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It's my firsLiebster Blog Award - Cooooollll

 Wow my first award, well sort of.  Funny thing, my Dad used to call the kids lieblings when we were little.  It basically means kid in German.  I feel like a kid blogger so I'm happy to be recognized.   Thank you Krystle at Home Jobs by Mom for sending it to Broadcasting…

10 things to do over the weekend with the family

You have a weekend coming up and you don't know what to do, so your kids end up playing video games all weekend.  Here are some ideas to get you and them out the door. 1. Take a hike   - Go to the local park or try urban hiking - hiking through the city and see if you can find som…

Interval Running taught me how to reach my goals

Breathing heavily, I sit on the chair, my head low, but not quite between my knees.  I can feel sweat rolling into my eyes and stinging them.  The dog runs over.  He's ready for his walk.  I have gotten into the habit of taking the dog for a walk after a run.  It is my indicator of wh…

15 tips for taking the S.A.T.s

We are blessed to live in a community that has an awesome library system.  This past weekend, not only did my daughter take a diagnostic SAT/ACT test, I was able to attend a "Tips for taking the SAT / ACT test"  Where I got lots of questions answered and a few I just didn't …

What do you do to protect your Online Privacy?

I read an article by AP News this morning, Study finds online privacy concerns on the rise .  I agree, more and more, websites expects you to hand over more information about yourself in order to use any of their services.  I never understood the insistence that they know where you are wi…

Staying at Corbin Cabin in Shenandoah National Park

"A historic cabin in the wilderness.  That may be a cool place to hike to .... Wait, we can rent it?"  In mid-August the river here looks like a creek. We've done quite a few one night backcountry camping trips.  This time we thought we'd try two nights.  As the t…