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A comparison of health benefits and medical insurers is found at www.planforyourhealth.com.

Bargains can be found at www.cairo.com and and www.froogle.com.

Cookbooks .

American Heart a.s.sociation, American Heart a.s.sociation Quick & Easy Cookbook: More than 200 Healthful Recipes You Can Make in Minutes American Heart a.s.sociation Quick & Easy Cookbook: More than 200 Healthful Recipes You Can Make in Minutes (Clarkson Potter, 2001). New York, NY. (Clarkson Potter, 2001). New York, NY.

Betty Crocker, Betty Crocker 4-Ingredient Dinners Betty Crocker 4-Ingredient Dinners (Wiley Publis.h.i.+ng Inc., 2003). New York, NY. (Wiley Publis.h.i.+ng Inc., 2003). New York, NY.

Phyllis Pellman Good, Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly: Healthy Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly: Healthy Low-Fat Recipes for Your Slow Cooker (Good Books Publis.h.i.+ng, 2004). Intercourse, PA. (Good Books Publis.h.i.+ng, 2004). Intercourse, PA.

Cynthia Stevens Graubart and Catherine Fliegel, The One-Armed Cook: Quick and Easy Recipes, Smart Meal Plans, and Savvy Advice for New (and Not-So-New) Moms The One-Armed Cook: Quick and Easy Recipes, Smart Meal Plans, and Savvy Advice for New (and Not-So-New) Moms (Meredith Books, 2005) Des Moines, IA. (Meredith Books, 2005) Des Moines, IA.

Mable Hoffman, Mable Hoffman's Crockery Cookery, Revised Edition Mable Hoffman's Crockery Cookery, Revised Edition (HP Trade, 1995). New York, NY. (HP Trade, 1995). New York, NY.

Dawn J. Ranck, Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with Your Slow Cooker Fix-It and Forget-It Cookbook: Feasting with Your Slow Cooker (Good Books Publis.h.i.+ng, 2001). Intercourse, PA. (Good Books Publis.h.i.+ng, 2001). Intercourse, PA.

CHAPTER THREE. Departure Strategies.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), www.eeoc.gov.

Pregnancy Discrimination Act of 1978 in t.i.tle VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. For more information on provisions of the Act, see www.eeoc.gov/facts/fs-preg.htm.

CHAPTER FIVE. Backlash.

Stores with Outlets .

Neiman Marcus, www.neimanmarcus.com.

Saks Fifth Avenue, www.saks.com.

Nordstrom, www.nordstrom.com.

Talbots, www.talbots.com.

Ann Taylor, www.anntaylor.com.

To find out more about the Junior League, visit their Web site at www.ajli.org.

CHAPTER SIX. One Foot In, One Foot Out.

Volunteer Resources .

Hands On Network, www.handsonnetwork.org.

Volunteer Match, www.volunteermatch.org.

Points of Light Foundation, www.pointsoflight.org.

Jenny Friedman, The Busy Family's Guide to Volunteering: Doing Good Together The Busy Family's Guide to Volunteering: Doing Good Together (Robins Lane Press, 2003) Beltsville, MD. (Robins Lane Press, 2003) Beltsville, MD.

Michael Landes, The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures: The Back Door Guide to Short-Term Job Adventures: .

Interns.h.i.+ps, Extraordinary Experiences, Seasonal Jobs, Volunteering, Working Abroad, 4th ed. (Ten Speed Press, 2005). Berkeley, CA.

John Raynolds, Volunteering: How Service Enriches Your Life-and How Its Unexpected Halo Effect Boosts Your Career Volunteering: How Service Enriches Your Life-and How Its Unexpected Halo Effect Boosts Your Career (St. Martin's Press, 1999). New York, NY. (St. Martin's Press, 1999). New York, NY.

Athletic Resources .

For information on beginning bicycle tours just for women, go to Luna Tours at www.lunatours.com.

To learn more about what's going on in female sports across the country, go to the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education and Dance Web site at www.aahperd.org.

To find out about running groups or to learn how to plan a race, see the American Running a.s.sociation's Web site at www.americanrunning.org.

CHAPTER SEVEN. Part Time.

For help in updating your resume and interview skills, check out Network at www.womenatworknetwork.com.

The following Web sites help stay-at-home moms find paid work: .

www.jobsformoms.com .

www.jobsandmoms.com .

Read Creating a Flexible Workplace: How to Select and Manage Alternative Work Options Creating a Flexible Workplace: How to Select and Manage Alternative Work Options, 2nd ed., by Barney Olmstead and Suzanne Smith (Amacom Books, 1994).

Job openings can be found at www.monster.com.

Work Support Groups .

Flex-Time Lawyers, www.flextimelawyers.com.

Part-time Moms, www.mom-in-the-middle.com.

National a.s.sociation of Part-time and Temporary Employees, www.members.tripod.com/~NAPTE/.

a.s.sociation of Part-time Librarians, www2.canisius.edu/~huberman/aptl.htm.

CHAPTER EIGHT. Going Back.

For Information on au pairs, see the U.S. Department of State Web site, www.state.gov.

CHAPTER NINE. Career Counseling.

Working Mothers magazine publishes an annual 100 Best Companies list. magazine publishes an annual 100 Best Companies list.

Vocation Vacations is a Portland, Oregon, company that introduces new career fields for you to try. Learn more at www.vocationvacations.com.

The Occupational Outlook Handbook Occupational Outlook Handbook from the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics ( from the U.S. Labor Department's Bureau of Labor Statistics (www.bls.gov/oco/home.htm) is a great resource for exploring possible new fields.

Interns.h.i.+p Resources .

Interns.h.i.+ps 2005 (Peterson's Interns.h.i.+ps), 25th ed. (Peterson's Guides, 2004). Lawrenceville, NJ.