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Planning Ahead For Busy Times

Everyone knows the old saying, “when it rains, it pours”. When you have a home-based business, rain is a good thing. As the owner and operator of your home based business, you are also the one responsible for attracting clients and customers. This is known in the business world as being a rainmaker. Sometimes, your rainmaking activities produce a deluge of work. That is a beautiful thing – if you have a plan in place for handling a sudden increase in interest in your products or services. Here are a few tips for making sure that you do not get … Continue reading →

Planning for Your Produce Needs

It’s the season that gardeners love and loathe. We loathe it because in the Northern Hemisphere, it is the season of dark, cold, wet, and snow. Gardeners have to stay indoors, out of the garden. However, it is also the season of planning and organizing and buying and swapping seeds, and that is a good thing. If you plan to eat out of your garden this year, are you ready? I’m not entirely ready, but over the last few years I’ve developed a better understanding of what our family needs from our garden. Granted, we can’t eat entirely from our … Continue reading →

Enter the RootsTech Developers Challenge

It is time to enter the second annual RootsTech Developers Challenge. Whoever creates the best ancestry research application using any available API will win the award of $5,000. The deadline is January 1, 2012, so you need to hurry if you are planning to enter! RootsTech is a leading edge conference that is designed to connect technologists with genealogists. The purpose is so that each group can learn from the other one, and so that both can work together to find solutions to the challenges that are faced when people try and research their family history. You don’t have to … Continue reading →

Strategies For Getting More Healthy Food For Less Money

If you have a tight grocery budget, food shopping is a challenge, to say the least. You want to feed your family the most healthful meals that you can, but it seems like the healthier a food is, the more it costs. There are a few ways that you can get fresh, healthy food for your family without breaking the bank. Try the following tips and see whether they can work for your family. If you live somewhere with room for a garden, or even a balcony with room for some potted plants, you may want to try your hand … Continue reading →

What Do Stay At Home Parents Need From a Home-Based Business Opportunity?

Not all home-based business opportunities are created equal, and since every person’s needs are unique, there is no single home-based business opportunity that can claim that it is a perfect fit for everyone. If you take the time to assess your needs thoroughly before you choose which home-based business opportunity or opportunities to pursue, you may avoid pouring time and money into business ventures that end up being a poor fit for you. Parents that would like to work from home are likely to have needs that may be different from other home-based business owners. This is especially true for … Continue reading →

St. John’s Wort

St. John’s wort is one herbal remedy that has been (and continues to be) under a lot of scrutiny by modern science. Also known as hypericum and goat weed, use of St. John’s wort for treating mental and mood disorders dates back to ancient Greece. The plant may get its name from historical and religious figure John the Baptist, because the yellow flowers bloom around the time of the feast of St. John the Baptist in late June. The herb was traditionally used to treat nerve pain and a host of mental disorders. It was also used as a balm … Continue reading →

Frugal Living Week in Review: March 31st Through April 6th

Have you been stocking up on ham and bacon this week? And what about the other great food bargains? If you don’t know what I am talking about, check out last week’s frugal articles. March 31st Goodwill Offers and Finds Do you shop at the Goodwill? Here are some of the finds that were available Saturday at my local Goodwill. Planning Your Frugal Summer Travel I know that we just reached spring, but summer won’t be far behind. And now is a perfect time to start planning your summer vacation. With the economy the way it is, many people will … Continue reading →

Gaining the Students’ Attention

One of the hardest things about being a teacher in today’s society is gaining the attention of the students. Teachers are under a lot of pressure to produce exciting, entertaining, and fun lessons. The difficulty of this task varies depending on the age group being taught and the specific skill that is to be addressed. I find it easier to create fun lessons for lower grade students rather than for upper grade students. I also find subjects such as Science and Social Studies to be more engaging. Using props as openers can help get students interested in the activity from … Continue reading →

Quirky Travel Destinations

Summer may still be a few months away (judging by the foot of snow on my front lawn, it could be several months away), but that’s not stopping some tweens from planning for the end of the school year… especially the ones who are avid “American Idol” fans. Forget about Bible Camp, YMCA Camp, and Space Camp, this year kids ages 12 to 15 who can’t get enough of the phenomenally popular singing contest, are begging their parents to send them to Massachusetts for “American Idol” camp. Since the TV show is only open to 16-to-28-year-olds, series creator 19 Entertainment … Continue reading →

Best Buys for March

Do you know what to buy this month to save the most money? Read on for the best buys in March. Saving the most that you can means paying attention to sales and trends in the retail industry. Stores time their sales to the calendar month, so knowing when the best time to buy something is can save you a lot of money. Gardening Tools In March, seems to be looking forward to spring and planning out their gardens. It is still too cool in many regions to actually start planting, but that is no excuse not to get started … Continue reading →