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Declutter It! is all about organizing your home and home office. Here's a list of my weekly post topics: Motivate Me Mondays, Tick Tock Tuesdays, Where's My Desk Wednesdays, Tame Those Toys Thursdays, Find It Fridays.
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Favorite Christmas Books for Kids
Over the next month, I shall be reminiscing about favorite Christmas books of my childhood, of my daughter’s and grandchildren’s. I’ll also look for books out there that children today would like. Let me know what your favorites are...
Disney’s Holiday Guide For Kids and Adults
Disney’s Theatrical department has quite a bit of nice holiday gifts for you to choose from this year from The Lion King to Mary Poppins, there is something for everyone. I was recently contacted to ask if I’d take a peek at the new book,...
Kids & the Significance of Veteran’s Day
Today is Veterans Day in the U.S. Do our children know what it really means, in addition to a day off from school, parades and flags? Image: sxc.hu Do they realize that without the veterans’ service for our country, from the Revolutionary W...
Your Grandchildren Are Watching You
Do you know your grandchildren are watching you? That what you say and do set an example? Image: sxc.hu Just as they learn (good and bad) from parents, they also learn from grandparents. So it’s difficult to say, “Do as I say, not as ...
Do You Text & Drive?
A friend described how his granddaughter was injured…in an auto accident because the faulty driver was texting on her cell phone. Blackberry image: sxc.hu His granddaughter and her brother, who was driving, had stopped in a line of traffic ...
Kids do Have Soft Spots for Mom
I don’t care what they try telling you, mom and dad are soft spots for kids. No matter what they don’t want to see mom and dad vulnerable, hurt or sick, when they do it frightens them. IMG: sxc.huI have been sick for over a week and...
Girl Gang Raped for Two Hours
WARNING: This post will turn your stomach! This came across my screen early this morning and honestly I thought of not even posting it but I kept asking myself: How did these people allow this to happen? Why did no one stop it? IMG: Sxc.hu That poor ...
Reducing Stress While Packing with Kids
Once upon a time it was easy to travel. My husband and I would wake up, shower, pack our bags and leave. I think we could pull the whole thing off in under an hour. And then came Truman. I can’t say we weren’t warned. Our friends with kids told t...
Global Warming – What Are Kids Learning?
As I listened to youngsters learning a new song about global warming and the greenhouse effect, I thought, “Propagandizing in high gear!” Image: sxc.hu It’s being forced on young minds with a catchy tune and repetitive chorus. ...
Tips for Juggling Kids
A friend of mine recently asked me how she will be able to juggle multiple children, sports and school. First, she has her own children plus a few nieces and nephews that she came into. IMG: Sxc.huShe explained that she has a nephew that wants to j...
Stay Safe: Check out Sex Offender Registry
I woke to a news report that a body found in a Georgia landfill was likely that of missing Orange Park, Fla., girl Somer Thompson, who went missing Monday while walking home from school. I watched the anchor pitch to a package that showed the mother ...
Photos of Youngsters with Pumpkins
Some of my memorable and colorful photos have centered around children and pumpkins in the fall. Image: sxc.hu Sometimes these involved Halloween costumes, perhaps midst colorful leaves. Other times the photos simply consisted of my daughter, gr...
Fun in the First Snow
I awoke this morning to snow on the ground and more snow falling from the sky. It was only a light covering and soon was over. Yet, the snow midst the autumn leaves, created a picturesque aura to the world. Image: sxc.hu Children cried out with g...
The Monday Turnover Box
Are you tired of picking up after your kids? A toy by the door, a magazine carelessly thrown on the couch, a video game console’s controllers all over the coffee table, a jacket on the floor… The mess is only half the frustration — ...
Parent-Teacher Conference Time
Some parents look forward to parent-teacher conference time to meet their children’s teachers and discuss challenges and achievements. Others dread this occasion and decide they don’t want to bother or it’s a waste of time. Image:...
Concerns About Videotaping Your Children
In today’s electronic society, taking photos and videotaping is almost second nature. Placing these photos and tapes on Facebook, You Tube and similar social media sites has become very common. What do you think when others do this without yo...
A Daily Gratitude Journal
Teach your child to be thankful for the little and the big things of his every day with a Daily Gratitude Journal. Before going to bed, sit down with your child and ask him what the highlights of his day were. Image credit: D Sharon Pruitt Talk abou...
It’s my turn, it’s my week!
Do you find yourself playing referee whenever the kids start fighting over who gets to hold the remote, who gets to pick where Sunday’s family dinner will be, who gets to choose what video game to play first? Perhaps declaring a week for each k...
Is This Kid’s Book Sending a Bad Message?
When my son was still a newborn blob of tiny bones wrapped in a blanket of warm skin, my husband rushed out and bought a Curious George book. We had decorated our son’s room in monkeys (which was cuter than it sounds) and my husband’s idea was to...
Reminder To Use Your Parenting Power Wisely
A friend shared this poem with me and I thought it was most appropriate for a parenting blog. It’s amazing sometimes to think how much influence we as parents have over our children. We should always remember to use that power wisely. What a Child ...
Don’t forget to laugh!
Your baby just smeared peanut butter all over himself. Your toddler accidentally knocked over the trash. Your tween used your hair dye to give the dog some color. Your teen has just come home with a pierced nose. Your husband has just come home and i...
Kanye West Shows Bad Manners
Early this morning I caught up on the VMA Award Show via youtube and watched in horror as some very unmannerly events happened. For those that don’t know Kanye West jumped on the stage just as Taylor Swift won an award and was about to give a ...
Singing Contest for Grandparents Day
National Grandparents Day is almost here. The holiday is celebrated on the first Sunday after Labor Day in both the United States and Canada (Sept. 13, 2009), and on the first Sunday in October in the United Kingdom (Oct. 4, 2009). Marian McQuade, a ...
Do You Parent Like YOUR Parent?
How often have you heard this line from your friends: “I don’t want to turn into my Mother!” or “I fear becoming my father when it’s my turn to be a Dad.” Parenting is difficult. There are moments when you wonder i...
CDC Report: School-Age Kids At High Risk
In the first three weeks of school, my son was home sick for four days. The second week of school he had strep throat. The following week he came home with a high fever, chills, and was lethargic and vomiting. Normally, I’d feed him Tylenol and bab...
Obama/Bush Speeches – Double Standard?
How about the school district in Arlington, Texas. It refused to allow students the opportunity to hear President Obama’s speech to students Tuesday because it didn’t want to interfere with lessons. Yet the same school district sees no problem in...
Cute Kids Flogging Themselves
Sitting at work – or at your desk – pretending to be productive even though you don’t feel like doing a darn thing? You have my permission to occupy your mind with this cute-kids-flogging-themselves video. That baby and teddy bear thing at the ...
My Daughter Isn’t Eating at School
What would you do if you packed your child a meal every day only to find over half of it was never touched? Many may not think anything of it. But when she is coming home every day asking to eat because she is hungry or tired and wants to go right to...
