Our yearly tradition is gathering the family together and decorate Christmas cookies. We spend time with kids making and placing all the sprinkles on them, we teach them to make more and give some away. This is one of my favorite memories. We as parents set what our children expectation for Christmas. They rely exclusively on what we […]
Posted earlier this week on the 5 ways to save, here are 5 more ways. 6. Coupons are found in local papers or can be printed online from various websites. I love the on-line sites, many will let you sign up for mailing list and you can actually pick out which ones you want print those. Careful on […]
Smart shopping at the grocery store is the easiest way to save money quickly. My management job after college was running a grocery store in Houston, Texas for over 2 years. They gave us weeks of intense training in each of the departments. They taught us how to maximize the profits of each department. Now I teach others using my training […]
Right after I got married I ran across these Christmas China and fell in love with them. Unable to afford such a large purchase for each item, much less for a complete set, I devised a plan. Every year the day after Christmas I would revisit the stores and purchased what ever they had in those dishes. Half price was the best […]
Every year for our birthdays, my sisters and I ask each other two questions: 1. What one new thing did you do this year? 2. What are you planning on doing new next year? It started several years ago; We decided that each year we would do one thing before our next birthday that we hadn’t done before. The […]
As parents, we are blessed with the opportunity of caring and nurturing for our children. Our jobs are merely to help with the process of developing a happy and self- sufficient adult with loving hearts. We are given this task to feed, protect, care for, worry about, and teach these helpless babies and watch them […]
