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Ahhhh....the sound of the school bus pulling up in the morning. The sight of them in their cute new school duds and brightly colored backpacks skipping off to learn some reading, writing and 'rithmetic means one thing.... some well needed ME TIME! So, all you SAHM's and SAHD's....now that you don't have to go about setting up the water slide, making cute little sandwiches with smiley faces on

I don't know about where you live, but here in New York it has become increasingly difficult for smokers of cigarettes and cigars to smoke freely wherever they go.A few years ago, a law was passed that prohibited smoking in restaurants, bars and public enclosed areas like malls and airports. That was just the beginning...After that, a huge tax was placed on cigarettes, and smokers here saw a

First of all, does this really need to be explained, seriously???I'm thinking that it does after dealing with yet one more indignant, insistent person trying to come into my fitness class more than 10 minutes late, and not just graciously taking "no" for an answer as I tell them they're too late to participate.A woman tries to come in 17 minutes late and when I tell her she's too late to

As these last days of summer sneak right on by, be sure to catch some of it before it's all gone! Summer provides a ton of opportunities to get out, run, play, be more active and really get in some fun fitness festivities!I really hate to see it go. I had a pretty good summer, but it's not over yet! I plan to be outside running and playing until the snow comes. You should, too! Grab your

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Here is the second installment in my "Jump" series. As I stated before, I love jumping because it tackles so many elements of fitness at once, and gets you ripped pretty fast. Here, I'm showing you three different exercises to do with a jump rope, but not the usual way. Check it out:--stop my autoplay vid in the upper right corner to get this in real time--When using a rope on the ground, find