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Wedding dresses live on
 Posted 8/27/2010 5:00:00 AM
It's that once in a lifetime purchase (well - maybe twice or three times, but the first is always the most exciting) - your wedding gown. You might spend months shopping for the perfect wedding dress, spend buckets of money - and wear it once.
So what do you do with the dress after the wedding?
We posed that question to our LITE FM LIsteners this morning and heard some great ideas.
Mischka in Fort Lauderdale is a dress-maker. She re-styles wedding gowns into Christening dresses and cocktail dresses.
Jenny sold her dress at a garage sale - as a Halloween costume.
We heard about dresses that became rompers, and one that was saved for ten years to be handed down for the next generation - until it was destroyed by Hurricane Andrew.
Donating a wedding dress to charity is a great option. In ...
Why voting matters
Posted 8/24/2010 3:00:00 PM
I walked into my polling site this afternoon and was initially pleased - no lines! On second glance, not only were there no lines, there were no voters. Huh? Literally, I was the only person there.
Sure, I know, it's 'only' a primary. But this primary will determine who will be on the final ballot as the next Governor of Florida, who will be a Florida Senator, our next Attorney General, and who may be the judge to determine the outcome of a court case that could potentially impact you.
I was chatting with the poll worker who signed me in (took less than a minute for the whole process) and she told me that about 180 people in my precinct had voted. I think there are more registered voters than that living just in my condo community.
I know we all get busy, bogged down with ...
Keep track of back to school
Posted 8/23/2010 5:00:00 AM
Who said being a parent is easy? Isn't it enough to keep track of your life, your work, the meals, your spouse's schedule & your kids' schedule? Miami-Dade County School District has changed school start times this year. I think I need a computer algorithm to keep track of this:
(Excerpt from the Miami Herald):
Also, parents should prepare for new school hours. The alarm bell will ring at different hours in Miami-Dade schools, since the district changed the 2010-2011 school hours. The schedule is:
• Pre-kindergarten through first grade: 8:20 a.m. -- 1:50 p.m.
• Elementary school grades second through fifth or sixth: 8:35 a.m. -- 3:05 p.m.
• K-8 Centers grades second through eighth: 8:35 a.m. -- 3:05 p.m.
• Elementary schools and K-8 Centers will be dismissed at 1:50 p.m. on Wednesdays.
• Middle schools, grades six through eight: 9:10 a.m. -- 3:50 p.m.
• Senior ...
Money-savers
Posted 8/19/2010 3:00:00 PM
Somehow, no matter how often I get caught up on my bills, I end up running up the credit card balance again. Does this sound familiar to you?
So I'm always psyched to find a new list of ways to save money. Much like getting organized, I seem to need constant reminders of ways to be more frugal.
Here's a pretty comprehensive list of things that we can all get free ... but frequently pay for. Crazy,huh?
Back to school, much to do
Posted 8/18/2010 3:00:00 PM
When we were kids, our concerns about back to school were centered on clothing, hair, cool book covers, which clubs we should join and who we might get to go out with (okay, and getting good grades, too.).
As a parent, it's a whole different world. Back to school means immunizations, preparations for after-school care, buying school supplies, preparing breakfast & lunch, getting up earlier and carving out extra time to help with homework.
The Children's Trust has a back-to-school checklist to help you complete everything in time, along with listings of after-school programs, low-cost health care and more. You can download the checklist here.
You can also check their events calendar to get information about a back-to-school rally this Friday, and a school supply giveaway on Saturday.
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