My kids don’t use chalkboards at the schools anymore, they use dry erase boards. Often, the teachers ask them to purchase dry erase markers to bring into school. These markers can stain clothes, though. Now, Expo has come out with a dry erase marker that is washable! Hooray!
These markers come [...]

Many are predicting that the economy will recover soon, however, here in New Jersey, we are still at 10% unemployment. It is often at these times that many will consider a career change. I have a few friends who have decided that the best way to accomplish their goals of a new career [...]

The Parent Bloggers Network wants to hear your thoughts on back to school shopping and teaching your children financial responsibility. They have teamed up with Capital One who is offering a free courses in money management.
[photopress:back_to_school.jpg,full,pp_image]A few years ago, I used to dread back to school shopping. My kids would always [...]

I can’t believe that summer is almost over. This year, my kids start school on September 2nd, which is early for us. Usually we start school the day or two after Labor Day, but Labor Day is so late this year that we are actually starting before.
On my list of things to get [...]

Lands’ End is having a Back-to-School Twitter Party! They will be available to answer your back to school shopping questions and there will be more than 20 product giveaways. The Twitter party is co-hosted by 5minutesformom.com.
Date: Thursday, August 20th
Time: 8:00 p.m. until 10:00 p.m. EST
Location: #landsend
You can also enter to win a back [...]

Are you starting to buy your back to school items? At our middle school, each child is required to bring their own lock for their gym locker and unless I remember to write down the combination before my child heads off for school, I am always worry that she will forget her password and [...]