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Home Sweet Home

This past Monday I came back to my home in Wisconsin after a trip to Texas. My family went to see my 18-year-old son’s graduation from basic training with the Air Force. The eight weeks he was gone seemed to stretch on forever. But in the days leading up to the trip, I had so much on my mind in the way of packing and planning, that it diverted my thoughts at least somewhat. One of the goals that I had for this trip was to come back home to a clean house. I didn’t want to leave it in … Continue reading →

Chain Saw Safety Tips

Yesterday, I shared with you some tips for buying a chain saw. With the spring, summer and fall giving us a lot of opportunity to do yard work, I thought some information on the tools that make it easier would be well worth having. One area that needs to be talked about is chain saw safety. Although chain saws can be one of the most useful tools for your property, they are efficient and can really boost your outdoor productivity, they can also be dangerous. Here is how you can take the steps that needed to ensure your safety and … Continue reading →

Babywearing as a Tool for the Work at Home Parent

I just had an Aha! moment. About a half hour ago, I returned home from taking a walk with my son. As usual, he was riding in his back carrier. No stroller rides for this boy, he knows what he likes, and what he likes is to ride on Mom or Dad’s back when we go out walking. Today, he was asleep when we returned home and I did not want to cut his nap short. As I walked into the house, it dawned on me that I could do some things around the house while he was contentedly napping … Continue reading →

Sixteen Helpful Home Modifications for Seniors

Home modifications are one way to help a senior stay in his or her home safely — rather than have to relocate with family or to an assisted living facility. Modifications can help a person adapt to changes in ability and health, prevent falls, and more. In the bathroom: Replace the toilet with a higher (taller) model or one with a longer seat to make it easier to get up and down. This is especially useful for people in wheelchairs or with hip issues. Install grab bars around the bathtub and toilet to make getting up and down easier and … Continue reading →

Home Projects in the Heat

Warm weather doesn’t mean that you have to put an end to home improvement projects, but the heat can certainly affect anything you are doing yourself, from quality to safety. Here are some guidelines to working in the summer. While it may not be the most pleasant job in the heat, summer is the perfect time for resealing a driveway. In the Fall or spring you might have to contend with pollen or leaf debris, and the winter is too cold for this project. Painting can be iffy in the summer. Hight humidity will increase the time that your paint … Continue reading →

Christmas Tree Safety Tips (2)

Are you doing everything you can to avoid a Christmas mishap? Take a quick look through our Christmas Tree safety tips to make sure that you have all of your bases covered. And don’t forget to check out Christmas Tree Safety tips (1), if you missed this earlier article. For this article, let’s focus on Christmas lights, which are one of the biggest causes of house fires and electrical shocks during the holidays. Make sure that you only use indoor lights for indoors and outdoor lights for outdoors. Some people will grab outdoor lights and use them indoors, thinking that … Continue reading →

Dead Dog Walking

Today I failed as an animal lover and as an advocate of rescuing animals. I let a stray continue being a stray. I did stop my car so the dog could cross the busy street. I was thankful I had caught it out of the corner of my eye in time so I could stop. I was thankful that the person in the car behind me had enough time to slam on their brakes and not hit me. I marveled that the dog had made it across Nolensville Road at all. It’s a six lane road with a turning lane … Continue reading →

Safety: What You Should Teach

Truth be told, many of the things that I’m going to talk about in this blog were listed under things that should be covered in kindergarten by many of the sources that I’m using to compile my standards. I have two problems with this. One is that I don’t want you to think od safety or health issues as a checklist that you’ve taught. Safety needs to be taught over and over and over again. Anyone who has been in a serious emergency and survived or helped someone else survive, will tell you that the ability not to panic was … Continue reading →

Safety Issues That Parents Don’t Always Think About

It’s amazing how much time we can spend on securing our homes with alarms and baby proofing devices to keep them out of cupboards and from drawers, but there are other areas of safety that may not even occur to us until after something happens. Since we’d like to avoid the something happening possibility – here are some suggestions for maintaining safety both in and out of the home. Do Not Let Your Toddler Play Outside Alone This one seems like a no-brainer, but even if your toddler is asleep in their stroller, don’t dart into the house without them … Continue reading →

Childproofing Tips for Your Home

It may not be the first thing on your mind when you get pregnant or when you come home from the hospital with your newborn. But sometime between infancy and toddler hood, childproofing will become a priority especially as your baby becomes more mobile. The following tips are things that most parents learn through trial and error. Error usually means your baby gets hurt or nearly gets hurt. Take it from the voice of experience, accidents do happen and even safety precautions cannot prevent all of them. When my daughter was first learning to walk, we lived in a three … Continue reading →