Don’t Give up Now! Double Down on Your Resolution to Save It’s easy to commit to lofty goals and aspiring ambitions at the start of a brand new year. But it can be a lot harder to stay motivated after a few weeks pass by. In fact, a whopping 80 percent of resolutions fail by…
#1 Functionality. No one expects you to be a designer/programmer, but before you start creating that “Free Website” – take a look at your competition, their design and setup is probably working for them. #2 Provide a way to Contact You! Today I went searching for bloggers to write reviews for a product, so many…
There needs to be a Public Service Message Warning of the Dangers of IHS Addiction My name is eDee and I think I may be addicted to IHS. I can’t say I wasn’t warned. The other mommys on the playground told me once I started using it I’d wouldn’t know how I ever lived…
It’s so simple and obvious I’m not sure I can get an entire post out of this topic. All American Muslim is boring, because they’re just like the rest of us! Sundays episode: * A couple went to the hospital to have a baby – I’ve done that. * Several people went to work –…
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…
You already know taking a great picture is more than picking up the camera and pressing a button. Honing your photographic skills means taking a lot of pictures and learning as you go. Where better can you practice, experiment and refine your technique than one of these 10 top destinations for amateur photographers? Get your…
Have you heard of Mean Green Cleaner? Well, I am about to change your lives! It’s a cleaner designed to clean stovetops, around the sink, countertops, fridge and so much more. Check out how we found out how awesome Mean Green Cleaner is… My daughter broke open a blue pen and for some reason smeared…
My blogger buddy “Andi Roo” wrote a great post, but there is a bit of bad language in it, so below is the clean version – or you can visit her blog for the real version – but you‘ve been warned: http://www.theworld4realz.com/dont-like-it-get-out/ Here’s an example of why I hate being on Facebook. I just saw…
Hola! If I were to make New Year’s Resolutions, which I don’t, one of my resolutions for 2015 would be to learn Spanish online. Since I don’t make resolutions, though, we’ll call it a goal. And to fulfill this goal I plan to use Rocket Spanish Premium, a great online program that uses several different…
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I was standing outside, waiting for my daughter’s bus, Bluetooth stuck in my ear, listening to my sister yammer away about the same things she always yammers about and my mind began to wonder when she said “…… and it‘s not like people are just going to give you money” and just to stop the…
My dearest friend has an ability to open any kitchen cabinet and in seconds pull out the ingredients for a four course meal including desert. Where I can walk into the local market and not find anything for dinner. I’m lost without a recipe and even with recipe in hand I’m hopeless – Gerbil food…
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…
This Entire Blog Post Was Stolen from: http://sydesjokes.blogspot.com (who probably stole much of it from someone else lol) Some what seriously for a moment, he’s got a great blog and you should visit. There are some wonderful snow art images and ballooning images you have to see (see sample below). I will warn you, some…
Have you woken up from a troublesome sleep and looked at the mirror only to see dark circles under your eyes? You are not alone. One of the aesthetic industry’s major problems is dark circles and how to prevent them from being constant. The eyes are an essential and sensitive part of our appearance and…
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…
Sure, here I am with a half written post about Teaching Children Respect – but this is just far to important to let go. Today as I was leaving the school parking lot some Dumb Ass came flying down the street going what must have been 50 through what is normally a 35, but between…
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…
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…
Roosevelt the Rabbit Scentsy Buddy Guest post by: Nicole Cooley As a Scentsy Independent Consultant for just over a year, I have seen some amazing organizations that Scentsy has supported through their cause campaign. This season Scentsy is proud to have March of Dimes as a beneficiary for its spring “cause buddy” in 2014. For…
Obamacare, Health Care Exchange, Affordable Care Act Regardless if you call it Obamacare or the Health Care Exchange or the Affordable Care Act, you’ve probably been given a lot of confusing information. Instead of rehashing the good and bad of Fox News, CNN and NBC, I’m just going to try and cover some basics….
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…
I love how YouTub is allowing full length videos. Lately I’ve watched many older movies and even some new shows on YouTube. My daughter heard about The Best Christmas Pageant Ever at school and wanted to watch it. When I looked on Amazon I couldn’t rent it, but a quick search of YouTube and the…
While it’s no secret that I hate laundry, it’s also a well-known fact that I love saving money! And laundry is no exception. When I learned that Dryel can save up to 90% on our dry cleaning costs, I had to check it out and see for myself! If you have a lot of clothes…
If you have ever sent a text, then you have, at least once, inadvertently hit the auto correct option and seen the mayhem. In old cell phones where you had to press a numerical key a half dozed times to get a lower case letter, auto correct was an option buried deep in your phone…
The drug trafficking problem in Maine, and elsewhere, is at an all time high. Several months back Maine’s Governor Paul LePage suggested a guillotine be used to punish drug traffickers and dealers. Though Maine’s Governor is under pressure to reduce and if all possible eliminate the drug problem, he along with many other Governors…
My middle schooler came home and told me that all students are required to have a transparent plastic water bottle at school every day to carry with them. Why transparent plastic? Because some small minded individual decided that they have a right to monitor what a child drinks. At first I thought she must have…
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 parent secretly dreams of seeing their kid’s name in lights. Who wouldn’t want the bragging rights that come with raising the captain of the team? You probably would. And you’d deserve it — as long as you don’t overdo it on the way. Here’s what to keep in mind as you prepare your youngster…
If you are a parent of an Autistic (or aunty or uncle, cousin, good friend, care provider and so on), I’m sure you can relate. PLEASE feel free to post comments with your story and links to your related articles below. My 4 y/o distracted me by dumping her cereal on the living room floor…