Can You Increase Your Child's Intelligence?

There is plenty of scientific research that proves that a Child's environment directly affects their intelligence. Children are naturally drawn to music. It makes perfect sense that a child's first language is actually music. They have been listening to the rhythm and melody of their mother's voice since the fourth month after conception. There are four essential things that music education does for your child's overall intelligence.

Father's Day Gifts

Father's Day is coming up on June seventeenth, and now is a great time to start thinking about Father's Day gifts that are sure to please him.

Cross This Off Your List

We call it organizational inertia: the tendency to remain disorganized until and unless an external event, like losing your car keys or (God forbid) forgetting to pick your child up from school, forces you to change.

Your Achilles Room

Whether it's your living room, kitchen or home office, everybody has a room (or two) in their home that makes them feel less than adequately pulled together. It's the one you instinctively rush to whip into shape when you have company coming. It's the one that makes you slightly tense to think about or walk past. It's the one that seems to attract and spawn clutter. The room differs from household to household and the degree to which messiness is tolerated can be quite varied as well, but...we all have that room. It's your organizational Achilles heel.

Pack Rat Remedies - Techniques For Letting Go

Each day we're flooded with opportunities to acquire more information, goods, services, and experiences than we could possibly ever consume. The constant onslaught can make it difficult to determine what's important to hold on to, and what's not. It's no wonder many of us take after the fuzzy-tailed pack rat (yes, it's a real animal!), hording unneeded items and countless bright, shiny objects. The scary part is - it doesn't take long to accumulate so much stuff that there's no room left for living!

Three Great Gifts Ideas for Your Favorite Graduate

Need a gift for a graduate? Three simple, easy-to-do ideas that will impress even the hardest to please new grad.

Get a Gorgeous Garage!

If you’re constantly tripping over things on your way to the car each morning (that is, if you can even fit your car in the garage), you might be wondering how on earth you can tame the chaos. It is possible to get it organized enough so you’re not mortified every time the garage door is open. It simply takes a little dose of imperfection and a lot of teamwork.

Saving Sanity With a Family Calendar

One of the toughest parts of being a parent today is keeping track of so many jam packed schedules simultaneously. But it doesn't have to be such a headache. There are some great solutions out there today to help you easily keep track of everyone in your entire family's busy schedule. Let us show you how.

Remedies or a Desk Disaster

A cluttered work area is likely to contribute to higher levels of stress, either because there is too much information for your eye to process or because each time you approach your desk, you're reminded of how disorganized you are. Your productivity is also likely to suffer because chances are it takes you longer to find what you need when you need it. Since many of us spend the majority of our waking hours at our desks, the constant, low-level stress and lost productivity due to desk clutter are likely to have an outsized impact on our daily lives.

Create A Picture-Perfect Kitchen Pantry!

Happily cleaning out the pantry can be a fast, relatively painless activity if you just get started on a small, manageable level.

Getting Your Kid's Summer Schedules Buttoned Up

With no school to fill their days, it's up to you to figure out how to keep them busy and out of trouble. This can be a stressful addition to an already full schedule. Before things get out of hand, take a few minutes with your family to get summer schedules buttoned up.

Gracias - Merci - Grazie - Ideas For Teacher Thank You Gifts!

A thoughtful and heartfelt gift that celebrates their considerable contribution is not only a great way to end the school year, but it's also an excellent way to reconnect them with the joy of being a teacher. Don't miss the opportunity to say thank you for a year's worth of hard work.

April 2007 - A Little Time Now Will Save a Lot Next Year

With the pain April 15th still fresh, take a moment right now to set up a basic filing system that will ensure you're not running around with your hair on fire next spring, hunting for papers and trying to make sense of receipts.