27th March 2009
Selling a home is no easy task for most of us. In today's market the competition is fierce. There is an over abundance of homes for sale. In Addition, the few buyers that are out there are having trouble qualifying for home loans. Small, inexpensive homes...
27th March 2009
We've all seen the banners and posters around school areas that say, "Read to your child 20 minutes a day." They have them in English, Spanish, and every other language necessary. Is 20 minutes of reading with or to your child really going to make a diffe...
21st March 2009
All I knew about college was that I wanted to go out of state. I wanted to be on my own away from home, away from all things high school and start with new friends in a new city. I'd been to France, England, and Germany all on my own; and moved regularly ...
19th March 2009
As infants grow into toddlers and toddlers grow into preschoolers their imagination explodes. Everything around them suddenly becomes something they can transform into their "pretend world." Necklaces become princess tiaras on their head, under the kitche...
16th March 2009
Going to the grocery store, no matter how many items you need, can be a daunting task to most mothers with small children. You worry about them staying in the cart and not falling out because they keep standing up, or one of your children throwing a rathe...
13th March 2009
Television is not the best form of entertainment for our children. This we know. If it were up to us our children would be constantly enveloped in books, crafts, pretend play, and other such mind expanding activities during the day. However, television is...
04th March 2009
Playing outside isn't always an option. Whatever the weather - too cold, too much snow, rain, too hot, too muddy or too icy - sometimes we are stuck inside with young children who wish they were outside. However, you can certainly have a ton of fun by usi...
03rd March 2009
As my three-year-old daughter was watching the movie Peter Pan, I stopped to watch it with her for a moment. It soon came the part where Wendy and the Lost Boys must believe that fairies exist in order to not only save Tinkerbell, but Peter too. Everyone ...
13th January 2009
After the newlywed years are gone and children come into the family or other large responsibilities take over your every day, it becomes easy to slip into a predictable and non-intimate routine with your spouse. Getting out of that routine and putting som...
27th October 2008
Buying a home can be a satisfying or frustrating experience depending how financially ready you are to own a home. Just the process of buying a home can be very expensive with the major expense of purchasing a home being the down payment. The purpose of a...
23rd October 2008
I meet a surprising number of people who foster resentment toward the rich. We all know money can't buy happiness, but it sure can play with our emotions. Both for those who have and those who have not. Which category are we in? That largely depends o...
14th October 2008
Financial success is not founded in a budget but in our mind. To be successful, we must shift our paradigm about money to properly manage it. This includes having a positive impression about money and therefore attracting it. It also includes feeling comf...
13th October 2008
It is so easy to forget simple things like expressing love and appreciation for your spouse. We readily fall into routines in life and these expressions are often left out of those routines usually because they are akward and sometimes uncomfortable. It i...
01st October 2008
Have you ever tried to say something important and get frustrated because the person just won't listen. This happens to everyone, from the home to the office. Though there can be many reasons why a person will not listen to you, it is often the result of ...
30th September 2008
There is no good way to sum up people as a whole. We are too complex and diverse. As such no person thinks the same or should follow the same path. Every person has their own thoughts, feelings, personality, genetics, upbringing which all play a collect...
