The Only Valentine's List You'll Ever Need

Written by Susan Dunn, The EQ Coach


1. List of romantic songs … if “I Can’t Help Falling in Love with You” byrepparttar King won’t do. http://www.inspirationpoint.com/ipmusic.htm . 2. List of romantic movies to rent … “Casablanca,” “Princess Bride,” “Ghost” … http://www.inspirationpoint.com/ipmovies.htm .

3. The heart-shaped griddle or frying pan ring for your Valentine’s pancakes and fried eggs, just $5.49: http://www.romanticgifts.com/RomanticGifts/njscat.nsf/adminCatalog/E329061D73D3165188256A31001EE646!OpenDocument&15.+Kitchen+$+Dining . Add a few drops of red food coloring torepparttar 111477 pancake dough.

4. “Love Ya” Little Guys Lunch: heart-shaped sandwich inrepparttar 111478 lunch box, strawberry jam and cream cheese. Put “Love Potion” inrepparttar 111479 thermos – Hawaiian punch, but tape on a new label! Pop in some Hershey’s kisses and candy hearts for dessert.

5. Family Valentine dinner – put that meatloaf in a heart-shaped pan. (Stainless steel heart-shaped baking form: ( http://www.cooking.com/products/shprodde.asp?SKU=189433 ). When its done, frost it with mashed potatoes and put some Xs and Os on it with squeeze-bottle catsup. Alternate version: Slice potatoes thin and parboil. Mix with raw hamburger and tomato soup and put in individual heart-shaped ramekins. When cooked, pipe mashed potatoes around edge and sprinkle with cayenne or paprika. 6. Serve a “red” dinner forrepparttar 111480 kids – heart-shaped pasta with tomato sauce, make pizzas shaped like hearts, red kool aid, cinnamon hearts in hot cocoa and of course red jello hearts!

7. How to setrepparttar 111481 mood for your Valentine’s dinner for two: http://interiordec.about.com/library/weekly/aa020900a.htm .

8. Two fabulously romantic menus with recipes: http://entertaining.about.com/library/weekly/aa020700a.htm?once=true .

9. How aboutrepparttar 111482 “Arise My Love” cocktail? Or a dry martini shaken to waltz time? Go here: http://cocktails.about.com/library/weekly/aa012501a.htm .

Make Your Sun Friendly

Written by Jennifer Clement


Every day we hear aboutrepparttar dangers ofrepparttar 111476 sun and negative effects it can have onrepparttar 111477 lives of our families. We continually hear about this problem, but very rarely do we hear suggestions for solutions to this issue (outside ofrepparttar 111478 wear your sun block orrepparttar 111479 stay-out-of-the-sun warnings). As a working mom and taking these issues to heart, I had repeated confrontations with my children’s daycare provider over what constitutes proper sun protection. It did not seem right to me that I was doing things such as walking backwards withrepparttar 111480 stroller or coveringrepparttar 111481 stroller with blankets to protect my child fromrepparttar 111482 sun while my daycare provider would not take even takerepparttar 111483 simplest precautions, such as applying sunscreen.

I have found that our kids being inrepparttar 111484 sun is a fact of life, be it going to soccer practice,repparttar 111485 park,repparttar 111486 beach, or just playing inrepparttar 111487 backyard. Our children rely on us to protect them fromrepparttar 111488 pain of a sun- burn, no lessrepparttar 111489 long-term effects of sun exposure. My mother continually struggles with recurring skin cancer andrepparttar 111490 American Cancer Society declared that “One severe sunburn as a child, doublesrepparttar 111491 chance for skin cancer later in life.” This is a very real issue that we must face together with our families.

Here are some tips for enjoyingrepparttar 111492 sun safely:

1)Limit Time inrepparttar 111493 Midday Sun –repparttar 111494 sun’s rays are strongest between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.

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