5 WAYS TO MAKE HIM YOURS

NUMBER ONE

Keep away from (his) taboo subjects. At the getting-to-know-each-other stage, certain phrases should be erased from your vocabulary, like “baby”, “wedding”, “mother”, “ex-boyfriend” and “where shall we go for a holiday next year?” If the commitment part of his brain has a smoke alarm, these subjects would set it off every time. Only when you’re absolutely sure he’s fallen for you, can you be normal and use these words liberally. In fact, during those first weeks of heady bliss, he might even use them himself. Enjoy it. It won’t last long.

How to discipline your one year old child?

How do you keep a 1-year-old from heading toward the DVD player? What should you do when your preschooler throws a fit? How can you get a teenager to respect your authority?

Whatever the age of your child, it's important to be consistent when it comes to discipline. If parents don't stick to the rules and consequences they set up, their kids aren't likely to either.

Summer Steps for Healthy Living

In the warmer, longer, lazier days of summer, the living may not be easy, but your life probably feels less chaotic. Even adults tend to adopt a "school's out!" attitude in summer. That's why this is a perfect time to improve your health in a fashion so seasonally laid back you'll barely notice the effort.

To get you started, WebMD went to eight health experts in fields such as diet, fitness, stressstress, vision, and oral health. We asked them this: If you could only suggest one simple change this season to boost personal health, what would it be? Here are their top eight tips.
1. Give Your Diet a Berry Boost

If you do one thing this summer to improve your diet, have a cup of mixed fresh berries -- blackberries, blueberries, or strawberries -- every day. They'll help you load up on antioxidants, which may help prevent damage to tissues and reduce the risks of age-related illnesses. Blueberries and blackberries are especially antioxidant-rich.

Perfect wife??

This was taken from Helen B. Andelin's Fascinating Womanhood, published by Pacific Press in 1965. The course was designed to teach women how to be happy in marriage.

GET YOUR WORK DONE

Plan your tasks with an eye on the clock. Finish or interrupt them an hour before he is expected. Your anguished cry, "Are you home already?" is not exactly a warm welcome.

How to do your make-up

You look good. It has to be true -- your mother tells you so all the time. But her completely unbiased opinion aside, who's to say that you couldn't look even better?

There are many ways to improve your "look." You can get a new dress, new shoes, new nose, lose weight, gain weight, or visit a monk and get your soul cleansed. But these methods all involve time, money, or delayed gratification. You want to look prettier NOW, and for FREE, dammit! Well, that may be a tad unrealistic, but there is a way to improve your general appearance in a couple of minutes and at a relatively low cost: improve the way you slap on that makeup.

With powder puff in hand, we're here to guide you through the sometimes glamorous, sometimes complicated world of makeup. We'll show you what to buy, how to put it on, and even how to take it all off when the day is done. And we've included some cool makeup tips for all you already makeup-savvy gals, too.

Lets prepare for marriage

Talk about what kind of home you'd like and where, and the division of chores. Include conversations on how leisure time is spent and how you like to vacation. Discuss any health concerns you have about yourself or your future spouse.

Discuss financials--whether you'll have joint or separate bank accounts, your combined salaries, investments, preparing a budget and who will handle the bills. If you have charities important to you, discuss what you'd like to continue to donate to and how much.

5 important questions about marriage

Question #1 - - Children


Sometimes love just isn't enough to keep a couple together.

So often on the Marriage Forums, a person will share an issue in a marriage that is an obvious deal breaker. When asked if the issue was discussed prior to getting married, the answer is often "no."

Don't make that mistake. Don't get married without knowing your future spouse's thoughts on these issues that can kill a marriage.

Compromise is usually not an option if the two of you disagree on these issues that can be deal breakers.