Advice for Women from Women - Mid May 2009

Welcome to the May 15, 2009 edition of advice for women from women. Yesterday was a horrible day, so I happily spent the afternoon reading through the submissions for this edition of the blog carnival. I hope everyone enjoys this latest edition. See you in a couple of weeks.

Families

Erika presents Ecotourism in the Amazon Rain Forest posted at Visiting Spanish Speaking Countries, saying, "If you are looking for a different kind of vacation for you and your family to take, you should definitely look into ecotourism."

America001 presents Visiting Wine Country in Beautiful Traverse City, MI posted at Traveling In America, saying, "If you happen to be in the Midwest, a nice trip to take is to the wine country in Traverse City, Michigan."

Fiona Slattery Lohrenz presents Begin Organic Gardening With Me! From Scratch! posted at DIY Organic Garden.

Kim Olovsson presents Bright Idea for Spousal Rifts posted at 2funmoms.com.

Raising Whiskers presents Exercises For Cats - Cat Health Problems - Cat Health Issues - Cat Health Questions posted at Cat Care Tips, saying, "Yes, there are ways to exercise your cat."

Kitty presents Taking Care of an Abandoned Kitten posted at Learn About Cats, saying, "How to take care of an abandoned kitten."

Wedding Junction presents Make Your Wedding Look Splendid With White Wedding Flowers posted at How To Stay Married Happily Ever After, saying, "White flowers for a wedding are often a great choice."

Jessica presents What to See and Do at Disney World posted at Jessica's Travel Tips: Travel For Cheap, saying, "The enormity of Disney World will make you question if you can see all the park's main sites in time."

Fiona Lohrenz presents Preparing For Day Care Toileting Accidents posted at Child Care Only.

Momma presents Make The Most Out Of Any Vacation posted at The Happy Mother, saying, "In our current high stressed world, it is more important than ever to have a nice, relaxing vacation."

Renee V. Rouse presents Family Meals for Under $5 May 1st posted at Frugal-Living-Skills Blog, saying, "...Weekly grocery circulars often read “feed a family of 4 for under $10!”. I’m sure most of you have laughed at this as I did. As a result, I began to wonder what does dinner really cost for my family of 8? I figured if I kept it under $5, I was doing good..."

Sunny Tan presents Statistics On Men Cheating - Infidelity Statistics - Statistics On Marital Infidelity posted at Cheating Men, saying, "Stats on cheating men."

Vicky presents Wedding Planning On A Budget posted at Affordable Wedding Planning, saying, "Basic wedding planning help."

Dorrie presents Basic Camping First Aid posted at Camping Earth, saying, "It is important to be prepared for minor emergencies when camping."

Fitness

Courtney presents Easy Pilates Exercises You Can Do at Home posted at Female and Proud, saying, "Pilates exercises you can do from the comfort of your own home."

Anastasiya presents Pilates Benefits: 25 Reasons to Give Pilates a Try posted at Balance In Me.

Jessica Nagel presents Work Out! posted at Sustainable Halo, saying, "Jessica writes about her love of working out and how she fits it into her daily routine while taking care of her two little boys."

Marjorie Morgan presents Wild Women on Top - Di Westaway posted at GO! Girls Outdoors, saying, "An interesting way to get fit and achieve something amazing along the way!"

Health

Nancy Miller presents 100 Best Blogs for Healthy, Home-Cooked Meals posted at Pharmacy Technician Certification.

Cory presents Overview Of Yoga. posted at Eating Healthy, saying, "The basics of yoga."

Christine presents Strawberries for Lunch posted at Me, My Kid and Life: An American Single Mom Living in France.

Farid presents Dry Skin Care Solutions posted at Gold Investing, saying, "Dry skin is problematic, physically and socially. Physically - dry skin can be irritable,uncomfortable and have long-term detrimental effects on the condition and appearance of your face. Socially - dry and flaking skin can lead to a lack of confidence in social situations. Dry skin can manifest in many different forms and conditions. Everybody may experience slight dry skin within their lives, when skin burns and flakes, for example. However, if facial skin is insignificantly hydrated for extended periods of time, skin may become unbalanced."

Pregnancy Period presents Understanding the Treatment Options for Infertility posted at Pregnancy.

Farid presents Effect of Sun on Your Skin posted at Acne treatment, saying, "It is important to never underestimate the effect of sun on your skin. It is an unfortunate reality of today that many of our beauty trends and our preconceptions of how people should look have lead to unhealthy skin practices on a wide variety of levels. The effect of sun on your skin is the single most damaging factor in the life of most people's skin, and yet thousands of people take no care whatsoever to reduce this impact. This is why it is becoming more and more important that people do become aware of the effect of sun on your skin, in the hope that the knowledge of how dangerous the sun really is will allow us to protect ourselves better and to stay looking young much longer."

Heartstrong presents Can Vegetable Juice Promote Weight Loss? posted at Healthy Hearts with Heartstrong.

Patricia Turner presents 25 Simple Habits That Make a Surprisingly Big Difference in Your Health posted at EKG Classes.

Ali from Whole Life Nutrition presents Packing a Healthy School Lunch posted at Whole Life Nutrition.

SJ presents Birthing Position That Makes Your Delivery Easy posted at Pregnancy Info, saying, "Certain birthing positions are more comfortable than others."

Victoria Jennings presents Thoughts On Vaccines posted at My Path, saying, "With the swine flu in the media, let us talk about vaccines some."

Patricia Turner presents 100 Free Online Tracking Tools For Your Diet And Fitness Goalsols For Your Diet And Fitness Goals posted at Radiography Schools.

C. Anderson presents Should You Try Jenny Craig? posted at Simplicity for Weight Loss Success, saying, "Jenny Craig is a popular weight loss program. Is it for you?"

Caterina Christakos presents Skin Care Advice : What Is the Best Anti-Wrinkle Cream? posted at Stillagirl Beauty Advice.

FizzSoda presents How does Smart Lipo Affect the Skin posted at Smart Liposuction.

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Money & Finances

Silicon Valley Blogger presents ETrade Online Brokerage Account: Top Broker Review posted at The Digerati Life, saying, "Looking for a reliable stock brokerage for your long term investments? Here's a review of one of the top online brokers around!"

The Smarter Wallet presents Trading The Market: What Market Trends Are Stock Traders Riding On Recently? posted at The Smarter Wallet, saying, "This is for women stock traders!"

Parenting

bluerose17 presents Mucus Plug posted at Information For Moms From Moms.

Marsha Hudnall presents Raising Healthy Eaters: A Mother's Day Tale of Sugar &, Finally, Spice posted at A Weight Lifted.

Jacquelyn presents How to Teach My Child About Sex? posted at WParent.com - Wise Parenting Guide, saying, "Teaching your child about sex is not an easy task for most parents. Read some of the ideas that your child needs to learn."

Catherine VanWetter presents To the Heart of the Matter - "Understanding the Teenager in Your Life: From "Disconnect to Reconnect" posted at To The Heart of the Matter, saying, "The challenges that we face as parents of teenagers, can be extreme, and our teens, whether they know it or not, need us even more. As we step from one era into the next, the challenges that we face as parents can bring us to our knees or, at the least, to the verge of tears."

Spirituality

Kathleen Gaga presents What one believes to be true either is true or becomes true posted at Daily Awareness, saying, "As I look at the journey of the last 30 plus years and where my journey has taken me and will take me, I know the key to true happiness, abundance and joy is gratitude. It’s as simple as that."

Rani presents Prayer of the Week- Father, We Thank Thee by Ralph Waldo Emerson posted at Christ's Bridge.

Women

Victoria presents Herb Container Garden posted at Garden Design.

Aprille Janes presents In Praise of Bolder Women: Women of Influence posted at In Praise of Bolder Women, saying, "What we as women do, how we feel, what we talk about and give our attention to permeates and shifts the energy around us. I believe that, if enough women take action on what's important to them on a deeply personal level, we can create our own version of Global Warming - in the very best sense."

Woman Tribune presents Book Review: No Matter What! by Lisa Nichols posted at Woman Tribune.

crankprof presents About Dating and Getting Married posted at The Cranky Professor.

Nyasha Smith presents Treasure time posted at MamaLaw: Evidence for Our Insanity Plea.

KateAddict presents Sly Paradox » Humor and Opinion news » Octo-Mom makes mothers like ME look bad. posted at Sly Foodie.

Tisha Tolar presents Set Goals and then Set Them Higher posted at Empowering Mom.

Asheesh presents Taurus Love Compatibility With Taurus - Taurus And Taurus - Love Relationship And Marriage posted at My Free Horoscopes, saying, "The love compatibility of a Taurus with another Taurus."

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