Quick Tip: 5 Common Winter Driving Mistakes
It’s snowing in many parts of the country (a little too early ….). Here are five common winter driving mistakes you should watch out for.
The Car is Not a Dog Park
OK, so Lauren Fix, the Car Coach (you’ve seen her on the TODAY show), writes for us now and then. She sent us a great article on Pet Safety and Your Car.
We looked through this and saw that our dog, Lovey, probably believes that our car is a dog park. We let her do everything [...]
Guy Ritchie - I love her, and she’s retarded
Guy Ritchie talks with Esquire about his life - and the writer sneaks in a couple of Maddona questions.
Ritchie says he still loves her and she’s retarded.
Hmmmm…..many people who are divorced probably share this sentiment about their ex.
If you’re starting down the ‘love-her-she’s-retarded’ path, here’s some advice from a reader on the admin side of [...]
Mom is 8 States Away and Needs Help Getting Out of The Chair
Approximately 7 million adults are long-distance caregivers, mostly caring for aging parents who live an hour or more away.
One of our writers, Nancy, was taking care of parents in Florida while she lived in Ohio. She had the organization and schedules down to a science. She shared lots of tips with us - here [...]
Don’t Be Rude, Threaten Me or Yell
MSNBC’s Chris Elliot has a nice article that talks about six things you should never do while traveling. A couple of examples - don’t be rude and don’t yell.
We were yelled at in an NYC airport for line jumping. There was this very uptight woman who had obviously been waiting (and watching) the line. [...]
Tsunami Response - YouTube Video
SNBC’s Alan Boyle’s CosmicLog has an good interview with Stuart Weinstein, deputy director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Pacific Tsunami Warning Center.
They are comparing the tsunami warning systems from the Indian Ocean quake/tsunami five years ago to this week’s tsunami.
>>The best news about the past five years is that the network [...]
Madonna Talks About Marrying Jesus
Madonna says marrying here current boyfriend, Jesus, may be in the cards.
Interesting juxtaposition - Madonna marrying Jesus…..
Here’s advice on administrative steps on getting married and the same for getting divorced.
Not that we’re saying either one will happen for the 51-year-old superstuar, but just in case….
- Susan
Quick Advice: Pet Travel Kit
Great advice after we tweeted about Pet Travel Kits - Rachel Farris from PetRelocation.com contacted us with this tip for pets and airline travel:
>>For photocopies of health documentation, we use plastic shipping sleeves (normally used for address labels) to secure the documentation to the top of the travel crate. These sleeves are great [...]
Quick Tip: Home Theft - Don’t Touch Anything!
Home broken into? Don’t touch anything - especially food in the fridge!
Thieves might take food or even meds from the medicine cabinet. Notify the police - the write down what’s missing or eaten. This might seem trivial, but it could catch your thief because of the fingerprints left behind on the medicine cabinet and throughout [...]
Orlando Bloom, $500K Theft and Insurance
Orlando Bloom’s home was broken into and it’s reported  that he lost up to $500,000 of jewelry, cash and artwork. We hope he has a home inventory and riders to cover these items.Â
Be sure you have enough insurance coverage for a theft, fire or disaster. Two years ago, after doing an article on insurance, we realized our home [...]