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Keep Track of Your College Kid Without Getting Obsessed

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College is an important time in your child’s life for exploration and new experiences. This can be a rewarding, frantic, and fun filled romp which can teach some of life’s most important lessons about love, finance, and education. As a new student, it’s an enticing time. But for a worried mom, it’s a hands down, freaked-out, stress loaded, emotional roller coaster.

Modern technology allows us to keep in contact with our kids at all times; but how much is too much? College is a time for the kids to get out and make a stake for themselves in this world. Too much influence from mom and dad might hinder that experience.

Cell Phones

Cell phones are the most effective way to communicate with your prodigal child. Whether you have a family plan or send them off with one of the many prepaid phone plans, your student will keep his or her phone on person at pretty much all times (even at the gym). Make sure to schedule a specific time to call instead of just dialing out of the blue because their schedule will be varied day-by-day.

Social Media

In my opinion, it is never a good idea to follow your kids on Facebook, Twitter, or any other social media website. Think of social media as a sanctuary for your personal life and their personal life. Mixing up family is sometimes fine, but if you don’t want to see some of the more “colorful” things about college life, you should stick to sending private emails.

Snail Mail

There is no better feeling for a college student than receiving something in the mail. Whether they order something from Amazon or get a care package from you, the endorphin levels and serotonin will skyrocket. Try sending something that can only be found in your hometown that’s totally unheard of at the school. This will help them bond with students in their dorm.

Making a Visit

When I was in college, I loved when my parents would come pay me a visit. I didn’t necessarily appreciate their company as much as I appreciated the trips to Target and the meals at Applebee’s. After that, I wanted them to go back home so I could study or partake in other college festivities. If you’re a parent, make sure to make your campus visit is brief and bountiful.

Tell your kids that partying in college is done best in moderation. After you tell them that bit of key advice, take it upon yourself to contact them in moderation. Them going to college is kind of a vacation for you.

Getting a university education online

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It’s funny how so many things have changed over the years. I remember when I was in high school, I was dreading going off to college. Now with so many Online Universities you really don’t have to go off to school anymore. Unless of course, you really want to have that college life experience.  Today we see that there are countless options for getting an online education, depending on your specific needs and goals.

I have a degree in the healthcare which I love but, I have found myself thinking about getting more information about the many online degree programs in marketing.  As a blogger I have learned a lot about marketing and would love to actually be able to work with it in the corporate world.

However, if you are looking to get a degree online make sure that you do your research.  You want to make sure that the school holds the proper accreditation. I recommend checking out http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/ .  After all if the reason you are pursuing further education is to advance your career, the degree needs to be recognized by your prospective employers.

Also don’t forget to check about federal aid. A great place to start is to see all the options that are available.   You can also fill out the application @ http://www.fafsa.ed.gov/

 

Packing it in

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The Author of this post is Freddy Savage

There’s nothing better than packing up one bag of clothes and heading to our lake house for the weekend. I love how private it is and I feel like since I don’t have cell service out there I can’t be bothered and I’m totally cut off from the rest of the world, in the best way. We’ve got all the toys the kids love like the boat and jet skis and stuff like that and I just like being able to sit by the fireplace and look out at that amazing lake view. I did some digging into wireless internet by wild blue and found that it would reach our place so I went ahead and got it since some of my business is done online and I like to go out in the middle of the week sometimes and still needed to stay in touch. I think once the kids are gone I’m going to try to convince my husband to let us move up to the lake full time but we’ll see!

Making Extra Cash For Work At Home Moms

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The term, stay-at-home-mom, doesn’t accurately describe what a mother actually does. The implication shows very little understanding of the constant demands that are placed on mothers every day. In fact, it would be more accurate to call them, “work-at-home-moms,” but moms don’t get a salary for doing this. But just because you are attending to the incredible demands of running a household, doesn’t mean that you can’t make some money in your spare time from the comfort of your couch. All you need is a computer and an Internet connection and you’re good to go. Here are some of the ways busy moms can work from home:

Freelance Work

This isn’t to say that there aren’t a million ways to generate an income from your home, but some are more legitimate than others. Doing freelance work is one of these. Blogs and various web sites are in desperate need for content. It’s imperative for them to generate content on a daily basis so they can keep their readership active and their hit count high. This requires a lot of content, content that is impossible for one, or even a couple people, to manage. Freelance writing, if you’re familiar at all with grammar and syntax, is an excellent way to bring in some pretty decent cash and it doesn’t take a lot of knowledge, just an ability to research.

Surveys and Reviews

Just like freelance work, marketers and advertisers need people to review their products and give their opinion. You can get paid for surveys from home or use a product and write what you thought about it. Depending on the product, you can make really good money just by giving your opinion. The fact is that if you’re a mother, the market is incredibly interested in what you have to say. This is because mothers do most of the spending for any given household making mothers are the target demographic.

Blogging

This is one very popular avenue that manages to encompass all of the things listed above and bring them together in one place. Millions of people are starting blogs all the time. The rationale for doing so varies a bit, but it’s usually because they want to express their ideas, exchange information, or make a business out of it. If you approach it from a business standpoint, you can get paid to offer your ideas and talk about your experiences as a mother and things that would relate to other people.

These are just a few of the ways that mothers can bring in some cash into the family account or you can just do it for yourself. The demands on mothers are many, but these things can prove to be a good way to have something of your own. A job, of sorts, that will give you an activity that will translate into results and income.

The Green Beer May Be Gone But Irish Spirits Can Last All Year Long

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I’m not talking about how Jameson car bombs are all the rage these days, sorry to disappoint anybody who thought so. No, I’m here to encourage the thought that those of us with Irish in our blood and proud of it shouldn’t have to sit around between April and February of the following year waiting to let it out with pride. Saint Patrick’s Day shouldn’t be the only time it’s okay to be proud to be Irish.

It’s sad to say, however, that anyone who wears a bright-green sweater or dress outside the month of March is typically going to catch the wrong kinds of stares. However, there’s a steadfast item of style that will not only continue to be fashionable, but also gives you a way to show off your heritage all year round.

I’m talking about emerald jewelry. The stone evokes Irish thoughts of the lush green hills and fields rolling out to the rocky outposts of Ireland’s jutting black shores. It was Irish poet William Drennan who made the first known connection between his land and the emerald, and it’s been the adopted precious stone of the Irish ever since.

Emerald naturally catches the eye, but its gleam is as modest as it is majestic. This is because of the signature green color which draws our thoughts towards nature and away from the spoilage of man’s tinkering. There’s a certain down-to-earth attractiveness of the emerald that defines Irish ideals and the Irish way of life in general. Diamonds, blue sapphires, rubies, and other glowing gems are all beautiful in their own right, but the emerald alone represents the exquisiteness of nature reduced into a single sliver of earthly rock.

Emerald rings, necklaces, brooches, and earrings all do a terrific job displaying Irish heritage without making too big a deal about it. If Saint Patrick’s Day is the opportunity to display your pride lavishly, then the other 364 days of the year are for simply being unassumingly Irish. After all, that’s how the Irish like to live. The emerald represents the undying bond between Mother Ireland and her children. Be a good child of the Emerald Isle and take a piece of her wherever you go

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