Manage Your Life

4 Ways to Wake Up Faster

nospam@example.com (Kaboodle.com) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:20:14 -0800

If the recent news of British grocery chain Tesco’s new no-pajamas dress code is any indication, we could all use some help waking up in the morning. Luckily we found five gadgets that are here to help. Try one or all to encourage more prompt perk-up each and every day. Enjoy a Classy…

Girls! Here's How You Meet Guys: Go to an Engineering School!

nospam@example.com (Back on the Career Track) — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 03:19:26 -0800

(actual MIT classroom)

by Carol Fishman Cohen

Last week's New York Times carried a prominent story about the twisted social scenes on college campuses with lopsided girl populations. With colleges averaging 57% female, getting the most desirable guys on campus leads to competitions of the most dysfunctional kind. Since we at iRelaunch are doing a lot of work right now on how women with tech backgrounds return to work after career breaks, we are focusing on the schools those women attended in the first place. Guess what? Tech schools are overwhelmingly male!

Organize a Stress-Free Valentine’s Day

nospam@example.com (ModernMom) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:38:29 -0800

By Sarah Welch & Alicia Rockmore Why is it that the day we’re supposed to celebrate the person who makes us feel the most special ends up being the day that makes us feel the most stressed? What should I get them? What will they get me? Is this romantic enough? Should we go somewhere fancy or…

10 Reasons Why Betty White Should Host Saturday Night Live

nospam@example.com (BettyConfidential.com) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:18:16 -0800

More than 90,000 Facebook fans are petitioning for the former Golden Girl to host SNL. You hear that, Lorne Michaels?

- Carrie Seim,

Fun (and Surprisingly Not at All Cheesy) Valentine's Day Gifts for $10 or Less

nospam@example.com (TheNest.com) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:29:02 -0800

Valentine's Day is not all chocolates and roses. Tired of the cliches and looking for something new and quirky to give your Valentine this year? Read on -- our top six finds will offer the perfect way to say, "Be mine."

Celeb homes revealed (and yes, they’re just as luxurious and over-the-top as you’d think)!

nospam@example.com (Carolina Buia, Shine staff) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:39:54 -0800

If money were no object, where—and how—would you live? Today we bring you a bit of perspective on the issue with Make Home A Haven’s celebrity edition, with a peek inside the incredibly luxurious, no-expense-spared homes of Taylor Swift, Conan O’ Brien, and more.

9 Money Tips for Women in Their 20s, 30s, and 40s

nospam@example.com (Laurie PK, Quips & Tips for Achieving Goals) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:32:28 -0800

Are you controlling your money, or is your money (and debt) controlling you? Basic personal finance may not be that interesting to most women in their 20s or 30s, but it's one of the keys to a happy, fulfilled life! Money may not make you happy, but it can at least make you miserable…

Pet-proofing Our Place (Or Trying, Anyway)

nospam@example.com (Melanie and Jen, Redbook Magazine) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:40:49 -0800

When I graduated from college and moved out of my parents' house for good, I was so excited about getting a cat that I...sort of adopted one before I had an apartment. (Joe and I were living with family for a month before the lease at our new place kicked in; my old roommate let our…

8 Fabulous Valentine's Day Gifts for Her

nospam@example.com (Sweet Finds) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:13:00 -0800

Word on the greeting card aisle is that this Sunday is Valentine’s Day, so here are eight Valentine gifts for you to get your leading lady. (Or ladies, for you to put on your wish list.) All of them are under $100 and can still be delivered by February 14, as of Monday, February 8.

Coming up…

8 ways to cut your cell phone bill

nospam@example.com (Dory Devlin, Shine staff) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:44:39 -0800

When you read stories about how the cost of everything is not keeping pace with the money people earn, the facts that health care costs are rising and college tuition is completely out of whack with reality typically get mentioned. For good reason, of course. But it's also important to acknowledge that families are spending money on budget items that were not found in our parents' checkbooks.

Think: Big TVs and the big service contracts that come with them. Computers and the monthly Internet service they require.

And: cell phones.