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Be a Better Parent in the New Year

What’s your New Years Resolution? Many people choose something related to weight loss, or money, or productivity. This year, why not pick a resolution that will be much more meaningful? Resolve to take steps to be a better parent in the new year. Parenting can be as rewarding as it is difficult. It is easy to see why parents often make mistakes. Everyone does it – nobody is perfect! Ideally, people learn from those mistakes so they do not repeat them. What I’m trying to say is that parenting is a skill that can always be improved upon. It is … Continue reading →

Getting Ready for Hurricane Season

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In seven days, it will be the Atlantic hurricane season. Now, Mother Nature doesn’t really read the calendar, and this past weekend Tropical Storm Alberto came to visit. He didn’t stay long, though, and quickly dwindled into a tropical depression. Alberto was a good warning to get ready, though! What should you be doing now to get prepared for hurricane season? Get your emergency kits ready. A good emergency kit will have canned food and water for at least three weeks. While canned food can last for several years, it’s best to change it every year so that you can … Continue reading →

How to Get Rid of Mommy Guilt

When I was a new mommy, I often felt really guilty for just about anything I did. I had this huge perception that I needed to be perfect. So that meant that anytime that I felt like I wasn’t doing something that I believed that I should be doing, I felt stricken with guilt. It’s been six years since I had my first child and now with a second at home and my first at school, I realize I am much different with the guilt. I have realized that guilt is not difficult to get rid of when you know … Continue reading →

There May Be New Guidelines For Autism in 2013

In May of 2013, the American Psychiatric Association is intending to release a revised set of guidelines that will be used to diagnose a person as having an autism spectrum disorder. There are some good reasons to create stricter standards. There are also some reasons why this is not a good idea. Right now, there is still a lot to learn about autism, autism spectrum disorders, and Asperger’s syndrome. There seem to be new theories popping up all the time about what could potentially be the cause of autism, and there is much debate about whether or not it needs … Continue reading →

Get Your Freak On at Fright Fest 2010

What do you get when you mix 200 pounds of blood-red dye with hundreds of rubber snakes, bats, rats, skulls and body parts, a gigantic mutated spider and armies of eye-gouging, flesh starved zombies? Seriously spooktacular fun at Six Flags Great America. Halloween is in the air and no place helps you get your creep on better than Great America’s annual Fright Fest extravaganza. The popular Midwest theme park located in Gurnee, Illinois, is pulling out its most hair-raising haunts to celebrate the 20th season of Fright Fest. Then, it’s topping itself by unveiling spine-chilling new spooks to scare even … Continue reading →

Before Getting On Your High Horse

At the moment a well known Australian Christian is voluble in what they are saying. Now I don’t want to go into who this person is and disparage them, but I do want us to think about the issues we become involved in. This person has been so voluble about so many issues and some of them pretty trivial over the years, that he has lost all credibility. To most people it’s a case of, ‘he’s raving on again.’ If all we are doing is turning people off, so they don’t listen at all, how is this helpful to God’s … Continue reading →

Cats and Dogs Really Can Get Along

They’re as universal an example of opposites as up and down, day and night, right and left. Even the line “cats and dogs getting along” is sometimes used as a turn of phrase for unbelievable events. Thus there’s an idea out there that one has to be either a cat person or a dog person. One can’t love both equally, or one certainly can’t have both as pets without inviting a fur-flying frenzy into the home. At best they’ll get along by avoiding each other for the most part, and at worst they’ll need to be separated. Except that simply … Continue reading →

Giving Kids a Little Help Getting to Sleep

I am having alternate feelings of success and guilt today. My baby finally slept through the night. She did have a little help though in the form of chamomile tea. I had better clarify that my baby is 13 years old. To date, she has never had a good night’s sleep. She has had chiropractic care that helped a little, but mostly I have spent the last 13 years trying to force her into bed at night, and trying to get up up in the morning just a few short hours after she finally fell to sleep. Because we homeschool, … Continue reading →

9 out of 10 Teens Not Eating Their Vegetables

A new report from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave teens failing grades when it comes to eating their fruits and vegetables. Only ONE teen out of ten in the United States is getting their recommended daily amount of fruits and veggies. Looks like a lot of kids are going to have to stay after class… for a healthy snack. The news is bad: Only 13% of high school students eat three servings of vegetables daily. Only 32% of high school students eat two servings of fruit daily. Less than one out of every ten kids eat … Continue reading →

Frugalista Fashions: Get Your Maxi Dress for Less

The maxi dress was the hottest clothing item for women last summer. This year it looks as if it is back with a vengeance. You can see it all over the red carpet, and even in grocery stores. This dress is elegant and comfortable. The maxi dress is basically long flowing dress with a tube top or typical halter top. You can also find it in more modest versions. This high waisted dress compliments every body type with minimal modifications. You can purchase a Just Cavalli maxi dress for $500.00 at shopstyle.com, or a Mossimo maxi dress from Target for … Continue reading →