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10 Ways to Create a Personal Fitness Plan

Knowing you should exercise is a no-brainer; knowing how to make exercise part of your life is more challenging. “If the whole exercise thing is new for you, then you can easily become your own worst enemy,” says Fred Devito, vice president of movement classes and training at Exhale Enterprises, Inc. To stay focused, make a plan, like one of these 10 ways to create a personal fitness plan. Just remember, Devito says: “Sometimes it’s two steps forward one step back. Stay the course, keep it light. Exercise is only movement; if it’s not making you feel good, change the movements!”

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How to Get a Passport for a Baby

The world just keeps getting smaller with cheap airfares, accessibility to once remote locations and the abundance of information on the Internet. Becoming a parent doesn’t need to mark the conclusion to your wanderlust. Traveling with infants is easier than ever, too, with baby gear like travel systems and portable play yards. The most complicated part of taking a family vacation to a foreign land is getting a passport for your baby, and it isn’t even that complicated of a task.

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40th Wedding Anniversary Ideas

Forty years together takes love. Respect. Patience. And a little bit of stubbornness. When your 40th anniversary approaches, the challenge can be finding a special idea to celebrate that love (and that stubbornness). The writer Mignon McLaughlin once said: “A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.” So 40 years of marriage means 40 years of falling in love. It’s fitting then, that the traditional 40th anniversary gift involves rubies, which are the color of love.