I got to help my cousin evaluate a dental practice for sale. Believe it or not it was a lot of fun and I learned a tremendous amount about the process. The practice wasn’t very far away from here and this means I learned a lot about my area as well. There were things I didn’t know about the demographics for this area, which was really cool to find out. I found a few online courses for the classes that I want to take. Now I just have to find out about the credits and funding for it. I cannot believe how much I am looking forward to this! I am really excited!
Build your own Cob home
I am glad that these skills are coming back today. Learning to build a cob home is relatively easy and is amazingly cheap to do. If your friends help you, they learn new techniques that are really helpful to them as well. It is a very green way to build and is very sturdy in comparison to some of the materials that are used today for most wood frame houses. I have been studying this for a while now and would really like to try it someday. I may start with a cob outbuilding for my property, or something like that. We shall see.
Dental practice valuation
Dental practice valuation is basically a marketing strategy to see what a dental practice is worth so that it can be sold or evaluated for potential sale. I am learning so much about marketing lately from my cousin. I have found that I really like it and am seriously considering going back to school to take some marketing classes. I already have a business degree which covered a small part of marketing when I got it, but a more advanced class on it would definitely be a good thing. I am sure that it would look really good on my resume, and I will learn something that really interests me to boot. I am definitely looking into it.
Space
I found this for the kids. They love seeing pictures from space. We like to visit the NASA site a lot too. They have a section just for kids, to play learning games all related to science. I think it is a great interactive tool for teaching them. I hope you like the pic as much as the kids do.
DIY hair repair
You are going to love this girls! Subscribe to her channel for more tips. It is a mild mixture of cocoa nut oil and egg that will help repair damage to your hair. Hot oil treatments have always been a good thing to use on your hair when it gets dried out, but this way it is completely organic and easy to make. It doesn’t take very long and honestly will help immensely with that dried out straw feeling we all get in our hair from time to time. Hope you like it!
Sad day
I don’t usually write about stuff that is on the news, but today I have to. Today so many children died in a shooting at an elementary school, as well as several adults who were trying desperately to save those children. My heart goes out to the parents and families who have been devastated by this tragedy. I cannot imagine what it is like to have to bury your child and I hope that I never find out. I know that it has to be the hardest thing anyone ever has to do. For these families, this holiday season should have been exciting and fun, but now will never be the same again. Those children were still babies, just little kinder gardeners. When my little guys got home, all I could do was hold them and cry. I cried for the children and for the mothers who’s arms are now empty. I can only pray that God holds them in his loving embrace and comforts them while they grieve over this tragic loss.
Green printing
The green printing I found recently really has me happy that there is another company taking responsibility for the carbon foot print they leave behind. Using recyclable products is also a great way to help the environment. My kids are always trying to think up ways to be more green. They learn so much about it in school these days that you cannot help but become and advocate for green living.
We even have our own compost bin to use for our garden. There are separate bins for plastics, aluminum, glass and paper. The kids have become fanatics about making sure the right product is in the right bin. The boys always help take them out to the road on pick up day too. I never have to ask them. It is really great!
Amazing
This is actually a painting, not a picture taken with a camera. The painter has amazing vision. The realism alone renders you breathless, when you realize that it has been painted by hand. I cannot imagine such talent. I have a child who loves to draw and paint. I encourage him all the time. Maybe one day he will be this good. A mother can only hope.
Green printing
With the push towards saving the environment, green printing has become a way to help keep our air clean and save our forests. I am really happy about the way people are trying to save the environment now. For years we did not take our stewardship of this planet as seriously as we should have, but that is changing in a big way. More and more companies are taking responsibility for their own carbon foot print and working towards keeping the earth clean for future generations.
I am proud to be a part of a world that is serious about taking care of our planet. Every day we take larger steps to keep the planet clean and I know that the wildlife out there appreciates it.
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When I bought this house, I wanted it to be close to the kids schools. However, I didn’t realize that they would be the first ones on the bus and the last ones off of it. They are on the bus for at least an hour every day and have to get up really early to catch it. I have had constant problems with the new bus driver too. She is inattentive to the kids and what they talk about. The other driver had much more control over the kids and could manage to get here on time without calling out sick constantly either. This has gotten ridiculous to the point that I had to call the transportation department and make a complaint about her. I told the director that he needed to put the old bus driver back on this bus and right away.