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DogFriendly.com: Dog-Friendly Vacation Planning Made Easier

This week, May 12-20, is National Tourism Week sponsored by the Travel Industry Association. It’s a good time to have such a week, as summer’s right around the corner and summer vacations are topmost on many people’s minds. I know vacation is on my mind. Wayne and I don’t always get to go on one each year, but I like to have a list of places where Murph would be welcome to come with us if we could get away. (A few times we’ve taken non-Murph vacations and kenneled him, but that can get expensive. Cheaper just to take him … Continue reading →

Can Your Child Use a Word Processor?

If your child is in third grade or older, knows letters and words, and has reasonable functioning of the hands and fingers, he or she can benefit from learning to use a word processor. Children with all kinds of learning disabilities and especially those with ADHD or dysgraphia should have a word processor available for them to use at home, if at all possible. I remember when my oldest son was in his first years of elementary school. Every time I went to parent-teacher conferences I was told, “He does good work and scores very high on tests, but his … Continue reading →

Heat Your Home with Style

As the weather begins to cool, you may begin to worry about heating bills. I know I do, and it’s still 80+ degrees here during the day, but it is starting to cool off quite a bit at night. I was discussing this subject with my husband, and soon after, he showed me an ad in Popular Mechanics Magazine. Econo-Heat Electric Panel Heaters Now, there’s a heating solution that is not only functional and affordable, but is also the best looking heater you’ve ever seen. You can use Econo-Heat Electric Panel Heaters as is, or you can paint the surface … Continue reading →

What to do with all of your holiday digital photos

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Did you take a lot of digital photos over this past holiday season? I did, and if you are like me, it’s easy to dump the pictures to your hard drive and then not do anything with them. I have hundreds of digital photos spanning birthdays to graduations to family vacations that sit untouched on my computer. Well, I’m going to change that this year and I want to pass on a few ways to handle your growing digital picture library. ● Organize your photos. I hate spending 30 minutes looking through folders of unnamed pictures to find the picture … Continue reading →