You know what is really annoying? A brand new ball point pen or one with plenty of good ink that quits working suddenly. It doesn’t matter if the pen cost me 994 of 9$. 99. It’s still annoying to me.

In the past, I used to hold the lip of the ball point to a flame, [...]

We’ve all been there. Either you grabbed the wrong marker or the kids use any marker they can get their hands on and next thing you know it, you got permanent marker on your Dry Erase board. Some of you know that we made two walls in our hallway into huge dry erase boards. Well [...]

We have an ice cream maker but I hate using it. It’s one of those gel bowl electric ice cream makers – not the old fashioned ice ones. I don’t think it works that well to be honest and am looking for ways to get rid of it. But the kiddos love ice cream so… [...]

Honestly, I have no idea why it took me so very long to get one of these babies and in many ways, I’m still a little surprised how the common ice cream scoop is now one of my favorite, most versatile kitchen gadgets. But not just any ice cream scoop, it’s the small ice cream [...]

Note from the editor: Today’s article is contributed by life coach Aurelia Williams who is also an experienced mother of teens. Her affordable and to the point guides have helped many parents get a handle of the teen years.

Most of us enjoy a lazy day when we can sleep in, putz around and just relax [...]

Here’s what I don’t get. Ebooks have been around for a really long time. Fact. I’ve been reading ebooks since 1999 and no, I have never read an ebook on my PC. I take my ebooks with me – since 1999. Yeah. How?
The handy, dandy PDA.
There was no Kindle, no iPhone but I’ve been happily [...]

Last year, I was sorely disappointed when I learned that Kids Programming Language retired. On its web page they recommended Phrogram instead but Phrogram is not a free program. Granted, it is a small investment to get the kids to learn a very useful skill, still. Times are tough.
Then I came across Scratch. It works [...]