House Calls from the Mayo Clinic

Okay, they don’t actually show up at your house with a little black doctor’s bag and a tub of mayo. But they do have a wide variety of helpful resources in their newsletter called “House Calls.” Blogs, “Ask a Specialist” and Healthy Recipes round out this ezine that is worth subscribing too, even if just to search for later. You can’t find health info from a more reputable place.

 

Keep Your Kids Safe This Summer

None of us like to think about the people who are out there who would want to take advantage our our children’s innocence. But protect yourself and your family with knowledge of who your neighbors are or if you are moving, check out the neighborhood before buying that house.. Lisa just received an email that a sexual predator moved near her and she thought you may also want to know about this web site to be able to get email alerts. The web site is Family Watch Dog. Be safe!

Click here to download our Family Study Guide!

 

Are You a Big Reader With a Desire to Save?

Looking for an inexpensive way to read more books? Check out PaperbackSwap. You list the books you want to get rid of and then when someone requests it you ship it out (about $2.15). Then you get a credit! And can use it for any book. Our founder, Lisa, has been using it for six months and loves it!

 

New Radio Program by Chronic Pain Sufferer

Don Piper, author of the best-seller, 90 Minutes in Heaven Ministries, has recently started a weekly radio program, “Here’s Hope with Don Piper.” It airs weekly on KKHT, “The Word,” 100.7 FM, at 9:00AM every Sunday morning, but anyone can here it live or archived at www.kkht.com.

Don lives with severe daily chronic pain following a car accident that literally killed him. It’s an amazing book and encouraging for anyone with illness to read. We highly recommend it! (Read more)

 

Live in the USA? Get Ready for the Election

We now know the presidential race is on between Obama and McCain. Lisa’s deep knowledge of either candidate is limited at this time, though she found it sad that the McCain campaign seemed to have rebuffed Billy Graham’s invitation to meet with him. Wherever you stand, don’t forget voting is a privilege and your vote counts. People with disabilities are about 20 percent less likely than those without disabilities to vote, and 10 percent less likely to be registered to vote (source).

Make sure you are registered to vote and sign up for an absentee ballot. You can always take it down to the voting place on Nov. 7th if you’d prefer, but if you have recently moved and don’t know the layout of the location, be aware it may be difficult to access. Read more about voting when you have disabilities
on the The Center for an Accessible Society web site.

 

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8 Signs You May Not Need a Support Group For Your Illness

 

Eat Out for a Fraction of the Cost

Wanting to have a nice dinner for a special occasion but just can’t justify the expense? Lisa has used a great service called Restaurant.com. You go in and browse the restaurants listed in your area and then you buy a “gift certificate” online that you present at the restaurant. Only the certificate isn’t full price! You can buy a $25 gift certificate for just $10. Be sure to read if any restrictions apply (some expire a certain number of days after your print out your coupon, etc.)

They also send constant discounts on the certificates. Click today and get $25 Gift Certificates for only $5. Just enter discount code CUISINE at checkout. It sounds too good to be true, but Lisa has used it at about 5 different restaurants!

 

Trying to Plan a Vacation on a Budget?

Trying to Plan a Vacation on a Budget?
Check out FreeAttractions.com . You can search their database for free attractions and free things to do in all 50 United States and over 1,500 U.S. Cities. Listings include Free Museums, Free Parks, Free Concerts, Free Parades, Free Festivals, and Free Zoos.

You can also find some great tips at Club Mom for planning a vacation on a budget. If you are flying be sure to check out all the latest up-to-date fees for everything from a second suitcase to gas tax and golf clubs or pets at Smart Travel. And wondering about disability access at places? Just Google a few words like disability access travel for all kinds of tips, travel agents and more. You may also want to call certain attractions ahead of time. See our poll at the bottom of the newsletter for more on this!

 

Want Your Patient’s Voice Heard?

Join The Patients Voice, a forum where patients, their families and friends can participate in a wide variety of market research projects about health care and medicine. They say, “Patients’ opinions have become essential: with the growing number of medical treatments and advice becoming more readily available and accessible, we now have a better understanding of what is happening and the different methods being utilized.”

 

What is This in the Sunroom?

This is a fun easy way for you to get your web site listed in one our top spots and give a small donation to RM at the same time. It’s supposed to be kind of a “tip jar” but you get a link back to your site. All links must be approved by RM.

The cost is just 6-bucks and your link will appear at the top and then move on down as more people participate.

With so many people asking us how to help spread the word about their books, blogs, chats, web sites, etc. we thought this was an easy way (and really inexpensive compared to most advertising costs) to help people at RM know what you have to offer!

Want to participate? Just click here and scroll down to the graphic on the left side of the screen! We’ll soon have a few of them in our new web site in different niche areas. We hope are readers will find new resources and those that have them can reach more people on small budgets.

We kicked it off with a link to the Comfort Zone Bookstore!