Give a Gift of Poetry this year to your ValentineWritten by Gary R. Hess
Valentines day is a special holiday for couples in all stages of their relationship. Married, engaged or just a dating, valentines day is time for you.We all know what comes along with Valentines, chocolate and flowers right? Well, it's time for a change. This year give your loved one gift of poetry. Poetry you ask? Yes. Poetry lets you show your true emotions and lets your partner fell they are truly special. The poem doesn't have to be something you get from a well known poet and you don't have to go out and buy latest Poetry for Dumbies. Poetry is about arousing senses and showing emotion. If you do that, you have a great poem.
| | Mabel's ‘Be-Able' - Tips and things ....Written by Jo Wickham
Well, here we are just a few weeks after Christmas celebrations and already they seem in distant past and all we are left with are happy memories (I hope), a few pounds heavier and lots and lots of sterling pounds lighter. But, never mind, this is time of year when we forget grey skies outside, turn to tantalising holiday brochures and picture ourselves lying on that sun drenched beach in Bahamas . . . Well, we can all dream can't we? Personally, I need a goal ahead as I always think that February is dullest month of year when nothing is actually happening (apart from developing what I call 'February face'), so I delegate this month as opportune time to complete all jobs I have been putting off during past year and getting house and finances in some sort of order, which will hopefully shift a few of those extra Christmas pounds . . . and, to shift that 'February face' how about mixing a few blobs of self-tanning lotion/cream into your usual face cream and in a few hours you will have a healthy glow. Your friends will say (just like song) "My, you do look well", and if you hear phrase often enough you will begin to feel well. You don't believe me? Try it!Now, as we get older two things paramount in our minds are health and money. Health, we will deal with at a later date, but, meanwhile, as they say 'keep taking tablets' and by that I mean eg. a good multi-vitamin and mineral, extra Vitamin C during these winter months, Omega 3 (pure fish oils), perhaps Echinacea to boost immune system, Glucosamine & Chondroitin to help joints, and Ginkgo Biloba to help circulation, and Money, well it's time to remind you that if you have any savings and tax man is siphoning off 10% or 20% of your interest, then don't forget (if you haven't already used up this year's ISA allowance) that you can put £3,000 out of tax man's reach by investing in a mini-cash ISA. It is important to remember that this year's tax-free ISA allowance must be used before end of this tax year which is 5 APRIL 2005. So there are only a few weeks left ... and as saying goes 'If you don't use it, YOU WILL LOSE IT! So, still thinking of money (or lack of it) why don't we get together and pool our ideas? Let us come up with great ideas that won't cost us a penny. Now, I'm going to start off with something that all we ladies have plenty of 'Old Tights'. . . And, why do we end up with a load of them instead of throwing them away?. . . Because when we hitch them we put in drawer and think that they will do to wear under trousers or around house. Or, when we buy same shade (as thrifty ones among us invariably do), we just cut off damaged leg and so acquire a new pair with added advantage of a double thickness around 'botty' for winter. However, there comes a time when even single leg tights die a death, so suggestions please on what we do with them? ? Now, before you say "put them over head and rob a bank in order to pay Council tax" (although we all understand feeling), this is not exactly what we had in mind, and to start you off, I will throw a few ideas 'into pot', under a couple of suggested headings to get brains working. We'll add more headings as your ideas come rolling in!
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