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Have a Safe AND Happy Thanksgiving!

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Happy Thanksgiving. I hope you and your whole family, from young grandkids on up to your senior parents and grandparents, have a blessed and beautiful and SAFE holiday. According to the local fire department: "Thanksgiving is the leading day for home cooking fires, with three times as many occurring on Thanksgiving than any other day of the year!" WOW! Make sure your smoke alarms are working, that you are prepared for any grease fires, and keep those adorable grandkids working on fun holiday craft projects away from the stove - unless they are old enough to help, of course. … Continue reading...

Using Pinterest to Keep Track of Interesting & Useful Resources and Activities For Grandparents and Grandchildren Where We Live

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When you move to a new state, there are a TON of new things to learn - new addresses (doubled if you use a post office box), new phone numbers (unless you are able to keep your same number, which is a HUGE help), new neighbors and their names, where your favorite stores are now located - assuming they are near you, and more. When you have kids and grandkids, you also like to learn where some other vital things are - like where there's a Chuck E. Cheese, where the various museums are, what holiday happenings will be going on in your area, and where the best parks and playgrounds are located. … Continue reading...

Moved to A New State? Here Are Some Voting Helps and Hints!

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Have you recently moved to a new state? I've said it before and I'll keep on saying it - moving, especially long distance, definitely ain't easy! And it's not just the filling boxes, moving boxes, and putting boxes away that's hard, is it? It's also the learning new areas - like voting? Having lived in several states over the last decade or so, one thing I've learned is that there's a WIDE RANGE OF DIFFERENCES in how different states handle voting. In California, we could vote in person or easily request an absentee ballot. That made it much easier for my senior parents to vote. Where we … Continue reading...

Think Safety Before, During, and After You Move to a New Home – Part 3

Weather - zombies - bad guys - emergency alerts are handy when moving to a new home or state

Alerts When You Move to a New Home Now that we are getting settled into our new home, I've continued to make progress with safety precautions and alerts. As with many other areas, we have an emergency alert option we can sign up for. Once we are signed up, where ever we live, we will get alerts about emergencies and other important community news including severe weather, unexpected road closures, missing persons, necessary evacuation, and more. I think that is grand, don't you? Especially in this day and age of so many crises, weather emergencies, and more! If you want to see if your … Continue reading...

Moving To A New State – Challeges Mixed With Family Fun

HOORAY! You've sold your house. You're on your way - perhaps even moving to a new state and a new home! How exciting! However, don't forget, with any move comes many changes. And those changes can be tough - from grandkids missing friends to elderly seniors missing a TV remote they have learned to us Of course, time - once again - often comes to our rescue. Time spent playing in a new neighborhood or working in a new school frequently leads to new friends. Sometimes we can "help" time with things like simpler remotes - such as the RCA big button remote or maybe an old favorite … Continue reading...

Rental House Hunting? Your Smart Phone Can Definitely Make You Smarter in the Process

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WOOHOO! It's time for a change - and not just seasonal! We are moving cross country and rental house hunting on the West Coast and I'm really excited about it! I'll finally be on the same time zone as most of my friends and family. YAY! Of course, with big moves come big needs, big concerns, and big headaches. Fortunately, there are a LOT of great resources to help make the job easier and I'm looking forward to sharing all I find with you over the next few posts. And YES! We'd LOVE to hear your suggestions as well! Today? I have some great apps and other resources to help us find rental … Continue reading...

“Back to School” Can Make Moving a Bit More DIfficult

When you are moving - whether near or long distance - make sure to pack and mark well your school supplies AND documents

Back to School! It evokes thoughts of apples, autumn, falling leaves, and pumpkins, doesn't it? And for many of us in Kentucky, that's exactly what's happening. Well, to be honest, the pumpkins are mainly on display on decorative wreaths at Sam's Club or in lovely Pinterest pins - and autumn is still a good 6 weeks or more away. Then again, in other parts of the country, where several of my dear ones live, those little ones are out enjoying the sunshine (oops - it was rain this week!) and the park pool for another three weeks before they head back to class. In Florida, near my dear … Continue reading...

Think Safety Before, During, and After You Move to a New Home – Part 2

Moving to a new home in a new city - some important safety tips before you move

Whenever we move to a new home, especially in a different city/state, I've done as much research about the area as possible ahead of time. It's a lot easier now with the internet including great moving resource apps like Trulia and Zillow. In this day and age, tech tools of all kinds are such abig help in a move - including safety tools. I've research on police and sheriff websites under the relatively recent "Megan's Law" options to check on the safety of an area we are househunting in. I also check to see if they or another local site has crime statistics listed. Granted, there are no … Continue reading...

Think Safety Before, During, and After You Move to a New Home – Part 1

Think safety when selling or buying a new home or moving

Precaution is better than cure. ~Edward Coke Safety is a cheap and effective insurance policy. ~Author Unknown Safety never takes a holiday. ~Author Unknown Danger never takes a vacation. ~Author Unknown While on a ladder, never step back to admire your work. ~Author Unknown OK, I admit it. The last quote doesn't have much to do with my topic today of safety when you move to a new home - but it did make me laugh and I'm hoping you are chuckling too. The rest of the quotes, all via Quote Garden, DO have something to do with my topic - safety is important even during the moving process. … Continue reading...

Resources and Ideas to Tick Off Those Pesky Ticks!

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As much as I dislike the creepie crawlies and other irritating members of the insect world, they are a fact of life. So before I totally leave the subject, I have one more irritating pest to discuss - Ticks! Would you believe it, I never even HEARD of a tick until I was an adult. That's when they first discovered Lyme Disease - caused by a bacteria transmitted by these tiny pesky dangerous little bugs! Unfortunately there appear to be ticks in every state of the union - though not all carry diseases and not all carry the SAME diseases. The CDC has several graphics to explain which ticks carry … Continue reading...

Have a Safe AND Happy Thanksgiving!

Using Pinterest to Keep Track of Interesting & Useful Resources and Activities For Grandparents and Grandchildren Where We Live

Moved to A New State? Here Are Some Voting Helps and Hints!

Think Safety Before, During, and After You Move to a New Home – Part 3

Moving To A New State – Challeges Mixed With Family Fun

Rental House Hunting? Your Smart Phone Can Definitely Make You Smarter in the Process

“Back to School” Can Make Moving a Bit More DIfficult

Think Safety Before, During, and After You Move to a New Home – Part 2

Think Safety Before, During, and After You Move to a New Home – Part 1

Resources and Ideas to Tick Off Those Pesky Ticks!

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