How to Enjoy the Sun and Protect Your Skin! Ever wonder how those beautiful, warm rays of the sun can have such long lasting and damaging effects on your skin? Like a straightened rainbow, you can picture the spectrum of sunlight with the red, orange and yellow wavelengths being the longest and making up infrared light.  As [...]

Looking for a last minute recipe to take to your neighborhood picnic or family get-to-gether? You’ve come to the right place! Here are a few quick and easy recipes that will delight the taste buds. Party Style Chef’s Salad 1 head romaine lettuce 2 cooked chicken breasts, cut into strips 1 tomato, sliced 2 hard-boiled [...]

I can hear the words now: “How can you be thinking about back-to-school shopping now? The kids just got out of school!”  I know, I know! Summertime has just started, and fall seems so far away, but the reality is that before you know it, school time will be upon us again.  And in fact, [...]

Making the most of your Vacation Pictures Everyone knows that an important part of any vacation is the pictures! Pictures are vital to helping preserve all those wonderful memories you’ll be making, not to mention giving you something to show everyone who wasn’t lucky enough to go with you! Here are some hints and tips [...]

Fun, Food and……Wait, We Can’t Go to Knoebels?! By: Vanessa Walker Every year during the 2nd week of August, my husband and I get to go camping with his family at the all-famous Knoebels Amusment Resort located in Elysburg, Pennsylvania.  It’s a family tradition that has been going on with the “Walkers” for over 30 [...]

First after First  Guest post by Dawn Berryman, owner of Announcements Galore and Market Mommy. Last spring we took a vacation of firsts. Traveling with young children can be difficult and stressful, but it can also be exciting and rewarding. Seeing our children experience so many firsts was a blessing in itself.  We traveled to [...]

Summertime and Family Reunions go Hand in Hand   The first thought of summer usually brings to my mind family get-togethers and reunions.  For someone who lives a few thousand miles from any relatives, it is important to pack up and hit the road during summer.    Summer is the easiest time with the kids [...]

What are Sun Spots and How Do I Get Rid of Them? One day you look down at your hands, and say “what is THAT?”  Yes, it’s an SUN SPOT! - a flat, grey, brown or black colored spot on the back of your hands, tops of your arms, shoulders, your face…..nowhere is sacred!!  They just suddenly [...]

Usually I write in once a month with ideas on everyday economy: how to do more with less. But May got away from me, and now I am trying to get my life back on schedule!  There is a house that just went up for sale on our street. It’s a great house that has [...]

Summer Vacations – Po-man Style By Shara Lawrence-Weiss – Owner of Mommy Perks, Personal Child Stories, Early Childhood News and Resources and Kids Perks (coming soon)     By the time I was ten, my family had traveled to various places around the world. My father was a minister at that time and although we [...]