* Lack of clickable links. I see it. I want to buy it. There is a link. Which I now need to write down so I can type it into my web browser. Why can’t links just be clickable??? * Nothing is in Chronological Order Following on the Stupidity of FaceBook and Pinterest, you no…
Back to School When you register your child for Kindergarten, usually you go into the school and make out a ream and a half of paperwork work. Each page repeating what you wrote on the previous page. Then on the first day of Kindergarten your child comes home with a large packed of paperwork identical…
I just finished watching John Oliver explain the amount of sugar in … well Everything!! Half way through I had to look up the amount of grams of sugar in a teaspoon – I’m sick now. Dietitians and nutritionists have established that 4 grams of white sugar (granulated) is equal to 1 teaspoon of sugar….
Every morning I go out, take the cover off the pool and skim the crud off it. I go back in the house, get the kids ready we get into the pool and find ICK! I just spent 10 minutes skimming off leaves and bugs and gross stuff. Once in the pool the only…
Oh why? Today my dearest friend and her children came over to play. Our kids are around the same ages so it works out perfectly. The older 2 thought it funny to spell out dirty words using the Leap Frog letters. Words like “Poop” and “Fart” And according to my darling daughter “Balls” ….. and…
The roof shelters the largest asset you own, so it pays to understand the indications of trouble. Luckily, many of the hazard signals are effortless to see, you can occasionally even notice them from the ground. A minor leak can go unnoticed for years, causing huge impairment before you detect anything. It’s a decent idea…
10 quotes from Zig Ziglar that have the power to completely change the direction of one’s life. 10) “Remember that failure is an event, not a person.” 9) “You will get all you want in life, if you help enough other people get what they want.” 8 ) “People often say motivation doesn’t last. Neither…
Help Find Missing Nichole Cable 15-year-old Nichole Cable a student at Old Town High School was last seen on Route 221 around 9 pm on Sunday night (May 12, 2013). Nichole Kristine Cable Missing From: GLENBURN ME Date Missing: 05-12-2013 around 9:30 PM Age: 15 Sex: FEMALE Height: 5′ 1″ Weight: 95 lbs Eyes: Blue…
You walk into the doctor’s office. The receptionist asks you for the name and birthday of the person who has the appointment …… and your mind goes blank. I mean, You Got – You and/or the Kids, or Elderly Parents, or Whomever, there – And On Time! Now you need to give information? Even after…
My first smart ass phone was a Windows Phone – as Smart Phones go it had to wear a helmet and took the short bus – but you never forget your first app! My first app was a game called Meon! I downloaded it to the phone, started playing and what felt like 10 minutes…
Five Simple Ways to Protect Your Pipes Protecting the pipes in your home is a great way to help save money and prevent septic back-ups, leaky pipes, and clogged drains. Below are five simple ways to protect your pipes. Have Septic System Serviced – Every three to five years, you should have a septic system…
I’ve come to the conclusion that my husband and I are terrible at discipline. We had 2 modes, ignoring it or yelling – neither are acceptable, so without realizing it we started something I have coined “Bribing Better Behavior“. At first it consisted of us (the adults) whining and promising bribes if the girls behaved….
The problem with our country is not the Republicans verses Democrats or Blacks verses Whites or the Mexicans, or the Muslims, or the millions of dollars going overseas …….. and if you think it’s the Japanese or the Jews you should have been dead long ago! The problem with this country is that from a…
8.8 billion habitable Earth-size planets exist in Milky Way alone As one commenter put it “And yet ours is the one with Sarah Palin.” However my first thought was “I can have the girls and I packed and ready to go in an hour!” Do you know what that means?! There are whole new…
HostGator is having some wonderful sales and with those sales they give their affiliates (like me) bonuses – don’t know how they do it, but I’m going to help out my fellow bloggers by offering to install WordPress on any new HostGator hosting account, when you use my affiliate link. Here’s the deal: Purchase your…
Like many I am addicted to Downton Abbey, I love everything about it. I watch and re-watch episodes and I am amazed at how “the house” takes care of each other. The Down Stairs takes care of the Crawley’s day to day needs, while the Up Stairs cares for the Down Stairs by providing room…
Simple Winter Survival Tips Last month Northerners watched in horror as the south was literally crippled by 2 inches of snow. It sounds like a bad joke, but a few simple steps could have saved a lot of headaches and possibly lives. If you don’t live with snow 9 months out of every…
I know 9 things about you right now. 1. You are reading this. 2. You are human. 3. You can’t say the letter”P”without separating your lips … 4. You just attempted to do it… 6. You are laughing at yourself. See ur teeth 7. You have a smile on your face and you skipped No.5…
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Anti-Cold Gift Bag for the Classroom I was wondering around Wal-Mart last week when I picked up a jar of disinfectant wipes and thought “I bet they could use these at the girl’s school!” It’s cold and flu season and I really don’t want it coming home. If we could just kill the illness bugs…
Blessing Bags Love What Matters posted an image by Amy Verder called Blessing Bag and I have to share it. What a great idea. If I wasn’t snowed in I’d be at the store purchasing supplies. What’s in it? To quote the post: You can make these up with items from the Dollar Tree such…
Recently I started using Instagram. I don’t understand the hype. It’s not well organized and it’s difficult to post links with images and everything needs to come from a phone or tablet. BLAH! Anyway! These are my 9 beefs with Instagram. 1. The fact that I get 100 notifications a day that some random person…
Autistic Bullies & Good Girl Bullies We tend to think of a bully as someone from a bad home or just a “bad kid” – but what about Good Girl Bullies? Or when the Autistic Kid is the Bully? In a 3rd grade classroom Jane and Robin are best friends. Robin knows that Jane is…
I love to help! I secretly want to be a superhero – well I guess now my secret is out If my blog has helped you in some way, would you please consider donating a cup (or a few cups) of food via The Hunger Site. Or if you prefer one of the sister sites:…
Real Work at Home Job When my employer wanted me to start tracking my hours I was all for it. I know I work a ton of hours and I welcomed the chance to show that off a bit. It wasn’t until I realized How I Worked that I had a problem tracking…
How this Squirrel Gets to the Bird Feeder is Genius!! So this happened outside our kitchen window this morning. I was making breakfast, which happened to be a salad, for my youngest daughter when I saw a squirrel hanging upside down from one of the bird feeders. I opened the window and shewed…
My family has been so blessed by the teachers and staff of The Reach School. I have written about them before, but this time I want to be more specific. When you visit Reach for the first time you are greeted by Lucy. Lucy is a lovely person with a slightly goofy sense of humor…
Before “Sister Wives” the only thing I knew about polygamy was in reference to Warren Jeffs. I thought it only fair to give the Sister Wives a chance, but assumed I’d see women with low self esteem and golden ideals. I was pleasantly surprised to find a guy who was basically whipped by 4 intelligent…
Quotes of World Peace #worldpeace Quotes of Peace and World Peace. If we have no peace, it is because we have forgotten that we belong to each other. Mother Teresa I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of…
Does anyone remember a time when blogging was enjoyable? When you looked forward to writing a sponsored post. Or any post. When you offered other bloggers links in your promotions because you were proud and not because you promised a sponsor greater exposure When did Blogging become so Cut Throat? The other day I was…