They promise to shape calves and firm up thighs, butt, and tummy. Plus? They’re supposed to help you lose weight AND improve your posture. That’s a pretty tall order for any product, let alone a shoe.

But I was dying to buy a pair of Sketchers Shape-Ups. I wanted to believe I could walk my way to a fabulously toned “me”. Especially since swimsuit season is coming up! (I’ve got a bikini in the closet, people.) So I bought the shoes.

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Do you really know how much sugar’s in that Gatorade? Daniel Daly can tell you!

When it comes to healthy hair, it’s what you choose to manage your mane that counts. Get the shine, movement and the softness you desire with Nature’s Gate Organics Shampoos and Conditioners

By Melody Meiners

There are a frillion dieting books, and a gajillion diet aids on the market today. But the same parents who had enough determination to get their two-year-olds to stop picking their nose in public surely have enough determination to get in shape through the only, 100% proven method- diet and exercise.

Many peopl say their biggest problem is the dreaded diet change, especially for parents who are chasing those little nostril diggers around…

Find out how you can keep the homefires buring all year long!

I’d forgotten how trying those toddler years were. I’d forgotten how you’ve got to watch little ones constantly — that the impulse control isn’t there. I’d completely failed to remember that many toddlers teethe and explore their worlds by shoving objects in their mouths. And what about potty training?

Operation Food Search was established in 1981 to address the growing problm of hunger. In its almost 30 years of existance, the organization has become the largest distributor of free food in the bi-state area…

So recently I was offered a chance to try out a new shredder. One by Fellowes.

The shredder I currently posess is a very bare bones model and quite old. In fact, you have to set it on top of a box in order to catch the shreddings. It is kind of a pain in the butt to use. Since I don’t like to use it, I shove anything that needs to be shredded into a corner in my office…

It is with mixed emotions that most women approach their last trimester and that final push- labor. It means you are so close that you can almost smell that warm baby skin, but all the ‘labor’ involved with labor and delivery can also be a pretty scary thing, especially if you are a first timer…