Family vacations are highly anticipated events in most homes. Much planning goes into the location, time, and funding for a trip for a week or two to some location away from home. Sometimes, the family vacation is an excursion to Disney World or a cruise to the islands. Sometimes it is a highly anticipated trip Read more about Family Camp[…]
A while back, I wrote a blog about television, but I focused on commercials more than the availability of television in the home. Can we have too much tv? When I received my bill from Comcast a few months ago, I noticed that the bill was higher than it had been, so I drove over Read more about Too much tv[…]
In 2008, right before my husband had a very delicate and traumatic surgery, he suggested that I get a brand new car in my name, just in case. He wanted me to be safe in a car that would not need constant repairs, and thus began my venture of the search for a new car. Read more about To buy a new car…or not[…]
My experiences with young adults has been varied and interesting. Many with whom I work are lively and enthusiastic. A few are slugs. We work together well, and some of the things I have observed are encouraging. Others, not so much. I don’t think that young college students really anticipate the cost of their education. Read more about Burgeoning adulthood[…]
The season has arrived. Fans anticipate Opening Day of baseball with great hopes for their local teams. Here in the Philadelphia area, we have great expectations for the Phillies, but it’s still early yet, and though the team has made some games very interesting, we shall wait to see what happens. Only in Philadephia! One Read more about Spring Season! Opening Day![…]
What is my problem? I can’t remember my passwords to most of the websites or apps. From the experts, I hear reminders often to make passwords easy to remember but difficult to crack. Don’t use birthdays or addresses or kid’s names. Include a symbol, a number, and upper and lower case letters, they say. And Read more about Password Purgatory[…]
When I was a little girl, I learned early to look both ways before crossing the street. One of my earliest memories is crossing a street in Elizabeth, NJ on my way to kindergarten. I was five years old. If I recall correctly, I had to cross at least two intersections before reaching the school Read more about Teaching children to cross the street.[…]
Neflix has in its collection an interesting documentary called Minimalism. The film records the travels of two young men around the country on a book tour, introducing people to their book Everything That Remains. The documentary is worth watching. Two young successful men, Josh Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, found themselves in a place of dissatisfaction Read more about What to do with all the stuff[…]
Millennials are perplexing. Many of us struggle to understand their apparent lack of work ethic, the constant attachment to social media, the lack of motivation, etc. Recently, I read an article by Noreena Hertz in which she discusses some of the perplexities of understanding youth today, commonly referred to as Millennials. It’s easy to perceive Read more about What to do with Millennials.[…]