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BEAUTIFUL WALKS AT LAKE ROTOITI IN THE NELSON LAKES NATIONAL PARK OF NEW ZEALAND

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Lake Rotoiti West Bay from Rainbow Skifield Ridge

Reflection of from West Bay Lake Rotoiti looking towards St Arnaud Range and Mt Robert

Lake Rotoiti

is situated at St Arnaud in The Nelson Lakes National Park about an hours drive from Blenheim and Nelson near the top of the South Island in New Zealand. It is a beautiful spot to relax or to do as much as you like. I have been lucky enough to enjoy this magic place once or twice a year for my entire life with the use of the family bach.

Kerr Bay Lake Rotoiti

Click on any one of the photos above to view a range of activities you can do there.

One of the activities I have been fortunate to enjoy is the many short and not so short walks and tramps in the area which is great for health and happiness.

Take a look at 7 shorter walks.

1.The Peninsula

Overlooking Lake Rotoiti with the Peninsula in the Middle. Taken from top of Mt Robert. Click photo for more photos on The Peninsula

The bushy land in the middle of the lake making it look like a U is the Peninsula. There is a track in the bush which goes from one bay to the other around the perimeter of the peninsula. This takes about an hour 1 way to do. The two bays are called Kerr Bay ( on the right ) and West Bay ( on the left )

2. Black Hill

Walk to Black Hill. Click on photo for more photos on Black Hill

In the picture above under the title Peninsula, look at the end of the left hand bay. You can see a curved dark piece of bush. This is Black Hill.

3. Loop Track

Loop Track Is Situated in the St Arnaud Range section seen at top edge of lake in this photo. Click on photo for images of The Loop Track.

This track is nestled at the base of the St Arnard range as seen in the photo. It goes out away from the lake for about 20 minutes with a gradual incline. You meet a stream and then via left and continue along parallel to the ridge and lake. I would just like to point out that at the stream you can via left and cross it. You can then continue up a graded track to a rock just out of the bush and then walk to the top of the ridge in the open. The track is situated in the bush on the third section from the left.

Getting back to the loop track. Eventually the track will decline and head towards the lake edge. You continue along the lake edge track and meet up with the start of the track…hence making a loop.

The whole loop track can take 60 -90 minutes depending on speed and how many photo and view stops you wish to take.

4.The Honeydew Walk

Honeydew Walk St Arnaud Range at Lake Rotoiti. Click the photo for more photos of the walk

This track is a smaller loop track situated within the larger loop track mentioned above. It is a wide well graded track with information boards along the way. It takes about 20 minutes continuous walking but if you take time to soak in the information and the bush it will take longer.

5.The Lake Side Track

Lake Rotoiti Click photo for Lakeside walk photos

Lake Rotoiti is shaped like a U with a tail. In the picture above the tail of the lake goes between the St Arnaud range on the left and Mt Robert on the right.The Travers river feeds into the lake from the head of the lake seen at the end of the tail. And the Buller River goes out from West Bay and travels up through the Buller Gorge into the Tasman Sea at Westport on the West Coast of New Zealand.

Buller River Mouth flowing from Lake Rotoiti at West Bay

Buller River near the bridge at the mouth flowing from West Bay Lake Rotoiti

There is a track which goes right around the lake and this takes about 7 hours to walk. If you just do the lakeside walk at the base of the St Arnaud range from Kerr Bay to the Head, then this takes three hours. There are a couple of huts at the head of the lake 1 on each side of the Travers river. Trampers use these huts as a starting point or ending point for longer tramps within the National Park.

If you want you can take the 3 hour bush walk along the side of the lake and then take a boat ride back. There is a water taxi you can hire or if you have a boat or know someone with a boat then you can use that as an option.

6. Mount Robert Circuit

Mt Robert. Click on photo for images of the Mt Robert Circuit Track

There is a track which goes up one side then along the top and down the other side. The whole trip takes from 3 1/5 – 5 hours depending on fitness.

The Pinchgut track goes up the right side of the mountain. A gravel road goes passed West Bay, over the Buller River and up the mountain a little and ends in a carpark at the base of the Mount Robert Walkway. The pinch gut track starts and there are 30 zigzags which lead you to the top and out of the bush. The first 18 zigs are in the open and the 18th zig continues into the bush and then comes out of the bush on zig 30.

Then you reach a hut called Relax and go passed it. You will then come across a fork and a sign. You go left to walk across the top of Mt Robert and carry on straight if you want to go up to the ridge.

You will come across 2 huts a short distance apart. Kea Hut is not open to the public and Bushline Hut is used by the public. You the carry on down Paddy’s track which is the track on the left side of Mount Robert as you look towards it.

A long way down this track there is a fork. The upper track leads you to a carpark about 5 minutes down the road than the carpark at the base of the Pinchgut track. The lower track leads you to the lakeside track and comes out to the road lower down and closer to West Bay.

If you are lucky enough you will have someone to pick you up at one of those points or you can walk back up to your car at the carpark at the base of the Pinchgut track.

7.Black Valley Stream Walk

Black Valley Stream. Click Photo to see photos of the Black Valley Stream Walk

This is a short walk about 15 minutes starting off from Kerr Bay along the black valley stream in the bush and ends upon the main highway to Nelson or Blenheim. You can exit this track to go to the chapel, the St Arnaud shops and Bridge Street.

It is a lovely relaxing walk through the beech forest.

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IMAGINE A DAY…

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…when it is raining sooo hard and the wind is sooo strong. You feel as if all the windows are going to break with the force of the water and that whole house is going to cave in with a possible fallen tree from the wind.

Next minute the power goes off.

You then look at the cats stretched aimlessly across the mat in front of the fire with no care in the world. Thoughts of peace, love and relaxation flow effortless through your body.

You think to yourself “How Lucky I Am!!”

How are you feeling right now?

Imagine A Day…

…where the sky is blue with the sun shining brilliantly across the lush green pastures surrounded by tall, ragged mountains in the far distance. There is a light breeze, which gently moves the tree branches and the beautifully coloured flowers embedded amongst the most amazing garden you have ever seen. This garden leads towards a swimming pool stretching the length of the huge timeless mansion behind.

You are standing by this swimming pool and are about to dive into the depths of the crystal clear blue water. You take the plunge and feel every drop and every bubble of the water as it glides gently passed you. You love swimming and are in a state of emotional bliss with no worries in the world. You rise up to the surface with your arms raised firmly above your head and you announce to the world

“I’m Free”

How does this make you feel?

Imagine A Day…

…when you wake up in the morning and see that a whole ton of money has gone into your account all due to simple facebook strategies.

Just feel the moment…

~ the racing heartbeat

~ the eyes filling with tears of excitement

~ the goosebumps protruding upwards from your skin

~ the overwhelming joy of success with a warm fuzzy feeling glowing throughout your entire body.

You think to yourself “I Can Do It”

And

You Yell Out Loudly To Yourself “I…. CAN… DO…. IT!!!!!!!!!!!”

in a Strong Firm POWERFUL Voice

HEALTH AND HAPPINESS

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People purchase products everywhere from the retail and wholesale store, mail order and in the internet. In fact without products where would we be? This article covers cover just two products, to be purchase online and have the potential to benefit your health and wellbeing.

Product One: Health Biz In A Box

This business was created by Dr Suzanne Gudakunst from North America. She created a website whose focus is health. She decided to choose health because she has medical knowledge, researching skills and television presenting skills on health and millions of people search out the net for health products and information daily and she wanted to combine the two.

Basically the website has a full shop of health products including ones on weight loss, skincare, womens and mens health plus health ebooks which people can buy. It is fully operational and automatic with an eight week money back guarantee if not satisfied.

This business provides you with a chance to buy and sell health products for the benefit of being in good health and also to sell on the business and earn some money which benefits your well being.

Product Two: The Simple Golf Swing

This product is for the golfer who would like to improve their swing and overall golfing performance. Maybe you are a beginner and would like to learn properly from the start. Maybe you have never won a game of golf with the same group of friends and want to surprise them one game ( or more!! ).

This popular product created by David Nevogt, will help you improve your swing in just two weeks by giving you a simple step by step system with photos for anyone to follow and master. People have noticed their stroke number drop with a better swing technique learn from the book.

This product comes with bonuses and a 60 day money back guarantee if you are not satisfied with the product.

This product improves your golf style and hence overall enjoyment of the game which makes you feel good. Golf is a game that helps with your overall fitness levels, health and emotional well being.

So there you have it. You can run a business with great health products to purchase at the same time as getting to the outdoors and improving your swing and hence your overall golf game. These two online products for purchase for your health and well being could be just what you need to thrive in life.

For further information on them

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SWIMMING FOR THE BENEFIT OF HEALTH AND WELL BEING

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I enjoy swimming for the benefit of my health and well-being. After doing lengths and aqua jogging it is great to relax in the spa pool. Swimming helps me feel relaxed, energised, happy and ready for other things especially if I have a comfortable swimming costume.

On one particular day when I was in the warm therapeutic pool for aqua jogging, I noticed a group of young mothers all lined up with their adorable toddlers in arms taking instructions from 2 swimming instructors. They were in the shallower learners pool next door to the therapeutic pool and they all looked like they were enjoying themselves.

The toddlers were being moved in all sorts of directions- in and out and around. The group did activities in lines, circles and even had some freer moving around the pool.

After about 15 minutes doing aqua jogging I hopped into the spa pool. Then I heard some sounds…

“Roll Over”

I turned around in the direction of the adult-toddler group, along with someone else in the spa pool. All the adults were singing and moving the toddlers over in time to words and music. It was Soooooooo Cute. The two of us looked at each other and smiled.

The song they were singing was called “Ten In A Bed“

This group looked like they were having fun.

The benefits to this group is social interaction, giving toddlers some enjoying water fun in a playful way as well as giving them confidence about being in the water. Singing and moving in the water stimulates the brain getting the right and left brain working. After the class was finished some mums and toddlers enjoyed a relaxing moment in the spa pool too.

Anyone who does water activities such as aqua aerobics, aqua jogging, water yoga, swimming lengths benefits from a wide range of factors.

Take swimming lengths for instance.

When you swim length after length after length it gives you a chance to reflect, think of your next meal, build a blog or even plot continuing chapters in a book. Whilst you are deep in thought you can clock up many lengths without realising how many!! And this extra exercise must be good for you.

However some say it is best to focus on the Now rather than what has been or what is going to be.

So you can focus on:

~ the power of your arms and legs as they move against the resistance of the water thus increasing your strength.

~ your breathing.

Feel a regular pattern of breathing in when your head is out of the water and breathing out slowly and evenly, creating bubbles, when your head is in the water. It feels better to exhale constantly in the water rather than holding your breath in the water as this makes one tense up more and want to breathe more. Getting a flowing breathing pattern leads to a more relaxed smooth rhythmical stroke free from tension.

Swimming can be beneficial to anyone who plays a wind musical instrument eg flute, as it helps increase your lung capacity by strengthening heart and lungs, increasing delivery of oxygen and making your muscles’ use of oxygen more efficient. Thus making it helpful for wind players to play longer phrases.

~ mixing up your strokes ie freestyle, breaststroke, backstroke and butterfly. Moving your arms and legs in different ways can build up your muscle strength. Combine this with aqua-jogging, aqua-aerobics for a full muscular workout.

With every stroke you take you are moving the entire body. This is great for increasing the circulation of the blood throughout. It is hard getting blood to circulate from the lower parts of the body to your heart and this gets worse as we age. Therefore if one exercises, like swimming, then the muscles around the veins, which are working more, can push the blood up to to heart more easily.

After lapping up the lengths and aqua-jogging in the warm hydrotherapy pool I like to relax in the spa pool. It is soooo relaxing and peaceful just to shut your eyes and feel the bubbles flow over your entire body … a great stress release. When I have my eyes open in this tub of blissful happiness I can see many people of all ages exercising, cooling off or relaxing in the heated pools, having fun and enjoying the social interactions with their friends and families.

There you have it – a session of aqua therapy.

So why not

Take The Plunge

Move Every Muscle

Feel Every Breath

Aqua-jog With A Friend

Take Tots To A Class

Combine It With A Mental Workout

and

Create A Blog In Your Mind

The benefits of swimming begin when you are little and carry on for life

SWIM FOR LIFE TODAY

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50 ways to ......before you die

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50 Ways To Hike Before You Die

50 Ways To Bike Before You Die

50 Ways To Paddle Before You Die

50 Ways To Ski and Snowboard Before You Die

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Do You Have A Health Business?

This business could be anything health related like fitness, learning a sport, how to look after your skin, emotional wellbeing, nutrition and lots lots more.

Whatever business you are in you may like to market it online to get more business.

Blogging is just one method of promotion.

So the question is:

Would You Like To Learn BLOGGING Strategies

To Promote Your Business?

For FREE

Get ACCESS Here

Daily Skincare Routine For The Face

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Over the years your skin gets exposed to many elements including sun, wind pollutants. Therefore it is important to get into a daily skincare routine to look after it.

Well, very simply, a facial skin care routine can follow the following 4 steps:

* Cleansing
* Toning
* Exfoliating
* Moisturising

1. Cleansing:

This is the first step and helps in removing dust, pollutants, grease and extra oil from your skin, thereby preventing damage to your skin. Just spot your face and neck with a good cleansing lotion or cream and gently massage it into your skin using circular strokes. Use a clean cloth like a flannel or cotton wool to wipe your face in a gentle patting fashion. Do not rub. Cleansing should be done at least twice a day, once in morning and once in the evening.

2. Toning:

This is the next in a facial skin care routine however it is optional. If you cleanse your face carefully then that is all you really need. But toning helps remove all traces of dirt, grease and excess cleanser. Instead of making it part of your daily facial skin care routine, you can using toning occasionally especially if you have been exposed to particularly harsh environment or pollution.

3. Exfoliation: This is also an optional step for your daily routine but is a good idea to do at least once or twice a week, depending on the skin type and the environmental conditions. The skin replenishes it’s cells every 3 or 4 weeks. Exfoliation helps remove the dead cells that block pore, thus assisting the skin in its natural process. However, excessive or harsh exfoliation can cause damage to your skin; so you need to balance it out.

4. Moisturizing: The next thing in facial skin care is moisturising. In fact, moisturising is the most important part of facial skin care routine. Moisturisers prevent your skin from getting dry. Dry skin is really undesirable since it can cause the upper layer skin to break, leading to dead skin cells. To apply, use light upward and outwards strokes Moisturisers work the best when applied on warm and damp skin. So do not try to remove all the moisture in the previous steps of facial skin care routine.

As you age your skin has a tendency to get more wrinkles, uneven skin, sagging skin and more. So different moisturizer may be of benefit depending on the problem. Sometimes extra moisturising products can be used to add extra moistuzing qualities or to target specific areas like wrinkles or sagging skin. These can in the form of serums and creams and can be applied before the main moistizers.

There can also be different formulations for day, night and the eye area. Day creams often have sunscreen added to them And the skin around the eye is more sensitive than the rest of the face, sotherefore requires a different formulation. You can dab little spots of eye cream around the top and bottom of the eye gently.

You can apply makeup after the moisturisers.

As well as the normal facial skincare routine it is important to do the following:

Besides the normal facial skin care routine, you should also exercise the following for facial skin care:

1. Use proper make-up remover instead of just washing your makeup away with water.
2. Choose a skincare regime dependant on environment, age and what specific areas you want to target like fine lines, deep wrinkles, sagging skin and more.

3. Test products on you ear lobes first to see if you can cope with the skincare products you want.

4. When applying the products, never rub your skin too hard.

5. If the moisturizers don’t have any sunscreen then you may have to add some to protect your skin during the day.

So if you haven’t got any skincare products you can get some here or here.

And Enjoy Your Daily Skincare Routine For The Face

Stimulate The Mind With Games

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Games are great fun. And many a game gets played whilst on holiday. All great for Stimulating the Mind.

Subjects, Racing Patients and 500 were hot favourites with my family while I was growing up.

How Do You To Play These:

Subjects:

1. Everyone gets a piece of paper and a pen/pencil.

2. Then they write list of topics like:

Boys Name

Girls Name

Country

Song

Movie etc

...until you have a good sized list.

3. Then someone picks a letter. They open up a book, open up a page, they turn away and then place finger on a word.The letter their finger covering is the chosen letter.

4. Then you have to write down a word related to the topic starting with that letter.

5. After a certain time everyone stops writing and the list is marked.

Each topic is read out and everyone says what they have. If someone else has your word then this is crossed off. You get a mark for each unique word.

6.The winner is the person with the highest score.

Racing Patients:

This is a card game.

1. Everyone gets a pack of cards.

2. Someone yells out "Go"

3. Everyone puts a pile of 13 cards to one side and turns the top card over. And then they place 4 cards next to this pile face up.

4. You build up Ace to King in each suit, in the middle of the table.

To do this each player :

~ places Aces out first on the table, then 2,3,4,5 etc.

~ builds cards down from the 4 separate cards in numerical order of numbers going down eg 9,8,7,6 etc and it must be built red suit, black suit etcor black,red etc.

~ turns over 3 cards at a time from the remaining cards in their hands and plays the shown card out to the middle or onto the cards faceup on the table.

~ fills up any gaps from the faceup cards with either a card from the set of 13 cards or from the remaining cards in their hands.

5. When the first person gets rid of all their pile of 13 cards, the game is over.

6. Everyone else then counts up how many cards they have left in their pile of 13 and double it.

7. The cards are sorted out in the middle of the table.

8. Everyone then subtracts the number they got from 6. and counts any remaining cards. This is their score.The winner of course does not have any to subtract out.

9. The score is written down and it could be a negative number.

You play as many rounds as you like and add up the score of allthe rounds for the overall winner.

500

This is a card game,with instructions too long to put here.

But it is a great game for 2 to 6 players. The most common version being for 4 players.

For more games Watch Out For Stimulate The Mind With Games Part 2

Online Health Business

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What People Are Finding

Many people are discovering that various income opportunities can be found on the internet. Working from 8 to 5 in a job five days per week can be very tiring and boring. Hence internet opportunities are becoming very popular. Some people are finding that they can earn a full time income from the internet, whilst others are using it to get some extra cash for particular reasons.

One such internet opportunity is called Health Biz In A Box.

When you read further you will discover who created this business, why a Health Business, what it is all about and examples of some health products.

Who Created Health Biz In A Box

Dr Suzanne Gudakunst from North America created this business.

She became a qualified doctor and made good money. She is also a researcher and television presenter in health shows. Dr Suzanne Gudakunst decided to put her medical knowledge and researching skills together to form an online health business called Health Biz In A Box selling health related products and services on the net instead of her practice. She is making a fortune on the web - automatically.

Why Health Related Products?

Research shows that health products and information are the single most sought after and searched items on the entire web.

These are products like vitamins, nutrients, suppliments, topical applications, health drinks and formulas, health services and ebooks.

So it makes sense to be in on an online business where health related products are the main focus.

So What Is Health Biz In A Box?

Health Biz In A Box is a complete fully operational website that focuses on selling top quality health related products automatically.

It has many great features and includes an eight week guarantee which means you can ask for a full refund if not happy.

What Others Have said about Health Biz In A Box

"Health stuff is the real way to make money online easily...everybody sooner or later has to have it"

~ Carla Dupree, Boise, Idaho

"I'm so happy with mine!...Having this site professionally set up by Dr Suzanne's Team for us was the greatest thing we ever did!...the site literally is just pouring money into our pockets even while we're doing other things, vacationing, and even crashing out!"

~ Cynthia Conrad, Atlanta, Georgia

"I never knew that making money online could be so easy!"

~ Richard Bosworth, SLC, Utah

Examples of Products on Offer

1.The Main Product

The main product Dr Suzanne Gudakunst is promoting ie her ebook called TOP SECRET Fat Loss Secret.

Dr Suzanne Gudakunst believes that there is a correlation between harmful plaque and parasite infestations of the human bowel tract and people suffering obesity. So she developed a number of natural treatments for the removal of these harmful, even life-threatening plaques and rapidly producing digestive parasites and applied them to obese patients with a great success rate of weight loss.

She found that people can get a build up over the years of toxins in the intestines and parasites in the stomach, which forms a plaque that coats the interior walls and lining of the colon until the layer is so thick that it starts making you fatter. This is the result of eating eating synthetic foods, chemically enhanced foods and foods with preservatives and can cause people to be sick and have a difficulty to lose weight.

So in the TOP SECRET Fat Loss Secret Dr Suzanne explains how to cleanse your body with a natural detox program based on select herbs, extracts and organic constituents which can be found in a variety of plants, in careful chosen amounts. This combined with healthy eating habits and a more active lifestle will help you lose weight and feel better.

Look at these thoughts on this product.

"I did the detox and it was gross to say the least. I am having more regular bowel movements though and I feel more active. I also lost 9lbs in 2 weeks."

"It worked for me too. Fat Secret Fat Loss Secret is the bomb"

The Other Products

2. Disease Fighting Products

For example Oxy-Powder

3. Health and Beauty Store with products on:

weight loss

skincare

mens' health

womens' health

colon health

general health products.

4. Top Secret Health Information Library of Books.

e.g. the book transforming YOUR HEALTH IN 90 DAYS

is about healing without the use of drugs.

Find the complete range of products Here

Conclusion:

Health Biz In A Box is an automatic health related web business with many great features as already mentioned.You can benefit from this online health business by helping other people and yourself gain health and wellness with great products to sell plus giving others an opportunity to be part of perhaps one of the best online ventures. This product should yield a very good return on your initial investment.

So will you take up this internet business opportunity and make money online for years to come?

Four Points For Getting Your Ex-Female Partner Back

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Do you think you don't stand much chance of getting your ex girlfriend back without begging or apologizing for things you didn't even do? If the answer is yes, do not feel down; most guys react the same way in this situation. There is a high chance of nine out of ten, you're doing the exact opposite of what you should be and it is only making your ex glad she left.

Here are four points that you should consider doing:

1.Stay Calm

You had a scrap, you shouted at each other, she told you she never wants to see your face again and walked out. Once you start to really feel you've lost her, panic sets in. You end up calling her every day, sending one email after another, and basically turning into a stalker before you realize it.

No woman in her right mind is going to go back to a guy who's stalking her. Take a few days to collect your thoughts and then try several times to contact her. If she does not respond, move on to the next step, which is...

2.Talk To Her Family and Friends

Not what you wanted to hear, I bet. You are thinking that it was hard enough to impress her friends when you were seeing each other. But how are you going to approach them when they have been hearing what an idiot you are?

Unfortunately, though, when it comes to getting your girlfriend back, these are exactly the people you need to be talking to because they have the most power to sway your ex. If you can explain your side of the story and at least get a little sympathy, the next time she mentions you, they're at least going to put in a good word for you.

3. Stay Attractive

The truth is, many men and women-have an inclination to let ourselves go when we are feeling low. Maybe you wear the same shirt for five days in a row or put off getting a hair cut for a little too long. This is exactly what you shouldn't be doing. Even though it may seem difficult and you are feeling bad, you have to try and look after yourself. Eat right, get enough sleep, and don't skimp on personal hygiene. Not only will you feel better, you are ex girlfriend will see you as someone worth being with.

4. Be Receptive

When you have the opportunity to have a chat, you need to know what to say. Part of that means explaining what you were thinking when you had the fight that almost ended the relationship. .

I know this is difficult. If I had my choice, no body would ever know I ever had any problems in my life. It is better to tell the truth about what you were stressing out over, like a family problem, work problem or whatever, than to cover anything up.

Getting back with your girlfriend back does not have to be hard if you keep your self respect and take on the problem head on. Keep calm and be truthful about what caused the split and you will be well on your way to working it out with your female partner.

If you want some Magic In Making Up then Go Here.

Can I Get My Ex Back If........

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Whether the split up is very recent or it happened a ages ago, you probably ask yourself that question "Can I get my ex back if . . . ?" a lot. Occasionally you have to recognize that it's merely time to move on. But if you're determined to get your ex back, there are some things you can do.

Can I get my ex back if :

1. ... I play hard to get?

And there are some things you should probably not do, like pretend you really don't want your ex. Playing hard to get is a common thing to do, however it can often discourage your ex from getting you.. If you play difficult to get with your ex, it might just be easier for them to release you and move on to someone who's easier to find.

Let your ex know that
~ you are free to fix the relationship.
~ that you are wanting to do what it takes to make it work this time.

That approach will probably give you a better chance of getting back together than playing hard to get and playing games.

2. ...I try to force him or her?

Trying to get someone to do something they don't want to is a sure way to upset them. They might think that you are nagging if you constantly ask them to do a job or pick something up after work.

Your ex might decide that since you do little but complain and nag about the break up, it's easier not to be around you. So you might drive your ex farther away by trying too hard to fix things.

Try the opposite approach.

Why not stop asking your ex to come back and focus on being a good friend. Your ex will know that you want to reunite together if you make it clear to them, but with no expectations.

This might be difficult, especially at first, but if your ex sees that you are really a nice person to be around and not a nag, they will want to spend more time around you. This could lead to you making up and reuniting. At least, you have a better chance at it than if your ex fears seeing you and hearing you nag at them about coming back.

3. ... I make him or her envious?

You know your ex best. Jealousy may have worked in the past and may work again.However they may become so jealous which makes them angry and they decide to move on since you did.

So it might be a good idea to leave this thought out.

4. ... he or she is dating someone else?

It's possible, but it's the most difficult situation. What you could do is concentrate on being fun and enjoyable to be around, and give them a chance to miss your good qualities. Then see what happens.

You can always get more information on The Magic Of Making Up Here which can help.

Rhubarb

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Rhubarb Relish
Rhubarb Relish is a nice condiment to poultry, pork or beef and is great to have in sandwiches as a sauce option.

Ingredients

* 2 cups finely chopped fresh or frozen rhubarb
* 2 cups finely chopped onion
* 2 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
* 1 cup vinegar
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
* 1/2 teaspoon ground allspice
* 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
* 1/4 teaspoon pepper

Directions

1. In a saucepan, combine all ingredients.
2. Cook over medium heat for 30 minutes or until thickened, stirring occasionally.
3. Cool
4. Fill sterilised jars and cover
5. Store the jar you are using in the refrigerator. And store the unopened jars on a kitchen
shelf or cupboard of choice

Candy Eyeballs

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Ingredients:

1 1/2 cups creamy peanut butter
3 tbsp. butter, softened
3 cups powdered sugar
2 Butterfinger candy bars
3 cups white chocolate chips
5 tbsp. shortening
2 packages small, red, cinnamon candies
Red food coloring
Toothpicks

Method:

Combine the creamy peanut butter and the softened butter in a large mixing bowl, and beat the ingredients with a mixer on medium speed until they become smooth and creamy.
Turn the mixer on low setting, and add the powdered sugar a little at a time until the mixture is moist enough to stick together.
Chop the Butterfinger candy bar into small pieces, and stir it into the peanut butter mixture.
Use your hands to press and shape the mixture into round shapes about the size of a walnut, and put the "eyeballs" on a tray or baking sheet lined with waxed paper. Then, put the eyeballs into the freezer, and leave them for about an hour.
Place the white chocolate chips and shortening in a large microwaveable bowl, and cook them at 10-second intervals just until they melt, stirring after each interval.
Remove the eyeballs from the freezer, and roll each one into the melted white-chocolate mixture, holding the eyeballs with a toothpick. Press a small, red, cinnamon candy "pupil" into each eyeball.
Put them in the refrigerator until the chocolate sets up. Dip a toothpick into red food coloring and draw bloodshot veins on the candy eyeballs. Store the candy eyeballs in the refrigerator until you're ready to serve them.

Candy Spiders

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Ingredients:

Black jumbo gumdrops

Thin black licorice

Red hot candies

Method:

1. Using a toothpick or tip of a sharp knife, poke holes in the sides of the gumdrops.

2. Insert thin licorice, cut to desired leg length.

3. Make holes at the top.

4. Press red hots into the gumdrops for eyes.

5. Store in tightly covered containers and serve when required.

Mummy Franks And Vampire Dip

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Mummy Franks or Mummy Dogs

These are hot dogs wrapped in puff pastry to look like Mummies.

Ingredients:

1 sheet frozen puff pastry, thawed
8 pork or beef hot dogs
mustard or ketchup ( or tomato sauce dending on where you live )

Method

1.Preheat oven to 190 degrees C or 375 degrees F.

2.Optional: Cut a slit in the hot dog and insert a piece of cheese.

3.On lightly floured surface, roll out puff pastry dough slightly to remove creases and cut into 16 strips.

4. Wind strips around a hot dog, starting at the bottom, pulling dough slightly and overlapping a bit so the dough looks like bandages. When one strip runs out, add another and keep on wrapping. Leave a space near the top for the face and then keep wrapping to make a cap at the top. Be sure that the cheese is covered with the dough if you used cheese.

5.Place on ungreased cookie sheet.

6.Bake for 13-18 minutes until pastry is puffed and golden brown and hot dogs are hot.

7.Remove from oven and draw eyes on the exposed hot dog using mustard or ketchup.

8.Serve with Vampire Dip. Serves 8

Vampire Dip

This is a great recipe to serve with Mummy Franks for a Halloween party. The spiderweb on top is a nice finishing touch.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup ketchup
1/4 cup mustard
1/4 cup drained dill or sweet pickle relish

Method:

1.In small bowl, combine all ingredients.

2.Place in serving bowl.

3.Pipe concentric circles on the top using more mustard. Use a toothpick to draw lines from the center to the outside, then the outside to the center, alternating directions, to look like 1.a spiderweb, if desired.
2.Serve with mini franks or Mummy Franks.

A Healthier You

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You need to eat a balance of various food types to maintain health, vitality and weight control.

Here is some more information on fat, sugar, salt and fibre.

Fat
Fat has a variety of roles in the body including protection of vital organs, carrier for fat soluble vitamins and used as a storage form of energy. It is the densist source of energy when compared to carbohydrates and proteins. Fat weighs less than muscle so weight is not a good indicator of how fat a person is.

There are several varieties of fat which include good fats and bad fats.
Good fats are the monounsaturated fats eg in olive and canola oils and polyunsaturated fats eg oils and polyunsaturated margarines.
Bad fats which raise blood cholesterol, include saturated fats, mainly animal in origin eg butter, fatty red meats, and full-fat dairy products.
Very bad fats are the man made trans fats. Trans fats, which are created when hydrogen gas reacts with oil, are found in many packaged foods, including margarine, cookies, cakes, cake icings, doughnuts, and potato chips.

Various ways to reduce fat include:
~ cutting down on fried foods, buttered vegetable, fat on meat, cream
~ grill, roast or bake foods rather than fry.
~ steam or microwave vegetables.

Dietary Fibre
Dietary Fibre is the residue of whole grains, fruits and vegetables that the digestive enzymes in the upper intestine cannot break down and that the bacteria in the lower intestine only partially digest, hence the food components pass through the digestive system virtually unchanged. It is found in foods which grow in the ground eg vegetables, cereals ,nuts.

When you eat foods with fibre you fill up and feel satisfied for a long time and hence decrease the need to eat as much. It also absorbs water which helps cure constipation with soft, bulky faeces.

So you can increase your fibre consumption by using wholegrain / high fibre bread instead of white. wholemeal flour instead of white flour, high fibre cereals like weetbix and porridge, and brown rice instead of white rice.

Sugars
These are simple carbohydrates used in most desserts and confectionary and is the main cause of weight gain for most people. There is a range of processed foods that have hidden sugars in eg tomato sauce.canned soups.

Please note that carbohydrates are compounds of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen in the form of starches and sugars. Starches are the energy-boosting complex carbohydrates eg grains, legumes, vegetables and some fruits.

You need to keep sugars in balance so as to avoid risks of prediabetes and diabeies and other conditions. Take a look at this to learn how to balance your blood sugars.

Salt
Salt is a source of sodium which is an essential mineral. You need very little sodium in your diet, around 1/2 to 1 1/2 teaspoons. There is also some sodium found in most foods, from fresh vegetables to cakes. Sodium is also used to process and preserve foods eg meats, fish, poultry, cheeses.

If you have too much sodium in the diet you could increase the risk of hypertension and high blood pressure which can lead to heart attack, stroke and kidney disease. One way of reducing sodium is to cut down on salt eg do not add to cooking and reduce consumption of the above mentioned foods.

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Healthy Wellbeing

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Are You Healthy and Well?

When you answer the question you can think of the following four concepts as giving you an overall feeling of health and wellbeing.

1. Physical Wellbeing

This is related to the physical body, its growth, development, ability to move and ways of caring for it.

Examples of being in good physical health and well being include:

a. Healthy Nutrition:

Just eat everything in moderation using the four main groups - milk and milk products, meat and meat alternatives, breads and cereals, fruits and vegetables and the food pyramid as a guide. You eat most of the last two food groups mentioned and least of foods high in sugar, salt and saturated fats eg sweets. chips, chocolate.

If your diet is out of balance then you could become obese and have a buildup of toxins.

Find out here how you can cleanse your body and loose weight.

Here is a healthy recipe to check out.

b. Healthy Skin:

This could include
~ using a sunblock to protect your skin from ultra violet light.
~ doing a daily regime of cleansing, toning, moisturizing.

The eyes have delicate skin around them and therefore need a specific formulation e.g. Olay Regenerist Eye Lifting Serum.

As you mature skin gets thinner, drier and less elastic causing wrinkles to form. Therefore you can apply creams or serums to help smooth out the appearance of these wrinkles. Retinol is the whole molecule of vitamin A and an antioxidant. It is put in skincare creams and serums because it can penetrate through the outer layer of skin down to the lower layers where collagen is. So why not try the Retinol Correction DeepWrinkle Serum.

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c. Plenty of Exercise:

The best way to exercise is to do something you enjoy so you stick to it. eg swimming, cycling, running, GOLF, squash, dancing, yoga, pilates etc

2. Mental and Emotional Wellbeing

This is related to coherant thinking processes, acknowledging and expressing thoughts and feelings and responding constructively.

This is where you control any emotions you have in a positive way. If you bottle it up or express it inappropriately , then you could become stressed , which can tense up your body and cause illness.

To help keep positve and happy then doing an exciting hobby in your spare time could be the way to go. There are plenty of options to choose from, for instance learning a musical instrument, being creative with a craft or puzzling away at a sudoku to stimulate the mind.

3. Social Wellbeing

This is related to family relationships, friendships, and other interpersonal relationships, feelings of belonging, compassion, and caring and social support.

You might belong to a group(s) related to your interests eg sports team, orchestra, art group, church or....... And this feels good.

4. Spiritual Wellbeing

This is related to the values and beliefs that determine the way people live, the search for meaning and purpose in life, and personal identity and self awareness.

All four concepts influence and support each other in strength.

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