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Issue #89 - May 1, 2005

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Welcome all newcomers and faithful readers! 

Happy Mother's Day to all our wonderful, brave, inspiring moms! This is your month to be pampered and worshiped (HA!) for all you do ... bleed it until it's dry, moms. It only happens once year. ;-) 

For Mother's Day everything, here's the link to my Mother's Day site: Rexanne's Mother's Day

This will help you through the holiday. Pass it on to your friends, family and anyone else you think needs a Mother's Day boost. 

This month's parent and family topic is a bit of humor moms will enjoy and relate to. :-) We gotta laugh at ourselves or we'll surely give up. 

And for some really good family and teacher resource links, check out Alphabet Soup's new top sites page: Top Sites for Parents & Teachers

I'm working on a Graduation site, as promised. It's not quite ready but for my newsletter readers, I'll share a half-baked site. ;-) You'll find information on graduations from preschool to college, party planning, proms, cards, graphics and anything else pertaining to graduation day. If anyone has a graduation link to share, please send it. I'll be adding to this site as I find goodies but for now, here's what I have: All About Graduations

And please don't forget that starting tomorrow (May 2) is Teacher Appreciation Week in the U.S. Dedicated teachers are one of our most powerful resources and our teachers should be cherished for all they do for our kids. Here are my tributes to teachers for resources you can use to make this a perfect teacher appreciation week:

Tribute to Female Teachers

Tribute to Male Teachers

If you would like a decorated copy of the "I Am a teacher" verse on these pages, email a request and I'll send it in WORD format: Send Teacher Tribute! - Please specify female or male teacher. 

Have a super month! 

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Reader's Comments:

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Daysi sent this:

"My cousin just came back form Jerusalem to meet the owner of the Plaza. Anyway this is a petition that is going around. Lets help them Save The Plaza:   Save the Plaza"

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Martha sent this link to her new animal rescue page: Adopt Me

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Sylvia wrote:

"Thank you for writing about eating disorders and the need for physical fitness in kids. It's about time someone took a stand about children and their body images. There is too much media attention on dieting and being skinny. Our kids are bombarded with this cr*p all the time."

Amen, Sylvia. My friend Martha thinks I should take this issue up as yet another mission. OMG ... I'll go nuts with another crusade but I can't think of a more necessary mission. Parents, please help your children understand how important healthy bodies are compared to skinny ones. Our children's bodies are growing until age 25 (from  21 to about 25, the internal organs are still developing). They need nutrients, good food and to learn healthy habits. Please help them become healthy adults by feeding, educating and nourishing them properly now. 

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OK, here's the scoop:

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Quote of the Month: There was never a great man who had not a great mother. - Olive Schreiner

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Parenting & Family Topic of the Month: A Mom's New Year's Resolution - by Lisa Barker

This year I resolve to...

Leave the house on time and keep all my appointments. (Flashback: Mom in the van revving the engine, hollering out the window as three kids hop to the van pulling on their shoes, "You better be in this van by the time I count to three or I'm leaving you in the dust!)

Make nutritious dinners that nurture the family as well as nourish them. (Flashback: Kids wrinkling noses at spinach salad and broiled fish and mom saying, "You eat what I cook--it cost me money!)

Support my kids at the school in all their activities. (Flashback: Mom on the sidelines shaking her fist and arguing with the referee while the kids melt away, mortified. "What do you mean that's out of bounds, what are you a moron?!")

Take my kids to the museum and expose them to culture. (Flashback: Tiny tot pointing at David's 'appendage' clinically labeling it at high volume and explaining to all within earshot what the difference is between boys and girls.)

Lead my family in good health and fitness. (Flashback: Attempting to power walk down the sidewalk while three-year-old runs toward street and two-year-old runs through gardens.)

Plan fun and interesting family outings. (Flashback: Family packed in van with the baby crying non-stop for thirty miles. One wants a drink, another has to go to the bathroom and the third is going to be sick. "Are we there yet!?")

Teach kids about their heritage and family. (Flashback: Aunt Helda pinching the littlest one's cheeks and the oldest child making faces and crying out, "Ack! She smells old! Do I have to kiss her?")

Be a cool mom and let kids have more sleepovers. (Flashback: Lying in bed at three o'clock in the morning while a chorus of pre-teen girls giggle all through the night.)

Make sure all cats have clean bill of health. (Flashback: Curtains torn to shreds, artery on left wrist slashed, cat wrapped in a towel with bugged-out eyes spitting out wormer pill for the fourth time in a row.)

Make more time for myself. (Flashback: Soaking in the tub by candle light while kids line up to pound on door. "Are you done yet, Mom? What are you doing in there? I think she's asleep. Are you asleep, Mom? Want me to get, Dad? I smell something burning. Maybe we should call the fire department.")

Eat fewer sweets. (Flashback: There was Johnny's birthday party at school, the reception after Sally's dance recital, Halloween, Christmas, Valentine's, St. Patrick's Day....)

Teach the toddlers more words and prepare them for preschool and kindergarten. (Flashback: Telling off the idiot that backed into you at a stop light...only to have the little ones share the 'new' words they learned when you greeted the minister at church the following Sunday.)

Hmmmm. Maybe I'll just tear up this list and have a little chocolate from my stash. This resolution business is for the birds. 

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Food & Cooking Site of the Month: Mother's Day Breakfast Ideas

How many of you are planning to spoil Mom with breakfast in bed this Mother's Day? This site will make it a lot easier to select a mom-pleasing menu and offers detailed instructions on how to prepare that all-important first meal of the day. You can do this ... Mom will be proud! :-) 

Bon Appetit!

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Advertisement: Speaking Roses 

Combine the beauty of fresh roses with the emotion of heartfelt messages. 

Imagine sending mom glorious roses for Mother's Day and having them speak for you ... These are beautiful, perfect roses, embossed with your choice of words to convey your exact sentiments. All moms will love and be so flattered to see "Mom" or "We love you, Mom" on each petal of her bouquet. A very special Mother's Day gift!

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Kid's Site of the Month: Mother's Day for Kids

Call the kids over. Time to let them be inspired for Mother's Day and find a craft or activity they can dig into, from coloring pages, cards and home-made gifts to online games and stories to read, they'll surely find something to contribute to their knowledge of Mother's Day and find a way to honor mom, too. 

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Freebie of the Month: Mother's Day E-cards & Screensavers

Mother's Day E-Cards - Card Fountain has a beautiful collection of inspired, heart-felt and fun Mother's Day cards to send to all your mom friends, relatives and online buddies to let them know you're thinking of them on this special day. The talking cards are especially fun to send and even more fun to receive. 

Mother's Day Screen Savers & Computer Wallpapers - Dress up your computer screen with a Mother's Day theme that speaks volumes about Mom. These screen Savers and computer wallpapers are safe to download and always look great.

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Advertisement: GiveAnything.com Gift Certificates

GiveAnything.com Gift Certificates can be sent instantly by email with a free e-Card, or you can print them right from your computer. Give gift certificates from GiveAnything.com and give the gift of choice! 

Instant gifts, in the form of gift certificates that can be spent at more than 300 online retailers are the best idea going for last minute presents, especially for Mother's Day, when it absolutely has to be there on time. You can send these gift certificates via email for instant delivery or print the certificate from your computer and give it in person. Either way, you're covered with a quick and easy gift anyone would love to receive. 

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Tip or Trick of the Month: Clothes Storage Tips

Transitioning wardrobes from winter to summer can be daunting but has to be done right about now. This is a super tip from the Handy Hints newsletter I thought you would love:

"Mothball Substitute:  Take your leftover soap slivers and put them in a vented plastic bag. You place the bag with seasonal clothes before packing them away. Not only will the scent prevent them from moth harm but also they'll smell great when you pull them out." 


Have a tip or trick your fellow readers would enjoy or could use? Please send it in for possible publication in one of the next issues: Tips

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Time Waster of the Month: Rock, Paper, Scissors
(Because life is supposed to be fun!)

Some silliness and yet another way to waste time on the computer. Choose from a selection of characters and play this classic game against the computer. 

Feed the kids first ...

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Featured Site of the Month: Pajama Program

Across America The Pajama Program, a not-for-profit organization, provides warm pajamas and books to needy children nationwide, many who are waiting and hoping to be adopted. These are youngsters who may not know the comforts of a mother or father to tuck them into a cozy bed and read them a bedtime story. Too many have been abandoned, most deprived of any love at all.

The Pajama Program depends on the generous support of volunteers, supporters, event hosts, pajama drive sponsors, and of course, donations of cozy new pajamas and new or gently used books.

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Advertisement: Proflowers

Send a special mom flowers for Mother's Day. Proflowers makes it so easy. They deliver fresh flowers from the grower to ensure that the flowers you send today arrive fresh and ready to add beauty to the environment for at least 7 days. I'm sure you know someone who deserves flowers this Mother's Day. Go ahead and make her smile with an arrangement of gorgeous, fresh flowers:

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