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My Choice today

How time flies.  Two years ago this exact day I remember that i had to undergo surgery to have a total  Hysterectomy done because I was diagnosed with Uterrin Cancer.

  This has been another heart ache full of emotions that changed the course of my life forever.

  All my dreams of one day being a mother were shattered into millions of pieces, and there are still those times where I drown myself in my tears after watching all the baby commercials on television.

  I thought that I would be strong by now and that it wouldn't affect me as much but that hasn't been the case with me.

There are people that say  that the pain will go away with time. I  believe that I will always feel this pain in my heart like the loss of my  wonderful father, the time that I lost my sight, and now dealing with the fact that I will never have a baby to hold in my arms, or feel its smiles.

  These are just those things i know that I will always have in my heart,  and I will never forget them at all.

Due to this kind of surgery I have been dealing with some health challenges. All the things I used to do  before are so hard now.  Here are some examples, like taking a stroll around the block, or cleaning my house has become a big mission.  There are those days that I don't even feel like getting out of bed because I'm overcome by chronic fatigue.What I am    experiencing now are these unbearable heat flashes. There really driving me crazy. There are times out of no where I get this rush of heat all over my body and that is when I have to start to do my striptease act here for everyone.  I tell you that can happen at anytime and any  place.  Wow! I never thought that I would take this Proffesion of being a stripper.  Having hot flashes are very unpredictable you really don't know  when there going to come. One moment you can feel fine then suddenly you feel like your in a burning oven.  Help! Well these are just a few of the many symptoms that I've been having since the surgery.  The others are too embarrassing to mention, but heres some clues;  Kojak - Rogaine.  Hey! did I give it away?

Today is febaury 16^Th I am blessed with another day of life.  To celebrate my anniversary I choose to enjoy this gorgeous  day , and be with my family and friends.

I am a Cancer survivor and this is how I will  welcome my today with a smile on my face and these words in my heart.

If you choose, you will find that today is an amazing day.

It is filled with countless blessings and opportunities.

You'll find plenty of reasons to smile and even more to laugh.

You will be given the chance to say "I love you", "I'm sorry"," Thank you", and

anything else you want.

In all truth, today welcomes you with no rules.

The only requirement to see all it has to offer is that you live it.

Will you live today?

I don't mean exist, I mean LIVE!

Will you truly LIVE today?

So many people will awaken to this beautiful day and embrace all its blessings.

Why not you?

Today is a new day!

It's your day.

It's an AMAZING day.

Live it!

Courtesy of

© Steve Maraboli

www.empoweredlivingradio.com

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February 14th is fast approaching. Are you in the mood for love? Love is in the air and the countdown for the big V day on Bloggle starts today.

Have you gotten that special someone in your life their  Valentines gift yet? Still not sure what to get them?  Well today Bloggle has come to save the day by bringing you some ideas to help prepare for that fabulous Valentines weekend.

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50 Ways to be Cheap on Valentine’s Day Without Looking Cheap

By  Sheryl Kurland  from Everlasting Matrimony

A proud subscriber of Haro’s.

If you’re like most couples, you’re watching your pennies this year and looking for

ways to romance your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day without breaking the bank. The

following list will help:

1. Create an indoor picnic with available props, i.e., picnic tablecloth, paper goods.

Share finger foods and favorite treats along with a glass of wine. Spice up “dessert.”

Enjoy your picnic on the living room floor or in bed. Play card games, board games,

or make up your own.

2. Decorate a unique-looking jar or box with craft items. Write numerous love notes

on small pieces of paper and fill the jar with them. Present the jar to your sweetheart.

3. There are many local and national Valentine’s Day giveaway contests with great

prizes. Enter as many as you can and maybe you’ll get lucky.

4. For young couples with kids, get them involved in an all-family fun Valentine’s

Day dinner at home. Mom can prepare a dessert for two and light the candles while

dad puts the kids to bed.

5. Since Valentine’s Day is on a Saturday, celebrate with a day full of low-cost

activities you both enjoy doing (depending upon your location and weather). Do something

with your significant other that he/she rarely has time to do, but loves.

6. Take a 2-hour, one-time salsa or tango dancing lesson together. Or, identify some

other interest you share and find a place to give you one-time extended lesson on

Valentine’s Day.

7. Gals…Make the entire day full of his favorites: the breakfast of his dreams, the

dinner of his dreams, TV that is his favorite, his music, etc. Don’t say anything

about it, surprise him all day long.

8. Take the person you love to experience something spectacular in nature: a sunset,

a sunrise, the calm of the beach, share an evening walk gazing at the moon.

9. Create a framed group of photos that put your relationship in chronological order

of events, by months or years (depending on how long you’ve been together).

10. Create a CD with songs that make you think of your sweetheart, and give it to

him/her.

11. Choose specialty foods, such as wine, cheese, fresh bread/dessert from a favorite

bakery. Enjoy in front of your warm, toasty fireplace.

12. Create an at-home spa day for your mate. Deliver the gift in a basket filled

with inexpensive candles, bubble bath, rose petals, facial mask and scrub. Then give

your mate time to enjoy it. When he/she is done, heat up towels in the dryer for

drying off.

13. Give each other long-lingering back rubs or head-to-toe body massages. Invest

in luxurious lotion or oils.

14. Create a favorite drink together. Try all kinds of ingredients. Enjoy taste-testing.

Be sure to record the ingredients, so you can make the “your” drink again on Valentine’s

Day year after year.

15. Watch an old movie at home together, with popcorn and soft drinks and candy –

movie-theater style.

16. Share a scrumptious dessert and latté at a local patisserie or bakery.

17. Pick a few household chores your Valentine usually does and surprise them by

doing it before they get a chance, i.e., making the bed. It doesn’t sound romantic,

but the thought will most certainly count.

18. Walk around a favorite part of town, stopping at a nice locale for a glass of

wine and appetizers.

19. On Valentine’s Day, place three pair of sexy undies on your bed and let your

mate pick out which one you should wear. It’s your secret!

20. Write a “Top 10 Reasons Why I Love You” list.

21. Since Valentine’s Day is on Saturday, if you’re a member of a wholesale club

(like Sam’s or Costco) have fun eating all the free samples! Then fill in any empty

holes left in your stomach by going out to lunch. (That way you won’t spend a lot

of money at a restaurant!)

22. What’s a new activity you’ve both wanted to try that’s low cost? Do it. Or, how

can you creatively modify it to make it low cost? Do it.

23. Leave a note on your mate’s pillow expressing how special you think he/she is.

Place a couple of mints on the pillow, too (or a single rose)…all to be discovered

at bedtime.

24. Guys…If you want to cook dinner, remember, she doesn’t care what you make. There

are many easy recipes on food web sites that look like you spent hours in the kitchen.

Be imaginative and set the table special. Play romantic music softly while you dine.

Leave the clean-up until morning!

25. Guys or Gals…When you make that special dinner…Just like when you go to a fancy

event and a “dinner menu” is put on each plate describing each food item, do something

similar. For example, on your menu, write “Spaghetti & Meatballs, made with passion

to be with YOU.” Don’t forget to give your “event” or “restaurant” a name at the

top of the menu.

26. Make a simple dinner at home, then go out dancing or to listen to live music

at a jazz club.

27. Buy two champagne flutes for use on Valentine’s Day only to annually toast your

love. Keep them in a visible location as a year-round reminder of how special you

are to each other.

28. Play a sport together that you haven’t played in awhile, or that you rarely get

a chance to enjoy. Before you start, determine what the “winner” gets (making it

something to do with caring, loving, etc.).

29. Leave a “racy” picture on your mate’s cell phone. Text a romantic message at

a time of day when you know things get hectic.

30. Present your Valentine IOU coupons: I will make dinner; I will do the laundry;

I will take care of the kids one day a month for the next year; I will clean the

kitchen for a week; I will serve you breakfast in bed.

31. Together, go “shopping” at a sex-toy store without spending any money. It’ll

give you ideas and get you “in the mood.”

32. The tough economy has lured many upscale restaurants to have high-end early-bird

specials. Find out what’s available in your area.

33. Some volunteer fire departments use holiday fauna to create flower and rose bouquets

as a fund-raiser. Prices are reasonable; just get there early.

34. If she loves chocolate…Take her on a chocolates tour. Find your hometown chocolate

purveyor and ask for a behind-the-scenes tour. Next, go to a restaurant that serves

her favorite chocolate dessert. Return home to snuggle with a cup of hot chocolate.

35. Use a bar of soap to draft a love note on your bathroom mirror. Or, if you shower

first, write a love note to your sweetheart in the steam on the mirror.

36. Write “I love you because….” notes and insert them into balloons. Blow up the

balloons, and spread the balloons throughout your bedroom for your Valentine to pop

and capture each message.

37. Many drug stores with photo departments offer a variety of Valentine’s Day specials

to make gifts from photographs. Use a good picture of the two of you together.

38. Make homemade chocolate-covered strawberries: 1) Melt a package of chocolate

chips in a double boiler and add a small amount of oil; 2) Remove from heat and quickly

dip the strawberries into the chocolate; 3) Place on wax paper and refrigerate for

several hours until chocolate is firm.

39. Guys…If you want to order flowers for your gal, supermarket florists are generally

half the price of the stand-alone or on-line stores, but the trick to for seeing

real savings is to order two weeks or more in advance and pay for the flowers up

front………..Another trick to save money, get other guys who want to order flowers to

join you and place your orders to the same florist all at once. The florist may give

you a “bulk” discount. Again, important to plan ahead.

40. Plan a scavenger hunt. Write clues and place them in envelopes, and place the

envelopes around town. Make the final clue a doozey of a destination.

41. Get a small radio and take your partner dancing at a romantic hideaway, such

as the woods or riverfront or ocean.

42. Use fabric paint to decorate a Valentine’s Day pillowcase for your loved one.

Check arts-and-crafts web sites for other easy-to-make gifts.

43. What did you do on your very first date? Repeat it.

44. Create a year-long calendar with photos of just the two of you above (top page)

each month. Office supply stores will insert the spiral/binding for you.

45. Have a progressive dinner. If you’re single, appetizers at his place. Entrée

at her place. The middle course, dessert, after-dinner cordials…map it out a few

days ahead. If you’re married, one course at home, one course at her office, his

office, etc. Use your imagination to set locations!

46. Write new “updated” wedding vows, both serious and humorous, and share them with

each other over a glass of wine in a candlelit room.

47. In the morning, tuck a love note in his pocket or her pocketbook or other certain-to-be-found

spot. Jot down some meaningful words on a piece of paper – “Can’t wait to wrap my

arms around you tonight!”; “What’s for ‘dessert’?”; “You make me happy every day!”

– and tuck it in a conspicuous location to be easily discovered during the day.

48. Have a 15-minute kissing session and try some new ways and places to kiss. The

same old smoocheroo can get boring. Use your imagination…and perhaps a little whipped

cream, chocolate syrup, etc.

49. If you don’t have a special sweetheart, focus on bringing a smile or laughter

to everyone you come in contact with on Valentine’s Day.

50. What are your mate’s quirks and habits that irk you? Don’t nag about any of them

the entire day. Then try to extend the no-nagging effort to every day of the year.

Remember, you’re never going to change the other person.

I would like to add the 51 tip to the list.

 of 50 Ways to be Cheap on Valentine’s Day Without Looking  cheap.

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This article is  Courtesy of HARO Sheryl Kurland.

http://shankman.com/