House Hunting

My sister is looking for some advice for first time home buyers. What kind of things should they look for, what should they avoid? If you are or have been a homeowner, what did you learn through the experience? Did you have any good resources that helped you navigate the process?

Tattle Tales

From my good friend Cassie. If you have more than one, chances are you have this problem as well.

"I am about at my wits end! My sweet little girls have become little tattle boxes lately. You know the old, "She hit me", "She looked at me funny", "She won't help me clean up".... really I could go on all night. I tried ignoring the more minor ones, but then I feel like my kids might think that they can't come to me if there is a problem, but I feel if I do respond that they will think "Yes, victory is mine!" and jump at the chance to get revenge on their sibling. You know what I mean? Does anyone have any advice for curbing tattling? I am all ears!"

the BIG picture

Got a couple of questions from my friend Alisa. Help her out with this question and the one in the next post if you can!

"How can I make pictures BIG on the blog? Sometimes a big picture is necessary, after all."

Digital Picture Storage and Organization

From Alisa:

"We aren’t overly-excited picture-taking people. But we have collected some treasures of the years. What are your best ideas for organizing and storing digital pictures? I have a lap top with an external hard drive for back up. I don’t understand fancy techno lingo and I don’t have a lot of time to be fussy."

I know some of you out there have systems for this. Please share and help Alisa out!