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Don't ignore that little voice. Listen!!!
2008-01-04 18:15:00
Hello Savvy Girls,HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!I recently had a phone conversation with one of my girlfriends about a guy she is seeing. I tried to get her to post the problem on here so that I could answer it but she didn't so I'm doing it for her. Anyway, she started telling me all these good things about him and I just knew the "BUT" was coming soon. So then, she tells me that he is too rough sexually. He enjoys holding her down so forcefully that she gets bruises from it. She works in the healthcare field and people at her job see the bruises on her arms and neck (yeah, I said her neck) and often ask if she is OK. One of them even referred her to a crisis center! While she is telling me this story, I'm already thinking that this guy is a closet rapist but my first advice to her is to ask him to stop being so rough. She told me that she has done that and he will stop for a few weeks. But little by little his hand will slowly start to creep towards her neck again during sex. Naturally, my ...
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Please NO MORE RESOLUTIONS!!
2007-12-27 19:39:00
Hello Savvy Girls!Now that Christmas has come and gone, (without the engagement ring I was hoping for) it's almost the New Year and I'm sure that you, like me, always make new year's resolutions. Mine were always about my weight or, education or finances or something else meant to improve my life. So, I make all of these grand resolutions and what happens? I forget about them in 2 weeks. That being the case, why do I still do it? Have you ever asked yourself WHY??? I mean, for me and most other folks, making these resolutions is a total waste of time since nothing ever comes of them. Then at the beginning of the next year, you feel like a complete failure because you haven't done any of the things you told yourself you would do last year.Therefore, this year I am making no resolutions. Instead I will make PLANS!!! You see, the difference between a resolution and a plan is that a plan has actual steps involved to reach your goal. This year, instead of resolving to lose weight, I ...
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This X-mas give yourself the gift of Good Credit!
2007-12-20 22:16:00
Hello Savvy Girls!First off let me say thank you very much to my 8 readers! I know it may sound like a small amount to you but to me, it's great. It feels good that 8 people like what I have to say enough that they would actually subscribe to see what I will say next. So again, thank you to my Savvy 8! The only thing I ask is that you help me to continue to grow the blogs readership by recommending it to people you know. Let's keep the ball rolling!!! Also, I would like to remind you that this is not just some place to go to when you want to read useful information. It really is YOUR place to go to for advice and knowledge. So, whatever you want to know about, ASK ME! In the future, I would like for this blog to be more reader focused but since I don't yet have any questions to answer, I post stuff that I think you should know about and hope I get feedback. So, what is today's topic you might ask...again CREDIT!I know it seems boring and perhaps you don't care what your credit ...
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No, a man is not everything but don't you want one?
2007-12-07 20:20:00
Hello Savvy Girls!Although I still see no comments (shame on you) I have gotten some feedback from friends verbally and through e-mail about my blog posts. The one that has gotten the most comments is the one about relationships with men. Basically, they do not think I should be telling other women how to get a man. They tell me that getting and keeping a man is not as important as getting your finances together, improving your health etc and that it should not even be included in my list of subjects. I mean, with all the other things that women have to worry about, a man should not be one of them right?Well, you know what I say??? Bulls#*t! Ladies, I know that you must put on the "I am woman" public face to keep your feminist card. But don't try this with me. I know better. OK, yes I know that the woman of today can do anything a man can do and I would even say that we do many things even better than men. I too am an independent woman with many, many concerns but when it comes rig...

I'm eating right and exercising but I can't lose WEIGHT!
2007-11-30 16:50:00
Well Savvy Girls,OK, it's one week after Thanksgiving and I guess I'm feeling guilty so here is another weight post. I owe it to you to write this post, especially those of you who know me personally. I talk a good game about weight control but if you look at me, you'll see that I am not skinny myself. Although I eat right and exercise, I'm a size 12/14.Just a short while ago though, I was 20 lbs lighter than I am now. But I made a huge mistake that made me gain weight. I went on birth control pills! Yeah, me! Can you believe it? As much as I rail against modern medicine, I went on a prescription. The pill was supposedly a low dose pill called Allese and on it, I gained 20 lbs in 4 months! Needless to say, I'm not on the pill anymore but I still have the weight. When I got off the pill in March, not only was I 20 lbs heavier, I had PMS from hell. I felt all the pregnancy-like symptoms without being pregnant. I had nausea, headaches, cramps, dizzyness, moodswings, sore boobs and...
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You CAN have good relationships with MEN!
2007-11-24 21:10:00
Hello Savvy Girls,This subject is the only one worthy of being the first posting to the relationship section of my blog. As women we desperately need to understand that our relationships with men, are a direct reflection of where we are mentally and spiritually in life. Let's take me for example. Until recently, I was a sad case. I had no trouble attracting men's attention but it would always be someone who I should never have given the time of day. Or, if I met a good man, he wouldn't be around very long. I'm sure some of you can relate to this. The straw that broke the camel's back was when I was about 28 years old and I met a handsome, successful man that I really liked and within 2 months, he stopped calling. I finally had to look at the one common thing in all of my relationships...ME!I know it is hard for most of us to believe that maybe there is something wrong with us and not everyone else. Looking back on that time I realized that I really didn't think much of myself ...
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OK so you have credit but it's BAD!
2007-11-24 21:06:00
Hello Savvy Girls!The bad credit demon can follow you around like a black cloud over your head preventing you from having all the comforts that make life a little easier. I've been there myself so I will tell you how to get out from under that cloud and into the sunshine.Alright, if you do have some credit history but it's bad, there are just a few simple steps you need to take to improve it. Your credit is probably bad if you have had credit cards that you didn't pay or you have had a car repo. Anyway, bad credit happens when you fail to pay something that you owe. So, here is this weeks list of steps to begin to repair your credit.1. Find out how bad your credit really is. The only way to do this is to get your credit reports. There are 3 companies that report your credit (Equifax, Transunion and Experian) and you will need all 3 reports. Here is a link to where you can get them. Get an Equifax 3-in-1 Credit Report Now! The credit reports will be instantly available on-line so ...

If you want the finer things, FINE TUNE YOUR CREDIT!
2007-11-24 20:59:00
Hello to all of my Savvy Girls,Our very first money discussion is about your credit. Now, I know people who have no idea what credit is or how it affects your life so let me start by explaining it. Basically, your credit is how the financial world sees you. If your credit is good, you can purchase pretty much whatever you want and make a monthly payment instead of paying all the money at one time. If it's bad, get used to driving that 1975 Gremlin and living in a shoe box because you are going to pay for everything up front! Come on now, you didn't think your girlfriend got that nice new car because she had a lot of money did you? She had good credit! And you can get it too just keep reading. Now, there are basically 3 types of people when it comes to credit. 1. No Credit .2. Bad Credit3. Fair-Good CreditFirst, lets deal with those of you that have no credit. You know who you are because you are not making payments on anything but maybe your rent and your light bill. He...
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Take Control of Your WEIGHT!
2007-11-24 20:44:00
Hello all my Savvy Girls!Let me say first, thank you for taking the time to read my blog and this being the first posting, please feel free to give me feedback on anything you would like to read about next time. Well ladies, you know as well as I do that our health is extrememly important. Minority women especially, like myself, have ignored our health for generations. I mean, we were taught that whatever food you get, be thankful for it and clean your plate. This is a survival mentality that grew out of scarcity. These days, food is not scarce by any means. Everywhere you look there is something you can put in your mouth. So, since times have changed, we must change with them. And back then, they did not have all of the pre-packaged processed foods that we have now. Everything was farm fresh and free of the chemicals that our food has today. There is no real nutritional value to anything that most of us eat. Ever wonder why you are overweight and can't get it under contr...
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