Maybe it’s not quite nirvana, but your home office should be as pleasing and comfortable as you can make it, if you are a work at home mom this is especially true. Home offices are quickly becoming a vital part of many people’s working life and they can be the hub of a family’s home.
How Obama’s Financial Reform Bill Affects Americans and Banks
The new “Restoring American Financial Security Act of 2010” is going to hit banks hard by reducing debit card fees that stores have to pay. The 2% charge might seem small, but has brought banks $20 billion dollars in revenue.
Three Uncommon Tools for Home Repair and Hobbies
If you own a home or even live in a rental property, you know that repair and maintenance tasks are never ending. To keep up with that honey-do list, most people at the minimum have one of those orange Home Depot tool boxes loaded with a hammer, a couple of screwdrivers, a pair of pliers, […]
Seven Tips On How To Be A Work At Home Super Mom
You love your kids and you love your job but being successful on both fronts is no easy thing. Being a work at home mom might be the envy of your neighbors, but it can easily put a strain both on your home and family life, if you let it. Here are seven tips to […]
Inexpensive Wedding Favors For an Eco-Wedding
Cheap wedding favors are often cutesy little plastic trinket that end up cluttering up a landfill. So, what can an Earth-friendly bride-to-be do? If you want to have an environmentally-friendly eco-wedding, try these inexpensive wedding favors that combine flower seeds, recycled paper and other eco-friendly items. Cheap Wedding Favors for an Eco-wedding Looking for cheap […]
Stain Fighting Science Experiment with Wisk Stain Spectrum™
As part of the Wisk with new Stain Spectrum™ Technology campaign, I got to participate in this cool science experiment with my kids. You can see in this video how we showed Wisk with Stain Spectrum™ laundry detergent fighting protein based grass stains. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDzGjXypE0E[/youtube] First we wrote Evan’s initial in Wisk with Stain Spectrum™ Technology laundry detergent on the […]
Laundry Cleaning Through the Generations – Wisk
I grew up in a quiet, suburban neighborhood in Southern California. Swimming, riding bikes and swinging on the tire swing….playing street ball with the neighborhood boys. And why not? I could throw better than any of them. My mom grew up in similar fashion – a city girl living near a golf course. My grandmother […]
An Annual Roof Inspection Will Lengthen Its Life
Most homeowners never give their roof a second thought until there’s a problem like a water leak. But most people can inspect components like composition shingles and flashing and make minor repairs. This is even more important in areas subject to a lot of winter snowfall. Depending on conditions, a quality shingle roof should last […]
Five Tips for Improving Credit Scores
Improving a credit score is a game that every American is going to have to play to get better rates on loans for big ticket items like cars and mortgages. Improving a credit score involves using a lot of little strategies and paying close attention to spending. Its hard playing a game when the referee […]
Know Credit Scores and Understand Credit Reports
I thought I understood the importance of a checking my credit score and credit report until I decided to apply for a mortgage. I knew that I was up there, in the 780s-760s, but I never knew quite what that meant. When I applied, I wasn’t offered the best interest rate, and I asked why […]
Learning From 5-Year-Olds: How to Ask Why
Over this past summer, my 5-year-old grandson spent a week with us. It has been a while since I’ve had a 5-year-old around, and I appreciate the things I learned from him that week. I love the way 5-year-olds question everything around them. How else are they to learn about their world? As I pondered […]
An Annual Roof Inspection will Lengthen Its Life
Most homeowners never give their roof a second though until there’s a problem like a water leak. But most people can inspect components like composition shingles and flashing and make minor repairs. This is even more important in areas subject to a lot of winter snowfall. Depending on conditions, a quality shingle roof should last […]
