Today we live in a buy now, pay later world. We are bombarded with loan advertisements, readily available credit cards, houses that are unattainable without mortgages, and people who preach about investing in a college education with money that we don't have yet. In fact, these practices are so accepted that we are sometimes frowned upon for not following them. Quite frankly, there was no way I ...
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12 Ways to Entertain Kids at Home when you’re Tired
This post may contain affiliate links. We all have days where we just want to kick our feet up, turn on Netflix and drink a cup of coffee (or wine!). And boy do we know how impossible this is to do with kids around. Sometimes it's being called 'Mama' for the sixty-seventh time for the day or maybe it's dealing with a sibling fight worse than Denzel Washington's fight scene in The Equalizer. ...
9 Fun Rainy Day Activities for Kids
The rain is pouring, you're wrapped up under a blanket on the couch with a cup of coffee (reheated for the third time, ha!) in hand. Personally, I love those days where I can just laze around and enjoy the sound of the rain pouring down on my roof. My kids? Not so much. For them, it means being stuck in the house all day. However, these fun rainy day activities for kids are a game ...
How to use Grammarly to Improve your Blog Content
This post may contain affiliate links. As a high school teacher and blogger, grammar is of utmost importance to me. I require students to submit projects and assignments without grammatical errors and I know that the same is expected of me as a blogger. It isn't always easy to present work that has no errors. Perhaps you're a Grammar whizz but you simply overlook mistakes at times, or maybe ...
How I earned Money within my First Two Weeks of Blogging
This post may contain affiliate links. It has been just over two weeks now that I've started this new blog (Read about my money making blog experiment here) and I've already started earning income from it! Now, let me be clear that I'm not new to blogging. I started my very first self-hosted blog back in January 2014 and made my first few hundreds from that blog within the first three ...
12 Habits of Parents who Raise Smart Kids
As a high school teacher, I have met every type of student and every type of parent. Usually, there is a direct correlation between an A+ student and the support system that they have at home. Parents who raise smart kids usually have similar habits. This post may contain some affiliate links. You can read our full disclosure for more info. My father in law, a principal at ...