This is a little primer on how to start, survive and finish a
journey to super success and I want to share it with you.

Have you ever heard that old saying, “the rich get richer and
the poor get poorer”? Sure you have.

Is there a touch of irony here? The bottom line is this: whether
you are rich or poor, success, especially super success is
within your grasp. Why? Because if you love what you are doing,
what you are doing will succeed.

But what if we hate what we do, how do we get out of it? How can
we solve the dilemma? What if we’re trapped in an environment
that we don’t like and don’t want to be involved in any longer?
What if we’re sick and tired of our job? What if we feel so
trapped we lose all our ambition and want to throw-up every time
someone mentions our work?

You have two options. You take inspired and motivated action to
get out of your present rut and start living the life you’ve
always dreamed or you cop out for fear of the unknown and stay
in that rotten environment you call a job and hate without mercy.

Guess what? A radical change in your mindset is not easy. No one
is comfortable with upsetting the status quo. You will have to
come out of your comfort zone to discover the potentials and
opportunities waiting for you. You have to conquer your fear of
change and take a calculated risk including some not so
calculated. You have to stay focused and persevere despite the
difficulties you will encounter. Those difficulties will come
from those closest to you - family, friends, former co-workers.
And lastly, you will not have a backup plan because if you have
one, you will always, and I emphasize always, fall back on the
backup plan regardless of how distasteful it is.

Success doesn’t come easy. If it were so easy, everybody would
be super successful. It takes hard work. It takes heart. Most of
all, it takes passion. It may also take some time before you can
actually reap the fruit of your new labor. The line between
success and failure is razor thin.

So, how do you survive to endure to the final stage of super
success? This is the moment of truth. You are going along
working extra hard to reach your goals. This is also the
instance when you’re enduring whatever adversity hits you. You
have left the job you hate but now you begin to regret leaving
the safety of its sameness. Yet you push on. Good move because
this is the toughest barrier to break through.

So far, so good.

What do you have to do now to sustain the momentum?

Learn to love your current situation. See all the positive sides
of life. Be enthusiastic. Love your new work effort at every
stage. Love your family, your friends, and even strangers that
you meet on the streets. It may not be easy, but nothing is
impossible with strong will power. J. Paul Getty, one of the
most successful and richest men in the world during his time
often suggested that anything we want is within reach. All we
had to do was “will” it. Never forget about your dreams. Arrive
one step at a time. Balance is the key while you’re slowly
crawling the long journey to success. Be patient and be
enthusiastic. Don’t let the rush to get ahead forge such a path
that you totally forget how to enjoy life.

Smell the roses along the way.

One fine day, you will achieve what you have always longed. And,
when that day comes, don’t spit and gloat in the face of those
who belittled you at the start, and during your journey.

Please, stay humble. Don’t look down on others when you see that
you are becoming more successful than they ever thought of
being. Help them. Inject your positive aura into their
personalities. When you give, you will yield back equal or
greater rewards.

Are you ready to begin the journey? Start with courage and
desire to improve your life. Survive and go through it with
persistence, enthusiasm, and positive thinking. Finish it with a
resounding bang of accomplishment and with the desire to help
others succeed as well.

The subtle symptoms creep into our life one at a time until we find a barrage of complications we never had before. Constipation is the most obvious difference, then pain, abdominal cramps and bloating followed with occasional diarrhea, all add up to irritable bowel syndrome.

Our lifestyles have shaped our habits to fit an unnatural pattern of elimination. We eat and rush to work or school, suppressing the natural elimination that should occur within 20 minutes after eating.

Some individuals may wait as long as a week between bowel movements. This only complicates the impaction, toxic build up in the bowel, which comes back into the blood stream as toxic waste, and creates a need for laxatives or enemas.

Enema can be a natural remedy for irritable bowel syndrome and constipation. The early 1900’s medical practice was that when a patient was admitted to the hospital for any ailment, the patient first received an enema. A bit messy and inconvenient, enema is usually a last resort. Diet and intestinal cleanse using all natural herbs has become more popular and healthy.

Colon cleanse has become a buzzword as it has been determined that the origin of most disease starts in the colon. The impaction of fecal matter that lines the walls of the colon without being eliminated can easily be 15 pounds. Decay and putrefaction in the bowl throws the immune system in extreme overload, ridding the body of toxins and trying to fight off disease. If the immune system fails, disease grows in the body.

Irritable bowel syndrome can be controlled before permanent damage is done to the colon. Herbal colon cleanse is the most effective on a long-term use. Herbal colon detoxification is also called colon cleanse. High fiber foods in the diet are natural scrubbing agents for the colon to cleanse the cilia that absorb nutrients.

Constipation is not all corrected with a laxative. Drink 5 glasses of water a day. Avoid excess bread and pastry. Augment your diet with foods high in fiber. Choose an intestinal formula supplement that will stimulate the peristaltic action in your bowel and strengthens the colon muscles.

Avoid harsh laxatives that are not all natural. Dependence on over the counter laxatives can lead to weakened elimination muscles and loss of natural body function.

It is claimed that all habits can be learned in 21 days. In the next three weeks try an intestinal herbal formula and make time to eliminate within 30 minutes of eating. Your body is designed to heal itself if you do not override the master plan.

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Planning a remodel, major repair or new home construction? Looking for some terrific features to include that won’t be budget busters? We can help! We started collecting over 1,000 uncommon, affordable convenience built-ins in 1998, when we first began writing books and consulting to help people have truly extraordinary but affordable homes. Here are some of our favorite storage ideas as well as our 10 essential storage principles. Add any of these to your next project, and you’ll be on your way toward creating a home that’s truly beyond the ordinary!

1. First of all, the purpose of good storage is to help you keep organized. (Contrary to what your spouse or teenagers might say, it’s not merely to hide monster messes where they’ll get forgotten or require tons of time to sort through whenever someone’s looking for something!)

Rollaway storage with lockable wheels can tuck into a stall built into a lower cabinet, island, closet or under a sink. Or roll into place for being used under a table, desk or countertop. Ideal for laundry hampers and garbage cans; a cart for tableware (from walk-in pantry to the table and from the dishwasher back to the pantry); file cabinets; a stack of drawers; containers for toys, equipment, gift wrapping or craft supplies; an entire island; a wagon or cart to wheel around the house while putting various items it contains wherever they belong; and so much more.

2. There must be adequate storage space for all your current belongings, plus space for your future acquisitions. And if you’re likely to start a family while living in this house, that may mean you need as much space to grow into as you’ll fill when you move in.

Pullout shelves, bins, baskets and racks in lower cabinets allow easy access to their contents. Don’t forget to add these under sinks, with cutouts that fit around the plumbing. No more getting down on your hands and knees to see and find things! And with these, you can get to and therefore use the space that’s even at the very back of your cabinets.

3. Next, I’d be sure each storage area is appropriate for whatever you plan to store, and that each has compartments appropriate for its contents. That means your sports equipment needs space that’s different from the space for your music and video collections.

For hanging table linens, dowels bolted onto the back walls or mounted on a frame bolted to the sides or bottom of pantries, closets or cabinets make linens easily accessible while minimizing creases and fold lines. No more digging to the bottom of a drawer of folded linens to find a favorite tablecloth, or having to empty the entire drawer to get it out! And no more linens that are too wrinkled to use “as is!” This is also a great way to use a narrow area of otherwise wasted space.

4. Plan storage scattered throughout the whole house. Ideally, everything will be stored near where you’ll be using it. No point in hauling stuff through half the house!

You’ll love having closets and cabinets the pantry, too whose lights go on automatically as their doors open, the way a refrigerator’s does. (One of the many benefits of built-in cabinets is the inside lighting that’s possible.) No more groping to find manual light switches, especially when your hands are often too full to reach for a switch or they’re wet! This is also wonderful for kids and adults in wheelchairs who can’t easily reach a closet’s traditional light switch. A plunger switch is inside most refrigerators, but magnetic contact switches similar to those used in home security alarm systems can also do the job throughout your house.

5. I’d also plan for your most frequently used items to be easiest and quickest to reach, and to store your less frequently used things in the remaining space only after all the popular things are stored.

Electrical outlets inside drawers, cabinets or in appliance barns on countertops allow small appliances to be stored out of sight and used without frequent plugging and unplugging. (Ideally, everything you store in these spaces will be used nearby so you won’t need any extension cords.) You avoid countertop clutter, the items never get dusty and are always ready to use, and no one needs to fiddle with the plugs especially when their hands are wet or arthritic. Just be sure to measure the sizes of the appliances you plan to store before you finalize these spaces’ dimensions, so you avoid any surprises about something not fitting inside.

6. Your largest and heaviest possessions also need to be the easiest and quickest to get to, and not be put up high or in a corner that’s tricky to navigate. Fill the remaining storage spaces with your lightweight items.

Separate activity areas in the kitchen will make everything efficiently at hand exactly where you need it: baking and mixing, food preparation, cooking, cleanup, entertaining, beverage service, etc.

7. Be sure storage minimizes wasted space.

Hang a detachable hamper inside a pullout or tiltout lower cabinet door or storage bench, or inside a closet door. A cloth hamper hanging on a frame makes transporting clothes or linens to the washing machine especially easy, but wire or plastic hampers also work. No more dropping items on the way to the laundry room that you might trip over! Choose materials that allow ventilation in the hamper, to prevent mold from forming on any damp or wet items that remain inside for more than a few days.

8. Make your storage spaces accessible, so none of them are wasted because they can’t easily be reached.

Full-extension drawers, pullout shelves and file cabinets all on easy-gliding metal tracks allow you to reach and see all their contents, so you can use all their space.

9. I’d also look at traffic flows in the house. If your most frequently used items are stored in the major traffic paths, no one will have to go out of their way to get what they need, and you’ll have a very efficient house. On the other hand, you can also affect where the traffic detours through the house via where you store popular items. So if you want to stop frequent bottlenecks where people tend to collide with each other, you can move the popular items into different locations in order to force some of the traffic to flow along new paths.

Adequate clearance around every open drawer, hinged cabinet or door, and appliance door will keep traffic flowing and save you some steps. Be sure you have room to open and move around all the drawers and cabinets you need to open at once when you’re emptying the dishwasher, putting groceries away, working on a project, etc.

10. My final point is to make as much of the storage adjustable as possible, so as your needs change, the storage that worked for you initially can be modified to remain as effective as ever.

Open shelving or you can remove some cabinet doors gives you instant identification of and access to your stored goods. Stored items get more light around them and are easier to see, the motion of opening cabinets is not required, and this saves some trial and error if you don’t recall precisely what’s stored where.

Like this article? Then you’ll love our books that all have uncommon, affordable storage ideas that increase your quality of life and your home’s resale value! We also offer a free e-book at www.extraordinaryhomes.com: The 34 ExtraOrdinary Home Principles: Over 70 Fabulous, Affordable, Innovative Ideas That’ll Improve Your Life and WOW You!

© Copyright 2005 by Carol Abrahamson/ExtraOrdinary Homes. All rights reserved.

Carol Abrahamson consults, writes and makes presentations about more than 1,000 of these fabulous features that can improve your life, add value to your home and make you the talk of the town. She spent years researching them via thousands of sources just so you can quickly and easily use them to create your affordable, extraordinary Home of Your Dreams. Learn more about her work via www.extraordinaryhomes.com or carol@extraordinaryhomes.com.

Lofts are now one and the same to interior design, without question. What began as a cheap alternative to traditional housing is now only available to the wealthy. Industrial pavilions and vacant warehouses have become the support of interior design professional courses. It is very likely however that many interior designers approach lofts with the same doubts that any person feels when they attempt to decorate a new house.

These enormous, open spaces are filled with the industrial air that defines the space. Contributing to the perpetuation of the industrial aspect that formerly occupied this industrial space is the cold material. The polished cement floors help amplify spaces, due to the absence of boards and the levels of brightness. To separate the different spaces in a loft, you may choose to use different shades to stain the concrete floor. It is best to choose a small number of very intense colors. Using bright colors such as reds, oranges, or greens in the kitchen and bathroom will contrast with the coldness of the concrete and enhance the clean feeling you are surrounded by in the loft.

As far as furniture goes, go with a few, large pieces as a way to prevent using too many pieces of furniture that can create a disorderly appearance, as everything is visible at one glance. A loft should demonstrate the look of emptiness, few things, little time, fast-paced and hard working way of life.

Obesity is a disease that is not caused by a bacteria or virus
but a person’s own eating habits. It is a disease which is very
easy to get rid of just by changing your food habits. Shifting
excess kilos is as easy as making a few changes in your eating
habits and food mind-set. Here are a few tips that will help you
get rid of that bulge.

Free Healthy Diet Tips for Weight Loss!

1) Stay away from diet food that you don’t enjoy eating. Food
should be pleasurable not painful.

2) Replace your cooking oil with a spray oil. Cooking oil
contains alot more calories than spray oil.

3) Make food tastier by adding seasonings such as garlic, herbs,
and spices rather than butter or oil.

4) If you are thirsty drink water rather than a cold drink.
Water contains zero calories.

5) Go in for more green vegetables and cereals. Improve your
eating habits and take my words you will lead a healthy and
happy life!!.

6) Dont eat while watching TV or while reading. People tend to
eat more while watching TV.

7) Avoid Red Meat and prefer Fish. People who generally consume
large quantities of red meat are more prone to colon cancer as
per the studies. It increases the probability of getting
effected up to 50%. Red meat can be beef, pork or lamb. On the
other hand, chicken and fish lower the risk of developing colon
cancer.
Weight Loss pills do not help in long run. Slow and gradual
Weight Loss is the best way to loose Weight

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With the birth of the commercial Internet many companies
realized the need to jump on the bandwagon and create a Web
site. Rather than hire a design or advertising agency to create
their site, they elected an employee or group of employees to go
for training.

In the mid-nineties these individuals would learn html
programming and perhaps some basic Adobe Photoshop techniques.
By the late nineties the training may have involved any handful
of html authoring software packages. Armed with their new
technological know-how these employees went to work creating
their company’s new Internet offering.

Some companies were quite successful at the task of designing
in-house. Most were not. There are many reasons why these Web
sites failed. Most failed because of a lack of understanding
about the nature of the Internet monster that had just arrived
and so rudely jumped into everyone’s comfort zone. Some made the
mistake of thinking that they understood it based on knowledge
of previous advertising and marketing venues. Others felt that
they could tackle it because they had the necessary technical
knowledge.

To this day a large percentage of companies have not realized
the full potential of the Internet because they assume too much
and know too little.

You need to ask yourself, “Should my company design our Web site
in-house?” This question may well be answered by considering
another question: “Do we have the resources to do so?” Obviously
those companies that tried and failed began by thinking that
they were prepared. What did they do wrong?

Where did the responsibility land? In many cases the job of
designing the site fell to the corporate Information Systems
department. It makes sense, doesn’t it? These are the people
that set up the desktop computers, configure the servers and run
the network. Many in this department know how to program html,
javascript, cgi, etc. Some may have a working knowledge of
various database programs and can design a great back-end system.

The one thing that most IS departments lack, however, is someone
that has studied psychological marketing and has a solid graphic
design background. As a result, the finished web site was
unprofessional looking, difficult to navigate and hard to
understand.

Needless to say, the task of developing the corporate web site
should not become part of the IS world. The IS department
provides the back-end systems that drive the site. They should
not design it.

Should the task of developing the web site go to the Marketing
department? The answer is, not necessarily. It is true, the
Internet is a wonderful marketing tool, but if your site is
selling products the Marketing department has no business
administering it. Their time is better spent promoting it.

In most cases it would be best to establish a separate
department made up of information architects, content developers
and graphic designers. This group (we’ll call it the Internet
Development department) works closely with the IS and Marketing
departments to accomplish their ends.

The IS or Marketing departments should not oversee the Internet
Development department. As a general rule, oil and water do not
mix. Creative and analytical minds can compliment each other and
contribute to a successful project, but there may be problems
when one controls the other. It generally results in wasted
efforts and unnecessary tension.

So, if you are a business owner, and you want your business to
be successful with in-house web site development, what should
you do?

1. Hire an information architect(s) (someone who will organize
the information that will go in your site).

2. Hire a graphic designer(s) with strong Internet design skills
(preferably with knowledge of html and other forms of Internet
programming).

3. Group these two together and let them consult with the
Marketing department for branding purposes and utilize the
services of the Information Systems department to get your site
live on the web.

4. Have everyone report to you alone.

5. Be open minded.

It’s that easy.

If your company does not have the resources to create a new
department and hire an Internet development staff, you may want
to seriously consider hiring an agency to create your site. The
cost to do so is less than paying salaries. Having a
professional, experienced agency create your Web presence will
make you more money in the long run than having an inexperienced
individual do the work.

[From our deconstruction of hundreds of Hollywood blockbusters and sitcoms at www.clickok.co.uk and our isolation and identification of more than 188 stages of the Hero’s Journey that you need to know about…]

The Hero’s Journey is the template upon which the vast majority of successful stories and Hollywood blockbusters are based upon. In fact, ALL of the Hollywood movies we have deconstructed are based on this template.

Understanding this template is a priority for story or screenwriters.

The Hero’s Journey:

a) Attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

b) Gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Interpreted metaphorically, laterally and symbolically, allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.

and more…

The search for story structure

There is a constant search for effective story structure. The purpose being to find some formula / methodology that will enhance creative output and make the job of idea generation / writing stories easier.

Various methods have been adopted and one of the most commonly known is the simple three act structure, which is popular because it can be applied universally but has the inherent weakness of being pointless, because it doesn’t do the core job of making writing easier (it has no structural elements).

With the wide variety of stories out there - plays, TV dramas, sitcoms, screenplays etc… the task of finding such a formula seems daunting.

The concept of a universal formula is itself criticised. As is the idea of a universal process.

However, by reducing the task to one domain - say screenwriting - it becomes a little more logical to pose the question that perhaps there is a formula just for writing effective screenplays.

The way to overcome the first barrier (psychological) is not to question the validity of a formula - whether one should exist or not - but to simply accept that if there is one, then the writer should use it to maximum effect. The problems here revolve around the area of “creativity”, which is supposed to result from anything other than a process. But creativity managers know that there is far more process and structure involved in creativity and innovation than is normally given credit.

The way to overcome the second barrier (the search for an effective system) is to search by deconstructing many, if not all, the successful end-results out there, in other words, deconstructing as many successful screenplays as possible. The revelation from that endeavour results in an insight into story construction that cannot be read about.

Ultimately, we arrive at the conclusion that there is indeed one core template upon which all successful screenplays are built upon…and all the writer has to do is master it.

We call that core template the Hero’s Transformation but it is known more commonly as the Hero’s Journey.

Learn more…

The Complete 188 stage Hero’s Journey and other story structure templates can be found at http://www.clickok.co.uk/
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Most coaches and “success” experts counsel you to create a
vision, and goals and focus on what you want to achieve in order
to create the success you want in your life.

It’s not that that’s bad or wrong, but I’d like to suggest you
should also look a little closer to home and focus on all the
great things that have happened in your life … all the
successes you’ve had in your business and in your life.

Even if you haven’t yet achieved all your goals and your
business is not exactly where you want it to be, I guarantee
there are a multitude of little successes along the way you
could be celebrating right now.

And what better way to set a great vibe and send a message to
the Universe that you are embracing your success and you’re
ready for more?

Here are 10 questions to help you get started on your Gratitude
Journey:

(1) Is your business still afloat?

Over 80% of all new businesses fail within the first few years.
If yours is still alive and kicking (even if it feels like your
business is on life support!) you have reason to celebrate.

(2) Did you learn something this past year?

Remember, life is about the journey, not the destination. If you
had the opportunity to learn and grow this past year, you
enriched your life and probably your business, too.

(3) Do you have a least one client or customer?

Congratulations! You’ve enriched someone else’s life or
business. And you’ve proven there IS a market for your product
or service.

(4) Do you have friends or family who support you?

Succeeding in life and in business is a team sport. Be grateful
for those around you who believe in you and support what you do.
They can help make the difference between success and failure
for you; you’re lucky to have them.

(5) Did you make at least one mistake this past year?

I hope so, because out of our mistakes come our biggest growth
opportunities. If you failed at something I guarantee you
learned more this year than you would have had everything gone
right.

(6) Did you take a chance?

If you’ve started your own business, you definitely took a
chance. You risked safety and security for the dream of
something bigger, better and more fulfilling. Congratulations!
Do you know how many people wish they had the guts to do what
you’ve done?

(7) Did you read at least one book?

Reading opens your heart and mind to new possibilities. It
expands you and enables you to grow and learn. Be grateful if
you read last year, your world of opportunity grew as a result.

(8) Did you give of yourself?

Did you share some advice, teach a class, write an article, give
someone a gift, make a donation, tell someone you love them or
offer something with no expectation in return? Givers get. Not
that they give TO get … it’s just the way the Universe works.
You are blessed if you gave this past year.

(9) Do you have a place to live?

Many people lost their homes in an overabundance of disasters in
2005. If you’ve still got a home, even if it’s smaller or not as
nice as you wish, consider yourself lucky. And take a few
moments to think about those who have lost everything.

(10) Are you alive?

I know it sounds corny and cliche, but if you’re alive, be truly
thankful. My daughter lost a 16-year-old girlfriend this past
year, and a very good friend of mine nearly died. Life is
precious. Be thankful for yours every single day.

Take some time every day to reflect on all you have to be
grateful and thankful for and I think you may just be surprised
to see more success and great things flowing into your life.

Because remember, what you focus on expands!

(C) Copyright 2006 Debbie LaChusa

Since the beginning of time, patriotism has been the cause of
disputes and disagreements among people, young and old. Many
battles have been fought, some successfully won and oftentimes
lost. During those times, people show their love for country the
only way they know how. And that is, through arms and weapons
and destruction. There was always the possibility of gaining all
and losing everything. That was what they had to go through for
the sake of patriotism.

Then came the time when weapons were drawn to be by the pen.
Writers now secretly attack enemies through prints, making it
known what they are against and what they are after. Writing
became a powerful instrument in the beginnings of revolts among
countrymen. What cannot be won in struggles can now be won in
writing. But those that still cannot is still turning to
battles. Writing only served as the medium, it triggers the
feelings that are well kept and needed to let out.

As time goes by, battles became less frequent. Peace somehow
settled and people attained the freedom that took centuries to
come. Freedom of speech and expression followed and these
continue on until today…

Today, patriotism has been the favorite topics of movies and
books. Not only that, it has also been favorites of printing
companies. Whether political or commercial, it serves its
purpose of targeting the emotions that have originated from the
deep roots of the past. Reading and studying through patriotism
by heroes from by way when serve as pastimes and sources of
educational knowledge for the people of today.

Written materials have been preserved and passed on from
generations to tell the account of the past that people have
forgotten. It serves either as leisure or educational reading to
most people. Paintings that revered patriotism have been done by
many artists, famous and infamous alike. They are either
depicted in one or two colors that depict its simplicity at the
same time, the bleak reality of what the world used to be. With
the creation of more colors, these paintings were given the life
and dramatic effect that made the images come to life. Paintings
were seen in a new perspective when it was adapted not only in
posters, but in clothes, trucks, billboards and any material
that can be printed on. Next came, digitally enhanced films that
gave filmmaking a new life. Pictures were enhanced to produce
striking images that produces deep awakenings to a person.
Adapting the concept of patriotism on the internet became the
“in” thing. Companies took it into their logo designs, dramatic
captions and related it into the contents. As was in the past,
patriotism tends to stir something in the deepest emotion of the
people.

What better way to make people sit back and take it all in than
have their past relived before their very eyes? Because bringing
patriotism into prints not only refreshes ones legacy, it also
makes questions of the future easy to fathom.

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Recipient of a single nomination for an Emmy and a Golden Globe in its initial five seasons, Gilmore Girls is much more successful among members of the television viewing public than among critics. The result of a joint partnership between The WB Network and television industry executives, Gilmore Girls - the first script from the Family Friendly Forum to become a regular series - showcases a mother-daughter relationship and the chronicles the personal world in which they live. Set in the non-existent town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the show makes use of many of the same sets used by an earlier Warner Brothers hit series The Dukes Of Hazzard…

Gilmore Girls takes place in a small Norman Rockwell-esque township in Connecticut where a diverse range of eccentric characters and personalities live out their lives. In Stars Hollow, Lorelai Gilmore (Lauren Graham) raises her daughter and best friend, Rory Gilmore (Alexis Bledel), hoping to give Rory a better life than she has so far enjoyed. Learning from the mistakes of her youth, Lorelai decides to keep and raise her newborn baby while still very young herself (in fact, as the series begins, Rory is the same age as when Lorelai had her), and she’s insistent that Rory make better choices for her own life. As Rory prepares for college, Lorelai notes many of her own character traits present in her daughter, and it worries her… Overall, Gilmore Girls is a dramatic series focusing on love, friendship, and life choices shared by a mother and her daughter in present day America…

The Gilmore Girls (Season 2) DVD features a number of touching episodes including the season premiere “Sadie, Sadie” in which Lorelai accepts Max’s marriage proposal and tells everyone except her parents the good news. In the meantime, Rory brings Dean to her grandparent’s house to celebrate Rory’s academic success at Chilton, only to have Richard castigate Dean for his lack of ambition. Meanwhile, Emily is heartbroken when she learns of her daughter’s wedding from Sookie instead of Lorelai… Other notable episodes from Season 2 include “The Ins and Outs of Inns” in which Lorelai and Sookie decide to follow their dream to buy and run an inn (but encounter complications in finding the right property), and “There’s the Rub” in which Emily and Lorelai bond while taking a weekend spa…

Below is a list of episodes included on the Gilmore Girls (Season 2) DVD:

Episode 22 (Sadie, Sadie) Air Date: 10-09-2001
Episode 23 (Hammers and Veils) Air Date: 10-09-2001
Episode 24 (Red Light on the Wedding Night) Air Date: 10-16-2001
Episode 25 (The Road Trip to Harvard) Air Date: 10-23-2001
Episode 26 (Nick & Nora/Sid & Nancy) Air Date: 10-30-2001
Episode 27 (Presenting Lorelai Gilmore) Air Date: 11-06-2001
Episode 28 (Like Mother, Like Daughter) Air Date: 11-13-2001
Episode 29 (The Ins and Outs of Inns) Air Date: 11-20-2001
Episode 30 (Run Away, Little Boy) Air Date: 11-27-2001
Episode 31 (The Bracebridge Dinner) Air Date: 12-11-2001
Episode 32 (Secrets and Loans) Air Date: 01-22-2002
Episode 33 (Richard in Stars Hollow) Air Date: 01-29-2002
Episode 34 (A-Tisket, A-Tasket) Air Date: 02-05-2002
Episode 35 (It Should’ve Been Lorelai) Air Date: 02-12-2002
Episode 36 (Lost and Found) Air Date: 02-26-2002
Episode 37 (There’s the Rub) Air Date: 04-09-2002
Episode 38 (Dead Uncles and Vegetables) Air Date: 04-16-2002
Episode 39 (Back in the Saddle Again) Air Date: 04-23-2002
Episode 40 (Teach Me Tonight) Air Date: 04-30-2002
Episode 41 (Help Wanted) Air Date: 05-07-2002
Episode 42 (Lorelai’s Graduation Day) Air Date: 05-14-2002
Episode 43 (I Can’t Get Started) Air Date: 05-21-2002

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