Frozen versus fresh vegetables
Frozen vegetables are just as healthy as fresh, and they’re less expensive. According to a recent USDA study, a pound of fresh broccoli is about 70 cents…
Category: Home & Family
Youth sports: Playing on a budget
Sports are great for kids; offering fun, fitness, companionship, success, failure, discipline, and higher grades. But sports can also be a financial…
Odds that a kid will go pro
Football: 1,121,744 boys play high school football in the US – 1 in 40 high school players play in college – 1 in 325 college players will be drafted in…
Who does the cleaning, again?
Merry Maids regularly does surveys of families on the topic of cleaning, but there seems to be a dispute between moms and dads as to who actually does the…
The top toys for Christmas, according to retailers
The hottest toy in 2016 is coming your way again. A new Hatchimal, the toy egg that hatches a magical creature, is expected to be on the top of shoppers’…
Kid-friendly Podcasts
Podcasts have exploded on the internet to become one of the fastest-growing ways to consume content (and make content) quickly. Anyone with passion and a…
Stained coffee mugs
If your ceramic mugs have stubborn tea and coffee stains, try a baking soda paste. Mix a little water into several teaspoons of baking soda; just enough…
Preparing fall mums
Lovely mums are in their full glory in October. Some late blooming varieties will make it completely through the month. If you have planted garden mums…
Preventable risk to babies
According to a survey by Pfizer and Parents Magazine, nearly one in four parents have never heard of invasive pneumococcal disease. Invasive PD is an…
Alternative to granite: Soapstone countertops combine beauty with utility
If a stone material can be called flexible, then soapstone is that material. Soapstone, actually a mineral known as steatite, is a somewhat rare stone…