Rexanne's Web Review - Issue #1

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Rexanne's Web Review
Web Sites and Insights

Issue # 1 - March 14, 2000

Welcome to the first issue of Rexanne's Web Review! I am thrilled to be sending this newsletter out once a week. I suppose I'd have to stop if my hands went numb but let's hope that never happens! ;-) I plan on being at this keyboard for years to come! Rexanne's Web Review has its own web site, which is linked at the very top of each newsletter. You can bookmark (add to favorite places) that page and read it online, go back to find an article or tip you wanted clarification for or any number of reasons. It's there for you! Each issue will be archived on the web site.

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I'd like to take a moment to extend my biggest HUGS and thank yous to the friends and Internet pals who have helped enormously to bring this newsletter to fruition. You've been an incredible inspiration and I adore you all so very much! I won't mention names ... you know who you are. :-)

OK, enough babbling ... I tend to do a lot of that, ya know. ;-) You'll have to suffer through a little of my carrying on each week but you could always just skip the first paragraph and move right on to the links! ;-)

If the links below are not blue, underlined links to click on, you'll need to "copy and paste" the web address into your browser window. If you are unfamiliar with this process, here's how: Highlight the address (left click with your mouse on the first letter of the address, hold down the mouse button and drag to the last letter). Right click with your mouse on the highlighted address and click "copy" in the window that pops up. Go to your browser window (at the top of your screen where web addresses appear), left click in the browser window. Click "paste" in the popup window. Click enter on your keyboard.

OK, here’s the scoop:

Quote of the Week:

"Courage is being scared to death ... but saddling up anyway." (John Wayne)

Parenting and Family Link(s) of the Week:

As my most faithful readers know, my belief is that setting limits for our children is one of the most important tasks in raising well-adjusted kids. I found an excellent article that best describes how and why we need to set limits our kids will understand and accept. This is a powerful message to parents who have not imposed said limits before the child grew into a problem!

Read on: Pitfalls of not Setting Limits

You can also find an article I wrote about limits on my page Views on Parenting.

The most important part of setting limits to remember is that children are much happier when they have "safe" guidelines for behavior. They learn from us, after all. Let's try to help them become the best little humans they can be! :-)

One of my favorite parenting books on the subject of raising well-adjusted children is Love & Limits : Guidance Tools and Ideas... - http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/1884734057/rexannspageforpa/002-3470578-1616258 - by Elizabeth Crary.

This book will explain, in common-sense language, the effectiveness of setting limits and why. You'll discover how a child is truly much happier and more secure when raised in an environment of well-thought-out and loving discipline. This book has the official Rexanne's Seal of Approval! :-)

When I found this site a few years ago, I knew I’d found a tiny slice of heaven online. Little did I know, I would make a great friend in the web mistress, Martha Jones. Martha’s site is one of the best kept secrets on the web. It's loaded with quick and easy recipes, most using packaged ingredients. She isn't called Queen Can-ivore for nothing! Martha scours the net, searching for "Five or Less" ingredient recipes to add to her site each week. This is not that "other" Martha's web site ... this is for us real people who have more normal lives! LOL!

Here's a specific page with one of my favorite "Martha-style" recipes: Home Made

Oh! Oh! Oh! GAWD they're GOOD! ;-) They're also ridiculously easy to make. You'll find tons of great tips and tricks on this amazing site, some very funny editorial and I swear you'll be thanking me for sending you there! Martha loves email, so drop her a line, tell her I love her and enjoy!

There is so much to do here, your child will be entertained for hours. Not just for the younger crowd ... BlackDog's has educational content (disguised as fun), loads of really cool original games, online mazes, word searches, activities, jokes, an online coloring book and e-cards the kids can send to their online buddies. BlackDog's is a very easy-to-navigate site so you can leave the kids alone with it for short spurts, confident they'll find their way around. Great for kids from 4 to 4-ever. Hey, I even have fun on this site!

Tip or Trick of the Week:
"Pick it up with a spoon ... "

One of my all-time favorite parenting tips was from my sister-in-law. She is an angel of a lady who should have had a hundred children but, because of medical reasons, couldn't have any. Well, one Christmas, when my older daughter had just puked all over the carpet in her room, (sorry if this grosses you out but you're really gonna love this tip! LOL!) she advised me to "pick it up with a spoon!" Ya know ... it worked! I won't go into details. I figure the tip is icky enough to imagine as it is unless you happen to be in this very predicament and then you'll think it's a Godsend!

This tip also works for other mishaps ... food spills, liquids, etc. Use your imagination! You'll be toting a spoon around behind your kids for years.

Got a tip or trick your fellow readers would enjoy or could use? Please send it in for possible publication in one of the next issues! Be sure to let me know if you would like me to include your name and/or email address or if you prefer to remain anonymous.

Weekly Time Waster:
(Because life is supposed to be fun!)

Want to work a jigsaw puzzle online? Whoa … this is a great time-waster!

Go here: JigZone: Online Jigsaw Puzzles

You pick the picture, the amount of pieces to work with and the outline of the puzzle. I stick with the straight lines still ... novice that I am! There are hundreds of pictures to choose from, with new pictures added weekly. Have fun ... feed the kids first. ;-)

There is really no message I'd rather give you all, my dearest readers. This is an uplifting, heartwarming, SUPER page! Please carry this message in your hearts. I truly believe we need to love ourselves more in this world and StinaLisa has created a page to gently drive the point home. After you've read this page, click on the "home" button at the bottom. You will find a list of other amazing pages there. Don't miss "Turn Around" ... an awesome page about a mother's love for her daughter. I cried, smiled and cried some more while reading that one! Home pages like this are rare, my friends. StinaLisa has a true talent for touching hearts with visually beautiful and emotionally touching pages. Enjoy! :-)

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The fine print: This newsletter is copyright - 2000 - in its entirety. Let me know if you'd like to use any part of it and I'll probably say: SURE! But ya gotta ask first.

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