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Guest Blogger Ryan Rivera: When Anxiety Attacks: A Look at Anxiety in Women

*One of the public service purposes of this blog is to promote understanding of proper mental health. Incidents like the Newtown shootings made us realize that we have a responsibility to be educated about mental health, to make sure professional help is accessible to us 

Watching SuperBowl XLVII Online

This past Sunday was of course the Superbowl and even non-football-fans like me had to watch. An amazing game! It looked like a shut-out, then there was a black-out, then a nail-biter right to the end. The Ravens win is, of course, a celebration for 

Ski Valentines

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Itโ€™s the month of love! Itโ€™s also crafting heaven this month! Time to break out the paper, scissors, glue, glitter and all that other fun stuff to make valentine cards! Our first valentines this month were to thank the ski instructors.

We used odds and ends of stuff from around the house. A little spare red posterboard, some construction paper, toothpicks, glue and a black marker. The ski pole toothpicks were inspired by an idea I saw here. (It’s the only blog in Italian I “read.” I have no idea what it says but this woman is a crafting genius!)

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They were super fun to make and made the recipients smile!

Ski Lesson Recap

This past weekend, we finished our last homeschool ski lesson. My kids had a blast and are a bit sad that the ski season is over for us for this year. We are already looking forward to next year. Even though each week we drive 

January’s “Routine” Progress

Itโ€™s the end of a month and I can hardly believe it! This month, I began working on instituting new routines, including creating a chart to track my progress. How did I do this month? OK for a first month but certainly far from perfect.