Archive for August, 2009
These tips on how to get better grades will help college students improve their study skills. They range from letting yourself write a bad essay to breaking assignments into easy chunks. The higher the grades, the happier the college student, right? Before the tips, a quip: “Chance favors only the prepared mind.” ~ Louis Pasteur. The [...]
Welcome to the club if you’re tired of money problems! Here are several easy ways to save money at home – they’ll help whether you want to pay off debt, save money to buy a house, put money towards your kids’ college tuition, or ensure you have enough money for retirement. Before the tips, a quip: [...]
These eight tips for increasing productivity at home will help you get more done in less time, which will give you more free time to do what you love! Before the tips, a quip: “Productivity is never an accident,” says Paul J. Meyer, author of . “It is always the result of a commitment to [...]
Learn how to stop winter from drying your skin with these tips for keeping skin hydrated! You can prevent the cold weather air from making your skin weathered and flaky. One way to protect your skin is to remember that skin dries out if it’s deprived of water. This dryness often causes itchiness, resulting in a condition commonly referred [...]
Happy Halloween! These 13 tips for easy Halloween costumes, parties, and pets will make October 31 more enjoyable and stress-free. Before the tips, a quip: “If I had my life to live over, I would perhaps have more actual troubles and fewer imaginary ones.” ~ Don Herold. Don’t borrow trouble this Halloween, my friends! One [...]
These five brain games can improve memory, thinking skills, and overall cognitive health – and they’re also fantastic birthday or holiday gift ideas! Each game is endorsed by a doctor or cognitive health expert. Before the brain tips, a quip: “The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops until you [...]
These seven ways to save money on school spending not only help you achieve your financial goals, they’ll help your kids learn the value of a dollar! “On average, according to the National Retail Federation, a family with children in kindergarten through 12th grade will spend about $549 preparing for school each year,” says Ethan Ewing of [...]
If you’re not a skinny cover girl, finding the right Halloween costume can be a pain. Here are seven tips for Halloween costumes for plus size women — people who aren’t skinny or lean (like me!). Several “Quips and Tips” readers have asked for Halloween costume tips and ideas for overweight women and teens. These Halloween [...]
You won’t gain weight at college with these tips. Four are from a college student who graduated without gaining an ounce, and six are from me (I lost 25 pounds after getting married). These tips for not gaining weight at college will help you avoid the freshman 15. I’ve included info about a series of DVDs [...]
Are you in love or lust? Here are a few signs of true love, to help you decipher the difference between the two. “Love does not consist of gazing at each other, but in looking together in the same direction.” ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupery. And there, my friends, is one way to tell if you’re really [...]
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