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Your Bundle of Joy Deserves Healthy Baby Food: Start Your Baby Off Right

When you gave birth to your first baby, you doubtless experienced the unique joy that only a baby can bring. You can’t take your eyes off of this new, precious little human being. Your baby is special, the cutest, most cuddly and lovable little person you’ve ever seen. For the first few months, breastfeeding or […]

What Constitutes an Effective Abstinence Education Program?

In an effort to reduce the rising numbers of cases of AIDS, other sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies in teens, many communities and schools have developed abstinence education programs. There are many different curriculums and approaches, but no standardized programs. For the most part, such abstinence education programs are developed at the local level. […]

Large Print

There are many people who mistake typing in capital letters for large print. There are many online who do things to irritate everyone they encounter, but to be fair, they probably have not idea what they are doing. Others know what "netiquette" is, but they simply don’t care. No matter what a person’s position in […]

Stimulating Activities for Seniors

So often, younger people view seniors as "over the hill" people who just sit around waiting for something interesting to happen. While some seniors may live alone and get out infrequently, it’s not because that’s the way they like it! I remember, many years ago, my grandmother, well into her seventies, telling me how strange […]

Active Adult Communities

Picking out active adult retirement communities is pretty difficult. After all, the active adult community you choose is probably where you’re going to spend the rest of your life. When I was helping my mother retire, things were a lot different. There were not the same number of choices for active adult communities. Assisted living […]

60th Birthday Invitations

It is sad when your 60th birthday party comes around. It is even sadder when you have to send out the 60th birthday invitations yourself. It is saddest of all when you have no one to blame. I know that my niece was supposed to send out my 60th birthday party invitations, but when her […]

Shade Gardening for an Exotic Display of Tropical Elegance

So many gardeners, even experienced ones, often bemoan the fact that their apartment or home has no expanses of sunny soils in which to plant their sun-loving favorites. Many also regard a shady garden as a difficult prospect, believing that hardly a plant worth viewing does well in the shade. This is a myth we […]

Pool Landscaping Ideas for a Beautiful, Low-Maintenance, Safe Pool Area

If you’ve got a pool, you probably have plenty of summertime guests, both kids and adults, who help you get maximum enjoyment out of this luxury home feature. However, when you’re the owner, you’re the one who maintains it in its pristine condition, which can involve considerable time and due diligence. In fall, you may […]

Before You Start Moving Furniture, Make A Floor Plan

Every so often, we want to freshen the look of a room without spending a lot of money. Maybe you’ve decided to move your desk into the living room so you can keep an eye on the kids or just have a new view out that picture window. If you’ve ever muscled some heavy furniture […]

Glass Hummingbird Feeders

Nature is a wondrous thing. I live in Minnesota where nature and weather are topics of conversation on a daily basis. Our weather is forever changing. Minnesota is the land of ten thousand lakes. We are also the twelfth largest state so the weather in one area can be completely different than in another. The […]