We’ve been using Flickr Pro for almost 2 whole years now and I’m here to tell you there’s no safer/easier/cheaper way to backup your family’s digital photos to an offsite facility. It’s the “offsite” part that makes it so safe.
Of course, we all know to back up all of our data and photos regularly and […]
Like a lot of you, we’ve gotten into a habit of watching American Idol each week to see how everyone sounds, looks and performs, wondering who’ll be the next to go. In Knoxville, we’ve had several ‘locals’ to keep up with on reality television most notably Tina Wesson, the winner of Survivor Outback.
I didn’t realize there was a […]
Located in just off Cedar Bluff in the heart of West Knoxville, Events at Sherlake is just one of the several local inflatable indoor play plazas - featuring slides, rock climbs, obstacle courses and bounce houses - that have been showing up all over town lately.
Having been to Events at Sherlake - and a couple […]
Good news for us on taxes. Tennessee ranked as the 3rd most “tax friendly” state on an income tax survey by CNNMoney.
Tennessee residents pay some of the lowest state taxes because they only owe income tax on dividends and interest.
Tennessee’s total tax burden figures at 8.5 percent of income. Only Alaska and New Hampshire ranked better, the […]
Former Republican U.S. Senator Fred Thompson has not yet said if he is a presidential candidate.But a Chattanooga editorial page has joined a “draft Fred” movement with an endorsement of the actor and attorney 19 months before the election.
Thompson is running third in a few national polls without doing anything more than acknowledging he was […]
As you’ve all noticed we have a lovely springlike Easter weekend ahead of us. Try to stay cool while outside hunting eggs
Sorry for the sarcasm - what a great weekend to be cold! On the plus side, you won’t have to worry about the eggs going bad they’ll almost be frozen by the time […]
Tennessee ranks fifth nationally in releases of toxic chemicals into the air, and some plants that create the state’s largest amounts of toxic waste are in the Midstate, a new federal report said.The hundreds of chemicals - all self-reported and legal - include acetone, hydrochloric acid and mercury. The inventory is not a measure of […]
I recently ran across a great article on home organization, written by Lorie Marrero - a Professional Organizer. I’m sure we can all use a little more organization in the home, especially those of us with small children. These are all great ideas and we are definitely going to implement a few if not all […]
We can’t say enough about how much we love The Little Gym. As a SaHM (Stay at Home Mom) The Little Gym was such a great time for Daughter and I. We first started going to the Parent/Child classes when Daughter turned 6 months old. The classes weren’t only great for Daughter, allowing her to run […]
We all try to save money, though some try harder than others. ‘Try’ being the key word. Just because you ‘try’ harder doesn’t really mean you’re saving more.
The Street keys us in on a few of the ways people try to save money but may not really be succeeding.
Buying gas at the least expensive […]
