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Lunch and a Movie and a Dinner, Too

On Saturday, we got to experience something my kids had been looking forward to for weeks: the second Despicable Me movie. My youngest choose it as his birthday outing. Normally, we let them choose between going out to eat or going to a movie. Nine times out of ten, they choose the movie. We had planned, as we usually do, to take in the movie at the local movie theater for the matinée showing, which is the least expensive way to do it. Instead, though a misunderstanding with some friends, we wound up driving 45 minutes away to a movie … Continue reading →

Eliminating Food Waste: Leftovers for Lunch

Winter is a great time for converting your leftovers for lunch. While a cold sandwich or a salad might be fine for the summer, winter’s temperatures often bring appreciation for a warm and heartier meal. Plus, when you have leftovers for lunch, you are eliminating food waste. Eliminating food waste means eliminating the cost of additional food, as well. Many people turn their noses up at leftovers. It is okay. I used to be one of them. One way to solve this is to freeze any leftovers you have and then bring them back out on another day. Of course … Continue reading →

Special Needs Blog Week in Review – June 24 – 30, 2012

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Every week, the Special Needs Blog Week in Review brings you a quick summary of each of the blogs that were posted here in the past seven days. It makes it easier for you to find out about the ones that you might have missed. The Special Needs Podcast Roundup went up on June 25, 2012. This week, I’d like to point out an episode of NPR’s “Weekend Edition Sunday”. The episode was called “Planes, Patience, and Slightly Kid-Friendlier Security”. This is a good one to listen to for parents who will be traveling by plane with their children this … Continue reading →

Not So Great Expectations

Sometimes, parents get upset with their children for acting in a way that they think is inappropriate. I know I do. Today I had an experience that made me think that perhaps at least some of the time, the problem is not my child’s behavior but my own unrealistic expectations. It started out innocently enough. I was running errands and it was almost lunch time, so I mentioned a few places where we could go to eat and asked Dylan to choose one. He chose a little place called “The Chef’s Market”. At the time, it seemed like a great … Continue reading →

Today Was a Great Day

The past few weeks have been a little crazy around here. Bringing a newborn home is a challenging time for parents, and when there is a toddler involved the challenge is even greater. A period of adjustment is to be expected, and every toddler will react differently to his or her new brother or sister. Although we tried to prepare Dylan for the arrival of his baby brother, he has had some trouble adjusting to our new family situation. What has been especially hard for him is sharing his Mommy with another person who has very big needs. While the … Continue reading →

Great Deals on SoyJoy Bars

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What is a SoyJoy bar? It is a snack food that contains whole soy and real fruit, and that comes in a variety of flavors. They can be a healthy alternative to eating a candy bar when you are looking for a tasty, sweet, snack food to munch on. Right now, you can get a coupon to save money on SoyJoy bars, and also get a free sample of them. What do you reach for at snack time? Perhaps you grab some potato chips, or a chocolate chip cookie. Both of those things can be satisfying, and could possibly take … Continue reading →

Splash Into Summer Fun at Six Flags Great America

When was the last time you experienced liquid love… minus the nasty hangover? Forget about the Patron-laced tropical libations; now’s your chance to splish, splash, slide and surf your way into a wet and wild summer vacation you’ll remember for years to come. Soaking up the sun and hanging ten on cobalt blue water is easy when you live in Hawaii, but what do you do when you want to take a summer plunge in the Midwest? (Take the plunge at Riptide Bay!) Never mind Lake Michigan; instead, set your sights on Gurnee, Illinois. That’s where you’ll find Six Flags … Continue reading →

What Great Things Can You Do Because You Work From Home?

Sometimes I enjoy thinking of fun ways to share my experiences as a home-based professional with others. Today, I decided that a fun way to explore the benefits of being a home-based professional would be to see how many ways I can complete the following sentence: “Because I am a home-based professional, I can…..” This week, so far, I am able to complete that sentence in a number of ways. Because I am a home-based professional, yesterday I took my little boy out for a long walk at noontime on a beautiful winter day. Because I work from home, I … Continue reading →

Get A Free Reusable Lunch Bag From Lean Cuisine

Frozen dinners are quick, easy, and convenient. If you don’t feel like cooking a meal from scratch, it’s nice to be able to pop something into the microwave for dinner. If your lunch break is thirty minutes or less, and you want a hot meal, you can bring a frozen meal with you to work. Of course, then you will need something to carry it in. Need a new lunch bag? You can get a free, fashionable, functional lunch bag from Lean Cuisine. If you are someone who is interested in living a greener lifestyle, there are many things you … Continue reading →

It Was a Great Day to Work at Home

Do you ever have one of those days where you think to yourself “THIS is why I work from home”? I hope that at least occasionally you have a day like that, a day where you are filled with a sense of all of the wonderful things that can happen when you work from home. Lucky me, I had one of them today. I am taking the time to write about it so that when I am having one of those other days; you know the ones that leave you feeling negatively about the whole working from home thing, I … Continue reading →