I know that school may be out for most of us for the summer, but I think it is important to continue your child's education.  Just because your kids are on their summer vacations doesn't mean the learning should be on vacation as well.  When learning is fun kids learn easier and quicker.

A to Z Teacher Stuff is a great resource for lesson plans, tips, printables and more and a great site to find summer lesson plans and ideas.  And the best part - it's free!  Which makes it a great site for homeschool material.  Whether you homeschool or not, you will find great ideas that you will be able to do with your child / children and they won't even know their learning!  So check it out for great free homeschool materials.

Oh, and a little bit of advice from me - keep reading!  It will help to reinforce their reading skills.  If you want your child's reading level to improve ( or at least not decline) during the summer, continued reading is the key.  You can find great summer reading programs at you local libraries or just simply make it a routine of reading to your kids every night at bedtime.  And let your kids see you reading.  It will build a lasting love of reading in your children!

My son loves R. L. Stine's  Goosebumps ( I know... he is only 5 ), and enjoys reading them before going to bed.  We would love to hear what your kids are reading right now, so share it with us.  Hope to hear from you!  Enjoy reading!!!

While there is no such thing as a 'miracle food' there are some foods that will help you to maintain good health.  There just darn good for you!  Healthy eating is something you can do for yourself and your whole family.  I am concerned with women's health so I found some great healthy foods you can incorporate into your diets:

• Broccoli - For Vitamin C, fiber, beta carotene and folate.  It is best eaten raw or steamed.  You can toss broccoli into salads or omelets.
• Nuts and Seeds - For fiber, vitamins and minerals.  You can sprinkle nuts for extra crunch and flavor into cereal, salads and yogurt.
• Soybeans and Soy Products - For B Vitamins, isoflavones and fiber.  Try low-calorie soy milk in your cereal, or top your yogurt with some roasted soybeans.
• Blueberries - For Vitamins A and C, potassium, folate, fiber and antioxidants.  Add fresh blueberries to your cereal and keep frozen ones on hand for smoothies, pancakes and desserts.
• Whole Grains and Whole Grain Breads and Cereals - For B Vitamins and fiber.  You can add whole grains, like cooked brown rice to ground meat for extra body.
• Tomatoes - For lycopene, Vitamin C and potassium.  Make fresh salsa, put them in your summer salads and puree them with other vegetables and spices for a delicious cold soup.
• Beans and Legumes - For folate and fiber.  Use beans in place of meat in your favorite chili recipes.  Black beans are great in your favorite brownie recipes.
• Sweet Potatoes - For Vitamins A and C, beta carotene, potassium and fiber.  Try eating baked sweet potatoes without adding butter and sugar.  Also making baked sweet potato fries is a healthier choice.
• Salmon, Tuna, Rainbow Trout - For Omega-3 fatty acids and unsaturated fats.  At your next barbeque, throw some fish on the grill.
• Spinach, Kale, Swiss Chard - for Vitamins A, C, beta carotene, calcium, folate and fiber.  Fill your next lasagna with these leafy greens.
• Oranges - For Vitamin C, folate and fiber.  Fresh squeezed orange juice is a great way to start the day and the next time you need to deglaze your sauté pan, try using orange juice.

You can add supplements but I truly believe if you incorporate the above foods into your diet you won't need them.I want to add drinking water every day is also important, I know this seems obvious, but there are many people that don't drink water at all.  I also think you should have an occasional indulgence.  Treat yourself to your favorite dessert occasionally.  The tip is moderation, in other words portion control.  You will be living a healthy lifestyle before you know it.  And as an added bonus the benefit of eating the above healthy foods will be weight loss. 

I hope you eat healthy, live healthy and love healthy!  Enjoy Life!!!

I wrote a blog post on my birthday about getting older and how I decided to choose to be happy.  Well it has been accepted at WAHM-Articles!  I revised it so it is a bit more motivational.  If you want to know how to find happiness, please read it!

Check it out here!

I hope it inspires you to to make the choice to be happy.  Because the key to happiness is in your grasp - take it!  You can have authentic happiness, it is your choice; just don't underestimate the power of positive thinking!   I would love to hear your stories of happiness.  Hope to hear from you!  Enjoy Life!!!

I was thinking about setting goals and objectives for working from home and in doing my research I found this great article about goal setting that I think will be as beneficial to you as it has been to me. 

Check it out here!

To have a successful home business, setting goals is essential.   You can make money from home!  Put these goal setting tips  into action and I think you will find working from home to be much easier, as well as the opportunity to have a great work at home career!  If you have tips or advice to give other work at home moms ( wahms ), we would love to hear them.  Hope to hear from you!  Enjoy Life!!!

I cannot say enough about Chris Rempel's Confessions of a Lazy Super-Affiliate. The thing that really stands out about Rempel is his straightforward, honest and tells it like it is approach. He really tells and shows you how WE can make money (and good money) if we follow his step-by-step guide. With some work and effort at first he says we can just sit back and watch the money come in, hence the name "Lazy" Super-Affiliate.

Confessions tells you how to find the right affiliates.  By giving you the information you need to find the top affiliate programs you can be sure to make money!  If you want to make affiliate sales this ebook will guide you through the process and have you making money or at least  extra income in a relatively short time.

Can you imagine the money we can make if we aren't lazy but work at it?  We can all become super affiliates!  I am excited to see (actually already seeing benefits) the results of reading and acting upon Confessions of a Lazy Super-Affiliate.  I love super affiliate secrets or anything that can help me to become a make money affiliate!  I am a work from home mom and I want to continue to be a profitable home business so I can be home with my family. If you want the same for yourself this is a great resource!  Try it out and start making money online.

I encourage you to Click Here! and purchase it today and start making a good work at home living!  I will continue to look for affiliate news for you and bring it to you as I find it.  If you already own Confessions of a Lazy Super-Affiliate let us know what you think of it. Hope to hear from you! Enjoy Life!!!

What is Stacation, you ask?  It is the new hot word to describe doing things in your own community or area for vacation.  Simply put, a stay a home vacation.  With the ever growing high prices of gas (and everything it effects), people are opting to find things to do in their own hometowns.

In fact, that is what we did this Memorial Day weekend.  We found this wonderful little treasure of fun.  It is called the Little Ponderosa Zoo.  The Little Ponderosa Zoo is a hands on zoo, that the whole family will enjoy!  They also have a mobile zoo where they can bring a zoo to you for your children's parties.  You can have birthday parties there onsite as well. 

Our son loves animals and at the Little Ponderosa Zoo he could get up close and personal with many different animals.  Once he got the hang of how to feed them he loved it, even if he did say "that was gross" a few times (especially with the camel).

Another thing of interest is that they have pony camp the first of June each year.  It is for 5 to 10 year olds and we plan on letting our son go to pony camp next year.

If you live in eastern Tennessee or will be visiting, I highly recommend stopping by Little Ponderosa Zoo.  Their web site gives directions.

If you have ever visited Little Ponderosa Zoo let us know what you thought of it or if you have any questions about the zoo feel free to leave a comment.  We would also love to hear about your hometown's great 'Staycations'.  Hope to hear from you!  Enjoy Life!!

If you want a step by step guide to help attract paying visitors to your websites you need to download Google Snatch!  Click Here!  This "free click formula" is a must, and most importantly there is an unconditional money back guarantee!

So what are you waiting for?  Start making money today!  If you have downloaded Google Snatch already let us know what you think of it.  Hope to hear from you! Enjoy Life!!!

Here is an easy, basic lemonade recipe that cannot be beat!  It is a great drink to make this Memorial Day for your picnics, grilling and Bar-B-Q's.  Just great for any summer day!

INGREDIENTS

• 1 3/4 cups white sugar
• 8 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups lemon juice

DIRECTIONS

1. In a small saucepan, combine sugar and 1 cup water.  Bring to boil and stir to dissolve sugar.  Allow to cool to room temperature, then cover and refrigerate until chilled.
2. Use a juicer or microwave the lemons for a few seconds to soften them up and cut in half and squeeze with cut side up (so seeds won't get into cup).  Be sure to leave the pulp but remove any seeds that may be in it. 
3. In pitcher, stir together chilled syrup, lemon juice and remaining 7 cups of water.

I hope you enjoy this great lemonade recipe and if you have a great summer drink recipe share it with us.  Hope to hear from you!  Enjoy your Memorial Day!

I recently went out of town to visit my family and on the way back, while driving on a busy Interstate I saw a car on the side of the road with a flat. The driver, a woman, was changing it. I really felt bad for her, but then realized she obviously knew how to change it. I on the other hand, am not sure if I would have been able to do so.

I know the basics of changing a flat but fortunately have never been in the situation of having to do it. So this got me to thinking, "if I had a flat would I be able to do it?" Well, I sure don't want to wait until I am in such a situation to find out, so I did some research on how to change a flat tire. If you are a woman who has never changed a tire, this is for you.

Before talking about the steps of changing a flat there are a few things you need to keep in your car at all times.  Make sure that you have a jack, a spare tire, a brick/stone or two and a tool kit (with a socket wrench in it).  Also remember that most flats happen while driving so pull off the road in a place that is as flat as possible and remember to put it in PARK (in a manual transmission put it in reverse).  I know that sounds obvious, but in the moment of panic it can be forgotten.  It is also advised to place a brick or stone under the wheel of the opposite side (diagonal) of the flat to keep it from moving while changing the tire.  Okay I think we are ready now:

1. Jack up the car.  Jacks will vary by type of car, but chances are your owner’s manual will give you instructions on how to use the one that came with your vehicle
2. Remove the lug nuts with a socket wrench.  Be sure to not lose the lug nuts!
3. Take the wheel cover off.
4. Remove the flat tire.
5. Put the spare tire on.
6. Replace wheel cover and tighten the lug nuts back on (tighten them as much as possible).
7. Using the jack lower the wheel so that it just touches the ground.
8. Place your tools and flat into your trunk.

It is not recommended to drive your car on a spare tire for long distances.  So, once you are ready to safely pull back onto the road, you may want to head right home and/or make plans for dropping your car off for a new tire. If you are on vacation or on business, you will want to stop at the nearest garage  either to have a new tire put on, or to have it repaired.

I hope you are never in the situation where you need to change a flat but if you are I hope you remember these steps.  I might also suggest practicing changing a tire at home.

If you have a story about changing a flat tire, share it with us.  Hope to hear from you!  Enjoy Life!!!

I found this great article I want to share with you with about focusing on the right things to help you along your journey with your home business.  Read it and apply the steps and see if they help you as a work at mom in making your home interenet business more of a success.  Check it out here!

I hope you are able to take these 12 steps and apply them to your situation and are able to thrive in your business.  Enjoy Life!!!