Friday's Top Ways to Keep Up...

Happy Friday! I hope everyone will have an amazing weekend, but I want to make sure I leave you with a few "Keeping Up" Tips before the weekend starts.

1. Give Back! Make sure that you are looking for ways to help out in Haiti. I found a cute way that you can give back:

Every donation to Wyclef Jean’s Yele Haiti organization that is made through Karen’s Body Beautiful will be matched by the company. Also, KBB is sending products directly to Haiti. Click here to visit Karen’s Body Beautiful, and click here to go straight to the donation page. (Afrobella.com)

2. Be Financially Responsible!
Build Security (Step 3 of Suzie Orman's easy money to-do list.)

Boost emergency fund to cover 8 months of living expenses. Why it's important: By now I am sure you have started saving. The next step is to keep at it until you have at least eight months' worth of living expenses.

Do this now: Go to MyFDICInsurance.gov for banks and NCUA.gov for credit unions to verify that your emergency fund is tucked away at an institution that is federally insured. Never invest your emergency savings in the stock market. Safe, not sorry, is all that matters.

3. Win Big! Enter for a chance to win the Palmolive Holiday Kitchen Giveaway. You could win the grand prize package that includes $5,000 worth of your choice of kitchen appliances, and $1,000 Bed Bath & Beyond. For more information visit the website http://www.palmoliveholidaygiveaway.com/

4. Relationship advice! Black voices gives us relationship advice. "It's Detox Time: Refresh Your Relationship and Get Rid of Bad Spirits"

Top 10 Bad Spirits:

The Scorekeeper: You constantly compete with your partner, and it turns your relationship into a battleground. You sacrifice your relationship to be a winner at the expense of making your partner a loser. Healthy relationships are built on love, so let go of the your competitive spirit and focus on creating a win-win relationship for both you and your partner.

Click here to find out the other nine...

5. Travel! Travelocity began a new refund policy for most of its packages—specifically, its flights-plus-hotels packages. If you book a package with Travelocity and subsequently spot it for cheaper elsewhere online—any time prior to the day of departure—you can get a refund for the difference in price. Through March 22, the agency will also receive a $50 discount toward future travel. (For full rules, see travelocity.com/guarantee.)

6. Love and Health! "13 Simple Tips for Seriously Better Sex"

1. Take a lunchtime stroll
2. Book a rubdown
3. Read something hot
4. Get really relaxed
5. Pop a multi
6. Break a sweat beforehand
7. Smell your way sexy
8. Ask about those little blue pills
9. Check your medicine cabinet
10. Patch it up
11. Put a stop to distraction
12. Keep it simple
13. Just do it!

For an explanation to the items on the list...click here!


-Keep Up!