I appreciate the guest post, Lindsay Valdez

I love home schooling my kids, but it is really getting challenging now that they are on such different levels. My oldest child is really reading now and getting into more difficult math that he seems to need my help with more. I struggle with meeting both of their needs all of the time. I just went to www.CableTelevision.net to sign up. I think it will help to be able to turn a show on for the little kids, while I work with my oldest and get him going really well on his work. Then I will be able to fully focus on the little kids while he is working away. I have heard that they have some really educational shows on TV now too. I know my little kids will love that because every time we go to a friends house that has TV, they are just glued to the TV and don’t even play with their friends. Maybe now if we have it at home they will be more used to it and not be so antisocial when we go over to friends’ houses!

Guest post from: Winston Stewart

My friends and I enjoy getting together and often take turns trying to outdo each other with the most outlandish party themes. The best one so far has been the bridesmaids party. My friend kate had the idea and we had a blast. When the movie Bridesmaids came out on her directstartv.com, she set the plan in motion. All the ladies and fellas were instructed to dress up in the ladies old bridesmaid dresses to come over and view the movie. Although many of us had already seen the movie in the theater, it was definitely funny enough to watch again. Not to mention the hilarity of seeing everyone in their fabulous fashions. After the movie we had a fashion show where everyone got an opportunity to strut their stuff on a homemade catwalk. Prizes were given for the ugliest dress as well as the most ill-fitting. You can imagine who that went to—one of the bigger men stuffed into his much smaller wife’s cotton candy pink taffeta!

Thanks for the post, Arthur Lawrence

I have never really followed any kind of election coverage like I have been following this Republican Primary. I just feel like there have been so many debates and so many candidates that it has really been entertaining. One of the cooler things about this election is that every candidate has a website. I can get on-line using my clear wimax connection and see all of their positions and platforms without having to sift through a bunch of media sources. What is really unique about this election is that all of the candidates have Facebook pages and are on Twitter! I’m not even on Twitter. Anything that they want known quickly will spread like wildfire on Twitter. The most entertaining things are definitely when politicians get in Twitter wars. It sounds so ridiculous, and it really is, but I do enjoy following them. I have to admit, it almost feels like the celebrity gossip rags that I hate to admit that I really love so much! My husband thinks that it is absolutely ridiculous!

Post contributed by Hilton Miranda

I am finally a homeowner! I can’t express in words how exciting this is for me. I have always wanted to own my own place and now I finally do. I could not have done it without the help of my big sister. Let me be a little more specific: my big sister in the sorority. She has done so much for me. I don’t even know where to begin. She flew up and helped me with everything. She helped me find a great mortgage company. She interviewed different Richmond home security companies. She even made me a cheat sheet about homeownership. She did so much and I will be forever grateful. There were times in college when I wondered if sorority life was for me. Then I look back at all the fun and friends I made through the sorority and realize it was the best decision of my life. There have been a lot of times when I have felt lost, but one of my sorority friends was always there to comfort me. I am one lucky girl!

Guest post written by Maya Higgins

When my kids were younger, we used to always take them caroling around the neighborhood a week or so before Christmas. Well, my grandkids heard me talking about that last year when they were staying with me for Christmas and they insisted on me taking them caroling this year. I’m going to fulfill that promise and have been getting them to practice with me a little bit when they’re over at my house.

They’re only 5 and 7, so they’re young and cute enough to pull it off, even if they don’t know all of the words. But they’re serious about this, so I’ve been printing off lyrics for them to study. While I was doing that last week, I ran across some info on miracle ear hearing aids and decided to go and get a hearing test and get fitted for them.

The kids caroling is going really well so far and I think that everyoneÕs going to love it when they come around caroling in my neighborhood. Who doesnÕt love some cute kids singing carols?