Archive for December, 2008

A Few Money Saving Christmas Tips and a Contest

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Listed below are some tips on ways to save money at Christmas. It’s a little off topic, but I thought it might be helpful.  I wrote them for a contest I just found out about on the blog www.tothinkistocreate.com.  It’s a few things I’ve done and a lot of things that are on my ever [...]

Noisemakers vs. Instruments

Saturday, December 6th, 2008

A few years ago, my sister got my son what seemed like a cool Christmas present. It was a drum full of various rhythm instruments in cool colors and shapes. There was one major problem. They really weren’t instruments, they were noisemakers. What’s the difference? Well, noisemakers make noise. They thud and clink, but the sound [...]