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How To Avoid Costly Home Improvement Mistakes

While it is true that updating your home is important for preserving your home’s value, not all home renovation projects result in a return in your investment. It is much better to know this going in to a renovation project instead of finding it out afterwards. Nothing is worse than having a Realtor come to see your house to determine its value and having that Realtor tell you that the very expensive home improvement project that you just completed did not do much to increase your home’s value. So, if you are planning a home improvement project, take note. Here … Continue reading →

Screaming Kid Makes for Travel Nightmare

In more ways than one… Talk about a flight from hell: Not only did Pamela Root’s nightmare of flying solo with her 2-year-old son come true, but so did her fear that her toddler would not behave in the airplane. In fact, the boy’s behavior was so distracting it led to the mother and son getting booted from their Southwest Airlines flight last week. According to airline officials, the Roots were sitting onboard a flight departing Amarillo, Texas, bound for San Jose, California, when young Adam got hit with a major bout of the crankies. The boy reportedly spent the … Continue reading →

The Best of the 2007 Baby Blog

It has been an exciting year in the baby blog with a few changes in bloggers, several news stories, a few series started, and of course lots of information and reflection. This is a list of the best of the best. . .the best news, the best advice and the best of my personal favorites. With that I wish you all a Happy New Year, and look forward to an exciting year in 2008! Ask a Baby Blogger Series–This, in my opinion is one of the best things the baby blog has to offer. Granted, it’s my advice which I … Continue reading →

Airline Delays—Will This Make A Difference?

A few weeks ago I shared the unpleasant (that’s putting it mildly) experience of enduring a 5-hour delay at Chicago’s O’Hare airport with my 3-year-old. By hour three I had all but exhausted our entertainment options and tried not to glare at the United Airlines employee who kept repeating over the intercom that our flight would be departing “in approximately 15 minutes.” (Mind you she repeated this every 15 minutes for three hours.) Hours four and five of our delay were even worse as they were spent in the plane on the tarmac. (Have you been there? Have you been … Continue reading →

The Fitness Blog Week in Review Jan 13-19

What a week – a very long week here. I’m writing these weeks in review ahead of time to give myself some down time this weekend so – if you haven’t had some down time recently and find yourself in the need of it – create the time. We all need that down time here and there and I said goodbye to two old friends this week and I am not afraid to admit – that emotionally, I’m tired. So without further ado – here is a quick cool down of our week in fitness. Saturday, January 13 Great Myths: … Continue reading →

A Teen’s Reputation

How do you break out of a bad reputation? It can be really difficult and a painful lesson that one of my children is learning. It becomes even more frustrating when it’s a situation at church, and adults are involved. Youth leaders, who are supposed to be helping teens through these sometimes difficult years, yet can’t seem to let go of past behavior. Now I’m not talking out-of-control behavior. I’m speaking of a teen with an attitude and talking when you aren’t supposed to. Yet no matter how my child tries to remake herself, the old is the only thing … Continue reading →

Not Really That Different

Single parents get a fair amount of criticism from the community on a regular basis. It seems you can’t turn on the TV without hearing about how the world’s problems all go back to these kids coming from broken homes. “If only his father was around, then he wouldn’t have dropped out of high school.” “If her parents had stayed together she definitely wouldn’t have ended up pregnant!” We’ve all heard it a thousand times before, but when it comes down to it, we’re not really that different than our married counterparts. We love our children just as deeply, support … Continue reading →

Knowing When to Quit

I’m not a quitter. Once I make up my mind to do something, I’m in it 100%. That’s usually a good thing, but not all the time—I’ve had the experience of staying with things long after they ceased to be the right thing for me to do, and got hurt. When it comes to money and our endeavors to make it, keep it, and invest it, we need to know when to quit. Think about the following. 1. Quitting your job. In today’s economy, it can be wise to hang on to the jobs we have because we don’t know … Continue reading →

What is “Schmuck Insurance”?

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No one wants to make a foolish mistake in front of other people. This is especially true when the mistake could end up costing you millions of dollars. When someone decides to sell their company, the last thing they want to see is the new owner re-selling it for a much higher price. One way to prevent this problem is to engage in a practice that has been called “schmuck insurance”. Technically speaking, “schmuck insurance” isn’t really a form of insurance at all. Instead, it is an action that the owner of a company can do in order to prevent … Continue reading →

What Are Necessary Purchases?

A reader recently sent me this question: How do you know when a purchase is a necessity and when it’s not? Well, of course there are the basics – food, clothing, shelter, gasoline. Then there are the things that perhaps won’t sustain life, but make it a whole lot nicer, like books, television, dinner out. Then there are luxury items such as jewelry, boats, vacation homes, and such. This chart is very simple, and very obvious, but it’s really not that cut and dried. Take, for instance, food, which is a necessity in and of itself, but not all food … Continue reading →