Amidst High Prices There Are A Few Lows

If it seems as though your dollar is not stretching as far as it used to no matter how hard you try, you are not alone. Many of the things that we need and use on a daily basis are getting more expensive. Two of the most obvious items that have been increasing (and increasing and increasing) in price are food and gasoline. While we can do our best to shop smart for our groceries and conserve on gas by carpooling and consolidating errands, we cannot eliminate these items from our budgets like we can do with other things like … Continue reading

A is for Activity

The public school system struggles with a lot of issues year to year and one of the more prominent problems confronting the public education system is student obesity and inactivity. There are schools around the country having to cope with this problem on their own as educational budgets do not support physical education programs. So what can we as parents do to support an A for Active in our children’s school careers? Well, PTA initatives raise money for school projects – make increased activity and exercise the focus of one of these projects. A quote I read the other day … Continue reading