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Finding the Right Daycare

Many of us as single parents are forced to put our children in daycare at one time or another. Now that you only have one income the pressure to provide can be overwhelming. As much as you hate being away from your children, there often is no other option. Trusting someone else to care for your children while you are away can be a challenge for many single parents. You want to make sure they are well cared for, but you also don’t want to pay an arm and a leg for someone to do it. Naturally daycare can be … Continue reading →

Finding the Right Supplies

Depending on the theme of your scrapbook layout, finding the right supplies can be a breeze or it can be downright frustrating. Obviously, if you are crafting a traditional birthday, wedding or Christmas, Easter or Halloween-themed design, getting your hands on appropriate scrapbooking materials is fairly simple. However, if you are trying to craft a layout to commemorate your cousin’s new job as the director of the city’s Planning Department, you might be forced to exercise a bit more creativity. In a previous post, I shared a little about my neighbor’s recent adventure to see Disney on Ice: Treasure Trove. … Continue reading →

Home Based Business vs Home Based Job

Since there is more than one way to work at home, it may be useful for people who have never worked at home to understand the similarities and differences between two options that people can pursue if they wish to work from home. Owning and operating a home – based business and having a home – based job do share in common the fact that you work from your home instead of in an office or other type of facility. It is important for you to understand the difference between the two types of home – based work before you … Continue reading →

Fathers Finding the Balance

From books to TV, magazines to the Internet, it is not hard to find mothers venting about how difficult it is to find the perfect balance between work and child rearing. Juggling a career plus the responsibilities that go along with being a wife and mother takes a tremendous amount of energy, discipline, patience, and hard work. However, according to a new survey, moms are not the only ones trying to do it all and feeling like failures in the process. Researchers at the Boston College Center for Work and Family recently released the results of a survey in which … Continue reading →

Job Satisfaction? Home – Based Professionals Can Have That!

People that are wondering about whether working from home will work for them often have a lot of questions about what it is really like to work at home. One important question that is likely to be on the mind of anyone that is considering making the switch to home-based work is whether home-based work brings as much job satisfaction as work outside of the home. It is certainly easy to go on and on about the lifestyle satisfaction that comes along with making the switch to home-based work, but lifestyle is not everything. In order to feel fulfilled, most … Continue reading →

Need Help Finding Health Insurance?

Are you among the many Americans who does not have any kind of health insurance at all? Did you lose your health insurance because you lost your job, because you cannot afford it, or because your insurance company went out of business? If you need some help finding health insurance, there is a government website that can help you do that. Really! Healthcare.gov is the website that has been created by the federal government to be a source of information regarding the new changes in health care reform. You can find a timeline that tells you what changes have already … Continue reading →

Finding the Right Person for the Job- Part 2

While cheapest may not always be best, when you are getting quotes from tradesmen, don’t assume the most expensive will always be the best either. Sometimes they are just companies overpricing to get money more quickly but the work may not be better or more efficient. Some with an hourly rate can stall and use delaying tactics to string out the cost. I have to admit too when looking for tradesmen to do a job, we go by our personal gut reaction. Mick and I tend to sum people up fairly quickly. If they are too pushy trying to get … Continue reading →

Finding the Right Person for the Job

Finding a good tradesperson for your home renovations or minor home repairs can be a bit like a lottery, unless you are careful. You could consult the internet or phone book or advertisements in the local paper or take note of the leaflets that seem to proliferate in the letterbox. But it’s still flying blind.A better idea is to listen to people talk and ask friends or neighbors who they would recommend. Of course if you’ve just moved into a new area, you won’t know too many people. When you move to a new area, as we did a few … Continue reading →

Murphy’s Newest Job: The Waker Upper

When Murphy picked his part in the personal pet therapy project, he did so without complaint –but with much sacrifice. Among other things, gone were his leisurely walks multiple times a day. He’s making up for lost time now. These days Murph wakes up early and with tons of enthusiasm. There’s work to be done, and he needs my help to do it. Company on My Morning Walk I like to start my day with a nice walk. But when I started caring for my mom I rarely got to walk. And therefor neither did Murph. Not the long walks … Continue reading →

Ask a Homeschooling Blogger: Why Are You So Against Government Involvement Part 2

Note: As I have explained in my previous blog this morning, I have received an e-mail that I think articulates the opinions of many who do not home school and don’t understand why those of us who do might see government intervention as a bad thing. I generally ignore these letters because they are often riddled with poor language and have clearly not been thought out. For the original question in part, please see the first blog. This is a continuation of my response. Those Who “Claim to Homeschool” Every so often, we hear of a news story about a … Continue reading →