Should you consider putting your kids in day care?  The answer is yes unless you feel too guilty to do it. Guilt is definitely a problem for some parents when they are first considering daycare simply because they were raised by a mother who stayed at home.  The truth is that your child might be [...]

Have you got a big old kid that is acting like the most spoiled couch potato in the world?  If so then you might want to try the exercising device that is now all the rage for both kids and adults called the Gamercizer. How does this gadget get your kid up off the couch? In [...]

 If you don’t have dental insurance yet you better get on it. Dental insurance is necessary for survival and it makes sense economically. If you have kids it can save you hundreds and sometimes-even thousands of dollars.  Most dental insurance plans are part of a larger medical health plan but not always. Dental health is [...]

Aromatherapy should never be your first line of defense when it comes to emergencies but having some of it on hand can be helpful for healing certain ailments.   Here is a bit of a breakdown of what is nice to have on hand.  Essential oils are quite effective for muscle pain. You can mix a [...]

If you have kids, having slipcovers for your furniture is practically mandatory.  There is no easier way to protect your fine furniture until they have all grown up and gone away to University.   The four biggest trends in slipcovers have to do with color. Solid darker colors are huge.   Perhaps most surprising new color [...]

If you are a mom like me then you are always on the run. This is why I have started to get really particular about my running shoes.  Yet another reason that I am starting to get particular about my running shoes is because I am getting older. This means that my foot and my [...]

Winter’s coming so it’s time to think about keeping your kids (and you and your partner) cozy. The first thing to do is check to see if the ones from last year are still in good shape. If they are not ripped or losing their fill then they are fine.   You can sometimes restuff [...]

In the last blog I was talking about how to pick a tomato politely. In this one I just want to share with you some of my favorite ways to cook up those softer tomatoes that start cropping up before the frost. Sometimes you end up with a batch of tomatoes that are a little soft, [...]