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Oh,Fudge: Four “F Words” to Help You Organize
Lorie Marrero
 Back to basics this month, expert Lorie Marrero,
CPO® guides you through the four 4-F-words that will help you get
organized. Oh Fudge!
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Be a Savvy Grocery Shopper
Julie Garden-Robinson PhD, LRD
 It's a jungle in there! Your local supermarket that is - you
might not realize it but every item is positioned to maximize what marketers
call "pester power". Marketing specialists and psychologists
have helped plan layout and advertising strategies to entice us to buy
things. That helps explain the items in your basket that certainly weren't
on your list. Nutritionist Julie Garden-Robinson suggests some smart grocery
shopping strategies.
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How To Work Out When Things Just Don't Work Out
Jenny Anchondo
 Fitness expert Jenny Anchondo has left Tucson for an exciting new
career opportunity in the Midwest. Jenny, we're already missing you on the
morning news! We wish success and envy viewers of WXIN-TV in Indianapolis who
now get to call you their own.
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Can't Touch Your Toes? No Problem!
Robert Latkany, MD
 Robert Latkany, MD, our Connection at MedPie busts myths about the
value of stretching in his September article. Although I am physically fit and
was always considered fairly athletic I cannot touch my toes. Never could
and probably never will.
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Connections for Women Latest Blog Posts
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09/06/2010 09:17 AM |
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A Tart for all Season - a Last Hurrah to Summer
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I hate soggy bottoms! Referring of course to pie crusts. How many mouthwatering, luscious looking tarts have disappointed with a bottom crust that is limp and undercooked.
Labor Day weekend - inspired to take something different to an informal gathering I did a pantry and fridge raid and determined I had all the ingredients to improvise on a rustic tomato tart. So away with soggy bottoms and in
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09/04/2010 10:57 PM |
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Go Ahead - Haggle!
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 Wild flowers from the White Mountains of Arizona - picked in the meadow this morning. Happy Labor Day Weekend .
Time was when in polite society we did not haggle, bargain, make an offer. No, that was for the souks and teaming bazaars of the mysterious far-flung continent. Then came swap meets, quickly followed by EBay - the home to the ultimate haggling. And I'm fast learning following my
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08/30/2010 05:51 PM |
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Comcast - a Truce
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My victory with Comcast can't be classified as a Phyrric one as the cost to me was not devastating - merely involved losing my temper, something that despite my Irish genes and once red hair, rarely happens. I'm still fuming over the fact that to get a response I had to lose my temper, and go public in this forum with my peeve. Saddened too, that as a woman who who prides herself on having good
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