When you think of social networking, you probably think of myspace and your teenagers.  Not any more!  Anyone can start their own social networking free website with wetpaint.com.  It’s a place where you can create your own online community based on whatever your interested in, such as tv shows or movies, cooking, renovating your home, even your wedding or high school reunion.  In fact, you can build a Wetpaint community about anything at all.  

Wetpaint gives you everything you need to create your own social website through the technology of free wiki, blogs and social networks.  It’s fun, easy and best of all it’s free. Wetpaint gives you  templates and click and type tools so everything is laid out for you to create a social website where people can contribute content, give their opinions and participate in the community around what ever it is they enjoy. 

Add content to your own or other people’s pages or wiki by simply clicking on any open page and then typing, adding photos, YouTube media and more. By following the simple site creation steps outlined you can choose whether you want your site to be private or public, fill out your profile and you’re in business.  There is even custom domain mapping, a widget menu and easy photo and video integration.  To grow your site you can use the ‘invite others’ feature, private onsite messaging and upload your address books.

What are you waiting for? Use the search box to see who has started a page on whatever topic that sparks your interest.  New features are being added all the time so there will always be something new and interesting to do at a Wetpaint site. 

Are you a woman who is in debt?  Whether you have debt solely from attending college, from credit cards, old medical bills, or a combination of them all, you may be scared, unsure, and frustrated.  In today’s society, with regularly rude calls from debt collectors, you may be feeling as if your debt is causing you to become insane.  Yes, it may seem like the end of the world, especially at first, but it is important to remember that your debt doesn’t have to the be the end of you.

As previously stated, a large number of debt-ridden women in the United States have problems with debt collectors calling at just about all hours, as well as having rude attitudes. The last thing that you will want to do is allow a debt collector to get you all worked up, no matter how they act or treat you.  If you feel that you cannot take it anymore, you do not have to.  At any point in time, when speaking to a debt collector, you can simply hang up the telephone.  More drastic approaches have been used by women including screening all telephone calls with the use of caller id or an answering machine.

Although you may not be interested in speaking with a debt collector, you may want to think about doing so.  Often times, you will find that debt collectors stop calling or at least reduce the number of calls that they place to you once they are able to at least speak with you. So, if you are feeling up to it, go ahead and answer that phone. Just be sure not to make any payment arrangements that you cannot keep. Also, be sure to check the statue of limitations in your state.  In some states, such as New York, the statue of limitations on when debt can be collected is six years.

Another one of the many reasons why debt is so stressful and such an issue for many women is because they feel helpless and hopeless when they are unable to pay their debt.  What you need to remember though is that there are always ways that you can go about working to pay off your debt, even if it is just a little bit at a time. It may seem silly, but paying off your debt, even if it is only twenty dollars here and there, is likely lessen the burden and stress that you currently feel.

If you would like to get out of debt, but you don’t know how, you may want to consider making an appointment with a debt reduction specialist or an accountant. While this professional assistance will cost you a little bit of money, upfront, it is well worth it for many women; women just like you.  That is because the professional assistance of debt reduction specialists and accountants may be able to help you get your life back on track.

Although the cost of seeking professional assistance is more than worth it, you may not necessarily have the money to spend. If that is the case, you can still work to get yourself out of debt and settle this stressful issue once and for all. What you are urged to do is examine your spending habits.  You may even want to record all of the purchases that you make during one weeks time. How many of those purchases can you live without, even just temporarily? As previously stated, paying off your debt, even in little increments, may be able to help reduce the stress often associated with unpaid debts.  So, even if you are only able to save two dollars on a soda each day, that should provide you with twenty dollars a week to put towards your debt.

In short, debt is an issue that many women must face and deal with each day. Although it may seem like it, debt doesn’t have to be the end of you, as outlined above.

Of course, everyone knows Harry Potter and his world of wizards and magic doesn’t really exist. Hogwarts and all it’s characters Hogwarts was created by J. K. Rowling in her fantasy series. 

But, they had to shoot the movies somewhere, right?  So, if your kids (or you, for that matter) are big Potter fans, and your travels are going to take you to London, why not go looking for the real life that helped depict the mythical Harry Potter?

Start in Central London, at Kings Cross Station.  You can walk right up to platforms 9A and 9B, and just imagine there’s a platform 9 and 3/4 between them.

The scene where Harry releases the snake from it’s cage was filmed at the London Zoo.

Next stop:  North Yorkshire, and the train station in Hogsmeade Village, admirably portrayed in the movies by Goathland Station.  Their website lists a variety of other TV shows and movies that have filmed there as well.

Hogwarts, the school of wizardry, is actually a combination of several locations across the UK and some movie sets as well:

- Alnwick Castle, home of the Dukes and Earls of Northumberland and the second largest castle in England, served as the Hogwarts exterior in the first two movies.

- 1300 year old Gloucester Cathedral provided several interiors.

- The medeieval village of Lacock and Lacock Abbey provided more of the Hogwarts indoor scenes.

- The massive Hogwarts Library is actually a combination of Duke Humfrey’s Library and the Divinity School at Oxford University.

- And the Great Hall of Oxford’s largest college, Christ Church, is Hogwarts’ principal stand-in.

All of these places have web sites listing their availability for tourism and attractions.  So, the next time you’re in England, why not try to chase down Harry Potter’s stomping grounds…?

When traveling with small children, try to keep your child’s likes and dislikes in mind when selecting a destination.  Some children will happily visit “boring old places,” but many will not.  Most children, however, might be more willing to sit through the boring spots if they understand that they’ll get to go to “someplace cool” afterwards.

Remember to think through the destinations, too.  While an amusement park—with the rides, costumes, food and fun—might sound great, children might disagree when they’re too small to actually ride the rides.  How much fun is it to sit in a stroller while the older kids ride the roller coaster, or to wave to Mommy from Daddy’s arms on the shore as her paddle boat passes by? 

The reverse is also true; while the younger children will happily explore a petting zoo or pony ride, the older children might spend the entire visit wishing they were anyplace else and hoping that pictures of them feeding a baby goat won’t get back to their classmates.

Some children will be thrilled by a museum, while others will not.  The fossilized skeletons and stuffed hunting cats will fascinate some kids and terrify others.  Many museums have interactive areas that provide a hands-on learning experience.

National parks and other outdoor attractions attract kids of all ages.  The younger ones will appreciate the chance to run around and play, while the older ones might be interested in the science or history of the site. 

Keep in mind the attitudes and feelings of children, too.  They might say they’re looking forward to visiting a cave, until they realize that “exploring the cavern” actually means “climbing down into this really big really scary dark hole in the ground.”  Sensitive children might just cut the exploring short when they see what it involves.