Best credit cards

Financial strains of being a caregiver can take it's toll. One of those tolls is in your credit rate suffering. It can be hard to find a credit card that you can qualify for and that can help in rebuilding your credit after it has suffered the long term blow of getting things settled down after the life altering events that surround becoming a caregiver. Sites like CardFusion can help.

The CardFusion website can show you the best credit cards to help you rebuild your credit. And if you are not in need for a credit rebuilding card they can also help you with cards that focus on low interest, balance transfer or any other features that fit your needs.

Search by issuer, network or category to find just the plan you want. And be sure to check out their learning center to learn more about credit cards, your credit score and more.



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Advantage Term Life

Advantage Term Life offers policies on universal, term, whole life policies and other types of life insurance policies. With just a few minutes and a visit to the Advantage Term Life website you can get a quote on how much you can find out how much you can Save on Insurance Premiums from over 25 of the biggest insurance companies in the United States.

You can quickly get an Insurance Quote from their website and compare the quote between several different insurance companies to find the best rate for you. With money being a big concern to family caregivers it is nice to be able to get comparisons to help find the best rate.

If you are shopping for insurance be sure that you look into the Insurance Plans Pros and Cons for each of the kinds of plans you are considering. The last thing you want to have happen is find out something about the kind of plan you are thinking about getting when it is too late to change your mind on what you will do. Explore all options and if possible discuss those options with a friend or family member before you decide which plan is best for you.

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Online Therapy Journal

Journaling is one of the most therapeutic things that a person can do when they are facing a stressful time in their life. I have worked through every stressed moment I have ever had by writing in one way or another. The process allows you to channel your feelings into thought form and once you can think on what it is you are feeling you can better understand and deal with those feelings.

Now there is a website that can help you with your therapy journaling. MyTherapyJournal.com allows its members to keep an online journal that is kept in a secure location from which the journal writer can chose to share pages via a direct link in e-mails, or they can print specified journal entries.

The intention for use of MyTherapyJournal.com is for those experiencing anxiety or depression, or similar problems that can be worked through with the aid of a therapy journal. The online journal is designed to allow for the private and secure entry and storage of your most personal thoughts and feelings during a stressful period, whilc still allowing you to share them with those you desire and to print a copy for your personal journal.

I had cause once to be in the parent housing for the hospital here in Alaska. I still remember the small journal that was set on the nightstand of the room, a place for worried parents to write about the experience of having a child in the hospital. It was not so much to leave a word of comfort for parents that would come after as it was to offer comfort to the parent that wrote the entry. A soothing salve for the soul that was found through writing their thoughts and feeling, their fears and the hopes that their child would be helped by the doctors.

That is what therapeutic journaling is. It is a cooling cloth brushed against the feverish thoughts of fear and anxiety. When the words are gently caught by the soul and touched to the page with a hand that may not be steady it opens the way for healing and peace. For understanding and, if the writer so chooses, the reaching out to touch the fringes of another who may be in a similar moment of difficulty and seeking the reassurance that they are not alone.

If you would like to learn more about Therapy Journaling you can find out by visiting the MyTherapyJournal.com website. To visit MyTherapyJournal.com, please click here > You can try the site free for 14 days, no credit card required, and then subscribe by the month, for three months or purchase an annual subscription.

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Film stock footage at AlwaysHD

Looking to create videos to help get the word out about the role that family caregivers assume in the care of those in medical need of assistance? I have always wanted to create a series of videos to help highlight what a family caregiver does and what they go through, but I have never had the time. One source that I found that can help in cutting down the time on making something like a film, commercial or project video filmed in HD format is AlwaysHD.

AlwaysHD offers film stock footage in professional quality High Definition footage. The prices are very reasonable and the ones I have seen average in price range from $50 to $150. The footage at AlwaysHD includes not only live action, but also computer animations, including ones for various medical subjects.


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Allegro Medical - search for medical needs based on condition

Shopping online is something that can save you time and money. As a full-time caregiver working as a freelance writer, I know that both time and money are invaluable. In the half an hour it can take me to run up to the corner store after something I could have got so much accomplished. Because of that, I have taken more and more to shopping online.

Sites like Allegro Medical (AllegroMedical.com) that sell medical supplies online can be invaluable to the caregiver. Allegro Medical sells a wide variety of medical supplies from eggcrate mattress pads to light therapy pain relief systems to help relieve pain from sore muscles and joints (something I should look into given the way my knees act up all the time). Something I do want to find and had not yet seen anywhere else is Kinesio Tape. Kinesio Tape is designed to be worn for several days and withstand showering while still allowing the skin underneath to breathe. Five yards of it is only $12, so it is a really good thing to tuck into the medical kit for emergency needs (and if you're like me you have a medical kit - mine is a Red Cross backpack that I got second hand and have been restocking for any emergency need. LOL)

Something I REALLY like about Allegro Medical is their tab at the top that lets you "shop by condition". I can shop for my mom's diabetic needs, things for my dad who had a stroke and has a heart condition and for me in my effort to loose weight all from the same site but in specific categories for each of our needs. That is a feature that I think makes Allegro Medical a must visit site for anyone that has multiple needs like I do or that does not want to see unrelated things when shopping for medical products.



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Most caregivers know about drugs - but what do you know about drug addiction?

As caregivers we deal with prescription drugs all the time. Maybe our own, usually those of our care recipient. As such we tend to get to know the effects and side effects of those drugs fairly intimately and to know how dangerous some of them can be.

I cringe at prescription pain medications and how easy it can be to get prescriptions for them. The local walk-in clinic and local dentists have both given me prescriptions for heavy dose hydrocodone, a drug that I know is very easy to build an addiction to.

The CBS series Without A Trace had a plot line going a while back where one of the lead characters, Special Agent Martin Fitzgerald (played by actor Eric Close), was wounded in the line of duty and during the course of his recovery developed an addiction to his prescription pain medications. The writers, and particularly Mr. Close, did an amazing job of showing just what it can be like to be suffering from an addiction to prescription medications, and in showing that you can not fight something like that alone. You need to get help.

Convincing someone to seek help is only half of the struggle, there is also a need to find the right kind of help. That is where services such as those provided by 1-800-NoDrugs come in. 1-800-NoDrugs is a non-profit drug and alcohol rehabilitation referral service that can help you to locate the kind of drug rehab assistance that you, your friend, or your loved one needs. If you or someone you know has developed a dependence on prescription medication, get help. You don't have to let the drugs get out of control, you can take back your life and find help.

Visit the 1-800-NoDrugs website to find out more about their goals and how they can help. The website has information on a variety of addiction subjects and addictive drugs to help you better understand what caused the addiction and how it can be treated.

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Computers and stuff at TechPalooza

Have you seen them little tablet computers that all the nurses carry around now? As a writer I have envied them slim little notebook computers that I keep seeing in the doctor's offices. How nice that would be for writing or graphics design or or or... Shoot, even just for keeping track of everything I need to with my parents around here and my own health needs.

Well, I have found one now, and I want it as soon as my finances allow me to upgrade my laptop. TechPalooza has them for under $1,500.00. Yup, TechPalooza, if you have not been there before it is really worth checking out. They have some great prices on computer stuff, such as a Palm TX on their top sellers list - $253.00! Memory cards as low as $7 for 256MB. This month (what's left of it) you can get free shipping on your order. I wish I had seen that back at the end of July, I'd have been a lot more tempted to make a fast purchase when I had the money to put into stuff.

For those that are looking for computer products, but not very computer savvy, the TechPalooza site is very easy to navigate and seems to have most anything you could be looking for at some of the best prices I have seen anywhere. Having sworn off second hand electronics stuff after my last camera purchase, I was elated to see Canon digital cameras for almost as low for a brand new camera as I had paid for the broken one I bought used.

You definitely need to check the site out before you shop other sites, I think you'll like what you see.


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Investing in Gold

It can be difficult to save for the future. When you are a full-time family caregiver it seems like every penny you earn is spent twofold. When you can manage to put something aside, however, how do you invest it?

If your thoughts turn to gold, as mine do, then the Monex Deposit Company has hard asset professionals that can help you make precious metals investments such as the purchase of gold bars or gold coins.

Then they can arrange for either immediate personal delivery or, if you prefer, for your investment to be safely and conveniently stored in an independent bank or depository. Check it out today and remember Monex when you are ready to invest in your future. They have been trusted by investors for over 30 years now.


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Martin Worldwide mailing lists

Being a full-time family caregiver, I know that it is hard to find something that can be fit in around the chaos of being a full-time caregiver. When you can find something that you can do to earn money while providing the same level of care that you need to for your care recipient, it is a dream come true. It is therefore important when you reach the stage where you are ready to begin a marketing campaign you have access to potential customers that have an active, responsive, and impulsive buying history. That is what Martin Worldwide offers.

Martin Worldwide is a leader in direct marketing mailing lists, and their mailing list database, ResponseCom™, a proprietary blend of U.S. Response and U.S Consumer databases. It can help you find Business Sales Leads that are most likely to buy your product or service when you approach them with the right marketing plan.

If you are ready to take the next step and look into direct marketing then you should find out more about Martin Worldwide and the direct marketing products and services they have to offer you. Call them at (888)- 267-3545, or visit their website at the link above.


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Vending Machines

I've been talking over on my Work at Home Newsletter website about the business opportunities for vending machines, and something I think would be good for a caregiver and their care recipient would be an idea that I had.

Get some vending machines, then set the machines up on a trailer so that they faced out either side and the back of it, you would probably need to create a side covering for when you are going down the road with the trailer, but that would not be hard. In the middle of the trailer you can put a place accessed from the front and under the machines maybe where there are trays locked away for restocking the machines. Or have a walkway for accessing the backs of them inside the trailer. Then you take it and park at fairs and flea markets with it.

This gives you a vending machine setup that would take care of itself while you and your care recipient just needed to tended to the task of occasionally maintaining the machines. You would be left for the most part to just relax and enjoying the fair yourself. The perfect way, I'd think, to get a small side business that would let you travel from fair to fair and enjoy the day.

It would require looking into, pricing machines from companies to see what the machines would cost you and what it costs to restock them and make the trailer and getting a space at a Saturday Market or local fairs. According to the information at BusinessMart on the vendstar machines; "The United States Department of Labor states that the average hourly income of a vender operator is $70.58" That's not too bad at all for a side business that you and your care recipient can get into and even if you can't make that much, there are other benefits to it.

It is something your care recipient can help with no matter their condition. Even if all they do is drop small plastic balls you have filled with toys or candy into the machines, it gives them something productive to be doing. And that, my friends, the care recipient feeling like they are able to be working still and helping out, is something that most caregivers will agree is worth investing in even if you're barely breaking even.

So, if you have been looking into a side business or hobby that you can get your care recipient involved in with you, look into the possibilities of vending machines. Whether you take them to fairs like I suggested above or set them up at local mom and pop shops and laundromats and places, they are something you and your care recipient can work on together.


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Gourmet Gift Baskets

Gourmet Gift Baskets has some nice things offered on their website, but two that caught my eye are the grilling gift basket and the beer gift basket. Alaska is a place where microbreweries are highly appreciated, so the Microbrew Beer Bucket Gift Basket caught my notice. The perfect thing to set out in a guest room for visiting fishermen the basket has six beers (Samuel Adams Summer Ale, Sierra Nevada Pale Ale, Magic Hat #9, Pete's Wicked Strawberry Blonde, Smuttynose Old Brown Dog Ale, and Harpoon Munich Dark), and a selection of nuts and beef jerky to go perfectly with the beers.

With baskets like this it is easy to see why Gourmet Gift Basket has the confidence to proclaim about their gift baskets: "Give us a chance to earn your business and we know that you will never shop elsewhere again." Offering gift baskets backed by a 100% satisfaction grantee that are described by them as "works of art", the family owned and operated business packages their baskets in air bags and ships them worldwide via FedEx


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Which is better for us and the environment? Large Trucks or Small Cars

Here is something of interest for anyone that likes the diesel power of the large truck, but wants a small car. Isuzu has teamed up with Toyota to work on developing a small diesel engine to be used in passenger cars. Their goal is to research, develop and produce environmentally friendly engines for passenger cars. While I can see where a nice extended cab would be good to have, I would much prefer to be able to drive around a small to mid-sized passenger car when I am not needing to be hauling things around.

It seems that part of the goal for Isuzu and Toyota is to have a positive impact on the global movement toward more environmentally friendly alternatives in the automobile industry. Katsuaki Watanabe, president of Toyota, states that; "Toyota sees protecting the environment as the biggest mission for an automaker." He goes on to note that hybrid technology is one effective way to protect the environment, "but given that each country has different energy policies and regulations... we believe it is necessary to further strengthen areas related to diesels."

That strengthening is something that Yoshinori Ida, president of Isuzu, sees as a benefit as well. He has indicated a feeling that the research alliance between Isuzu and Toyota will be a positive one for the diesel engine industry. Isuzu is, in fact, a leader in the design and manufacture of diesel engines. They began in 1937 as Tokyo Automobile Industries, changing their name to Isuzu in 1949, and were the only company permitted by the Japanese government in 1941 to manufacture diesel powered vehicles. Today they still stand as one of the leaders in design and manufacture of advanced diesel engines.

Ida states, "By teaming up with Toyota, I am certain that we will be able to create the world's best diesel engines." It is an alliance that he sees as not only strengthening the competitive edge of the two companies, but contributing to the global environment.

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Find great skins for Ipods, and more, at SkinIt

I was out looking at skins for my laptop and cell phone at SkinIt yesterday, before mom and I went into town. After a hour or more of looking around the site at all the skins I finally decided that I needed to come up with a good theme for my stuff and then go back to look over things again.

The site has a huge selection of skins, and they have things to custom fit all kinds of devices. Everything from laptops to Ipod skins. Even skins for Bluetooth headsets. I need to gather all my gizmoes together and see what all I want skinned, since the things are inexpensive enough I can skin more than one or two of them.

I like the stuff by Larry Elmore, of course, LOL, I've only been a fan of his artwork since I think the 80's. They have a huge selection though, so, just go browse for a little while and pick out your favorite sports team, or maybe some Disney characters, comic book heroes, perhaps a Star Wars character or two? How about a branch of the armed services? Or .... well, I have not found an interest yet that's not covered. lol Check them out to see if they have your favorite skin.


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A small home is a cozy home

When I was cleaning houses for people I cleaned two huge houses that were 99.99% wasted space that was just a waste of heating energy. Why have lots of open space if it's not being used? As a family caregiver living in a three bedroom house with my parents, it is almost a life skill to know a thing or three about Small Home Design. People often assume that small house means no space, and yes, I admit it, in our house there is a lot of "clutter" but I'm a packrat tyvm. I have a small office, so redesigning it is going to take into account that I have a big office collection of books and equipment. Shelves will be designed that allow me to store things in efficient manners and I have a plan for a blackboard with a sliding bulletin board front that will allow me to take full advantage of the small space I have for both of them by combining them.

The bathroom is another exercise in spacial economy. With everything from a washer and dryer to handicapped bathtub seats and a vanity that needs to be stored away the bathroom is carefully maintained chaos most of the time, but when there is room to store things that are needed in the bathroom it makes no sense to have a wasted space as a spare room. All that does is add to the heating bills. So even if the house is a bit small for what I would like it to be, it is actually a very nicely laid out chaos that I think would not be any better if it was larger.

ScanShell 800N medical card scanner

The scanshell-store has something that might be of interest to anyone working in home health care services or as a part time physical therapist or similar situations.

The ScanShell 800N medical card scanner. This is a card scanner with a built in automatic card-feed detection mechanism that triggers the scan in a matter of seconds. The card scanner will scan both the front and back of medical insurance cards. The images produced by the scanner are able to be inserted into the patient's data sheets, saved to a file, or exported to any other application. You can even e-mail them or send them to an FTP or web address.

The medicscan card scanner works with any photo media: paper photos, ID cards, checks and even rigid plastic credit cards. It is easy to set up and use, reducing the chance of human error in processing medical insurance cards and easily connects to your PC through a USB port.

The scanners are inexpensive enough to allow for even a part time physical therapist or home health care worker to be able to afford one for use in billing insurance companies more accurately. A wide range of available scanners makes it easy to select one that will do whatever you need, including one that is soon to be available that allows you to select specific fields, or parts of a field, and even select multiple fields together.

The Credit Card Search Engine

Being a full-time family caregiver can be rough on the finances, particularly when it comes to one's credit. Bills start to pile up and before you know it you are burried under bad credit and thinking that there is no way out.

The Credit Card Search Engine can help you find credit cards even if you are in need of Bad Credit Credit Cards to help you rebuild your bad credit rating. You can research cards, make comparisons online, and even apply for the cards you want online through the Credit card Search Engine website.

They feature offers from leading U.S Credit Card issuers (names like J.P. Morgan Chase, Bank of America, and Citibank), and they have leading brands such as Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover Card.


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PowerOptions option trading

PowerOptions is good for anyone like me that has no idea what to look for in stocks but would like to learn. After I spent some time looking around their website I was able to find articles on options trading for things like "Warning Signs That Tell You When To Dump A Stock". Providing toll-free customer support and a complete suite of educational materials, PowerOptions can help you figure out the options trading game.

Their patented SmartSearchXL® technology, not available anywhere else, will help you find, compare, analyze, and make money on stock option trading. Find out about the iron condor and other strategies by visiting their website. You can get a free 14-day trial of PowerOptions, access to their online User Guide, toll-free support, and their PowerOptions Performance Guarantee. Just visit the PowerOptions website at the link above to find out more.

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Service Network moving company matching system

One of the factors of becoming a full-time family caregiver for one or both of your parents is that quite often either you or your parents needs to move. It can be difficult to coordinate moving someone across the hallway, when it comes to moving across the state or even across the country you want to be sure that you can find reputable movers that can help you move with the least amount of headaches.

Service Network hopes to be able to help you with that by use of their moving company matching system website. This website is a network of moving companies that you can search for a Cheap Moving Company to help you with your moving needs while still being assured that the company you hire is fully licensed and insured. Moving companies are required to pass an application process and must meet a number of qualifying factors to be eligible for acceptance by Service Network's moving company matching system. And Service Network even has a dispute resolution center on the site, so you can get any problems that might occur during the move settled easily.


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Shop online for major appliances in your area

Family caregivers know time is a valuable thing. When you need a new appliance you don't want to spend hour after hour looking through one local stores after another just to find out what is available in your area. Then you have to go back home to do research on them and decide which one to buy, only to make another trip out to the store to make the purchase.

I like the Krillion website, which makes it easy to shop online based on major manufacturing brands or the kind of appliance that you are looking for. You just type the appliance type or brand name, or a combination such as Whirlpool Ovens, into the search bar at the top of the screen. Then type your city, state and zip code into the next section (pull down menu that will hold the information for you if you want to search different cities). And finally hit the search button. It's that fast and easy to find what is available in your area.


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The cancer that every woman should know more about

There has been a new website set up to provide information about the symptoms, diagnosis and treatment options of cervical cancer. The fifth most common cancer in women worldwide, there are approximately 471,000 new cases diagnosed each year.

Check out the Cervical cancer and HPV information at Cervicalcancer.org for more information about the risk factors, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment of cervical cancer.

This form of cancer is more common in women age 40+ and seems to be more pronounced as age is progressed. Another recognized cause is poor diet - something that many family caregivers suffer from as a result of being too busy caring for others to properly see to their own health needs.

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HPV stands for 'human papilloma virus' and is a a main risk factor for cervical cancer.