On The Road Again: Fun Travel Games for Children
Traveling with children can be a number of things and sadly, for most parents fun isn’t always one of them. Get more than one kid in the car, quantify with many miles of highway, and it equals a constant stream of questions, whining, and fighting amongst each other. However, there is a way to make [...]
June Events & Programs at The Brainerd Public Library
**taken from the Brainerd Public Library website Dig Into Reading Summer Reading Program at the Brainerd Public Library – Calendar of Events – We will explore to the core this summer. Readers from birth through teens will celebrate our theme: Dig Into Reading! We’ll burrow into books and dig up fun with related stories, crafts, [...]
☆.•♥• Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes Recipe! •♥•☆
☆.•♥• Mini Pineapple Upside Down Cakes Recipe! •♥•☆ Cake Ingredients: 2 eggs 2/3 C white sugar 4 Tbsp pineapple juice 2/3 C all purpose flour 1 tsp baking powder 1/4 tsp salt Topping: 1/4 cup butter (1/2 stick or 4 Tbsp) 2/3 C brown sugar 1-can pineapple rings 6-maraschino cherries Preheat oven to 350 degrees. [...]
The Day My House Lost Weight
I remember it well. It was the day I reached the breaking point. It was a few weeks ago when I was trying (key word is trying) to organize the mass-mess of TOYS in our basement. I was attempting to organized the 10 tons of STUFF my rugrats have seemed to accumulated, into bins. My [...]
Internet Writing Tips
Let’s face it, we all know it’s harder than ever to get and keep potential customer’s attention these days on-line. I’d hate to say people have “goldfish attentions spans”…but they do. With that in mind any little tip, hint, or technique we can use to draw readers in, and convince them to stay, is all [...]
Dress for Success-Welcome to Consignment Store Shopping 101
Consignment Store Shopping is a great way to get great brands for less-than-retail prices. I used to be a frequent shopper at our local women’s consignment stores. But now that I work from home and have to say (with much relief) that I don’ t need to worry about business attire anymore (insert loud cheer [...]
Using Google Alerts to Keep Tabs on Your Biz
What Google Alerts does: With Google Alerts, you can receive email alerts based on any search terms you choose and save yourself valuable time normally spent searching. You can keep tabs on your name, your business name, and even key phrases relating to you business like “need a virtual assistant.” There is no charge for [...]
A Look Back at The Olde Depot JunkTion
I know I am a bit late on getting this post up, but I wanted to share my thoughts and pictures from a VERY fun (and first time) event over the Memorial Day Weekend in the Brainerd Lakes Area. The Olde Depot JunkTion: In a nutshell, if you like magazines like Country Living, Where Women [...]
Not-so-Wordless Wednesday
{Click to Tweet} “Hugs can do great amounts of good, especially for Children.”~Princess Diana #quote
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