SHOPPING FOR A CARD Here are some tips on choosing the best card for you: Will the card be accepted in places where you want to use it? Is there a minimum requirement for the card to remain usable? Are there reload limits? Is there a daily cash withdrawal limit? Are there convenient ATMs where …
Living Well In The Panhandle
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Cat News You Can Use
Years ago when I adopted my first cats, my veterinarian told me that unlike dogs, cats do not get heartworms, so I didn’t need to give my cats any preventive medicine for them. However, fast forward about 20 years and now veterinarians know that cats, too, can become infected with heartworm. In fact, recently, the …
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Prepaid or Reloadable Cards
What are prepaid cards? Pre-paid cards or network branded prepaid cards are not credit cards, although they are sometimes marketed as “prepaid credit cards”. No credit is offered by the card issuer and the cardholder spends money which has been prepaid to a card. The value is not physically stored on the card. Instead, the …
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Three Keys to Successful Saving
Saving money can be easy or it can be extremely difficult. Why should you save? To set aside money you could spend today…so you can spend it tomorrow! Ask yourself some hard questions: What would happen if… You lost your job? You got sick? You had an emergency? How will you pay for big purchases? …
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The America Saves Challenge is Coming!
Setting a goal is the first step in taking charge of your finances. However, staying on track to meet that goal can be hard! The America Saves Challenge will help you meet your goals by providing daily encouragement and challenge! The 2013 America Saves Challenge is part of America Saves Week (February 25-March 2, 2013), …
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Traditions Help Bind Us Together as a Family
Family traditions bind us together. According to the Free Merriam-Webster On-line Dictionary, there are countless definitions of family. Perhaps, one definition that most could agree on is that a family is a group of people united by certain convictions or a common connection. Don’t let the pressures of this hectic and ever-changing holiday season (or any …
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Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food. — Hippocrates, father of medicine, 431 B.C.
http://hp2010.nhlbihin.net/healthyeating/pdfs/KTB Family Cookbook 2010.pdf Download the deliciously healthy family meals cookbook What timeless words of wisdom! More recently, researchers at Rutgers University conducted a Meta study looking at 68 studies that examined the relationship between family meals, eating habits, and children’s health. Specifically, they wanted to know if there was a correlation between family meals …
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Dog News You Can Use
As a dog owner, I’ve always been told to not let your dog have chocolate because it is poisonous for them to eat. Well, a question that I’ve had for years is “How much chocolate can a dog eat before it has a health problem?” My curiosity finally got the best of me (I must …
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Make this Holiday Season a Healthy One!
From Halloween to the New Year, most people struggle to control their eating. The average American gains about one pound during the holiday season. Some gain even more. While this is less than the holiday weight gain amounts that get widely reported, most people never lose this excess weight so the pounds accumulate, resulting in …
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Make Home Safety a Year-Round Priority
What you don’t know can hurt you. “I didn’t know.” In these words lies the story of countless deaths and injuries in countless homes. About one-half of the accidental deaths of children occur in the home— from falls, suffocation/choking, scalding, poisoning, and burning. Elderly persons, likewise, are subject to greater dangers because of infirmities and impaired …
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