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Struggling but happy work-at-home mom. Taking each day one step at a time. Learning how to live a better life bit by bit.

Movies to Watch with the Kids

Jun 29 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Entertainment, Family Life, In the News

This year is shaping out to be a great year for family movies. Parents wanting to bond with their kids will surely be happy with the movie selection this year. Here's a list of movies coming out (or that are already out but you can still catch) that both you and your kids can enjoy. Evan Almighty (PG) Evan Almighty Evan Almighty is a blockbuster earning around $20 million on its opening night, which isn't as big as Bruce Almighty's earnings but is still big enough to be one of the top earners ...

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Big Love

Jun 26 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Entertainment, Family Life

Big Family = Big Love The second season of Big Love began last June 11th and it seems to be having as much success as it did last year when it first premiered. This is good news for the fans of the series and for those still mourning the loss of Sopranos. Of course the two have very different plots and storylines but at least you get to see another really good HBO series about a very non-conventional family. For those who haven't seen the TV series yet Big Love revolves around the life ...

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Hannah Montana: Keeping Her Head on Her Shoulders

Jun 24 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Entertainment, Family Life

Having experienced stardom himself and seeing what it has done to girls like Britney Spears and Lindsay Lohan, it is no wonder that Billy Ray Cyrus, real-life father of “Hannah Montana”, prays that she “won’t flip out’ and stay as level-headed as she is right now. Fame really does turn heads but seeing the closeness of between Billy Ray and Miley Cyrus makes me think that she won’t be turning out the way other teenage sensations did. Closeness and open communication between a parent and a child is after all the key to bringing up your child in the way ...

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Health Insurance for Your Family

Jun 22 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Business and Money, Family Life

People always told me that health is wealth and logically I agreed but it wasn’t until I got a child with fragile health (an understatement) that I really understood just how true this saying was. Between the hospital bills, the doctors’ fees, the therapists, and meds required our family’s income, which seemed to be big to me when I was still single, is almost insignificant. If it wasn’t for health insurance I am sure that we would be in deeper debt than we are already now.

I am in the hospital right now typing away using my brother-in-law’s laptop. My ...


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Saving the Planet Together

Jun 19 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Family Features, Family Life, Lifestyle and Leisure

So the tips I will be laying out might not really save the planet but it will at least keep your surroundings clean. It will also help your budget, teach your children how to care for the environment, and help keep your conscience clean (at least when it comes to keeping the earth clean and green). There are so many other things you can do to help keep our environment as clean as possible but I chose these because you can do it as a family. If you have any ideas feel free to comment so I can try them ...

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Lost Kids

Jun 14 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Family Features, Family Life

Going out as a family can be really fun...until one of the kids gets lost. It doesn't matter how much parents try not to lose their kids because little kids have a penchant for disappear in a matter of seconds. Whether or not you are a good parent or not statistics dictate that you will probably lose your kid at least once before they become teenagers and voluntarily "get lost". In fact it is reported that 90% experience losing a child. To prevent it from happening (again) and to make it easier to find your kid in a public place ...

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Quality Time is Just an Excuse

Jun 09 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Family Features, Family Life

If there is one word that would best describe the way people live nowadays I would say it would be MANIC. We live in such a fast-paced world and everyone is almost always busy doing something. If it isn't work. It's having fun. It's so weird that even when it comes to fun people tend to get a bit manic. We're all rushing around but little do we realize that more often than not we're headed fast to nowhere. Or maybe somewhere. But the thing is, it is rarely towards the direction that really matters. What's worse is that the ...

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The Special Family

May 25 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Family Features, Family Life

Let me tell you something about "special families". Special families are families with a least one child with special needs. The term is something I invented (unless there really is such a term though I don't think so) because I believe that these families also have special needs. They too have a condition and they need help. Like special children they do not want nor need pity. What they need is genuine concern, encouragement, and the proper tools (like education and genuine understanding of what their child needs and what they as a family can do and not do about ...

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Who Holds the Purse Strings?

May 22 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Family Features, Family Life

People often say that it is stupid to let money get in the way of a good relationship but still many a good relationship have turned sour due to money issues. In fact it has long been established that one of the of the frequent reasons for divorce is money. The sad thing is that it isn't even always the lack of money that's the issue but the difference in money management. What I have found to be true is that for any family the style of money management will be different since it will depend on the different personalities involved, ...

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TV Means Family Time

May 18 2007

Posted by Hannah Grace as Family Features, Family Life

Believe it or not, I grew up in a house without a TV. We only got a TV when my older sister gave one as a gift to my parents. That was just a couple of years back. Unimaginable to many, we never really got bored even without a TV. My sister and I grew up with books and there's always the neighbour's house every time we felt like watching cartoons or MacGyver. That doesn't mean that we didn't occasionally pester my parents to get one. My mother was always adamant about not getting one though and we never won. Growing ...

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