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Every relationship has its milestones - the first date, the first kiss, meeting the parents, and, of course, moving in together. The latter can be potentially overwhelming for those who have never lived with a partner before and have gotten so used to living independently, the way most singles are. The transition is particularly more difficult for men rather than women. If you’re a woman about to go on the adventure of moving in with a man for the first time, you’re in for a wild ride.

What To Expect

Just because a man suggested or agreed that you move in together doesn’t mean that he’s particularly happy or even sure about it. Man like being men, and though he might love you enough to want to share a life with you, there are still some things that he can’t let go. Indeed, expect your man to have second thoughts and be quite difficult at some point. This is but natural.

What To Do

In order to make the transition of living together as smooth as possible for both you and your man, talk it over before you take the plunge. He might not be very keen to do so, but it’s important that you have ‘The Talk’ so insist on it. Don’t nag, however, or you’ll find your man running the other way.

When you do have ‘The Talk’ listen to your man’s expectations and make him listen to yours. Naturally, you will come across a few things that won’t be acceptable to the other. In this case, you need to compromise. For example, your man might like to go out with his buddies on Wednesday nights for ‘guy stuff’. Make it crystal clear that you won’t tolerate cheating of any sort - or any wild behavior, for that matter. You might not be able to get him to follow a curfew, but you could agree on him calling you if he’ll be late. Similarly, if your man doesn’t like you spending hours on the computer every night, you can compromise to considerably cut down your Internet usage.

You have to make sure, however, that in the effort to compromise, you don’t end up compromising yourself, your feelings, and your beliefs. This can be achieved with constant communication, transparency, and honesty - the very things that make a relationship work successfully.

What To Give

When moving in together, both parties need to be able to contribute something to make the relationship even more enjoyable and to make your life together as comfortable as possible. A contribution could be anything, really, as long as it’s beneficial to both of you.

You can contribute household essentials such as furniture and decorations. Just make sure that it fits both of your tastes. You can divide chores equally among yourselves so no one feels taken advantage of. You can contribute to pay bills and other responsibilities.

Most of all, when moving in together, the best contributions you could give to each other are love, companionship, and loyalty. All these would make your life together as blissful as can be imagined.

I find Pizza with Swiss Chard and Bacon very special and consider it one of my favorites so I’d to share the recipe to you. I originally found this recipe in Yahoo. I hope you’ll also love it!

You will need the following ingredients:

1. 1/2 pound sliced bacon
2. 1 1/2 pounds Swiss chard, stems and tough ribs removed, leaves cut into 1/2-inch-wide ribbons
3. 1/2 pound Fontina or mild provolone cheese, shredded
4. Salt and freshly ground pepper
5. 1 pound pizza dough, at room temperature
6. 1 teaspoon extra-virgin olive oil

1. Preheat the oven to 500 degrees F. Preheat a pizza stone or generously oil a large baking sheet. In a large skillet, cook the bacon over high heat until browned and most of the fat is rendered, about 6 minutes. Drain on paper towels and let cool, then break the bacon into 1-inch pieces.

2.Pour off all but 1 tablespoon of the bacon fat from the skillet and heat until shimmering. In a large heatproof bowl, toss the Swiss chard with the hot fat. Add the bacon and half of the cheese, season with salt and pepper and toss well.

3.On a lightly floured surface, roll the dough to a rough 14-inch round. Transfer it to a floured pizza peel or rimless cookie sheet, or to the oiled baking sheet. Spoon the Swiss chard topping over the pizza, leaving a 1-inch border of dough. Brush the border with the olive oil. Scatter the remaining cheese on top.

4.Slide the pizza onto the hot stone, if using, and bake for about 10 minutes on the stone or 16 minutes on the baking sheet, until the crust is golden and the cheese is bubbling. Transfer the pizza to a rack and let cool slightly before serving.

This is a great Egyptian art which features Nefertari Merytmut who was the queen and wife of Ramesses the Great. She was married to Ramesses at the age of thirteen and they had at four sons and two daughters. Nefertari literally means Beautiful Companion and she is one of the well known queens of Egypt. Nefertari was quite probably the only Egyptian royal wife, other than Queen Tiy, to be deified during her lifetime.

What is the future of wedding ceremonies? How will events be conducted in some few years from now? Day in and day out, many people are trying new ways to hold weddings and sooner or later these custom arrangements and styles will be become trends. We take a look at how these occasions may be.

First, calligraphy is giving way to computerized versions of card printing. Many years ago, you would need a calligrapher to address your invitation envelopes and also write the names. It was considered a great treat for your guests. Aside formality, the calligraphy offered a touch of elegance to the wedding stationery. All that is past now. Offset and desktop printing, the job of the calligrapher, is now lost to the computer. Today, machines take over all the printing and addressing of the cards with more variety and speed.

The computerized option is making many couples save a lot of money on fees paid to traditional calligraphers. With a few Dollars a couple can get the same design and appearance as that of the calligrapher at a lower fee. So affordability is driving many couples to the desktop style of printing wedding stationery.

Wedding favors which used to be hand-sewn pieces of fabrics and fruits are changing to sophisticated heart design souvenirs. Sophisticated design and crafts are taking over the traditional favors. Advertising companies specializing in wedding favors are able to print specialized pieces of gifts that will amaze any guest at a wedding.

As people change, so do the way of doing things. Weddings as we see today may become very transformed in some years to come. We should not be surprised if an event held just a few years from now will involve virtual wedding favors.

Some singles think that being alone is kin to the plague, or the flu. They wonder why they don’t have a special someone in their life. They envision others saying things behind their backs like: “Why is this person still alone or not re-married? There must be something wrong with them.” Admittedly, that could be a possibility, but most likely, it is not.

Other singles hate the time they have to spend alone, and engage in a fantasy that someone will just drop into their lonely life and “make it all better.”

Katherine Russell Rich, in her “O” Magazine article, WHY AM I ALONE? (February 2005), ponders the necessity of that question and even its validity.

She states, “Start to pay attention to your thoughts when you’re freaking, and you’ll begin to see how often you’re getting flummoxed by unnecessary fear. The question, Why am I single? sends you in one direction and one direction alone: toward a zone of fear. The implication is, you’re failing. You’re in a void. That kind of thought is a trap.”

Her friend Sarah asked, “Has anything good and strong ever come out of fear? It’s a bad motivator. It always drives you into things that are wrong.”

Katherine adds, “For instance, and above all, the next bad relationship. Leap into another just to shore yourself up from the last, and a nasty cycle sets up. Because you’re in the new relationship for shaky reasons-to salve the pain from the first-the second’s pretty much guaranteed to fall apart. At which point, if you don’t step back, you’ll end up scrambling for a third that’s destined to self destruct.”

What About A Different Attitude?

If one were to stop and ask the question, “Is this where I want to be? You can give yourself more options. You can put yourself in a zone of expansive possibilities, by meditating on the fact that sometimes our interpretation of a situation is quite different from the experience.

By asking ourselves, “Why isn’t it okay to be alone?” What kind of answers will we come up with? The longer we spend time alone, the better we will be able to figure just what it is that we want for our lives. We do have much to say about what our new relationship will be and when and if it will be.

Where Does Our Power Come In…By Asking The Big Questions

Our power is reinstated when we choose to decide what is negotiable and what is not, in a new relationship. Alone, we may be surprised to learn things about ourselves that we did not know before, like:

1. “I enjoy arising slowly in the morning, not talking to anyone, not having to make

any decisions.”

2. “Shall I have cereal or coffee and a health bar for breakfast.”

3. The only person I am responsible for now is ME. Would that change if I re-

married? Could I handle that?

4. Am I generous enough to change all that, trivial as it may sound?”

5. Could I allow someone else to tell me how to spend the money I work so hard for?

6. Do I want to share the shower?

7. Do I have to cook every evening?

This isn’t about selfishness; it is about who we really are and how much we can bend to the wishes of another human being in our personal space. Are we capable of sharing that much again?

Only by being honest with ourselves can we know who it is that we are offering to that “special someone,” that we might hope to come into our lives. Could you love someone else as you would love yourself?

Finding Someone To Love, Instead Of Someone To Love Me

To quote Katherine again, “Generosity is a higher form of power, one that no one can give you but that you can freely take. Another friend did just that when she decided to stop telling herself, ‘I want to find someone to love me’ and tried saying, ‘I want to find someone to love.’ Not long after that, she did.”

By refusing to say, “I want someone to love me” and just finding someone or some cause that you think is worthy, to shower your love upon, a whole spectrum of options becomes available.

Radiate Love, Attract Love

Being a person of love and caring will radiate to those around you. Being generous with your talents and abilities, be it a volunteer position or just concentrating on being a friendly person to the stranger on the street, or in the office. A smile or “hello,” changes you and the way other people view you. Instead of you having to look for Mr. or Ms. Right, They will be looking for you.

Unknown to you, your generous spirit will be noticed. Others will observe you and possibly a person much like yourself will be in the admiring audience. - Patricia Hubbard

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Visions of sugarplums may dance in your head, but for some people, visions turn into an obsession, driving them to eat any cookie, gingerbread or even fruitcake they can find.

Sugar overload isn’t good for anyone, but people with arthritis should be particularly cautious. When blood sugar spikes, the body produces more inflammatory chemicals. Here are five tips for the nipping the sugar buzz in the bud.

Eat protein. Eating protein - along with sweets - moderates the “cyclone” effect of a blood sugar spike, in part because protein slows down how fast sugar is absorbed by the body.

Eat before you go out or to a party. You know your neighbors party will be brimming with cookies and cakes. Decide ahead time - if you will allow yourself to have dessert. If so, eat a healthy snack before hand, so you will not overindulge later.

Eat more fiber rich food. Dried and whole fruits may satisfy your sweet tooth, and they also contain fiber, which will help you feel full more quickly.

Write it down. Just as you keep a food journal, you may want to keep a sugar journal that tracks how you feel after eating certain foods. Seeing the roller coaster effect sugar can have on your moods, energy level and productivity may help you conquer cravings.

Be patient. Cutting down on sugar gets easier the more you try. Give it time, be persistent , and forgive your mistakes. Once you start doing it, if you go back to the desserts you used to eat, they will taste too sweet.