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  My mom taught me many important lessons. The most important one I learned when I was only four years old. As a very strong-willed child when I wanted something, it could be very difficult to dissuade me. That particular...

Skies have gotten dark. Rain is coming sideways. Winds are howling. Lighting is lighting up the sky. Thunder is rumbling the floors. Hail is pounding on the roof. Sirens start screaming for you to run to safety. What do...

As a kid I always looked forward to summer—no school, long days and nights playing hide and seek, and popsicles.   As an adult, I still look forward to summer.  There’s something about summer that seems freeing and where working...

  Warmer weather has all of us thinking of spending more time outdoors. What better way to celebrate than with a garden party? Here are a few tips and recipes that will help make your planning easier and your party...

Just a month or so ago, my husband and I began to talk about how we wanted to "up" our recycling game, while reducing the amount of things that end up in our trash can. We are a family...

We have moved to five different houses and three different cities in the last eight years. I am no moving expert--and the irony is--I’m probably one of the least organized people you’ll ever meet, but having four kids and...

The Life Every morning it’s the same routine: wake up to no alarm clock but instead the jabs of my 1 year old poking me or slapping me across the face. “Maaa-ma”. The three-year old sleeping diagonally chirps in, “Can...

Have you heard about the Hefty® EnergyBag™ program? It is a groundbreaking initiative that collects previously non-recycled plastics at the curbside and converts them into valuable energy resources.

April is National Financial Literacy Month. A month to educate and celebrate spending wisely, thinking through purchases, paying off debt, budgeting, and all things related to money. It so important to celebrate this month and to work with our...

How far will our library take us go today? Maybe we’ll go through the mountains of Dr. Seuss through the lollipop trees! Or maybe we’ll find an ocean and look for animals underneath the deep seas! Wait look! A place to play! But...