Over the past year we’ve seen a lot of bad weather around the world. While most of us haven’t had to face disasters, per se, we know the potential is always there. The floods, ice and snow storms, tornadoes, hurricanes and earthquakes can catch us unaware.
Most people aren’t prepared for even small emergencies which leave them without electricity or water for a week, much less for a month. The chaos is even worse if you have to leave your home quickly. If that happens, …

There is just something about printables that many moms and business owners love. If you are always on the look out for to-do lists, you just have to see this one. You’ll find it especially cute if latte is on the top of your favorites list. Cindy, over at SkipToMyLou.com, shares a unique to-do list that you can print and even turn into a refrigerator magnet.
Check out this post to download the list and find out more about turning it into a magnetic …

Home organization is a step-by-step process.  It will take more than a day or even a week to get everything to a manageable level, but once you do staying organized is an easier task.  If you have a family, enlist their help.  They can pitch in and learn a thing or two about controlling clutter in their life.

Start with the high traffic areas.  The living room and kitchen are usually the two most used rooms in the house.  Everything gets dropped on a counter or the couch in these two …

The Car Care Council estimates that more than $60 billion in vehicle maintenance and repair is not performed every year, evidence that there is considerably more that consumers should be doing to protect their automotive investments. What better time to ensure your vehicle’s dependability during the upcoming cooler months than during Fall Car Care Month?
Building on the success of National Car Care Month in April, Fall Car Care Month in October was launched in 2005 and is geared toward focusing motorists’ attention on preparing their vehicles for winter.
In conjunction with …

The house that we own in Jacksonville (which is currently for sale!) has an alarm system that I miss terribly sometimes. I’m not usually the ‘scare easy’ type but when I’m home alone with only my kid and my two pets (neither of which is a very good ‘guard’) I sometimes get a little nervous.
My husband is in the military – so there are deployments, business trips and training that he has to do which leaves me and the ‘kids’ alone. We have a couple guns and a baseball bat …

I’ve been getting better at doing a little bit of housework each day now – but this week I have scheduled a room (or two) for each day. Not sure if I will get done everything that I want to, but at least I have a plan down on paper that I can follow. Today I have the dreaded Kitchen … It’s gross! It’s less gross than it was a few days ago since I cleaned half of it and Alan and I tag teamed the dishes.
So, here is what …

Yeah – that "dummy" is me okay? I need to figure out how to get organized!!! I screwed up big time today because I have a report due in Web Interface and part of the grade was that I was to take it to the "WAC" (English tutor person) and have it checked. But – I didn’t know that the WAC wasn’t open today and that I switched the hours around on Monday and thought that it was open from 3 until 10 … but, it was actually open from …