Category: Home and Family

The 2020 Pandemic has challenged you to rise to new levels of creativity and flexibility for you and your family. Many school districts have had their teachers in Zoom virtual classrooms teaching your school age children for 4 to 5 hours a day! Also, some parents have homeschooling their children to maintain a learning environment… Continue reading 3 Ways to Keep the Desire for Learning During the Summer of 2020

Like many people, I try planning and arranging my week so I can accomplish as much as possible. For example, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage on Monday morning hands me her “honey-do-list” to complete by the end of the week. When she hands it to me, I smile and underneath that list I have… Continue reading And Then It Was Friday

It was one of those weeks when the more I completed, the more I had to do. These are not my favorite kind of weeks. So frustrating. During these weeks, the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage finagles her infamous “Honey-Do-List” in my direction. Because I am busy doing other things and distracted, I do not… Continue reading My Favorite Day of the Week Is Tomorrow

A lot of people ask if they should tip their mover. The short answer is; yes. Provided of course, they are on time, don’t break anything, and do what was promised. Still, some moving companies will want to charge your credit card up front with a 20% gratuity add-on, claiming that it is standard in… Continue reading Moving Tips On Tipping

I must admit I don’t get away with very much, and I never have. It’s not that I never try. It’s just that whenever I try to get away with something, it always backfires. I wish there were a class somewhere entitled, “How You Can Get Away with Anything.” I certainly would sign up. But… Continue reading Getting Away With It Is Half the Fun

For your furniture to have a great look for an extended period, you should be very mindful of taking care of its fabric. There are different steps you can take for different furniture fabrics, different results you are trying to yield, etc… Here are a few of the main areas you will be focusing on:… Continue reading How To Care For Your Furniture

The Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage and I arrived home from our vacation late Tuesday afternoon. I’m not one for vacations, but this one was special. Our grandson who lives in Ohio was graduating from high school and then this summer he would be heading off to London for some soccer group. He loves soccer.… Continue reading Another Vacation in the Bank

If you plan a vacation or business trip, it is best to ensure your safety by packing a carbon monoxide (CO). These devices can lessen the uncertainties of any fire hazards or CO gas emission when relaxing or sleeping in a hotel room. It would be best if you always carried a portable CO detector… Continue reading Carbon Monoxide Detectors for Travel

Our beds are a much bigger and indispensable part of our daily lives, but how often to we really take note of our beds (besides of course when we’re falling into them)? Not often enough, actually. There are a number of important questions we should be asking ourselves when it comes to our beds –… Continue reading Your Mattress Could Be Laying Waste To Your Sleep