Some Helpful Hints

Being a parent of three little ones, I often come across something that my children have done and wonder how in the world am I going to remove that!!!!!!!!!! Here are a couple of common items that I love.
Rubbing alcohol--does wonders on ink and permanent marker. One of my little girls decided that black marker would look beautiful all over her pink wall. I took a baby wipe and poured alcohol on it and washed the marker off the wall. The more porous the object, the more difficult it is to get the marker or ink off, but I still recommend alcohol. If a regular ink pen marks on a garment, try pouring alcohol on the mark and throwing it in the wash. That usually works pretty well too.
We also use rubbing alcohol to clean our CD's that have little finger prints all over them.
When I was in college, we also used rubbing alcohol to clean our telephones. Have you ever looked at your telephone. It gets this gunk on the earpiece......anyway, you get the picture. In fact, I may go clean my phone right now!

This wasn't so good

I got my husband a Durabrand wireless optical mouse for Christmas. We really liked using it for a while, but after a while the arrow on the computer screen was jumping all over the place instead of where we were pointing the mouse. It became so bad that we went back to using our old mouse. I think a wireless optical mouse is great...........just don't get a cheap one like I did!

Photo Courtesy Of: Wal-Mart Website

Back With the Program..........I Hope!

I know I haven't written anything up here in a long while. I was discouraged with the lack of results from this site, and then..........I got morning sickness. It was not at all conducive to writing blog articles, home schooling, and just being a mom. Hopefully the trend of nothing up here will be over for a while.
As a quick recommendation, I would like to say that I really like Shout stain remover gel. I just came across a site that tells the opinions of different stain removers. You might like to check it out too!

Bath and Body Works

It's been a little while since I've written anything because I have not been feeling so well lately. Today, I'm feeling a little better, so I'll take time to recommend something today.

My little girls both like lotions. One loves perfume, and one loves hand sanitizer. Bath and Body Works has a line of products for little girls that, of course, smell really good. The line is called "American Girl." I got one of my daughters roll on perfume with glitter for Christmas and our other little girl strawberries and cream hand sanitizer. They think they are just something special now that they have their own little primping products.

Phonics

I taught sixth grade for two years, and I now homeschool two of my children. May I recommend teaching children phonics when they are learning to read. It eliminates memorizing words, and a lot of hard work. There are different phonics programs available, but all are not equal. some teach a little bit of phonics but still leave a lot of guess work for the children. I personally like the phonics program available from A Beka Books. It is a step by step program with that makes reading simple. It leaves a child with very little guess work when it comes to reading.

(After you click on the above link, log in as a guest. After logging in as a guest, type "phonics" in the "category" box and click "Go.")

Phonics also helps children spell better. My kids can spell some words already even though I have not taught them how to spell yet because they can sound out the word. Give phonics a try. It really works.

Games for Teens

My husband started working with the teenagers at our church almost two years ago. He has been very hard pressed to find some good, exciting things for the teens to do. He finally found this site and loves it. If you're throwing a party, or work with teens too, you need to check this site out.

A Couple of Good Sites

There are two websites that I enjoy looking at. One is Craig’s List. And the other is Free Cycle.
craigslist.org is a site where people sell, trade, and give away items and services. I personally look at their furniture items for sale. We happen to have an especially frequented Craig’s List. Other locations in the US sometimes do not have such variety or as many offers available. If you are interested in looking at a Craig’s List site near you, click on the link above. It will pull up the San Francisco area or Raleigh, NC Craig’s List. Off to the right off the page is a list of countries and states. Click on the state where you live, and it will pull up a list of Craig’s List sites available in your state.
I like to use Free Cycle to get rid of items that are still good, and would like someone to be able to use. Of course, it also lists free things that are available. You have to sign up for this one at freecycle.org. When people post items they are giving away, a message is sent to your email to let you know what is available.
Check out both these sites. I really like them.