Withdrawal. After endless years of daily work, goodbye tension, hello pension. No more lying to the boss about “that date” or the “I fell down the stairs and broke my arm” excuses. Now is the time to kick off your shoes, turn on the TV, and eat cake (and lots of it) because the gateway…

I have seen different types of training techniques for restaurant staff. Some restaurants send new employees to their corporate training school; others hire experienced staff thinking they already know how to do the job. I believe that all new members of staff should receive quality training regardless of their previous experience. Every role in a…

I promise you, they have nothing to do with running for half an hour on the treadmill like a hamster. Also… no crunches, no crunches, no elliptical, no stair climbers. Basically none of that crap! I have much better exercises that are more fun to do. 3 exercises to reduce the size of the waist…

Any parent, or even adults who spend time with children, would do well to read Barbara C. Murray’s new book Taking Back Parenting. In concise and thoughtful discussions, Barbara covers a wide range of topics that parents need to be concerned about with their children, from how to teach and communicate with their children, to…

I used to stress about what to get my mom for Mother’s Day. For years they were flowers, cards, clothes or even decorative elements for her house. As I got older, I realized that the things she kept and bragged about the most were the things that cost little or nothing but came from true…

Christmas is a holiday observed to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. It is observed with absolute joy and happiness all over the world on December 25 of every year. At Christmas, people convey warm wishes and gifts to family and friends. Furthermore, it is thought that the observance of Christmas is imperfect without the…

This holiday season there were hundreds of requests for assistance for this Christmas. Many are single mothers barely making ends meet. For one reason or another, there just wasn’t enough money to make ends meet, let alone buy gifts and food for Christmas. Some moms are sick, disabled, or underemployed. The tragedy is that your…

I am so tired of picking up the same toys in my house day after day. Now I realize my kids are young (5, 3 and 1) but picking up their toys after a day of play isn’t much to expect from them. We often make it a family affair to clean out the toy…

Today I weaned my son. She is 18 months old. My initial plan was to breastfeed him until he was two years old. I had no problem nursing him because he doesn’t bite or hurt me in any way. However, he has grown very fond of me. He doesn’t want anyone, not even lola or…

Getting behind the wheels of your own is a great thing. But not everyone is lucky enough to buy a new car or has the confidence to buy a new one. So they go for the used car. One of the reasons people buy a used car is because they pay half the full market…