Entries Tagged as 'Tips'

Thursday, October 11th, 2007

Bush Administration Launches Abstinence Campaign

Department of Health and Human Services website 4parents.gov launched a new ad campaign “Talk To Me” that urges parents to “speak up” and talk to their kids about waiting to have sex until their married. View the commercial below.

The 4Parents website also has tips for parents on how and why to talk to your […]

Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

Junk Mail

Junk mail comes everyday.  It fills up the desk top, or if you happen to be disorganized… the kitchen table. Regardless of where it lands once we carry it through the door, we all hate junk mail.  Ann Hartter gives us fifty ideas for junk mail.  Here’s some of my favorites she listed.

Put multiple mailings […]

Saturday, October 6th, 2007

The Easy Way To Lower Your Monthly Bills

Regardless of how you manage your money – the dreaded written budget, the cash flow plan, watch your purchases via your banks online services, or you balance your checkbook once a year or so - this is a simple tip virtually anyone can use to save some decent money every month.  The best part is that […]

Friday, October 5th, 2007

Tools For Perfect Pumpkin Carving

Halloween is just around the corner and everyone’s favorite family craft for October is carving the pumpkin into a jack-o-lantern.  If you’re like us, you pull a knife from the drawer and start cutting away.  Or, maybe you buy the $5 kit with a plastic carver and a guts scooper.  Those methods work okay if you […]

Monday, April 16th, 2007

Review: Flickr Pro (Photo Backup)

 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 […]

Friday, April 6th, 2007

Lovely Easter Weekend

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 […]

Wednesday, April 4th, 2007

The 7 Essential Home Organization ‘Stations’

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 […]

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

5 Ways You’re Wasting Money

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 […]