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Searching for Sea Glass on Prince Edward Island
Located on Canada’s east coast, Prince Edward Island (P.E.I.) boasts stunning beaches, pastoral landscapes with lush rolling hills, cozy towns, and exquisite seafood restaurants. Author Lucy Maud Montgomery put the Island on the proverbial world map when she made the Island the setting of her classic novel Anne of Green Gables. Our Family Connection to the Island: My husband was born on the Island so we have done the P.E.I. road trip a few times now. This past summer, despite the worst vacation weather experienced to date, we managed to enjoy the Island and all it has to offer—without having to resort to the use of TV and video…
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Crafts :: Create Memorable Mother’s Day Crafts
Celebrate Mother’s Day with some home-made gifts: According to the National Retail Federation’s consumer spending survey conducted in April 2012, Americans spent about $18.6 billion nationally for Mother’s Day. And the trend to spend more continues in spite of high gas prices and uncertainty around our economy. Mother’s Day is just around the corner and I think most moms can attest that the best presents are those made by our kids. For our kids, the process of creating something and then seeing how excited we get over their arts and crafts is pretty special! But don’t get me wrong – I am always a sucker for pretty flowers and…
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Helping Your Kids Move Past Disappointment
Disappointments stink! Unfortunately they are a part of life that no one can avoid so learning how to handle disappointments is an important skill for your kids to develop. Sometimes when children (and even grownups) fail at something, they label themselves a “failure”. Labels can have a devastating impact on both their self-esteem and their self-confidence. To keep this from happening, teach your children this 3 step process to develop a mindset for handling disappointment: A 3 Step Process for Handling Disappointment: Step 1. First teach your kids how to separate the disappointment from “who they are” by choosing how they talk about the disappointment. Let me explain what I mean…
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Dwell: 5 Tips to Make Your Home Greener
Eco-Friendly Housing: Green Month (and Earth Day) is this month, and realtor.com conducted a survey to discover how eco-friendly housing is catching on with consumers. Turns out, more than 80% of respondents would like to own a residence that is eco-friendly, and nearly 70% would pay more money for it! I found it interesting that 61% of women felt that adding eco-friendly features added value to the home whereas 55% of men did not think they added value to the home! What do you think? We recently purchased an energy-efficient washer and dryer and they do use less energy as I noticed our bill went down. So there are definitely…
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Instagram of the Week :: The History of Popcorn
Our family took a much needed vacation this week to one of my favorite places in the world – Tahoe! I plan to write a post about the fun things to do in Tahoe during the spring as one might not realize how fantastic of a place it is during this time of year! We stayed at The Marriott that offered a ton of things to do with the kids in the Kids Cub House. They also offer some fun activities for the adults including one where we learned about the history of popcorn. My family and I thought this was intriguing so we headed off to find out…
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3 Reasons the Healthcare Field is perfect for Moms
As a mother, you may be interested in earning an income of your own. Many women are lucky enough to have a partner who will be able to bring in a second income into the home, but there are a lot of single mothers out there who want to find a way of earning money. There are various careers out there that will enable women to enjoy flexible working hours and an income that will allow them to support a family. In order to do this, of course, you need to take a look at the different choices when it comes to career. One of the biggest careers out there…
