Homeschool in High School

Well, this year for my son is a bit more challenging.  He began taking dual-enrollment courses at our local community college as well as “enjoying” a few courses at home.  It seems to me that each school year is easier because I am more acquainted with the ins and outs of homeschooling.  His being able to… [Continue Reading]

What is “the Cloud?”

Have you ever wondered exactly what people mean when they talk about their computer data being in “the Cloud?” Does the concept of Cloud Computing leave you feeling foggy? Today’s post explores some of the basics regarding Cloud Computing to help you make sense of this concept. Cloud Computing, defined Wikipedia defines Cloud Computing as… [Continue Reading]

Wrangle your email with these social tools

Sure, social networking is fun, but seeing all those notifications in your email box isn’t. If you are a popular gal (or guy), you can easily find more than 50 notifications a day in your inbox. If that seems overwhelming to you, take heart. Try these tools and tricks for taming your socially overflowing inbox.

How to Entertain Successfully

When you entertain, there are a lot of things to consider other than the food you’ll be serving.  Are you going to have a theme like Italian or Tex-Mex?  Are you going to use a specific color like yellow dishes, yellow flowers, and lemonade?  Or do you just want to mismatch everything to make it… [Continue Reading]

Entertaining Buffet Style

If you’re hosting a buffet dinner party, it’s often because you don’t have the table space for a large number of guests. If your guests will be eating standing or sitting with plates on their laps, try to be considerate with your menu. Don’t serve foods that are complicated to eat or require much cutting… [Continue Reading]

Exhale your stress

The practice of deep breathing is an intentional process.  There are two main types of breathing:  chest breathing and abdominal breathing.  As infants, we are abdominal breathers.  Our abdominal muscles force air out of our lungs and contract to allow air to enter our lungs. As we grow up, however, most of us become chest… [Continue Reading]

Online Accounts – What Happens If You Die?

Though this may sound a morbid topic, it’s not. It’s reality. We live in a very fast-moving, technical world in which everything we touch electronically leaves a “footprint” per se. An unpleasant topic maybe – but necessary to consider. Whether you’re online just chatting with friends on Facebook, Myspace or Twitter or you make your… [Continue Reading]

Eat v-e-r-y slowly.

One of the best things you can do for digestion and a weight-loss plan is to chew your food v-e-r-y slowly.  This is especially important for red meat.  Chewing a bit of meat (or any food for that matter) approximately thirty to fifty times before swallowing allows the meat to be digested much better.  The… [Continue Reading]

Time to think about the holidays?

If you like to entertain, then it should make you smile to go into the stores already to see Halloween, Thanksgiving, and even Christmas decorations beginning to show up on the shelves.  This year you might want to change your usual way of decorating to include a twist.  You don’t have to necessarily go out… [Continue Reading]

Is homeschooling right for you?

There are so many factors in deciding if you should homeschool your child(ren).  If you have considered starting or if you already homeschool, I will say there are challenging moments, but there are plenty of rewards.