More than 34,000 cases of identity theft reported to the Federal Trade Commission from 2005 to 2007 concerns children younger than 18. The poaching of children’s identities is more common than parents realize. Children as young as 3 years old have their Social Security number linked to driver’s licenses, credit cards, arrest warrants for drunken driving and warrants for unpaid child support.

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It’s been three weeks since the September 14th windstorm and four years since the big Christmas ice storm of 2004. I spent 5 days sitting in the dark while all the food in my freezer rotted. The electric in this part of Ohio goes out at least once or twice a year, usually only two to six hours at a time. I’ve put off buying a generator because of the expense but I’m not willing, after this last electric outage, to spend any more time in the dark or cold for a few hundred dollars a generator would cost me.

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Do you have the bad habit of selecting the negative over the positive? Do you tell yourself that nothing you ever do is good enough?

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What is intelligence? Is intelligence inherited or learned? The average person uses less than 15% to 20% of their mental ability. This means that everybody has untapped mental resources that have never been developed and used. So maybe all of us are smarter than we think!

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Last night a friend and I were having an ice cream treat at Cold Stone Creamery when she brought up the subject of potty training her 4 year old. She was telling me about how bad his aim is, pee on the floor, down the toilet, on the wall, everywhere but in the pot. Something every mother can relate to, I’m sure! Well, I can’t relate to potty training but my feet can attest to how bad a man’s aim is. click here to read more