Woman Tribune

Elisabeth Hasselbeck Says Waiting Until Your 50’s to Get Routine Mammograms is ‘Gendercide’

Holly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:15:17 +0000

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force has recently come out advising women that they should not get regular mammograms in their 40’s, as women have been told that they should do for quite a number of years now, and that they should wait until their 50’s. They have also advised that self breast exams do not work, therefore women should not worry about giving themselves self breast exams.

As soon as I heard about this new information I was instantly skeptical. Whose best interests are in mind here, those of women or those of the medical profession working in a recession and eager to cut as many costs as possible? After delving into the research about these new guidelines, I have determined that my initial skepticism was correct and that the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force are actually now contributing to the rise of deaths due to breast cancer that will occur as soon as women start following these guidelines because they think that this “task force” has their best interests in mind and they absolutely do not. A huge amount of breast cancer survivors have been women who have noticed lumps in their breasts by doing self breast exams and women who have been lucky enough to survive breast cancer have been women who have had their cancer detected early. If these same women who are survivors of this disease were told not to worry about having frequent mammograms before the age of 50 would be dead right now and we would have even more women dying from breast cancer than ever before just by taking the advice of this so-called task force who are giving out very bad information.

For the first time in…well, probably forever, I agree wholeheartedly with what Elisabeth Hasselbeck said on a recent episode of The View. Check it out below:

Don’t Become Another Recession Statistic–Know How to Avoid Home Foreclosure

Holly — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:14:11 +0000

I don’t have to tell you the amount of home foreclosures that happen every single day across the country; you see them on your daily news every day and you see the impact of the massive amount of home foreclosures when you drive down the street and notice that there are more houses for sale than there are homes for families.

The recession has had a devastating impact on an unfathomable amount of families across the country, but those who have been lucky enough to weather the storm are asking themselves one, big question–What can I do so my family doesn’t lose their home? While so many hard-working people are losing their jobs and being laid off, living more frugally is a must in most American families, but sometimes we need a little help and there are a great number of options you have to ensure that you don’t become another sad statistic at the hands of the recession. Credit counseling is a debt-saving option you have that will help you avoid accumulating debt that you have no way to pay back. You can also receive some excellent advice on how to use the credit cards in your pocketbook because we know that in tough economic times, it is so easy to charge things that we may need for our homes or for our family, especially with the holiday season upon us. Credit counseling will give you the information you need that could potentially even save your home–and of course, your bank account.

One tremendous resource is ConsildatedCredit.org, an organization that specializes in credit counseling as well as many other beneficial, money-saving services such as pre-purchasing, post occupancy, money and debt management so you know how to pay back the debt you owe and in what amount of time you can most efficiently do that in without putting your finances in hardship, and also reverse equity mortgage counseling. All of these services will shield you from losing everything you have worked so hard for because of the economic downturn we are all feeling the devastating effects of. When all else fails, there is a program that can help you get out from the debt embankment you may feel you are under, and that is the Federal Government’s Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan.

Wherever you are financially, there are many services out there that are there to assist you in making sure you don’t become another recession statistic.

What You Didn’t See During Oprah’s Interview with Sarah Palin

Holly — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:40:12 +0000

Sarah Palin appeared on Oprah on Monday. She talked about her marriage and life in Wasilla, Alaska, about being “tapped” by John McCain to run as vice-presidential candidate, her trials and tribulations on the campaign trail and her interviews with Katie Couric, who she dubs as the “perky one.” They also spoke about Bristol and her pregnancy, how she feels about Levi Johnston today and much more. We also got to see a side of Sarah Palin that we were not already familiar with, being a mom as she shares some moments with youngest son Trig, working out and taking her daughter Piper trick-or-treating.

But there are some outtakes from the interview that we didn’t get to see, such as why she wrote her new book Going Rogue, especially regarding the fact that many have said that she needs to stop talking publicly about her life and keep her private life private, since during her vice-presidential run she was constantly speaking about how much she hates the media and how they portrayed her during that time. The clips not shown include her speaking about what was being reported by bloggers around the world about her time as Governor of Alaska, such as how she supposedly banned books from appearing in Alaskan libraries, which she reports was not true. They also spoke about how she has journaled throughout her entire life, how during the 2008 campaign her emails were hacked and broadcast across the media and a lot more.

Here are those moments we didn’t get to see on Oprah:

Alice Makes it Easy to Shop for All Your Home Essentials and Save Money!

Holly — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:12:15 +0000

I just recently met Alice, a wbesite that will help you take and keep stock of all the household products you use and need on a daily basis. Alice will remember the products you have in your household from bathroom and daily care needs, kitchen and pantry items and items your kids expect to be in the house at all times, even if you’re running behind on your weekly shopping.

And that is where Alice comes in…

Alice will notice when you are running low and remind you to re-order items you need. Alice will also give you coupons, saving you a bundle of money every time you shop and will also alert you to free samples of products you may love, depending on the items that are already in your house. Best of all, you can set it up where you can order the items you need right on Alice.com and get your items shipping automatically whenever you need them.

Setting up an account is super easy! First, just choose the amount of people living in your home and their ages.

Then, choose the types of products that you buy regularly.

Then, all you have to do is add your products and Alice will take care of the rest!

And don’t forget to stay signed up for regular emails from Alice, because she will be sending you some great coupons and free samples!

Alice.com is a life-saving resource for busy women everywhere and will keep all of your household items in check so you never run out again and you will be saving a whole lot of money! What could be better than that?

Blake Lively: A Very Big Fan of the Plunging Neck Line

Holly — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:47:29 +0000

As Blake Lively was seen at the premier of The Private Lives of Pippa Lee, the sole thought that crossed my mind was ‘Wow, she is a big, big fan of the plunging neck line.’

Of course we all remember Blake Lively’s red carpet appearance at the 61st Annual Emmy Awards where she introduced the very, very low neck line…

While she looked great on both occasions (with the exception of that horrendous hair-do at the Emmy’s), I hope she doesn’t keep falling into outfits with a plunging neckline because as a celebrity, she needs to change it up a bit every once in a while.

Place Cards Brought to a Whole New (Elegant) Level

Holly — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:17:09 +0000

Are you a savvy, seasoned dinner party hostess? Planning a business brunch or having your family as well as your in-laws over for the holidays and want to impress the whole lot of them with something small, simple and elegant decorating the table? Or are you just a chronic note-leaver (honey do lists, anyone?) or need a fabulous yet practical housewarming gift? Placetile Designs really got my head buzzing about the many different uses for place cards, especially since these place cards aren’t your average paper throw-aways and really have a whole flurry of great uses.

Placetile Designs did not start out as a budding business that women flocked to in order to get the perfect place cards or table accessories; they were actually created by Kristin Bowen for her wedding where her guests were actually stealing each other’s place cards. And the reason why they were able to steal each other’s place cards and not feel weird about bringing them home and using them with someone else’s name written on them is because these place cards are erasable ceramic place cards! Of course she didn’t know it at first, but her elegant and resourceful wedding table accessory turned into a great business with a ton of practical placetiles to suit any woman’s lifestyle!

Of course, I have a holiday-track mind, with Thanksgiving just a little over a week away and Christmas a little over a month away and for the holidays, Placetile Designs has a whole slew of great products for the holidays that will look great on your table, but be warned, you may have your guests begging to take their placetiles home.

I really, really love Placetile Designs and their prices are incredibly reasonable, especially since you will get a ton of use out of them. They are a definite must-have for holiday meals, dinner parties that you’ll hold all year ’round, baby and bridal showers and they are also a great, fashionable touch for weddings.

Book Review: The Imposter’s Daughter by Laurie Sandell

Holly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:39:01 +0000

Laurie Sandell’s The Imposter’s Daughter is very much unlike any memoir I have read before. Firstly, it is a graphic novel, which I hadn’t expected, having not read a thing about the book before opening to the first page, and secondly, her story speaks so honestly that quite a few times I re-read a page thinking ‘Did she really just say that?’

A great deal of daughters have complete and utter adoration for their fathers; coming from an unconventional, single-father home myself, I know the feeling very well. Laurie grew up hanging on every syllable her father told her about his life; from being a former green beret, to having studied law at NYU and receiving his PhD from Columbia University to serving as an economist and adviser to Henry Kissinger. To say the least, Laurie’s father was an entirely and completely important man; she obviously stemmed from pure greatness! But it wasn’t until Laurie was in college and when applying for her first credit card, she realized she already had one… she soon found out that her father had taken out several loans and credit cards in her name, ruining her credit when she realized maybe all of her father’s stories of grand achievements and a life lived hard wasn’t all he said it was.

While her father was the essence of the word ‘con man,’ Laurie’s life was indeed full of excitement. She spent four years exploring the world, traveling to Israel, Japan, Jordan, Paris, Mexico, Egypt and Thailand. She took on many roles including being a stripper in Tokyo, seducing a woman in Israel and she grew addicted to Ambien and found herself in a downward spiral which included passing out in the bathtub night after night after an Ambien/wine cocktail. She, understandably, also had many man troubles.

Sandell started working for the very famous women’s magazine Glamour interviewing celebrities and it was in Ashley Judd where she found a wonderful friend who also ended up saving her life, suggesting she enter rehab. And so she did. It was in rehab where she had the opportunity to address the problems in her life that stemmed from her father and his lies, figuratively and then personally and she has also been sober for some years now. She slowly but surely pieces her father’s life together, meeting with members of his family with whom he had alienated himself from years prior and seeing as much of his big picture as she could.

I could not stop reading The Imposter’s Daughter. I opened it, started reading and did not put it down until the next morning, when I was completely finished. I have read the book twice, both times taking me no more than two sittings and during the first time, I actually carried it with me to the bathroom a few times. It is a story that has yet to get old and I definitely foresee myself reading it again–It is that good. I really respect the course that Laurie Sandell has taken in her life, whether it be good, bad or destructive because she did wind up on her feet and rebuilding an impressive professional career. She had the nerve to air her family’s dirty laundry not because she wanted to have something over her father, but because her story is one that needed to be told and was a pleasure to experience however briefly and she did it successfully, with wit and honesty.

Rating: 5 out of 5 stars
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Vintage Jewelry Sure to Make You Go “Oooh”

Holly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 15:31:33 +0000

Jewelry can completely transform any outfit you wear, regardless of it’s class factor. If you’re wearing a pair of jeans and old t-shirt, the minute you put on some small silver hoops, your outfit goes from frumpy to chic just like that! As long as you don’t pile on the jewelry (ie: wearing a necklace, bracelet and big, dangly earrings all at the same time) jewelry can only make you shine a little brighter in whatever you’re wearing.

There are an abundance of styles, colors, precious jewels, gemstones, pearls and pretty much everything else you can think of out there and every woman has her favorites. For me, you can cannot possibly get any more exquisite than vintage jewelry. It’s said about a great deal of goods and property and it’s true when it comes to jewelry too–they just don’t make them like they used to. It’s very easy to see some of the top jewelry designers now playing it safe when it comes to the jewelry market; the same bangle they’ve made once, they’ve made a thousand times and the necklaces their collection carried last year are the same being carried this year, with different accompanying colors of the same gems and jewels. Before there were so many people attempting to turn a profit for jewelry design, you had the designers who invented what we have come to love today and designers who truly took chances with their work. Vintage jewelry has a tendency to take your breath away when you see it, it can shock you and it can leave you staring with your tongue hanging out to have it in your possession.

Of course, like any other woman, I am very picky when it comes to jewelry and I have been introduced to a great deal of phenomenal resources to find (and ogle) vintage jewelry and some vintage rings I have recently found have really captured my attention.

An upcoming vintage and antique jewelry boutique that I have great hopes for is VintageYard, who specialize in vintage and antique engagement rings, rings that just compliment a woman’s style perfectly, estate jewelry, fine jewels and vintage brooches and pendants. While their entire stock is not completely up, I know I’ll be checking back frequently for gorgeous jewelry at a price that is really a steal; I have done several double-takes when finding a vintage ring I was in love with and saw the amazing price! While most of their vintage rings are gold and I’m more of an either white gold or silver kind of gal, I really can’t see what else graces their collection!

How To: Gourd Bird Shelter/Feeder

Holly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 14:19:14 +0000

Sure, it may seem a little weird at first to be making bird feeders just in time for the end of fall and the beginning of winter, but it’s right around this time of year where birds’ food supplies dry up. Why not made a decorative, fun and practical bird feeder from gourds that you’re done using? It’s sure to be a huge help to the birds in your community and it will also provide smaller birds protection from other predators.

Dried gourds can be purchased from gourd farms, or any other type of farm may also carry them. Your local supermarkets will also carry them, but hurry, because they tend to disappear right after Thanksgiving!

You will need:

9-to-15-inch bottle gourd, dried
Pencil
Paper
Craft saw
Drill and 3/8-inch bit
4 sturdy twigs
Waxed twine
Upholstery needle

How To:

1. Loosen dried gourd seeds by slapping the gourd with your palm. Draw the shape of a window opening on paper, and cut it out, trace it onto the gourd’s surface four times.

2. Use a craft saw to cut along tracings. Shake out gourd seeds. Drill a hole beneath each opening, and find twigs that will fit snugly inside them; insert twigs. Drill two holes, one on either side of the gourd’s neck. Thread twine through holes with an upholstery needle; loop over tree branch.

3. Hang feeder under some sort of shelter, so that the seeds stay dry and don’t become moldy. You may also like to drill two holes on the base of the gourd to encourage water drainage.

When you’re done, just fill the gourd with different bird foods like black-oil sunflower seeds, suet, peanuts, cracked corn, peanut butter, thistle, fruit and shelled sunflower seeds.

Finally! A Quality Boutique to Compliment Your Sexiness and Confidence–Under Your Clothes

Holly — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:52:42 +0000

What you wear under your clothes can completely change the way you feel about yourself when you’re strutting down the street on your way to work, running errands, or just spending the afternoon shopping with your girlfriends and stopping somewhere really fabulous for lunch. What you wear closest to your body can make you feel incredibly sexy, regardless of what you’re wearing on top of it, or it can make you feel matronly and really not the best you can feel about yourself. Even if you’re bundled up from the scarf on your neck, a snow suit, a winter coat, several pairs of socks and a pair of clunky boots, if you’re wearing a seductive bra and a sexy thong or cheeky panties underneath, no one will be able to miss the confidence you carry yourself with.

Being a full-figured woman, it is sometimes very difficult to find intimate wear that makes me feel sexy and seductive and most of all, confident. As you may know, if you walk into a lingerie specialty store (and I won’t name any names here!) it is ridiculously hard to find the bras, panties, garters and everything that goes into your under-look that makes you feel great about yourself for a size 12 figure. I have been into these stores and have actually even been treated like an outsider, as if I didn’t belong there, by the sales staff when asking for my size. I have been directed to their websites to shop instead of being able to shop in-store and still had trouble finding my size in the items that I feel would compliment me the best.

Luckily, there are some boutiques and online shops in particular that do cater to all sizes of women and not just that, but present amazing styles and sexy items that also look fabulous and make you feel great.

Bras are much, much harder to find in a style that makes you feel your best mostly because a great deal of companies that make bras to make you feel sexy and confident, they often don’t realize that women who are bigger than your average B-cup deserve to feel sexy, too! So I was pretty thrilled when I found some great companies that care about all women of all sizes and who make quality intimate apparel.

Wacoal bras are practical bras in a variety of sizes that will fit every woman’s lifestyle and fashion preferences. Chantelle bras are more on the sexier side, which I absolutely love! They have various styles, even styles you don’t see very often but love the most, which for me would most definitely be the racerback bras because they give me the most support for my cup size. I was absolutely blown away by their selection, so they are definitely an intimate apparel resource to check out!

Consumer Tips on Credit Card APR Increases

Holly — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:22:59 +0000

This is a guest post by Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com.

Many credit card consumers have been hit with interest rate increases in 2009 that have more than doubled their rates. A tremendous number of fee and rate increases have taken place throughout the year, and credit card issuers have three more months to make additional changes before the major provisions of the CARD Act take effect.

Some issuers now charge 29.99% interest for cardholders with good credit. Consumers are questioning whether these increases are legal and if they are protected from this by the CARD Act. Congressional outrage and proposals to move up the date for the CARD Act are adding to the confusion.

“For consumers, things continue to get worse before they get better. They are angry these changes are happening to them and there is very little they can do about it,” says Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com and author of The Credit Card Guidebook. “Until the CARD Act goes into effect on February 22, 2010, issuers still have the right to increase rates at ‘any time, for any reason.’ Struggling banks and issuers are using this time to adjust their business models and are raising rates and fees on millions of consumers in order to be in a better financial position before the regulations begin.”

The CARD Act does not freeze rates or put a cap on how high issuers can increase rates, but it does offer some good protections for cardholders.

One of the best provisions in the CARD Act will protect consumers against retroactive rate increases. Rate increases will only apply to charges made after the increase. Another good provision is that interest rates cannot increase during the first year on new accounts. There are several exceptions: when the introductory period ends; when the variable rate is tied to an index and the index increases; when the payment is more than 60 days late.

However, issuers can still raise rates at any time on new balances with 45 days of advance notice. They must provide a reason for the increase.

After the issuer raises the rate, it must review the account every six months. If the increase was based on market conditions, the creditworthiness of the card user or other factors, the issuer must reduce the rate if these factors have changed.

What can you do if your interest rate is increased?

If you have a good credit score and clean payment history, call and ask for a lower rate. If you are not successful with the first person you speak with, politely ask to speak to the supervisor and make the request again. Issuers used to be very open to this. The economic climate is making it harder for issuers to grant these requests.

Shop around for a new card. You are not married to your current card for a lifetime. If you are not happy with your current card, there is nothing preventing you from shopping for a new card and using that as your main credit card. Consumers are urged to shop around by comparing the details found in the terms and conditions of three or four cards. You don’t necessarily have to close your current credit card account. It may be advantageous to keep that open since closing down your account can negatively impact your credit score.

The provisions of the CARD Act that went into effect in August now require that every issuer give their cardholders the right to “opt-out” of any interest rate increase. This means that you reject the rate increase, which closes the account, and allows you to pay off the balance at the existign rate for up to five years. If you plan on applying for a new replacement card with another issuer, submit the new application before opting out of this old card. Closing the account may cause a drop in your credit score and affect the rate on the new card. There are exceptions as to when you can opt out; cardholders can’t opt out of a rate increase if they are more than 60 days late paying a monthly bill, or if the variable rate rose with an increase on the prime rate.

“The only way that consumers can completely protect themselves against rate increases is to pay off their balance. If you don’t have a balance, it does not matter what the issuer charges you. With rates increasing to 29.99% in some cases, issuers are giving their cardholders a very good reason to pay off the card and just use cash,” says Hardekopf.

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LowCards.com simplifies the confusion of shopping for credit cards. It is a free, independent website that helps consumers easily compare credit cards in a variety of categories such as lowest rates, rewards, rebates, balance transfers and lowest introductory rates. It also gives an unbiased ranking and review for each card. The LowCards.com Complete Credit Card Index is the most objective and comprehensive resource on the Internet which allows consumers to compare rates for all 1260 credit cards offered in this country. Created by Hampton & Associates, the company has been analyzing the credit card industry and supplying objective websites on various consumer expenses for eight years.

Sarah Palin on Oprah: Will You Be Watching? — Interview Sneak Peek

Holly — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 01:00:49 +0000

Former Alaska Governor and Republican vice-presidential nominee, Sarah Palin has sat down for a one-on-one interview with Oprah. Many people wanted to see Palin on Oprah, many didn’t and thought it would be inappropriate since Oprah is rather notoriously known for being such a Barack Obama supporter, and many of Palin’s own fans did not want to see her go on Oprah for this interview, which I can only assume is because of Oprah’s Barack Obama fandom. But regardless of whether or not you wanted to see Palin appear on Oprah, she did sit down with her for an in-depth, no holds barred interview.

After Sarah Palin left the premises, Oprah recorded a short, 55 second video about what they talked about, saying that they talked about everything including the campaign trail with John McCain, Bristol Palin and her pregnancy, her marriage with Todd Palin, and yes, even about Levi Johnston. Check out Oprah’s video below:

This interview is very nicely timed since Levi is gearing up for his Playgirl photoshoot and on the topic of Levi, Oprah asked Sarah if Levi will be invited to Thanksgiving dinner. Thanks to CBS, we have some sneak peeks of the Palin/Oprah interview.

On Levi Johnston:

Watch CBS News Videos Online

On Katie Couric:

Watch CBS News Videos Online

The exclusive and in-depth interview with Sarah Palin will air on Monday, November 16th. Will you be watching?

Carrie Prejean: Completely Inappropriate and Unprofessional

Holly — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:38:44 +0000

So Carrie Prejean somehow got a book deal. I don’t know exactly how she accomplished this, perhaps she told Regnery Press that she would sue them if they didn’t agree to publish a memoir of more of her whining about fighting gossip that she put out in the world herself to be found and about hate and political attacks. I actually find it pretty hilarious that she had the audacity to insinuate that she is a woman who must fight against hate and play a victim while also being an instigator of hate herself. However, I digress; I mean come on people, on Amazon you can buy her book, Sarah Palin’s memoir and Michelle Malkin’s anti-Obama book all in one nice little package. That is the caliber of person we’re talking about here so really, we can’t all be surprised, can we?

However, what did surprise me quite a bit was her stunt on Larry King Live. This woman has absolutely no respect for a reputable interviewer nor for the people who have been following her and her “story.” Lastly, she has absolutely no idea what professionalism is and what it entails to be a public figure, as she so obviously wishes she could be.

In an appearance on Larry King Live to pimp out her new book, Still Standing, The idea that conservative women have to face political attacks because of their conservatism is ridiculous and those who have been attacked for their belief system is probably because the conservative movement works to support the boy’s club, and only the boy’s club and for a woman to support that is a little hard to wrap your mind around.

I’m glad that Larry King did bring up the fact that “liberal bias” in the media really does not exist, since FOX News is still (somehow) considered a reputable news source and many conservative-backing media figures have indeed attacked Democrat and liberal political figures. Ms. Prejean’s assessment that conservative media does not or can not say discriminatory things about political figures Sonia Sotomayor and Hillary Clinton. In fact, the GOP had launched an entire campaign against Sotomayor, there have been racist cartoons and comments made against her. And well, I really don’t even have to point out the slew of attacks that were hurled in the direction of Hillary Clinton.

At about 4:35 Ms. Prejean has the audacity to talk to Larry King like he were a toddler, telling him that he was being inappropriate for asking why she decided to settle in court against the Miss USA pageant. He was not asking what she settled for, he asked why she decided to settle, which is not a matter of confidentiality between herself and the Miss USA pageant. That is not being inappropriate, that is asking a legitimate question. So Larry King goes to a commercial and look at this lovely little stunt the smug and absolutely out of her mind Carrie Prejean pulls:

What she did is completely unprofessional and disrespectful and to not take questions on Larry King Live is yet another red flag that she cannot hold her own and when you either fight to become a social figure or you just happen to land as one, you must know how to hold your own position against someone’s questions or comments. As for her anecdotes and her tangents, it’s the same things we heard on several other television programs she has appeared on throughout the past week. Her publicist really should have advised her to get a few more canned responses ready.

Festive and Seasonal Butternut Squash Slow Cooker Recipes

Holly — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:33:05 +0000

Fall is the absolute best time for comfort food cooked in a slow cooker or crock pot. You put your ingredients in the slow cooker in the morning, go to work or run errands and by the time five o’clock comes, you’re sitting down with your family ready to dig into a delicious meal that has been cooking on its own all day while you went about your daily routine. Fall is also the perfect time to use ingredients that taste their best during the months when the temperatures are getting a little cooler and you’re craving that comfort food. So, here are a few delicious, simple and satisfying recipes using butternut squash.

Butternut Squash Soup

Who doesn’t love soup when it’s cold outside? It’s just about the best thing when you’re sitting in the house, watching the leaves fall from the trees in your backyard knowing that winter is well on its way and butternut squash soup is one of the best to treat yourself with during the winter months.

You will need:

2 tablespoons butter or margarine
1 medium onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 butternut squash (2lb), peeled, cubed
2 cups water
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram leaves
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 teaspoon ground red pepper (cayenne)
4 chicken bouillon cubes
1 package (8oz) cream cheese, cubed

1. In 10-inch skillet, melt butter over medium head. Add onion; cook, stirring occasionally, until crisp-tender.

2. In 3-to-4 quart slow cooker, mix onion and remaining ingredients except cream cheese.

3. Cover; cook on Low heat setting 6 to 8 hours.

4. In blender or food processor, place on-third to one-half of mixture at a time. Cover; blend on high speed until smooth. Return mixture to slow cooker. Stir in cream cheese. Cover; cook on Low heat setting about 30 minutes longer or until cheese is melted, stirring with wire whisk until smooth.

Turkey and Butternut Squash Ragout

This dish has some really spectacular flavor and is also low in fat, so you’re not going to feel guilty after digging into this. It’s also a good idea to make this after Thanksgiving (so save the recipe somewhere safe or come back to this post!) because you’ll probably have some leftover turkey thighs.

You will need:

2 turkey thighs (about 1 1/2 pounds) skin removed
1 small butternut squash (about 2 pounds) peeled, seeded and cut into 1 1/2-inch pieces (3 cups)
1 medium onion, cut in half and sliced
1 can (16 ounces) baked beans, undrained
1 can (14.5 ounces) diced tomatoes with Italian seasonings, undrained
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

1. Spray 3-to-4quart slow cooker with cooking spray. Mix all ingredients except parsley in cooker.

2. Cover and cook on Low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.

3. Place turkey on cutting board. Remove meat from bones; discard bones. Return turkey to cooker. Just before serving, sprinkle with parsley.

Orange Pork Tenderloin with Butternut Squash

The mere presentation of this dish is incredible; it looks so delicious and makes a great dinner.

You will need:

3 pounds butternut squash, peeled and cut into 2-inch pieces (6 cups)
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 pork tenderloin (2 pounds)
1/4 cup orange marmalade
2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1. Arrange squash around edge in 3-to-4-quart slow cooker. Sprinkle with salt. Place pork in slow cooker (it will overlap squash slightly). Mix marmalade and garlic; spread evenly over pork.

2. Cover and cook on low heat setting 7 to 8 hours.

3. Remove pork from cooker; place on cutting board. Cut pork into slices; serve with squash.

Fed Survey Confirms Credit Card Issuers Raising Rates and Cutting Limits

Holly — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:21:51 +0000

This is a guest post by Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com.

A Federal Reserve survey [PDF] released two days ago showed that a substantial number of credit card issuers have cut credit limits, increased interest rates and raised the minimum credit scores required for a credit card during the past three months.

The quarterly survey among loan officers also found 75% of banks that make credit card loans do not expect to be compliant with the provisions of the legislation until February 2010, the month these reforms go into effect.

The Fed’s quarterly survey was conducted in October and included loan officers of the CARD Act. Here are some of the findings:

Interest Rates: 54% of banks have already increased or are planning to increase the credit card APR on their good (prime) customers. 74% of banks have already or will increase APRs on those with poor credit (sub-prime.)

Credit Limits: Just over half of the banks have cut or will cut the credit limits of their credit card customers.

Approval Rates: It is tougher to be approved for a credit card. 47% of the loan officers said they have or will raise the credit score requirements for prime customers qualifying for a credit card. That number jumps to 53% for sub-prime customers.

Annual Fees: Almost 40% of the banks had increased or will increase the annual fees on credit cards.

“This report confirms what credit card customers have been experiencing all year: significant increases in their APR and substantial cuts in their credit limits,” says Bill Hardekopf, CEO of LowCards.com and author of The Credit Card Guidebook. “Issuers are trying to take these rat increases before the CARD Act provisions go into effect in February of 2010.”

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Lady GaGa’s Bad Romance Video: Utterly, Utterly Awesome!

Holly — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 11:48:13 +0000

Have you seen the video for Lady GaGa’s new single Bad Romance yet? I just watched it this morning and I am in love with it. If I may pull a Kanye West, I must say that this is the best video all year. All year!

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Orbit Ring Vibe: The Couple’s Vibrator I’m Sure Would Have Been Fun

Holly — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 19:37:10 +0000

As soon as I saw the Orbit Ring Vibe I was intrigued. I have had many, many different cock rings in my sex toy collection but have yet to come across one that could match the size of my partner, so needless to say, we have not have the pleasure of being able to bring the benefits of cock rings to our bedroom and after some research on those benefits, it only made me want to try them more; because that’s always the way it is, isn’t it? So when I saw the Orbit Ring Vibe, I immediately thought “Great! It’s made of stretchy material so it should fit fine and you can position it so it will deliver pleasurable vibes to me during sex. Score!

This cock ring is unlike your run of the middle sex toy for men; first of all, it’s for couples. It is made of stretchy soft thermoplastic rubber and is described to be big enough to stretch over the penis and testicles, or just over the shaft–whatever your man’s preference. There are also diagrams on the side of the box showing you how you can attach the ring vibe, either wearing it at the base of the penis, stimulator up for clitoral stimulation or with the stimulator down for sensations to the testicles. The ring contains a little space to insert a small vibrator that is wired to the remote control where you set the speed of the vibrations. Upon receiving the Orbit Ring Vibe I immediately took it out of the box, eager to see its ability to stretch. I took it up to my partner, eager to try it out obviously.

So that night we decided he could try it out on his own, given the fact that most of our sex toy collection is for, well, me. A man could use a little alone time, or just some time using a toy on his own while you watch; believe me, it just have the same spicing up effect for your love life. We were in luck–the stretchy material of the cock ring did indeed fit; that’s the first time ever we found a cock ring to accommodate his size so we were very, very happy about that and were thinking that we finally found the perfect toy we’ve been looking for for quite some time. He wore it around his shaft and testicles with the stimulator pointed downward to stimulate both his testicles as well as that small part between a man’s testicles and anus, which if you didn’t know already, is one of the most sensitive spots on a man’s body and it will drive him absolutely wild if you surprise him and play with that small part of his body. He enjoyed the vibrating sensation very much, but of course it couldn’t just be a sex toy that we could enjoy because that would be too easy, it would bring our hunt for the perfect cock ring to an end, after all, because just as he was getting more and more aroused and got bigger, well… this happened:

Yeah, that’s right! It broke! And we didn’t even get to try it out like I was oh so much looking forward to.

While reading other reviews of the product, I did notice that a consistent problem brought up amongst mostly every other person who has also tried the Orbit Ring Vibe is that the wire of the vibrator comes apart and the power supply stops working; some people have even gone through multiples of this product because it had worked so well and they enjoyed it so much, but its lifespan is pretty short.

So, not quite what we were expecting from the Orbit Ring Vibe, but it could have been worse… It could have worked and we could have loved it so much to only have it stop working.

Think Holidays & Valentine’s Day: Save 15% at Piggy Paint!

Holly — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:51:00 +0000

We are big, big fans of Piggy Paint; non-toxic, odorless and kid-friendly nail polish. Not only is it quality nail polish in super cute colors that you can wear with practically any outfit in your entire wardrobe and match it to your shoes, but it has no odor, which means the people who are around you while you’re painting your nails or anyone who you’re around within ten minutes after painting your nails will not smell a thing, which is so nice!

Not only is it a great nail polish for women, but if you have a daughter who is always asking you to paint her nails when she sees you doing hers, you can rest easy knowing that you are painting her nails with something that is completely safe and non-toxic. As I’ve said before on Woman Tribune, I cannot recommend Piggy Paint enough! They’re so great that Safbaby.com recently gave them their Excellence Award.

So why am I telling you all of this, again for some? Well, because Piggy Paint has a huge promotion going on that you absolutely, positively cannot miss out on!

From now until Valentine’s Day 2010 Piggy Paint is taking 15% off everything on their entire site, including sale items, by using coupon code THANKYOU15L

Think holiday gifts for women or children in your life and even Valentine’s Day presents! Go shopping and save 15% now!

TAGÜR: A Shoe with Unlimited Possibilities

Holly — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 00:15:26 +0000

It’s no secret that I love shoes; very few women get away without having that special love affair with shoes. I have easily filled a good portion of my closet with sneakers, heels, flats, clogs, and the list goes on, but when I saw TAGÜR Footwear, I saw something that was completely unique; something that wasn’t already present in my ever-expanding shoe collection. I saw a line of sneakers that really puts the customer in control, by giving people the ability to design their own shoes so they are guaranteed to not just love their shoes, but know that they created the fashion they are wearing on their feet.

TAGÜR’s story is a story that can be appreciated by all of us. How many of us have shoes that are the same style, but in different colors and you bought them months or years apart from each other? A great deal of footwear is essentially copies of shoes that you’ve seen before, all over the place. TAGÜR wanted to bring the concept of footwear backs to artistic expression, which is what we all look for in any fashion we wear–we want to express ourselves and who we are by our fashion choices. And so they began writing on their shoes, again, like so many of us had done when we were younger, or not so younger for some of us, and they created a high quality, comfortable and versatile sneaker that lets you take the reigns of designer.

The TAGÜR AKA Blank shoe is perfect for artists, tattoo artists, people who dabble with airbrushing, or really any type of artwork. They also make a great gift for teens because they can have fun decorating their shoes and then, of course, they have a quality sneaker that reflects their personal taste.

But for those of you who, like myself, have absolutely no artistic talents whatsoever, TAGÜR’s got your covered! They also have shoes that are already decorated–and they have some really awesome and vibrant designs! I had the awesome opportunity to receive a pair of TAGÜR shoes in pink camo and they are so cool!

TAGÜR’s shoes are incredibly comfortable and I especially love their pink camo shoes because they are girly, but they also possess a certain amount of quirkiness, which pretty much sums my personality up in one word. They are fun, vibrant and will most definitely look great with a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. They do take a little while to break in, as do all shoes. The first time I put them on they were a little tight, but within a few days of wearing them and walking around in them, they loosened right up and are as comfortable as my favorite sneakers that I’ve had for probably over five years now.

So if you’re looking for fun and bold colors, or want to put the vibrant and exciting colors and designs on yourself, check out TAGÜR.

Cirque du Soleil Puts a New Twist on Vaudeville

Holly — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:05:43 +0000

I have always wanted to see a Cirque du Soleil show; the craziness, how everything is over the top, exciting and radical just really appeals to me and makes me want to be able to experience that first-hand. However, I live in The Middle of Nowhere, Pennsylvania and so I have never had the opportunity to attend a show. Cirque du Soleil is really stepping up their game, doing something completely different, but with the same essence of being crazy and over the top that theater-goers have come to expect from them. They have put a new twist on vaudeville and for the first time ever, have welcome stars from the Broadway stage to be a part of something truly spectacular and hilarious–It’s called Banana Shpeel.

Banana Shpeel blends comedy with dance stapes tap and hip hop and also eccentric dance, which coming from Cirque du Soleil can mean pretty much anything, and ties the entire thing together with huge amounts of slapstick comedy.

Check out a behind the scenes view of Cirque du Soleil’s Banana Shpeel (and how they came up with that name!):

The show centers around the world of a character named Shmelky, a cruel producer who wreaks havoc and terror on Emmett, a young and innocent actor who auditions for him. Emmett falls in love with Katie and meets a whole slew of absurd and flamboyant characters–including the strange and mysterious Banana Man.

I would so love to see this show, even more than I want to see an original Cirque du Soleil show. I love eclectic, wild and crazy adventures and I have always loved musical and variety-like shows, although Banana Shpeel is proving to be so much more than merely a circus-like, musical-like, variety show-like performance. Just the energy behind the costumes and the makeup and how they are really tipping their hats to classic comedy that has paved the way for so much more is amazing and really makes me excited about it, not to mention the word ‘flamboyant’ being used to describe the characters, which immediately reminded me of The Rocky Horror Picture Show–which I love!

For those of you who live in or around Chicago or New York, you are lucky, because Banana Shpeel is playing in Chicago on November 19th and in New York on February 4th. You should seriously check it out!

Attention Small/Home-Based Businesses: Choose Online Printing!

Holly — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 06:01:04 +0000

When you start a small business or become a home-based entrepreneur with a limited budget, start-up costs can often run you into bankruptcy before you even have the chance to rock the business world. Sure, you have to spend money to make money, but the resources available to get the materials you absolutely need in order to run an effective business are also businesses themselves and they do not always produce the best value for your hard-earned dollar. One of the biggest and most influential necessities you need for your business (and for your business-like image) are printed goods–things like business cards, stationary, flyers and brochures and businesses like Kinkos can really rob you blind as they up-sell you on pretty much everything. What businesses of this sort do is try to squeeze every last cent out of you and you invest the money knowing that there’s no way around it, you need these items and these places are so well-marketed that you really believe that they are the end-all and be-all of businesses who can effectively help you brand your business and and yourself as a professional business contact.

There are an abundance of resources online to help you with your business branding and printing needs; if you are a start-up company or just a blogger in need of some professional and aesthetically-pleasing business cards for an upcoming bloggers conference where you will undoubtedly encounter other bloggers-turned potential loyal readers and influential companies, it is always wise to do your research and search online for a company that can really produce the product you need at the quality you pay for. Online printing can save you a bundle because regardless of the time of year, there is usually a sale (or multiple sales) going on. Online businesses have a tendency to really appreciate their customers and even create professional relationships with people who do business with them frequently and online printing services tend to have even more products, services, templates and samples to choose from because of the versatility of the internet and the diversity of their clients.

An excellent online printing resource for small, start-up and home-based businesses is PsPrint. They are a leading printing company and have an extensive list of products and services ranging from the practical, like business cards, flyers, booklets and brochures, to the really cool, like greeting cards (the holidays are coming up and now is the perfect time to start planning sending out holiday cards to your customers, clients and partners with your business logo on them!), pocket folders and door hangers. They can also handle bigger business printing needs like full catalogs, menus and sticker printing (something fun to hand out during blogging conferences or when pitching your business to prospective clients.) Their prices are also great for small businesses, their stickers starting at just $40. They also have a slew of great promotions going on to help you save even more money when you do business with them. Their brochures and greeting cards are currently 50% off, business cards and postcards are 40% off and posters are an astounding 60% off! That is some major savings to be had there!

Online printing is most definitely the way to go when you’re looking for high quality printed items for your business at the right price.

Ashlee Simpson May Be Heading Back to Broadway

Holly — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:07:04 +0000

Ashlee Simpson’s work schedule is all clear now since her storyline was wrapped up on Melrose Place which makes now the perfect time to lock in some future work. After appearing as Roxie Hart in the Broadway musical Chicago in London, rumors are circulating that she may return to the role in NYC.

Broadway spokesperson Jeremy Shaffer said he couldn’t confirm whether or not Ashlee would return to the Chicago cast, but he did confirm that Dancing with the Stars’ Cheryl Burke will not be appearing as Roxie Hart. Sounds to me like he knows Ashlee will be reprising her role, but of course can’t tell the public yet! And if she is offered the role again, she’s certainly going to take it since last year she commented to OK! “It’s a lot of hard work and it’s a great, fantastic show and I would love to do it again.”

Only time will tell. What do you think of Ashlee Simpson returning to Broadway? I bet Heather Locklear won’t be behind the scenes of the Chicago show gunning to get her fired, so, silver lining!

[Image via INF Daily]

An Aerosmith without Steven Tyler?

Holly — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:23:36 +0000

Months after speaking out publicly to dismiss rumors and reports that the band was on the verge of splitting up, several sources are reporting that Steven Tyler has quit Aerosmith.

The band’s guitarist, Joe Perry divulged that in August 2009 Tyler broke his shoulder after falling off stage while performing in South Dakota and after the band was forced to cancel the remainder of their summer tour, Tyler did not speak to Perry for over a month, which is what originally prompted the rumors that the band was on the verge of breaking up. After their November 1st performance in Abu Dhabi, which was part of the Formula One racing season, Perry revealed that Steven Tyler has in fact quit Aerosmith.

He told the Las Vegas Sun:

“Steven quit as far as I can tell. I don’t know any more than you do about it. I got off the plance two nights ago, I saw online that Steven said that he was going to leave the band. I don’t know for how long, indefinitely or whatever. Other than that, I don’t know.”

But Perry, and presumably the rest of the band, will not let Steven Tyler’s departure from the band stop them or Aerosmith’s future, saying:

“Right now I’m adjusting to ow we’re going to go on. Aerosmith is such a powerful band, I mean it’s like a steam locomotive. You just can’t disregard 40 years of four guys who play together as well as they do. We’re just trying to – at least I am – trying to figure out what direction the band should take. … As far as replacing Steve, it’s not just about that, it’s also four guys that play extremely well together, and I’m not going to see that go to waste. I really don’t know what path it’s going to take at this point, but we’ll probably find somebody else that will sing in those spots where we need a singer and then we’ll be able to move the Aerosmith up a notch, move the vibe up a notch.”

Move Aerosmith and the vibe up a notch? Is Joe Perry insinuating that they can find someone who will sing in place in Steven Tyler and be better? I don’t think the fans are going to let that happen. Like he said, after 40 years of playing together, it worked that long for a reason and Steven Tyler’s image will always be a part of what Aerosmith was and will be.

My own music source told me that there is an Aerosmith tribute band out there whose singer can sing pretty much exactly like Steven Tyler. Perhaps Aerosmith will go the way of Journey and Queen.

[Image via INF Daily]

Movie Review: Kamikaze Girls

Jenny — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:44:01 +0000

I have this really awesome movie called Kamikaze Girls. It’s about two teenage girls in Japan who are finding themselves. They come from two different “worlds”, meaning one is into Lolita fashion and lives in “doll” clothes and the other is a wanna-be bike gangster.

It’s a good movie. It came out in 2006 and I was one of the I don’t know how many who pre-ordered it. And it is my all time favorite movie to date. It’s also how I discovered the (omg to die for) music of Japanese singer Anna Tsuchiya (she plays Ichigo who is on the right). I have all her cd’s. The other girl in the movie (on the left) is an actress I’ve never heard of till now, Kyoko Fukada. The movie is actually based on a book written by Novala Takemoto called Shimotsuma Story (the book she has in her hand above). I’ve obviously never read it because it’s in Japanese, and I don’t know how to read Japanese. I wish I did though. Wish I knew how to speak it too. It tells of how these two girls became friends. Here’s a small bit from the site about the movie ’cause I haven’t watched it in months, and I can’t really recall it.

Momoko (pop idol Kyoko Fukada, pictured above) yearns to live in 18-century Versailles than in her back-country hometown of Shimotsuma, heartland of the yakuza. To escape, she loses herself in the dreamy, doll-like fashions of the “Lolita” scene. Her idol is Akinori Isobe, chief designer of Baby, the Stars Shine Bright—her favorite Lolita design hose. She travels all the way to Tokyo to shop at their store.

One languid summer, to help fund her expensive hobby, Momoko runs a classified ad of brand-name knock-off clothes (produced by her dad) for sale. She encounters a buyer named Ichiko (the real name is Ichigo), who happens to live in her neighborhood.

Super-rebel Ichiko (model and J-rock icon Anna Tsuchiya, pictured below), is a “Yankee”-style member of the Ponytails motorbike gang, one of Ibaraki’s “Wild speed tribes,” whose teeth-rattling customized bikes are decked out with fiberglass shields and bannered backrests.

Somewhat against Momoko’s will, she and Ichigo slowly develop a strong friendship as they share their feelings on the odd goings-ons around them.

I think, as well as the story which is very touching, I loved the fashions. Momoko (Kyoko Fukada) shops at a Japanese Lolita fashion store called Baby the Stars Shine Bright. Out of pure boredom and curiosity, I looked it up. And low and behold, there it was! It’s a real store. And they’re opening a branch in San Fransisco. That made me the happiest girl in the world. I can’t wait till it comes. I am so going on a shopping spree (online of course). I totally recommend this movie to anyone with little girls or even for themselves. It is in Japanese so you’ll have to do some reading but it’s totally worth it. And as a bonus the movie even comes with a video of Anna’s song, Taste My Skin. Awesome song. So yea, check it out. Let me know what you think of it!! And watch this movie. You’ll be sorry you didn’t.

As the Temperatures Get Lower, Give Your Pad a Vibrant Pick-Me-Up

Holly — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:02:21 +0000

Every single year, as winter falls around me I suddenly wake up one morning, snow undoubtedly covering the outside and turning everything as far as I can see around me, completely and purely white, I look around my apartment and I. Hate. Everything. Yes, that is right–I hate everything about my surroundings; from the carpets to the rugs to the curtains to the couch to the television stand; yes, even the television stand is not safe during this time of the year. This year, I think my winter-spawned re-decorating sensory is in overdrive because technically it’s still fall and I have woken up, staggered down the steps in search of coffee, only to stop dead in my tracks and look around my living room and get that same itch that everything must change immediately. In this vast internet space, awe-inspiring home decorating accessories and furniture seem to throw themselves at you just when you need them. So this year, if you’re like me and hate everything about your living space, then give it a vibrant pick-me-up and who knows, it just may pick you up as well.

Check out these incredible finds to put some vibrant life back into your house from Lotus Bleu:

Start with some covet-worthy chairs for your living room, bedroom or patio (if you’d feel comfortable about putting these incredible (and quite pricey) chairs outside and vulnerable to the elements.

This is the first chair that “spoke to me” as soon as I clicked on the ‘furniture’ link on the Lotus Bleu website. I am in love with it. It is a vintage, mid-century Danish-style wingback lounge chair in contemporary floral silkscreen fabric. ($2,450)

Another vintage, mid-century rocking chair with accompanying ottoman with loose cushions in linen silkscreened with silhouettes of branches and leaves. ($1,650)

It is really astounding to see what a difference a few throw pillows or festive cushions can do to your sitting spaces. A good throw pillow goes a long, long way.

Stripes are always a great choice if you’re working with neutral toned carpets or walls, plus they add a whole lot of color to the room without being tacky, overbearing, or just plain ugly. Try these Robert Le Heros cotton striped cushions. ($108-238)

New York designer Thomas Paul’s mandarin-orange goldfish pillow. ($94)

Gorgeous mosaique silk pillows with a solid base embroidered with circles, flowers, or lotus motifs. ($62-72, on sale now for $43-$50)

The key to a living space that is so vibrant and really makes you want to spend more time in that space is a room with awesome lighting and these fixtures are nothing less than something that will really catch your eye.

Lacquered pastel table lamps with a white silk shade and three-way switch. ($280)

Thomas Paul patterned lamp shades with coordinating colored bases. ($200-220)

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