Can You Spot Giftedness?

Doesn’t it feel like everyone claims they have a gifted child these days? You hear a myriad of things from friends, neighbors, and complete strangers. My child is talented and gifted. My child is in a pull out program because she’s bored in the classroom. My child is...

Mary puts the Magic in Reading

When you sit down with a book for a bit of uninterrupted reading, or interrupted for that matter, don’t you want to be transported to another time and place, completely forgetting for a few moments the concerns or insecurities that daily life brings? Sure you do and...

Need You Now by Plumb

I love music. I particularly love music with meaningful words. I am a firm believer that what goes into the mind, takes seed and grows. This means I am very selective as to what my family and I listen to. Sometimes it can be enlightening to watch a music video to a...

Plan Vacation Recovery Time

Hear Ye! Hear Ye! All you moms out there! Listen up!! Let me share a valuable tip I learned the hard way! When you are planning any kind of excursion, getaway, trip or vacation, be in 3 days or 14 days, always plan for “recovery time!” It needs to be built in on the...

Let Me Introduce You to…

New friend, allow me the pleasure of introducing you to my wonderful husband, Technology Man. As of this writing, we just celebrated twelve years of marriage. Yes, he has many other names, most of which CAN be listed here, but for the purposes of my blog, I will refer...