Fed up with all the greasy smudges and fingerprints on your stainless steel appliances but also tired of spending $10 or more on stainless steel cleaners? Good news! You can skip the expensive store-bought commercial stainless steel cleaners and make your own highly effective cleaner for just pennies. Stainless steel has become a popular choice…
When It’s Parents Versus Teachers, Kids Lose
I was speaking to parents at Hillview Middle School in Menlo Park, California, an affluent enclave in Silicon Valley. My talk was about virtue. I shared a longitudinal cohort study showing that conscientiousness—which includes traits such as honesty and self-control—predicts good outcomes in adulthood. A child’s character is a better predictor of health, wealth, and happiness 20 years down…
Husband Buys Old, Rusty Camper, Transforms It Into Beautiful Sewing Studio for His Wife
Keen to support his wife and her passion project of redesigning clothes, a husband transformed an old rusty camper into a beautiful, fully functional sewing studio. His wife, bowled over, now has the space she needs to design. “My husband, Bob, was going to build me a small building to use as my studio, but…
Winter Gardening: A Checklist for the Prepared Gardener
It may seem like there isn’t much to do in the garden over the winter, but here are some ideas that may keep you busy. For northerners, is your snowblower ready? Do you have the gas and oil it needs, or electrical cords that aren’t frayed? Make sure you have sand or salt and snow…
Dear Next Generation: ‘Teach Children to Think of Others’
In the aftermath of receiving a verbal tongue lashing from a close relative, my downcast grandmother shared this piece of wisdom with me: “An unkind word spoken in haste can never be retrieved.” Those words have stayed with me over the years and helped me to hold MY tongue many times. Jeanine Trofholz, Nebraska ___________…
Proven Strategies to Cut the Cost of Christmas
Can you feel the tug? It’s the strong pull of the culture that works hard to get the best of us this time of year, to get us to spend more than we should. The best way to counter that force is to have strategies in mind ahead of time, before we feel we have…
Is Retail Therapy Causing You to Overspend for the Holidays?
December 4, 2021
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It’s the most wonderful time of the year—for buying gifts. And while you’re at it, you might as well buy something for yourself, right? We’ve all been there. Remember in Friends when Monica bought those super expensive leather boots on impulse? She ended up regretting it because they really hurt her feet. Womp, womp! Listen,…
8 Clever Ways to Make Your Holiday Celebration More Sustainable
The holidays are a time of gifting thoughtful presents and adding festive decor inside and out. However, all the cheer often means a lot of “stuff.” And a lot of waste. Americans toss 1 million extra pounds of garbage each week between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day, according to the National Environmental Education Foundation. Wondering…
How to Be the Perfect Guest
When you’re so fortunate as to receive an invitation to spend time in someone’s home, whether it’s just for dinner or for a weekend, proper behavior will ensure that you’re welcome back anytime. Start Off on the Right Foot The moment you’re invited to someone’s home for any reason, after you thank them, ask, “What…
VIDEO: Teen Football Player Thinks It’s Just a Normal Coin Toss—Until He Sees Army Dad Dressed as Ref
What started as a coin toss before a high school football game turned into a surprise reunion between a footballer son and his Army dad returning from deployment overseas. Servicemember Fred Grooms Sr. had never watched his son play a high school football game before; this would be a first. It would also be Fred…
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