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Home Organization Tips

7 Healthy Habits For Kids (And Adults) to Get into

Back to school is like a fresh start. We all want to put our best foot forward, and try a little harder than last year to achieve. Here is a list of 7 healthy habits for kids that will help your children (and yourself) succeed more often. By facilitating a positive atmosphere and healthy living […]

Comfortable Beds & Other Tips For Sleeping Soundly

With the summer coming to a close (it’s almost over, moms!) we have to start thinking about getting our kids back to school. This means shopping for school supplies (I’ll never get that great Staples commercial out of my head with the parent happily strolling through the aisles to the tune of “It’s The Most […]

Green, Not Just a Color But a Movement- Green Hardware

Ever the earth-conscious mom, I’m always looking for ways to make the world a better place for my kids and family. I have a well-organized recycling system in my home (one that even my teenagers have been trained in and USUALLY adhere to). I walk when I can and carpool when I can’t. And I […]

7 Essential Tips for Preventing Flu

With winter upon us, and flu hysteria abounding, everyone wants to know how to prevent the flu.  Since there is no cure for the flu, the best measures that you can take, certainly, are prevention.  How should you go about preventing the flu?  And, as a parent, perhaps even more importantly, what should […]

Go Green with Cool Lunch Bags & More

Now that I’ve got my children’s lunch preparation down to a system, I decided to throw a wench in the process.  Life is only fun when you’re constantly shaking things up, right?  Seriously, though, I’ve decided to put more effort into creating green lunches for my kids.  […]

Keepin’ it Green this Halloween

With Halloween fast approaching, it’s time to get organized and get the kids ready.  I’m trying these days, whenever possible, to do things in a “green” way. This means that I think about recycling and saving the environment whenever I can, and I try to tailor my actions to fit into this green […]

Recycling Bins- a Certain SORT of Pleasure

I love recycling. I sleep better at night with the knowledge that my family is doing its part to preserve the environment, to care for wildlife and to create a cleaner earth for our children and grandchildren. We seldom use paper goods, we always use scrap paper when we have it, and we […]

Crisis Management 101

Has it ever happened that something unexpected happens, and you aren’t prepared? Your babysitter cancels 10 minutes before you planned on leaving, your car breaks down on the way to an important meeting, your child is sick on the day of your big presentation at work? I can’t even count the number […]

Family Vacation Ideas for a Smooth Trip

In August, we took our first family vacation. And I do mean FAMILY vacation. We went to California with my parents, one set of grandparents, my sister, her husband and their three children, and of course, my husband and our three children. We also took a babysitter along to help deal with […]

Recycling Bins- a Certain SORT of Pleasure

When I was a kid, my mother decided that every year on Earth Day, our family would surrender something we did that wasn’t good for the environment. One year we stopped using paper goods. One year we started using paper bags at the supermarket instead of plastic bags. We started using more […]