5 Parental Tips for Dealing with College Separation Anxiety.

So you’ve just dropped off your child at college for the first time and are feeling the pain.  That final hug was a lot more difficult than you had originally expected.  Your first-born is now among people you do not know, in a completely foreign environment, and you feel helpless as a parent.  My eldest [...]

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7 Ways To Warm Up To Better Coffee.

This is a guest post by Mike Crimmins. If you want to guest post on this blog, click here to get more information. For some people coffee is nothing more than brown water and a source of caffeine. For other people it’s an experience like tasting wine, exploring new regions of the world as well [...]

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Maintaining to save money, out and about.

In my last post, I introduced the topic of maintaining your inside appliances and fixtures in order to prevent unplanned large expenses from hitting your pocketbook.  In that post I focused on changing your filters regularly, furnace maintenance, and fireplace maintenance, in order to stay away from the budget-busting bills. In this post I am [...]

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Maintaining to save money. The inside edition.

If you are anything like me, it’s the out-of-the-blue, unplanned, expenses that really kill your budget.  You know, going in, your regularly-scheduled payments like your monthly mortgage bill, utility bills, and car payments.  But it’s the blown head gasket, the dryer breaking down, or the furnace acting up that are unexpected expenses that can wreak [...]

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A Cleansing Season.

There is something about the spring and the fall that triggers a cleansing gene.  If you live in a harsh climate, the spring is relegated to cleaning up from the winter.  The coolness of the fall invigorates the body and mind to work on projects before the winter bears down. Removing clutter, organizing, and upgrading [...]

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