To view or download this article as a .pdf click here: Beyond the Bustle – Taxes January 31st is just around the corner which means that April 15th is closely approaching too! Whether you view your tax return with fear and loathing or as another Christmas present, you know they have to get done. I am…
Problem with writing
I just want to share with my adoring public. I do not suffer from writers block. I have ideas just crawling to get out of my head. My ideas include general blog posts of the funny stuff my kids say to the articles that S has challenged me to write. If I could just sit…
Potty Training Help
Okay, this is an open call for help from our readers! A good friend of mine is in the process of adopting a foster child just under 3-years old. He has had zero no potty-training up until now but the Child Protective Services approved child care facility requires him to be trained by three! She…
Need to Know… some National News in a Nutshell
I tend to gravitate towards world news in my updates, primarily because most else I read seems to be of little value to more than a select few, is gossip, or is the media making news (through emotional play-by-plays on issues where only the outcome is actually relevant). Here are a few stories I…
Review My Product
We had an interesting offer made to us a couple of months ago, which forced us to contemplate and create an official policy about reviewing products. Click here to see the ‘Product Review Information‘ page with the policy and links to other reviews.
Game Night Anyone…Might be More Fun than you Expected
When my Mother asked me what I wanted to do with family while I visited this Christmas, I had this nostalgic flashback to when I was a kid and my parents played ‘Pictionary’ and ‘Outburst’ with their friends… so I said I wanted to do Game-night. I wasn’t sure how many of our relatives would…
Formal Complaint
I am lodging a formal complaint against Auntie Alexis and Mattell(where is the copyrights symbol?). On December the 26th at 1 pm I had my day all planned out. I had already opened 6 new toys and installed 14 AA batteries into said toys (not and exaggeration!) I had changed from my pajamas to my…
Heavenly Peppermint Marshmallows – from Living Well Spending Less
I would have posted this sooner but I had to be sure to test them first. I take no credit for this idea, it is all from Ruth Soukup of Living Well Spending Less (checkout her blog, it’s wonderful). The only caveat I will add is that when you leave them out overnight make sure…
Ukraine Update
So a few posts ago I shared a detailed account of what was going on in Syria after doing a little more than my typical research into the topic. This month I dug up info on Ukraine, where recent events have piqued my interest. Rather than subject you to a long post, please check out…
One to Get You in a Festive Mood
“Rudolph the red nosed reindeer had a very Sparkly nose. And if you ever sawl him you would even say it grows. You would ever say it glows and laugh and call him names. Then one froggy Christmas eve Santa came to say “Ho Ho HO Merry Christmas Eve”. And all the other Reindeers…