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Reassuring Kids in Times of Disaster

Even if you don’t let your kids watch the news, they likely know about the earthquake in Haiti through all the fund-raising projects going on (for more information about children’s fundraising projects, click here) and from hearing people talk about it. Maybe your child was afraid that they would be in an earthquake. Maybe you could get out of it by saying you don’t live in an earthquake zone. I couldn’t say that, so I’d have to go into detail about houses being built better, our earthquake kit having all the necessities in it, and having police and fire personnel … Continue reading →

Five Tricks for Navigating My Mom’s Dementia-Filled Days

When my mom had her mini-stroke a few weeks back, it negatively impacted her dementia in a major way. She went from exhibiting mostly mild symptoms with a few moderate ones thrown in, to exhibiting mostly moderate symptoms with a few severe ones thrown in. If I was gulping about being a caregiver before, I’m triple gulping about it now. I had hoped some of this was related to the stroke and that in time she’d come back to me. But she’s not shown any improvement. If anything, she gets a little worse each day. This has presented major challenges … Continue reading →

Five Important Insurance Tips For Your Recreational Vehicle

Owning a Recreational Vehicle (RV) offers families the freedom to explore the beauty of America while enjoying a few comforts of home. Whether you’re a retired couple traveling or taking the great family vacation America’s roadways, even the best plans can go astray. Traveling in a Motor home or RV can leave vacationers subject to problems and when that happens most policyholders are happy when they investigated their insurance options first. Many Personal Auto Insurance policies will allow an insured to add their motor home or RV to the personal auto policy and some estimates indicate that as many as … Continue reading →

iTunes: Over 3 Billion Served

Do you remember years ago when it was fun to watch the McDonald’s sign change to show how many burgers were sold. Somewhere along the line, they just couldn’t keep up any longer, and those signs changed to the line “billions and billions served. It is a very different world now, and success is measured in music downloads rather than patties with special sauce. Yesterday, Apple announced that more than three billion songs have been purchased and downloaded from the Apple iTunes store. “We’d like to thank all of our customers who have contributed to this incredible milestone,” said Eddy … Continue reading →

Star Updates: The Honeymoon Is Over

The honeymoon is over for Eva Longoria and Tony Parker–literally. The couple just returned from a week long jaunt to the Caribbean islands of Turks and Caicos following what has got to be one of the most lavish celebrity weddings ever. The Desperate Housewives star and her NBA All-Star husband are back in L.A. now after spending more than two weeks in France readying for their much-publicized, star-studded wedding. As for the honeymoon, the 32-year-old actress recently told reporters that it was extremely low-key. “It was so romantic, it was just the two of us. We were completely alone together. … Continue reading →

Computing Blog: May 19th through May 25th

Have you caught all of the latest computing blogs? From iTunes to fun websites, to news you can use, it is all here. If you haven’t read them all, yet, I forgive you. After all, I am playing catch up myself, at least with the weekly reviews. So here you are, for your perusal: the Computing Blog review for May 19th through May 25th. May 19th Ask Dr. Universe Want to know why the sky is blue? Ask Dr. Universe, who has the answers to this and many other questions that come from kids. May 21st Create Bands Have you … Continue reading →

Lost Five Times Over

I am probably the only person in America who has yet to see the television show, Lost. I feel like I should either join a support group and start therapy immediately, or go crawl back under my rock. The only excuse I have is that I have three small children at home and that by the time they have everything they need and are tucked in bed, by the time the house is reset back to the way it was, why I am just ready to pop myself in bed and read a good book for a few minutes before … Continue reading →

The Fight for Isaiah is Over

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The first mediation session ended without success because Lola decided that she needed to talk to her drug rehab counselor at the last minute and we could not find him. We were all guardedly optimistic about the second session. We started to worry when Lola arrived. She looked really bad. I had seen her like this many times before. She told us that she had not talked to the counselor and that we were going to have a trial because she was not going to sign anything. When she came back, she told me that she had lost the pictures … Continue reading →

Starting Over in a New City

Sometimes, a newly divorced person or someone who has lost a spouse will move to a new city. When kids are involved, moving to a new city can be exciting and adventurous but it also means making new friends, going to a new school, starting at a new church, and moving into a new home. The bottom line is that today, every year, one out of five families in the United States move. As the single mom or dad, your responsibility now becomes making the move as seamless as possible. The number one mistake parents make when moving with the … Continue reading →

Diary of an Overweight Mom—Back From “Vacation”

In case you’ve been following my blog and wondering where I’ve gone, let me tell you. I’ve been on vacation. No, not the glorious vacation I’m dreaming about right now—the one that consists of me, alone, on a deserted beach with only a book, a basket full of fruit, and a thousand dolphins in my site. I’m talking about a weight loss vacation. Life got the better of me the past few weeks. I needed to decompress. Sometimes we all need this. Women today wear a lot of hats. Sometimes those hats can weigh us down and sometimes, they even … Continue reading →