Best “Elder-Housing Decisions” Not Made During a Crisis
The ideal home is one that you like, one that fits you and your needs, makes you feel comfortable and safe. The ideal elder home includes all of these attributes but it is also a home that allows the elderly resident to age in place.
Age in place?
When you age in place, you live in the same community until you die. This... >Read More
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Living Near Your Children…Bonus or Bad Move?
Half a century ago most families stayed in the same area. You lived your life in close proximity to most of your relatives. Children would marry and move away from home. This “moving away from home” usually meant a few miles or at most it may have been the next town where they established their roots.
There is an old... >Read More
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Cousins’ Camp – A Time of Bonding
If your grandchildren live some distance from you and, or, perhaps don’t know each other very well as cousins, try organizing a Cousins’ Camp.
Plan and prepare ahead
Determine camp length – one week or less?
Send invitations to the grandchildren.
Look into area attractions and ticket prices.
Collect and prepare craft items, if necessary.
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Who’s Assembling Dinner?
Times have certainly changed. Home cooking used to involve thawing meat, peeling and slicing vegetables and planning on the time it takes for everything to cook. These days - so many recent television commercials would have us believe - home cooking is as easy as pouring a bag of frozen “Pot Roast with Vegetables” into a frying pan to reheat....... >Read More
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Garden Projects for Kids
Gardener’s tool box
This is a fun project that’s easy enough for the kids to do. The projet is to make a gardener’s toolbox from a standard mailbox. Decorate the mailbox any way you like, and fasten it to a fencepost near the garden.
A mailbox is the perfect size for a spare pair of gloves and a few hand tools.... >Read More
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Raising Creative Grandchildren
“Where did he come up with that?”
Kids often amaze us with their imaginative ideas and we should give ourselves a pat on the back for playing a role in this development.
Innovative thinking is essential for success in school and in life, and it’s our job as parents and grandparents to nurture our kids’ innate desire to be creative.
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Creating Special Days With Your Grandchild
Color day
When our children were kindergarten-age, we would have some “Color Days” they loved it.
choose a color, like red
wear red clothes
make red party hats out of construction paper
make and eat red foods
look through magazines for red birds, red flowers, red vegetables
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Preparing Your Family Budget
If your family is floundering financially, it may be time to put... >more
Does Your Family Need to Break the Silence?
Join me as we listen in on a family meeting. The fact... >more
Soul Cravings: Seeking
Do you crave destiny? (Part 2)