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Family Fun on Super Bowl Sunday

The big game is less than four days away.  On Sunday, millions of families will be gathering around their televisions to watch the Baltimore Ravens take on the San Francisco 49ers… or at least to watch the uber-hyped Super Bowl commercials. It would be great if the entire family thought watching a 4-hour game was the epitome of fun.  However, if you have young kids, they may want a bit more to do than just sit on the couch and cheer on men wearing tight pants. If you are looking for super fun ideas that will score big with little … Continue reading →

End the Year With Family Time

New Year’s Eve is the perfect time to take stock of your life and focus on how you can make the most of 2013.  A new year means a fresh start.  Out with bad habits and in with better ones. For busy parents, evaluating the year gone by is a chance to reprioritize; for many that means figuring out ways to spend more time with their children. Of course, there’s no time like the present to get a jumpstart on that resolution.  To illustrate your newfound commitment, consider spending the last days of 2012 bonding with your kids.  Remember, it’s … Continue reading →

How to Score Free Day Trips

Need some fun getaway ideas? How about scoring a free day trip? It isn’t as hard as you might think. 1. Check out national parks and museums Many national parks and museums are free to the public. You can donate any amount you wish to help support the museum or park, but what you pay, or even if you pay at all, is up to you. Out of 397 national parks, 264 for them never charge a fee. The others offer “free admission days” to visitors. The same goes for private museums. Take a look at the websites for your … Continue reading →

A Family Outing

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It is not often that we have family outings. Typically I take the kids on outings with my sister’s or with friends. My husband rarely accompanies us on our fun trips to play and see interesting things. After working until one in the morning four days a week, I try to give him as much time as possible to work on his dissertation by taking the kids out without him. Today was different. I decided that we needed to do something fun as a family. Right after breakfast I got the kids dressed and the camera packed and we headed … Continue reading →

Insurance Blog Week in Review – Week of March 4 – 11, 2012

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Each and every week, there can be anywhere between twelve and fourteen different blogs appearing on the Insurance Blog. Keeping up with the Insurance Blog is a good way to stay informed about insurance changes that can affect your family. Use the Week in Review is a quick way to “ketchup”! Examining a Potential Health Insurance Plan I am, once again, attempting to find an affordable health insurance policy. In this blog, I go over what some of the abbreviations, phrases, and numbers in the health plan I am looking at actually mean. The Insurance Podcast Roundup went up on … Continue reading →

When to Extend the Animal Family

I need a canine friend My husband and I want another dog. Whenever we go to the dog park, we always come away wishing that we had another dog for Chihiro to play with. Cole has his companion, so it would be nice if she had one too. Also, having two dogs and two cats just seems like the right amount of pets for me. Jonathan and I did seriously talk about whether or not we wanted another dog. As I’ve mentioned before, we ultimately decided that it would be better to wait a while. We still take frequent overnight … Continue reading →

Sports And Family Bonds

With the Super Bowl just a couple of weeks away, now is a good time to think about sports and how they relate to family history. Whether you have athletes in the family, sports fans, or both, it is very likely that at least some family members have an interest in sports. If you think about your relatives and what sports they like to play or watch, you may see some similarities between family members. You might also see some major differences of opinion, which can make for memorable family events if there is a game on television featuring the … Continue reading →

Scarecrows

I’ve written a lot about scarecrows recently. My son has been infatuated with them ever since we visited an organic apple orchard a few months back. I didn’t think much of it at the time. This was around the time when our son started telling stories. He was remembering things and retelling the tales. He fell down one day and proceeded to tell us the story of how “I fell down!” over and over and over again. After we visited the apple orchard our son began to tell us all about how he “saw scarecrows” at the orchard. It entered … Continue reading →

Paramedics Provide Health Care to Uninsured in Colorado

Paramedics in Colorado are making house calls. This is a pilot program that is being funded for a limited time. The purpose of having the paramedics “do house calls” is to prevent people from having to call 911 for non-emergencies, and to provide health care for people who don’t have health insurance. Usually, if a paramedic has been dispatched to go to someone’s home, it is because the person is having a serious medical emergency, right at that very moment. Paramedics in Colorado, as well as a few other states, are participating in a unique pilot program. Some of the … Continue reading →

Mom Creates Shopping Cart for Special Needs Children

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Grocery shopping is one situation that can be difficult for parents of children with special needs. One of the more obvious problems involves the shopping cart. The seats in those carts are often not the best choice for children with certain types of special needs. A mom from Alabama found an excellent solution to the shopping cart problem. She designed one for families of special needs children to use! Drew Ann Long, and her husband David Long, are parents of three children. They have a daughter named Caroline, who has special needs. As Caroline grew, her mother Drew Ann quickly … Continue reading →