URB Magazine Fall 2014

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For the life of a Modern Lady.

Here is where you go to celebrate the journey of womanhood and all that comes along with it. Our team of women and parents will discuss all topics of life from spiritual balance and beauty to home and food.

We have everything you need to let your light shine brighter than before. ~ The Urbs

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Celebrate Life Daily

We're for youth development, healthy living and social responsibility.

Experience The Real Muncie

Home Is Where...

Our goal at Urban Eclectic is to change the female perception of who she is and what she must do as a woman in this century. We want her to know how impotant she is, right in her community by simply being a mother, daughter, friend, sister, aunt. cousin or wife. All she must do is be calm, know herself and have handy resources at all times.

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Content Autumn 2014 Features This Season lotus moms five star services delivery in muncie Embrace Your Inner Child “the importance of “girl time”

In Every Issue Greetings From The Editor How’s It Going The Question Urb Online From our...

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greetings from the Editor Ahhh, Fall!...

With all the hustle of the holidays and back to school action, we want everyone to sit and relax for the introduction of the Urban Ladies League (the Urbs) and the fun to come here at URB. This is more than a magazine, it is a resource guide for the modern Lady. The Urbs are here to share anything that we would share with any of our family, friends, or neighbors. There is a radio show, events, workshops and even services. We want everyone to know us like family before the premiere issue arrives. So, this autumn everything will be sponsored by The family blog… At The Table.

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Mother Nature

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How’s It Going?

Share your opinion, news and most trusted ideas about life

Mother Nature A long time ago, if you had asked me if I liked Nature in Autumn, I would have said no, because Autumn is the season when all the trees and flowers die and are pretty much dormant until Spring comes again. However, now I've come to love seeing little red and orange leaves everywhere, it's so pretty. In addition to that, I think that it's poetic in a way.

Life ends so that in another season new life can begin. ~ Angie Jones Chicago, IL

Family values are a little like family vacations - subject to changeable weather and remembered more fondly with the passage of time.

Though it rained all week at the beach, its often the momentary rainbows that we remember. ~ Leslie Dreyfous

When I met you, my life changed. Don't know when this feeling came. I got out of bed one morning. Shocked about this feeling. ~Hanson Pile Muncie, IN U.L.M. | How’s it

This Season we asked Why do you love Autumn?

I love having all of my loved ones gathered together sharing great food and even better stories. ~ Inez P. Gary, IN

Seeing my dog run and jump through the leaves. He also chases the duckies, but we are working on that! ~ Ethan J. Portage, IN APPLES!!! ~ Angie B. 11 months

Seeing my wife sitting in the bedroom window with a book, wearing her favorite blue sweater. ~ Nathan D. Merrillville, IN U.L.M. | We asked

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My Mommy in the kitchen with daddy making pretty smells that we cn eat! ~ Arica N. 3 years old Apples are awesome, I love to have things that taste of apples. I love to drink hot apple cider on a cool Autumn day. It's festive and just feels good going down. ~ Jenna G. Indianapolis, IN

Pumpkins!! Yes. It's that time of year when you will see pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns on porches and front lawns. I've grown to like them thanks to my nephew. He loves to see them, and points them out to me wherever we go. ~ Sander D. Yorktown. IN

- Andy W. Muncie. IN

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~ Kaylee P. Muncie, IN age 3

I love to walk around sniffing the air inside the house in Autumn because there is always something baking. ~Danny H. Anderson, IN U.L.M. | We asked

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Our favorite hints, tips, ideas and more from a few of our favorite Halloween Theme? families...

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Click the titles ---> How to carve pumpkins with a drill U.L.M. | muncue mom

UrbOnline.org Goal To change the female perception of who she is and what she must do as a woman in this century.

Mission Statement Being a Lady is more than a blessing. It is a duty that requires strength, creativity and a balance of life.

Objectives * To take pride in being a woman * To make life luxuriously balanced * Make many moments to remember

Shop Talk Never settle for "wifey" or "baby mamma". I love that my husband ruins my lipstick and not my mascara. ~Tamara McDaniel

What’s happening This Season Lotus Moms This "pamper party" has a purpose.

Products and tips for a Lady to feel her true, beautiful self.

S.L.C. Guide We are on the lookout for five star services in Indiana.

From vacation spots to grocery stores we will get the scoop and where to go when you want to spend a little dough! ;-)

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Every Lady Should Be Comfortable

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Colors of beauty Your Body care, style and health

Our bloggers are excited to start the blog with fall fashions and cold weather tips. A lady shouldn't have to sacrifice warmth for style, so we have tracked down the latest styles that should be in every closet.

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Say Good-Bye To Dry When cold weather hits, use these ultra moisturizing tips to fight the itch

By Stacey Colino

—drying conditions ahead.

The main culprits are cold air, which holds less moisture than warm air, and low humidity and central heating, which make already dry air even drier. But winter and cold weather also hits harder as you get older, partly because of changes in your body over which you have little control.

The result: Your skin becomes rough, flaky, and itchy and your eyes, red and irritated. It's not just a matter of comfort or appearance. Dryness can also leave you vulnerable to a host of potentially dangerous infections and injuries (such as scratched corneas) and exacerbate existing problems (like eczema and psoriasis). These simple skin care beauty tips for soothing skin, eyes, and hair can help you survive the cold weather season.

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Embrace Your Inner Child

What We Can Learn From Children

By Sandra Magsamen

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Embrace Your Inner Child What We Can Learn From Children We are all born with the gifts of creativity, imagination, play, exploration and curiosity. Children act on these valuable attributes freely, discovering happiness, belonging, connection and community through them.

Playing, imagining and curiosity served you well in childhood and can again be renewed to enhance your quality of life, well-being and, ultimately, your happiness as an adult.

"We are intended to remain in many ways childlike," anthropologist Ashley Montagu once wrote. "We were never intended to grow up into the kind of adults most of us have become. We are designed ... to grow and develop in ways that emphasize rather than minimize childlike traits."

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Are you in touch with your inner child? Take this quiz!

Sandra's 6 ways to embrace your youthfulness

It's no surprise that a UCLA study documented what we already assumed: On average, at age 5 we engage in creative tasks 98 times a day, laugh 113 times and ask 65 questions. By age 44, the numbers fade to two creative tasks a day, 11 laughs and six questions.

I want you to decide to reverse the slide in these numbers in your daily life. A good place to start is by asking questions. Questions will lead you to use your curiosity, rethink what you're doing and find new ideas. And asking questions won't take a lot of time—you can ask yourself questions wherever you are: in the shower, at breakfast, driving your car or commuting home on the subway, bus or train.

Ask yourself: ● Is this the way I want to do this, or is there a different way?

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Is the fastest way always the best way?

What's my purpose in doing what I want to do? What's the message I want to send?

Am I wanting to make someone smile or give a helping hand?

What rule am I observing by doing what I'm doing?

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The importance of ‘girl time” Hanging out with friends is good for more than a good time

Do you feel like your social life has taken a hit while you’re climbing the corporate ladder or maybe just focusing on family? In general, every time we’re overwhelmed with work, school, and families, the first thing we cut to make more time is our friendships with other women. We put those friendships on the back burner, and after failing to nurture them, we start losing those relationships.

If this rings true, you are not alone. A survey taken by the University of Chicago discovered that Americans have a third fewer close friends and confidants than two decades ago.Back in 1985, Americans believed they had three people in whom they could confide personal matters, and in 2004 that number had dropped down to just two.

Even with Facebook, Twitter, and all the forms of social media out there, this evidence points to people living lonelier and more isolated than in the past. Feelings of isolation can lead to depression, anxiety, and even health problems. The easiest solution is nurturing your friendships, hence, the importance of girl talk.

In the spirit of girl talk, we created the GirlsGuideTo TV series, which launches tomorrow. Each week you'll get a serious dose of girl bonding time, starting with tomorrow's show all about, you guessed it -- friendship. Because it it so important, we thought we'd give you some of the benefits of girl talk and creating lasting female friendships a day early. They just may surprise you!

You Will Live a Longer and Healthier Life For starters, do you remember the standby stress response, “fight or flight?” Well, researchers discovered it doesn’t actually hold true for women. Instead, we have a “tend and befriend” reaction in stressful situations..

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At home Every Lady Should Be Comfortable

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Clean like a maid!

By: Badbadivy

The mantra of the company I worked for was top to bottom, left to right. This way you could easily walk into any room and know exactly where to get started. The work was divided into"wet rooms" (bathrooms and kitchens) and "dry rooms" (living room, dining room, bedrooms). If we were lucky and weren't understaffed, we'd go out with a partner and one person would do the "wet rooms" and the other person would do the "dry rooms". One "wet room" and one "dry room" would be "deep cleaned" each cleaning.

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Get Organized Cleaning is even easier when everything has a place.

Getting your house organized will go a long way to maximizing efficiency. There is no single right way to do it: The trick lies in finding the way that works best for you. For the kitchen, a few basic organizing concepts can get you started.

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Dress Up Your Space Any room can be brightened up with a few plants

Plants make beautiful additions to any room’s decor. Interior decorator Cynthia Brian, co-author of Chicken Soup for the Gardener’s

Soul, shares tips and ideas for making pleasing arrangements for any room in the house. A single white polka dot plant is surrounded by pink polka dot plants for a dramatic color grouping in a single container.

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At The Table Bloggers

This season our house chef has been looking for some simple recipes and techniques to try this holiday season.

The following meals are quick, easy and most important, very tasty!

Cooking From The Heart It’s all in the technique Don’t let cooking, especially during the holidays, intimidate you.

This can actually be a good time to unwind while being creative at the same time. Food is also a great way to express any emotion while showing what you can do at the same time.

Here are a few kitchen techniques that will make you look like a pro...

Try these for flavor and texture...

Home Chefs' Say: use the food network to learn more Red Wine Risotto with Peas Recipe courtesy Giada De Laurentiis Ingredients 3 1/2 cups canned low-salt chicken broth 3 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 cup finely chopped onion Prep Time:10 min 2 garlic cloves, minced Cook Time:40 min 1 cup arborio rice, or medium-grain white rice Level: Easy 1/2 cup dry red wine Serves:4 servings 1/3 cup frozen peas, defrosted, optional 1/4 cup chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves 1/2 cup grated Parmesan, plus additional for garnish Salt and freshly ground black pepper Directions Bring the broth to a simmer over medium-high heat. Cover the broth and keep it warm over very low heat.

Melt the butter in a heavy large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion and saute until translucent, about 8 minutes.

Stir in the garlic and saute for 30 seconds. Stir in the rice and cook for about 2 minutes until the rice is toasted. Add the wine and stir until it is absorbed, about 1 minute. Add 3/4 cup of hot broth; simmer over medium-low heat until the liquid is absorbed, stirring often, about 6 minutes. Repeat, adding 3/4 cup of hot broth 2 more times, stirring often, about 12 minutes longer. At this point, the risotto can be made 4 hours ahead. Refrigerate the risotto (the rice will still be firm) and remaining broth, uncovered, until cool, then cover and keep them refrigerated until ready to proceed.

Bring the remaining broth to a simmer, then cover and keep it warm over very low heat. Stir 3/4 cup of hot broth into the partially cooked risotto over medium heat until the broth is absorbed and the risotto is hot, about 3 minutes. Add the remaining broth and simmer until the rice is just tender and the mixture is creamy, about 5 minutes longer. Stir in the peas and parsley. Add the 1/2 cup of Parmesan. Season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Spoon the risotto into bowls. Sprinkle additional cheese over and serve.

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*Roasted Beef Tenderloin with Roasted Pepper and Black Olive Sauce

*Magic Lemon Meringue Pie Recipe courtesy Trisha Yearwood for Food Network Magazine

Sunny's Easy Holiday Spiral Ham Recipe courtesy Sunny Anderson Ingredients 1/2 cup dark brown sugar 1/4 cup honey Zest and juice of 1 orange 2 teaspoons pumpkin pie spice 6 to 8 scrapes of fresh nutmeg, using a rasp 1 (6 to 7-pound) bone-in half spiral ham 10 to 12 sprigs fresh thyme Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper Directions Heat the oven to 325 degrees F.

Prep Time:10 min Inactive Prep Time: 20 min Cook Time:2 hr 30 min Level: Easy Serves: 8 to 10 servings

In a bowl, mix together the brown sugar, honey, orange zest, 1/4 cup orange juice, pumpkin pie spice, and nutmeg.

Season with salt.

Roll out enough aluminum foil to surround the ham and place the ham in the center of the foil. Peel back the layers of the ham and place a sprig of thyme between every other layer of the spirals. Pour half of the glaze over the ham allowing it to sink into the slices. Tightly wrap the ham in the foil and place on a rack in a roasting pan. Fill the pan with an inch of water and roast in the oven until the internal temperature reaches 140 degrees F, about 20 minutes per pound.

Pour the remaining half of the glaze in a small saucepot on medium heat and bring to a simmer. Whisk until small bubbles appear all over, then turn off the heat. The glaze will thicken as it rests.

Raise the oven temperature to 400 degrees F. Remove the ham from the oven. Using caution and tongs to help, peel back the aluminum foil from the top, leaving the aluminum foil on the sides and underneath the ham to catch the glaze and juices. Slather the remaining glaze all over the top of the ham and place back in the oven uncovered for 15 more minutes. Remove and let rest before slicing. Read more

In Town Every Lady Should Be Comfortable

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only The best Five Star Service from the local shops in muncie More

When it comes to spending money, a Lady wants to know that the business will be everything she needs and maybe even more. We always get ads and announcements from certain places just because they have paid for them to be there .

S. L. C. on the lookout for five star services that show us how great they are at no extra charge.

We are now taking entries for the 2015 winners, to be announced in the Fall issue. Enter your favorite business by email or on facebook. Turn the page for U.L.M. | five star our 2014 winner.

Delivery In Muncie A Lady has even more time now that a new service has hit our town 2014 five star service award winner!

The Pantry is the result of doing a few favors in college. A couple of friends started off helping each other out by "taking everyone's order" before going out to shop since there was only one car. After getting married and becoming parents, they began to do the same for neighbors and friends. ​ After a while it was noticeable that everyone had a few moments to relax or catch up during their day. Now this family wants to lend the same hand to the families and students in the community. Take the time to just catch your breath while your errands are done just the way you would do them.

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Delivery IN Muncie

How To Get a delivery ~ Decide what service you would like, where you want your shopper to go as well as how you want the service performed.

Fill out our custom order form or call and quick checkout with Paypal for the service(s) that you would like. Include notes that the shopper may need (such as ring back door bell) ​ *The Pantry Website

​Sit back and relax as your errands are handled personally for you.

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Lotus Lady this kind of mom knows how to take time to rebalance and focus

A woman who is a mixture of old and new.

She works in the garden during the early day, yet owns several pair of six inch heels.

She makes biscuits from scratch, but also knows what bistro serves good wine. This woman is college educated and home schools her children. You never know what you will find with this fiery, fun loving lady.

"She brings positive light and creativity wherever she goes and lovingly insists that those around do the same." ~ The Urbs

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