This post is brought to you by our sponsors, Fundamentals of Mandeville. Most parents want their children to attend preschool, but for some finances make it impossible. Head Start is a possibility, but there’s another program available in our area that many people don’t know about–NSECD. The government estimates that…
This post is brought to you by Results Louisiana As many of you know, Louisiana, along with a number of other states adopted new standards recently with the goal of making Louisiana more competitive in the job market and to better prepare students for college. On November 9th, students will…
You may recognize Bryan Umphenour if you see him around town. Years ago he was the worship leader at Church of the King. He then headed west pursing is music career. Now he’s back with a couple of kids and a desire to share everything he’s learned with the youth…
This post is brought to you by Old Mandeville Preschool. Many years ago a child could arrive at Kindergarten with almost no knowledge from home. This year was designed to get kids ready for “real” school which began with first grade. These days kids are expected to do much more…
When your kids are small it can be incredibly difficult to think about sending them off to be with someone else–even if it’s only for a half a day! All of my boys have had speech issues, so I’ve had to send them at age two and believe me, I…
I wasn’t born yesterday, and my husband and I are both seasoned travelers, but if you were to look at how many necessities I didn’t pack on our recent trip to San Francisco, you’d think I was a novice. My husband packed much more than I did, which I thought…
This post is brought to you by Big Easy Notary and Auto Title 10. Not buying a car from the right person. Make sure the person who is selling you the car is the person listed as the titled owner. Ask for a copy of their ID. If two people…
This post is brought to you by Big Easy Notary. These days it’s important to get that driver’s license photo just right. People ask to see your ID everywhere! Here are a few tips from Big Easy Notary on Highway 59 in Mandeville on what not to wear when you’re…
A former supervisor of mine always said, “Fake it ’till you make it”. She was referring to my job situation at the time, but that saying can be applied to any situation – even your marriage. My husband and I hit a rough patch, a really rough one, around the…
It’s not too late to do spring cleaning! For whatever reason, in my mind at least, January is the time to do that, but now is a great time since there are a ton of consignment sales coming our way. And if you miss those, I have a list of consignment…