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Are you selling your house? Were you thinking of taking it off the market for the winter? You should wait until November 30th. Why? According to Massachusetts real estate agents, first time home buyers are anxious to take advantage of an $8,000 tax credit scheduled to expire next month. (November 2009). Under… Continue

Are you a parent of an elementary school child looking for reading advice? Is your child reading below grade level and does reading practice leaves you both frustrated and you searching for answers?

Your child is not alone. Did you know that:

44 percent of American 4th grade students cannot read fluently, even when they read grade-level stories aloud under supportive testing conditions. (ref. National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) Pinnell et al., 1995)

50 percent of American adult… Continue

Did you see Dateline last night? If not, guess what the topic was? The death of Michael Jackson. No surprise there. The incessant coverage of the death of a celebrity is (ironically) the life blood of the media. But I can't help but watch the coverage, like everyone else. Sadly, this is a story that contains tragedy upon tragedy.

When I heard the news, a week or two ago, that his private doctor, Conrad Murray, in addition to other doctors, are now suspects in the King of Pop’s death, I admit I… Continue

Some moms hear the words Chuck -e-Cheese and go EEEWWWWWWWW! But I have to tell you, they do throw a nice birthday party for a five year old. I justified the cost, as I am now steadily working part-time writing/editing/marketing from home. I reserved the party for eight kids and this is what I ordered for the party: 40 tokens for each child, 2 pieces of pizza, a sandwich ring and veggie platter for the adults, cake and ice cream for the kids and goodie bags. Each kid had the 40 tokens, (which we… Continue