By Sandy Morris on Mar 14, 2010 in Family-N-Friends | 1 Comment
Image by NazarethCollege via Flickr Are your days dragging on? Are you looking for a way to contribute to your local community? Do you want to get involved in a project bigger than yourself? Do you need some hours to fulfill a community service requirement? If so, I have got the thing for you: serve. [...]
By Sandy Morris on Mar 4, 2010 in Family-N-Friends | 0 Comments
Image by ogilvyprworldwide via Flickr Helpful Hints for the Elder Care Helping care for the elderly makes you understand the importance of simplifying their surroundings, sometimes changing their living arrangements and also modifying their meal planning. The elderly usually need a lot of help around the house, but it is not often that each and [...]
By Sandy Morris on Feb 19, 2010 in Family-N-Friends | 2 Comments
Great article about how to protect your kids from Pedophiles. Here is a link to the original article: How Do You Protect Your Kids From Pedophiles – Online And At Home? I never have nor will I ever understand these monsters. Unfortunately, in this day and age, we need to learn to protect our kids [...]
By Sandy Morris on Feb 15, 2010 in Family-N-Friends | 0 Comments
Image by Getty Images via Daylife 3 ways kids can survive the harsh winter season this year has drawn many stuck in the house to their computers for a little rest and relaxation. During the warm and sunny summer, there’s so much to do: camping, swimming, sunshine, drive-in movies, bike rides to the park, cookouts [...]
By Sandy Morris on Feb 8, 2010 in Family-N-Friends | 1 Comment
Image by Ikayama via Flickr As our parents, siblings, and relatives get older, we have to make sure they are being cared for. No matter if they are being taken care of in their home, your home, or in an assisted living facility, you need to make sure they are not being abused. Rest easy [...]
By Sandy Morris on Feb 8, 2010 in Family-N-Friends | 0 Comments
Image by theirhistory via Flickr After School Safety Tips In todays fast-paced world, numerous children care for themselves prior to, or after, the first school bell of the day rings. After school, roughly one in five students from kindergarten to eighth grade, weekly spend time in self-care at least once during every week. Before allowing [...]
By Sandy Morris on Jan 31, 2010 in Family-N-Friends | 0 Comments
Image via CrunchBase Around this time each winter many people start developing winter blues, cabin fever or depression caused by the lack of sunshine during the days. It is a difficult time especially when you have decided you have had just about enough winter for one year but you look at the calendar and realize [...]
By Sandy Morris on Jan 25, 2010 in Family-N-Friends | 10 Comments
Image via Wikipedia There is no easy way of saying it but do you know whether there is a sex offender living on your street or in your neighborhood? Maybe you should take a little time and study the maps of your home area. Take a moment and look at the picture in this post. [...]
By Sandy Morris on Jan 24, 2010 in Family-N-Friends, Featured | 0 Comments
Image by Getty Images via Daylife The old saying of an ounce of prevention can be your child’s lifesaver should they become missing. Do you have a plan in place to allow the authorities to take action immediately or would they have to wait for you to compile the information they need to help find [...]
By Sandy Morris on Jan 2, 2010 in Family-N-Friends | 0 Comments
Image via Wikipedia Care for the caregiver a guide to help you cope with the challenges. If you’re caring for an aging parent or facing the challenges of assisting a loved one or friend who is chronically ill, disabled or elderly, you are not alone. You are one of the 22 million Americans who care [...]
By Sandy Morris on Dec 31, 2009 in Family-N-Friends | 2 Comments
What is your New Years Resolution? Will you keep it or break it? Here are 4 Tips Toward Making Resolutions That Matter! Turning the calendar over is an excuse to make personal resolutions for the coming year. It is also a way to bring about certain frustration for you if the goals that you set [...]
By Sandy Morris on Dec 23, 2009 in Family-N-Friends, Featured | 0 Comments
Image via Wikipedia 12 Creative Ways To Recycle Your Christmas Cards! Don’t throw your Christmas cards away! There are so many creative ways to use your Christmas cards, many of which you can do with your kids. We have brought together some ideas below. Christmas jigsaw game: Make a Christmas jigsaw game. Gather 10-20 cards [...]
By Sandy Morris on Dec 23, 2009 in Family-N-Friends, Featured | 0 Comments
Image by Getty Images via Daylife Aging parents and role reversal sneaks up on even the best life planners. Are you ready? It all begins with simple things that you do not even notice. This is the day you thought would never happen. Your roles in life are reversing. You’re trying to make decisions for [...]
By Sandy Morris on Dec 7, 2009 in Family-N-Friends | 4 Comments
Tell your spouse, your children, your neighbors, your parents, your Dr’s office, the check-out girl at the market, everyone you run across. Put your car keys beside your bed at night. If you hear a noise outside your home or someone trying to get in your house, just press the panic button for your car. [...]
By Sandy Morris on Dec 1, 2009 in Family-N-Friends | 0 Comments
Image by nrtphotos via Flickr Did you know that every day there are 750,000 pedophiles looking for kids on the internet? As parents we often worry about our kids playing outside or walking to a friends house but we fail to see the fact that there are some very bad people searching the internet for [...]