This week’s suggestions include watching the Grammy Awards, going to the theater for “Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace” or another movie, and more.
After 20 years of marriage, you wouldn’t think I would hold out much hope that my husband would remember Valentine’s Day and get me a gift. Still, eternal optimist that I am, I kept my fingers crossed for something small and shiny, or at least, medium-sized and chocolaty, or possibly large and flowery.
Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on same-as-cash deals and how to keep a Legacy Drawer.
Nutrition Links: Teaching People How to Eat Better for Less: Wednesday, Feb. 8, 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. North Pocono Senior Center, Rt. 435, Covington Twp. Presented by Lillian Russell-Burnett. A series of lessons and activities on various topics to help you care and feed your family a healthy diet on a limited budget. 842-6727.
Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson gets to do a little bit of everything in his newest starring role, as a tough and stern but caring and good-humored stepfather to troubled teen Josh Hutcherson in “Journey 2: The Mysterious Island,” which opens Friday.
I’ve been in restaurants where kids are playing, racing around the tables, while the parents simply smile without saying a word. After all, the kids shouldn’t be bored!
Wayne County Area Agency on Aging welcomes you to join with other caregivers at the monthly meetings of the Caregiver’s Support Group. Their next meeting will be held at the Earl J. Simons Senior Center on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1:30 p.m. - 3 p.m.
If you’ve suffered financial setbacks or woes, you surely understand how money troubles can bring you down. For folks who feel like they’ve been fighting a financial battle for a very long time, it’s natural to feel that you’ll just never get ahead.
The other night, while watching the nightly news, I heard the newsman announce that the next featured story of the night was to be about lefties. That would be me!
It’s important to parent with a purpose. After all, it is the most significant job you will ever have in life.
Dawit is doing very well. His language improves all the time. He takes speech once a week to help him learn English sounds. The transition from Tigrinyan to Amharic to English is not easy.
Being unprepared could cost you the chance to live your dream.
It is a well-known, documented fact that I have toilet paper issues. I have written a number of times about my family’s inability to recognize when a roll of toilet paper is empty and needs to be changed. Sadly, I have accepted that this is my lot in life at home. But what is a toilet paper detective to do when she encounters a toilet paper misdemeanor in someone else’s house?
Nutrition Links: Teaching People How to Eat Better for Less: 10 a.m. - 11 a.m. North Pocono Senior Center, Rt. 435, Covington Twp. Presented by Lillian Russell-Burnett. A series of lessons and activities on various topics to help you care and feed your family a healthy diet on a limited budget. 842-6727.
Weekly financial Q&A, with advice on insurance and land investments.
Are you a parent or caregiver of a fifth or sixth grader? Would you like to learn some additional skills to help your child succeed? If so, then register for the free Strengthening Families Program starting in early February.
Columnist Loretta LaRoche says that despite all the exercising and healthy eating she’s done over the years, she finds herself realizing that her body is starting to look how her mother’s did. Her suggestion: maintain a healthy sense of humor.
Who hasn’t been on the way home from the umpteenth carpool drop off and a hard day’s work, only to realize that dinner hasn’t crossed their mind all day? In a pinch, both financially and when you’re short on time, there’s nothing better than a rotisserie chicken. Here are a few of my all-time favorite last minute recipes that all begin with one shredded little chicken.
My husband works in the music industry. Like most husbands, he has a tendency to take his work to bed with him. For us, this means he goes to sleep dreaming of music. I know this because there are times when I wake up to the sound of him humming in his sleep. Truthfully, the humming is kind of cute. But the other thing he does in his sleep is conduct. And things can get dicey when he is working on a big orchestral piece and I happen to be sleeping in the string section.
Making New Year’s resolutions? As part of Cervical Cancer Awareness Month, Planned Parenthood of Northeast and Mid-Penn (PPNMP) is urging area women to put preventive checkups, including cervical cancer screenings, at the top of their lists.
