When you were little you might have had a jar or a piggy bank filled with coins that you hid under your mattress or in your closet. This might have been an effective saving strategy when you were young, but now that you are older and your savings fund amounts to more than small change it’s time to start thinking of a different way to hold onto your money. Your savings are important, and where to keep them should be carefully considered. If your savings are not in the optimal account you could be missing out on a lot of money in gathering interest. Whether your savings are short term, mid-term or long term, it is a good idea to keep them somewhere that is accessible, safe, and will allow them to grow. The amount of interest that your chunk of savings will accumulate depends on which type of financial institution you use and which type of account you place the money in. You will also need to think about how accessible you want your money to be. Are you saving this amount of money … [Read more...]
Kids Say the Funniest Things
Tonight as I was about ready to cook dinner, my daughter informs me she has a loose tooth. My remark was "wonderful, I hope the tooth fairy knows where you moved too." She comes into the kitchen and says "I know you're the tooth fairy, or else you wouldn't have said wonderful, in a sarcastic way. Plus, I was saying Shaytard's on youtube, and they were going into sontards room, to remove the tooth and put money under his pillow" Sweet, now that she knows I am the tooth fairy I get to save all my dollars, and know she knows I am Santa as well so no need for that fat ol man to upset her on Christmas if he doesn't bring her what she wants. At what age did you stop believing in Santa? Have your kids got to that age yet? I think my daughter has known for some time, every since she was 6, she has been telling me it was impossible for there to even be a Santa. Now I know for certain my baby at the age of 10 doesn't believe in Santa. Now let's hope she doesn't tell her baby … [Read more...]
What is the Best Place to Make Surveys
With 2012 less than 2 months away, I want to start making plans for what 2012 will bring to the site. I would love to have the input of my readers, to see what y'all are wanting to see more of. I have been thinking about posting a survey once a month or so. This will help me find out what all of you are wanting to see on Dizzy Mommy Chronicles. Whether is be more recipes, or more reviews/giveaways. Maybe one month work it to where I offer more family friendly recipes, and the next month more family friendly products. This way it will help spread out the content a little better. Or I can do so many recipes a week, and so many reviews a week. I have been leaning towards using survey monkey, I have seen a lot of other bloggers using it, and over all it looks like it is pretty simple to use. Has anyone personally used survey monkey? If so how do you like it, is it pretty simple to use, or one of those things that would give me a headache trying to figure it out. I am also thinking … [Read more...]
Autumn Chili: Cool Weather Treat
Fall is a time of delicious seasonal flavors. As the leaves change colors, food habits transition from picnics outdoors to warm meals inside the house. Barbecue is replaced by savory stews, and the cool, refreshing salads of the summer step aside to allow hearty fall sides to take center stage. Autumn spices such as cinnamon, nutmeg and clove flavor coffees, teas, and desserts. From Halloween treats to the Thanksgiving meal, fall is truly a season of culinary indulgence. There are several staple recipes of the season, but there are various ways to include favorite autumn ingredients to make healthy, distinctive meals. This recipe is a unique take on chili that incorporates favorite autumn ingredients. Ground turkey makes a healthy alternative to beef. Family members may notice this chili has a delightfully smooth texture, but will never suspect that there is healthy pumpkin hidden in the base. This recipe can be modified to compensate personal preferences. Those who prefer a mild … [Read more...]
3 Tips to Prevent a Stressful Long Distance Move
If you have ever moved whether is be across town, or across country, you know how stressful it can be. Not only do you have to pack, you also have to clean as you go. If you have children, it is twice as bad. The reason being, you have to pack for more people. Moving can be extremely stressful. We recently did a long distance move, and I can tell you this, I wish we would have hired a long distance moving company. Long distance moves are not only stressful on the adults but also the children. Chances are they're leaving all their friends behind, and that alone can be scary. A few tips I have learned during this moving trip that may help you have a less stressful move are... #1 Plan a head, make sure you have everything taken care of months before the move, slowly pack that way you are not rushed. When we decided to move we had less than 2 months, to pack and get everything cleaned up. Not fun, this left my husband and I fighting due to being stressed. I would have much … [Read more...]
Judge William Adams a Family Court Judge Beats Daughter
Please be advised the video below is disturbing... What you just seen is our justice system at work. In the above video is a family court judge from Texas, he beat his 16 year old daughter with a belt, for almost 8 minutes because she used the internet. This should NEVER be allowed no matter who the parent is, yes I believe sometimes children need their behinds spanked, however, I do not believe a belt is needed. This is what is wrong with our justice system we are getting corrupt officials into office. With going through the family courts when I was younger, and having friends and family going through them now, they are not their for the children, if you do a search on this judge you will see in many cases where he favored the abusive parent. When will we say enough is enough. It is time we get the corrupt judges out, and the ones that give a damn about the safety and welfare of our children in. When I lived in Tennessee, I seen in the paper where a female judge … [Read more...]
3 Tips to Save Money Online this Christmas
Everyone loves to save money when it comes to buying gifts at Christmas, but not everyone knows the different ways to do so online. Below are 3 great money saving tips that savvy buyers online use that you might not! Daily Deals This is one of the newest ways to save money online. Daily Deals are highly discounted products/services of up to 75% off that only last for one day, and are broken down into locations so you can find deals near by. These kind of deals are well worth a look at Christmas, but remember when you see one you like, be quick, because it wont be their tomorrow! So for example, lets say your looking for spa days or beauty treatments which are near by and you want to good deal. There are plenty of daily deal websites out there but an amazing one which springs to mind is delivermedeals.co.uk, these guys are daily deal aggregators which means they grab deals from a range of deal providers online and display them in one easy to use website. All you … [Read more...]
What to Do When You’re Too Tired to Workout
One of the great things about exercise is that it provides people with energy. It may seem like a paradox but it is true. Expending energy on exercise will give you plenty of energy in return to do other things. But sometimes, fatigue can set in even to the most seasoned exercise enthusiast. This article is for people who find themselves too tired to workout. Iron Deficiency If you are someone who regularly workouts and if you find yourself getting tired easily and experiencing excessive fatigue, there are many possible explanations to your condition. One of the first things that you need to do is to see your doctor to rule out possible health problems. One of the causes for excessive fatigue is the depletion of iron in the body. Aerobic exercise can lower iron levels in the body through sweating and leakage through the gut. It is also not uncommon for women to have low iron levels especially if they are of child bearing age already. If lack of iron is the main cause of your … [Read more...]
Recognition for a Job Well Done
We often forget to show recognition to those who deserve it. How many times have you busted your butt off at work, and not even got a thank you. I know I have, I know my husband has, and I know thousands of others out there have as well. Wouldn't it be nice if your boss said thank you every so often, so you knew the work you were doing was being recognized? Sometimes all it takes is a little something to show those working hard that their work is being noticed. One way to show recognition is with pins. Handing out pins for a job well done will put a smile on the ones receiving its face. It will let them know you have noticed, and all their hard work isn't a waste. They have sports pins, awareness pins, school pins, and they also have nursing pins. However, pins are not just for recognizing a job well done, or ones accomplishments, they are also worn to show you support a cause, such as breast cancer, or even autism. Matter of fact, that is a great way to show you do support the … [Read more...]
Room Rugs
When laying down a rug to help offset a room, which color to you prefer? I prefer darker colors, with darker colors if the kids spill something on it, it tends to blend in. Take red rugs for example, ketchup from those dropped burgers that tend to stain, will not show as bad. Clean it up, and any of the mess that didn't get cleaned up before it set, will be unnoticeable. Just like kool-aid, I don't know how many times my daughter spilled kool-aid on the floor only for it to leave a huge stain, and everything I tried only lifted the stain a small bit, having a darker color rug helps hide the mess your children make. I have personally learned this the hard way. Before my husband and I had our daughter we had light colored carpet, after she arrived and got older we had to replace the carpet with something that would allow the stains to blend in. I had tried cleaning the carpet as well as stain removers, but the stains were already set and nothing I tried worked. Although I still … [Read more...]
