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Tips to Get Your Home (and Life) Organized
My wish list includes having my house organized from top to bottom. One of my best girlfriends is super organized and I swear you could open up any drawer, cabinet, door in her house and it would be organized! I think there are people who are like that – super organized – but I am not one of them. However, I do appreciate it when the house is cleaned up and semi-organized with things in their places. This summer I have a goal to clear out all the things we don’t need, use or want. Now, if you saw my garage you would realize what a huge undertaking this really…
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Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom Celebrates its 50th Year Anniversary!
“The continued existence of wildlife and wilderness is important to the quality of life of humans.” ~Jim Fowler, Wild Kingdom Host and Conservationist. Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom Celebrates 50 Years! As a child, my brother and I looked forward to the nature and wildlife shows by Mutual of Omaha’s Wild Kingdom. You have to remember back in the day (a long time ago is suffice to say) there were not 5,000 channels to choose from. We had like 12 channels and had to be happy with the selection – period. Luckily, we had great programs available through Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom which premiered on January 6, 1963. For 50…
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Musings :: The Intrigue of A Dream Catcher
Yesterday, I took my daughter out of kindergarten early and headed to Knott’s Berry Farm. Lately, I have been feeling like time is just going by too quickly and she is growing up right before my eyes. The other morning I came down the stairs and found her playing with her Lego’s in her superheroes pajamas and it reminded me of a story I had read years ago about how the author found as the years went by the fingerprints on the walls went higher and higher as her children grew and the toys she had to pick up on the ground went from baby toys, to Lego’s to teenage…
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Crafts :: Create Memorable Father’s Day Gifts
Father’s Day is just around the corner. Doesn’t it seem that all the holidays and special days just sneak up on us busy moms? This time, I am attempting to stay on top of things and so this weekend, my daughter and I plan to make some fun Father’s Day crafts so we aren’t scrambling to get it done the day before. Here are some really special crafts I found on some great sites. Enjoy! “I Love You This Much” Handmade Card I love how you use their hand to make the card. This cute card is very easy to make and instructions and material needed can…
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Money :: Saving On Summer Fun
Saving On Summer Fun Those long, hot, lazy days are just around the corner. Have you planned how your family will spend them? Maybe more importantly, have you figured out the cost of your plans? There are about two months of days to fill during summer time off from school and kids want to be entertained every waking hour. No matter the size of your family, entertainment can be costly. With the average price of a movie ticket around $10 a family of four can expect to pay nearly $100 for a trip to the theater. I chose the movie theater example because it was a lower cost example…
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Inspirational Mom :: WordGirl Creator Dorothea Gillim
I love how life can be so serendipitous (a word you would find on WordGirl). While walking to breakfast at the PBS annual meeting that I attended this month as part of their PBS Kids Ambassador Program, I happened to be walking next to a woman who was also going to breakfast. We started talking and turns out she is the Executive Producer of Curious George but she explained that her “baby” is WordGirl. I literally stopped in my tracks as we are big fans of WordGirl! I told her how my sister-in-law dressed up my niece as Captain Huggyface and her older daughter as WordGirl one year for Halloween. It was…