as husband and wife. The Jones offer tips on subjects ranging from how to handle finances without going emotionally broke, to the best way to bring children into a business. Overall their theme is that shared objectives produce happier marriages.

From the Publisher
Chuck Jones holds a bachelor’s degree in communications from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. He enjoys spending time with April and their two dogs and cat. He enjoys all types of music, plays guitar and piano, loves to travel, and is an avid fan of the 1998 National Football Champion University of Tennessee Volunteers! He is also an active member of Providence Road Church of Christ serving as its music minister and involved with the City of Children.

There have been times whereby family businesses fall apart due to to couples unable to resolve conflicts. This path to success together isn’t easy but it can be done when someone teaches you how to. Couple it with Why Don’t We Listen Better? and see the results by putting them to use.

What changes have you made when you applied the methods suggested? Did you adapt them to your environment?

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Are You a Giver?

LovelyM — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 00:00:56 +0000

Flowers are never lacking in any wedding. In the book, Five Languages of Love by Dr Chapman, it spoke of gift giving for some people. When one doesn’t receive any gifts, it’s like one isn’t being missed or loved. Gifts for your loved ones needn’t be flowers every time although they are bonuses when it comes to expressing your love.

Besides flowers, gifts such as those suggested in the wedding anniversary series can also be used. In addition, making your own gifts may just show your spouse that you care about them too.

Some spouses love reading and books make great gifts too. If you don’t know what books, find out what particular book your spouse has been talking about but never got around to get it. If your spouse loves a particular genre, get one from that genre. Romance books like Twilight, Love and Respect are just some suggestions. The alternative is to get the books from her favourite author.

A gift giver likes to give others presents. It is a joy to receive such gifts that have been from the bottom of their hearts. A person who loves to give away presents need not be rich. One can be good at crafting as they can be personalised for the receipient.

Are you a gift giver? What are the gifts you have given away that made someone’s day?

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Your Kids Will Follow You, No Matter What

LovelyM — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 00:00:32 +0000

Always remember, everyone is hungry for praise and starving for honest appreciation! ~ David Brandt Berg ~ [Source]

It’s often so much easier to tell the kids, “Why didn’t you put your dirty clothes in the laundry basket?” They will do it but grudgingly and will not put the dirty clothes to be washed in the basket the next time either. Every time the child does something wrong, he/she is often reprimanded and keeps repeating the same mistake.

It can be changed with a word of praise for something else the child did. Influencing your children will take practice if you haven’t done it before. All you need is a little improvement for your influence and over time, you will be a natural in ensuring your children are following your ways; the right paths that you hope they will follow in.

Praising is a sincere action, even with your partners. Children will follow their parents no matter what, they follow what they see. It’s duplicated over generations and if you do sit back and observe, you will realise that a pattern has been formed. There are vices that you always wanted to eradicate but failed to.

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Start with a small change and continue with praises for each improvement your kids have shown. Human beings need motivation and sometimes, the motivation doesn’t need to be materialistic either. Kids just want your attention in order to feel loved.

Putting down your partner in front of you kids make them lose respect for that parent. They won’t revere their mothers or fathers since they know the weakness of the parents. They will just go “It doesn’t matter anyway since mum/dad can’t even resolve some issue the other time.”

Even if your children are being surrounded by all the vices you don’t want them to pick up, as long as you have done your part in showing them that you are responsible to the family, they will follow you. Parents just want their children to grow up to be useful and perhaps great personalities. Such characters starts from young.

What are the things you have done to ensure that you have kids who listen to you more than to their peers?

Giving Your Children The Best Start in Life

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Why Get Married?

LovelyM — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 01:00:28 +0000

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. ~ Doug Larson [Source]

A simple question in Google can lead you to a thousand and one links and more on the reasons to why one should get married. However, there are right and wrong reasons to get married in the first place. The wrong reasons like gettting married in order to be happy won’t help since you are depending on others to make you happy.

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Marriage can be used by the visualisation of the perfect vaction. It’s an analogy that can be visualised by anyone who has thoughts about taking that trip somewhere and thinking of all the activities that can be done at the destination.

Marriage leads to fulfillment in all areas of our lives: the physical and the spiritual, the financial and the practical, the esoteric and the down-to-earth day to day needs.

An interesting study states that married people are less accident prone too.

Married people not only have lower rates for a variety of illness, they are less accident-prone than singles. Singles also are far more likely to have a car accident or die of diseases of the liver, largely caused by drinking liquor. Research shows that married people drink least, the widowed, divorced or separated the most.

Why did you get married?

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The Five Love Languages

LovelyM — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 00:00:00 +0000

The Five Love Languages is written by Gary Chapman and has since gone into various adaptations for teens, men, singles and children.

The Five Love Languages Men’s Edition is targeted at men who find it difficult to express their heartfelt commitment to their mates. It helps the men to know that they love their mates without struggling for words to convey the message of love.

The Five Love Languages for Singles is a useful book for singles out there either dating or not. It’s about love, life and appreciation. Parents who wish to understand their teens can try reading Five Love Languages of Teens. It will go a long way in bonding together better than ever.

How have your relationships changed after reading this book?

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Male Skin Care

LovelyM — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 00:00:15 +0000

It is a well-known fact that despite the lack of male interest in taking good care of their skin, some are already taking notice of their own facial appearances. For oily skin, try Lab Series Oil Control Solution or Lab Series Power Wash for Normal/Oily Skin.

Cleansing of the face is often the important step towards a clean face with less breakouts. However, vigorously scrubbing with the cleansing does more harm since the facial skin is more delicate than anywhere else. Gentle circular motions on the face will allow the facial wash to react on the unwanted chemicals on the skin.

Sometimes, use the scrub on a weekly basis such as Lab Series Invigorating Face Scrub or African Male by MenEssentials Smooth Face Scrub. Follow up with the Baxter of California Herbal Mint Toner or Anthony Logistics – Alcohol Free Toner on a clean face.

Even with an oily face, moisturising is still needed in order for the skin to stop over-compensating for the natural sebum. Try Murad Skin Perfecting Lotion – Blemish Prone/Oily Skin or Lab Series Skincare for Men Treat – Oil Control Daily Hydrator.

With 3 basic steps, it should be easy to follow for a cleaner face that will attract that lady you have your eye on.

What additional skincare products do you guys use for protecting your face from pre-mature aging due to the sun and other factors?

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Falling In Love With The Same Person Every Time

LovelyM — Fri, 29 May 2009 00:00:06 +0000

A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person. ~ Mignon McLaughlin ~ [Source]

Do you wonder how some couples seem to have much ease with each other after being married for more than 10 years in such an era now that divorce seems so easy to just sign that paper and go? Celebrating each anniversary seems so easy but was it really easy when one has to face the same person every single day?

How does one fall in love with the same person every time throughout the marriage? There is a marriage map that each of us go through. The first stage is often the sweet part whereby the both of you are reeling in the euphoria of meeting each other and missing each other just 1 minute after you have parted and wished to spend every single second together.

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As time goes by, one starts to wonder if this is the right person. Some might still be trying to figure out if it were and just agree to being married as it’s the next natural step to do since everyone else is expecting the both of you to be married. However, after a year, one starts to wonder if this is the life that one had imagined it to be. A good husband to look after the wife or a good wife to look after the household.

How does one fall in love with the same person over and over again throughout the years? Quality time spent together is often key to building a good relationship. Communication is also another part of the key. If something happens without being noticed and suddenly it looms in front of the both of you, would you seek help? Love can’t just disappear with a blink of an eye.

Something has happened and what if that issue is resolved, will you fall in love with the same person again? Would you like to save your marriage? What if someone told you that just working on yourself won’t work?

How do you fall in love with the same person every time?

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