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Hawaii’s Glass-Bottom Boat Tours

Hawaii is known for having some of the best conditions for snorkeling, SCUBA diving and snuba diving. Near my home on the Big Island of Hawaii the waters are crystal clear and the skies are almost always cloud-free. When the conditions are excellent, underwater visibility can reach 120 feet, which, of course, provides unprecedented viewing of coral reefs that teem with bright tropical fish and other colorful marine life. In previous blogs I mentioned how you can take advantage of the many professional snorkeling tours the island has to offer, but what if you would love to look at fish, … Continue reading →

How to Childproof Your Toddler’s Room

Toddlers are really good at getting into things that parents wish they would leave alone. A viral video that showed a dresser falling over onto twin toddler boys made many parents want to learn how to childproof their toddler’s room. You may have seen the viral video that showed two twin toddlers climbing up their dresser when they were supposed to be sleeping. The two-year-old boys, Bowdy and Brock, figured out how to open up the bottom drawers of the dresser and use them like a step so they could climb up to the top of the dresser. Unfortunately, the … Continue reading →

High-Flying Fun

If you are looking for an easy and affordable way to keep your kids busy this summer, grab a kite and head outdoors.  Kite-flying is a breeze when you’ve got the entire family working together to bring your colorful flying machine to life.  Getting a kite to take flight also lends itself to a slew of educational opportunities.  Kids can get hands-on lessons in math, science, history and geography all while having fun.  What’s more, there’s something to be said about the sense of pride a child feels when she gets a kite to dance across the summer sky. Fortunately, … Continue reading →

Homemade Oxygen Cleaner

With three children, laundry is always a challenge. First there is the hunting through the house for stray socks, finding wet towels wherever they land, and digging through the bottom of the hall closet for dusty jackets and sweatshirts that fell from the hangers. After the laundry is gathered and sorted, anything with a stain needs to be addressed, which probably accounts for at least a third of the children’s clothing in any given week. I have my arsenal of tools. The stain pre-treaters, the better powdered detergent I swear by, the utility sink for soaking. One tool that works … Continue reading →

Four Ways to Reduce Your Heating Bill

If the weather INSIDE is frightful because you are afraid of home heating bills, you won’t spend a very pleasant winter. A better solution is to stay warm by finding multiple ways of reducing your heating bill and then combine these strategies to reduce your heating bill to the lowest cost possible. Selective Heating Only heat the rooms you are actually using. Are there any rooms that can be closed off temporarily during the coldest part of the year? Even if your home isn’t zoned, you can make it warmer in the rest of the house by isolated unused rooms. … Continue reading →

Free Thanksgiving Apps for iPhone

Thanksgiving is just a couple of weeks away. If this is your favorite holiday, then you probably cannot wait to sit down to dinner with your family. It also means you will probably enjoy playing with some free Thanksgiving apps for iPhone. Check out some of these! The Gratitude Habit is “A Happiness Workshop from LiveBetterYou”. It is a free app that is compatible with iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPhone 5, iPod touch (3rd generation), iPod touch (4th generation), iPod touch (5th generation), and iPad. It is a 3 day workshop that helps you find happiness, and live … Continue reading →

Save on Vacation Stays

Many travelers believe the best way to save on vacation accommodations is to bid online for the cheapest price. Turns out there are a slew of ways you can book a vacation stay without worrying about someone else’s low-ball price proposal. Farmstay: You’ve heard of housestays, where you can crash in someone’s spare bedroom during your travels, but what about farmstays? This alternative to expensive hotel rooms is one of the cheapest lodging options out there right now. Don’t let the name fool you; prior farm experience is not needed to take advantage of the affordable accommodations. In other words, … Continue reading →

More Dirty Jobs

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The spring cleaning is finally done so why are there still messy jobs that need to be done? There are some things in every house that don’t get done very often, either because we don’t think aobut them or because we think it is going to be too much work. Now that your house is sparkling from all the spring cleaning, lets get those little jobs out of the way. Are your light fixtures a bug graveyard? Even when I think there are no bugs in my house, somehow there are dead ones in the light fixture. This really doesn’t … Continue reading →

Family-Friendly Spring Break Vacation Hot Spots

Since giving birth I have created two vacation lists. One includes favorite destinations that I loved visiting when I was a child. The other features all of the places I wish I could have traveled to as a kid. The upcoming school spring break allows us the opportunity to cross off more of the vacation destinations from the lists. Still, we have a ways to go before we run out of family-friendly travel spots. Some of the destinations we are hoping to visit in the next few years include: Grand Canyon: I’m pretty sure this top tourist spot is on … Continue reading →

How to Season a Skillet

Cast iron skillets are such a good thing to have in the kitchen. You can cook evenly in a cast iron skillet and it really is the choice of professional cooks for many dishes. What is more, the stick resistant surface uses no chemicals the way that most non-stick cookware does, which is important for many people. Before using a cast iron skillet or if you have yours for a while, it will need to be seasoned or reseasoned. Seasoniong not only creates that stick resistant surface, but it also guards against rust. The first step in seasoning is to … Continue reading →