How To Save Up To 70% On Christmas Gifts

Written by Maria Estarellas


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If you decide to go a local mall, make sure you do it duringrepparttar first two weeks of November. You'll avoidrepparttar 101416 majority of Christmas shoppers and you are guaranteed to find what you're looking for at lower prices.

4. Take advantage of Online pre-Christmas Sales.

Most stores offer deep online discounts (up to 70%) on toys, clothing, accessories, gifts, candles, and more before Christmas duringrepparttar 101417 months of October and November. They even offer Free Shipping with your order.

5. Buy fromrepparttar 101418 comfort of your home.

Every year, more people buy online to save time and money. By buying online, you'll be able to see every item on every gift category you're interested in withoutrepparttar 101419 hassle of searching a whole store or waiting in long lines, only to find out that what you're looking for is not available or is overpriced.

You'll also receiverepparttar 101420 items you purchased early, giving you time to wrap them in advance.

The Christmas Season should be spent with family and friends instead of worrying about looking for time to go Christmas shopping.

Have a great Holiday Season.

Maria Estarellas is the webmaster for http://www.1mykids.com "The Complete Website For The Whole Family". Maria specializes in researching information and resources that are requested by parents who don't have time to do it themselves online to be used for homework or school projects. Her website includes parenting tips, crafts, games, music downloads, clothing, toys, candles, hobbies for Mom and Dad, beauty tips and more.


Extended Family Relationships: Staying Friends with Former Lovers and Spouses

Written by Kevin B. Burk, Author of The Relationship Handbook


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I helped Alice to untangle this group of extended family relationships bit by bit. The first thing we addressed wasrepparttar fact that even though Mike had been a positive role model for her stepsons, he does not have an actual family connection to them. Alice was their stepmother; Mike was only their stepmother's husband. As their former stepmother, Alice's continued relationship with her stepsons is reasonable. While married to Mike, it was appropriate for her to foster a connection between him and her stepsons. Howeverrepparttar 101415 entire basis of that connection is their shared relationship to her. Both of her stepsons are adults now, and both are married. It's a safe bet that they know how to pick uprepparttar 101416 phone and initiate contact with Mike if they want to maintain a relationship with him on their own.

Next, we looked at Alice's relationship with Mike. Had her mother and friend passed away while she was still married to Mike, she would have been entitled to expect him to provide emotional support to help her throughrepparttar 101417 grieving process. However, now that she's no longer married to him (and he's married to someone else), she's not entitled to expect emotional support from him. Alice needed to adjust her checklists and her expectations inrepparttar 101418 relationship. She realized that she could no longer relate to Mike as a romantic partner, or even as someone with whom she shares a committed relationship.

Ultimately, she recognized that while she can still maintain a cordial relationship with Mike, he doesn't meetrepparttar 101419 criteria she sets for her friends. If he were truly a friend, he would have offered some support to her when she needed it. Since she can't expect him to be there to support her, she needs to adjust her expectations ofrepparttar 101420 relationship. He's not someone on whom she can count for emotional support, and that's perfectly acceptable. Their relationship has evolved. They're still peripherally involved in each other's lives;repparttar 101421 nature ofrepparttar 101422 relationship is more of a pleasant friendship (Alice described it as "neighborly"). Once she adjusted her checklists, she was able to let go ofrepparttar 101423 anger she was feeling towards him.

Kevin B. Burk is the author of The Relationship Handbook: How to Understand and Improve Every Relationship in Your Life. Visit http://www.everyrelationship.com for a FREE report on creating AMAZING Relationships.


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