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Are You Really Giving Your Kids Everything?

The other day, I brought my three kids to a birthday party that took place at one of those family fun centers. There were all sorts of adventures, such as a huge climbing/ball pit, a small laser maze, a rock climbing wall and plenty of games that the kids could play for tickets. In order to play the ticket games, kids had to swipe a card on which money was added. As part of the party, each guest got a card that was worth $3. Each game cost anywhere from $.50 to $2.00 to play. This meant less than the … Continue reading →

Is Premium Gasoline Worth the Premium Price

I remember when I got my first car. It was a used Datsun hatchback for which I paid my life savings, $1,000. There was no power steering, no power brakes, well no power anything for that matter. That didn’t stop me from being proud of owning that car or putting premium gasoline in the tank. Premium gasoline promises to make your car perform at its peak. Some premium gasoline manufacturers even claim that it their fuel will actually help protect your car’s engine and extend its life, but is it true? Is it worth putting premium gasoline into your car? … Continue reading →

Who Are You, Really? The Reflection of Disconnect

When technology doesn’t work and we can’t do anything to fix it, we tap into feelings of anger and frustration, of being out of control of something we believe is vital to our well-being. When did we surrender that much power to inanimate objects, allowing them to wreak such havoc in our lives? It’s as if we really do want to believe in fairy tales and have decided technology is our surrogate happy ending. When we have our technology, we will live happily ever after. We have tied technology to personal happiness, which is unwise. Happiness in life should never … Continue reading →

Summer Camp Is Worth The Money

Do your kids go to summer camp? Hailey went once, it was only a weekend camp so she wasn’t gone very long but I think it was good for her. As a single parent paying for a summer camp may be the last thing on your list. It’s not easy to afford this experience for your child, but it is worth it. A friend of mine recently sent her kids to camp for five days. She is a single mom and her daughter has become especially clingy. If my friend even talks about going out for the evening her daughter … Continue reading →

Not Really That Different

Single parents get a fair amount of criticism from the community on a regular basis. It seems you can’t turn on the TV without hearing about how the world’s problems all go back to these kids coming from broken homes. “If only his father was around, then he wouldn’t have dropped out of high school.” “If her parents had stayed together she definitely wouldn’t have ended up pregnant!” We’ve all heard it a thousand times before, but when it comes down to it, we’re not really that different than our married counterparts. We love our children just as deeply, support … Continue reading →

Is Procrastination Worth Your Time?

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I’m a procrastinator, I always think things are going to take so long, so I put them off, and off and off. This is probably truer of housekeeping than anything else in my life. Vacuuming takes too long. I’ll do the dishes tomorrow, they’ll take too long tonight. Making the bed takes too long. We pass these habits on to our children as well and before we know it, the house is out of control. In an effort to stop procrastinating I’ve decided to time everything I do. I’m not going to rush through each job, just do it at … Continue reading →

Is it Worth Selling Your Items for Cash?

Cleaning out unused or unwanted items from your house and selling them can be a source of cash, but sometimes it just isn’t worth the time or the expense (yes, expense) to do so. Here are some ways that you can determine whether it is worth it to sell those items or not, and some alternatives that will also save you money. First, how much are your items really worth? Find out how much might actually make in a yard sale or by selling your items online. This will vary on the region you live in, as well as the … Continue reading →

Is It Worth It?

In this economy everyone is trying to make some extra money. Having a home based business seems like a perfect solution, extra money without leaving your family. Now, where to start? Everyone has things they are good at, you just have to think about it. Make a list of all the things you do well, no matter how silly they seem, write them down, you can sort through them later. One of the first things you need to ask yourself after you have your list is, do I really want to do this? I’m really good at picking up dog … Continue reading →

Do Time-Outs Really Work?

A few months after my ex husband and I split up my son really started acting out. I felt like I had tried everything. Nothing worked. I already felt guilty about the divorce and everything he was going through, but now I felt like a failure as a parent on top of it. It didn’t matter what the consequence was, I just couldn’t keep him under control. I finally decided to talk to his pediatrician about it. Come to find out, I had been doing this whole time-out thing all wrong! Every time Logan was in time-out he’d sit in … Continue reading →

What is a Homemaker Worth?

Do you ever feel taken for granted and undervalued as a homemaker? For many of us homemaker is our second full time job, after we do whatever it is we do all day to pay the bill, we come home and work a whole lot more. When I was younger my grandmother used to say, “A man works from sun to sun but a woman’s work is never done.” In my marriage that was true, my ex husband did very little around the house, and it’s even more true now that I’m divorced. It’s hard to place a value on … Continue reading →