With over 1,000 locations Sylvan Learning has been North America’s leader in helping children succeed in school for over 30 years. Now Sylvan Learning has come out with products to guide parents in helping their kids catch up, keep up and get ahead. Since no one cares more about a child’s education than their parents, these [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 30th January 2009
Filled Under: Contests, Education, Free Stuff, Parenting, Reviews, Saving Money
Comments: 12 Comments

Sariah has been sick since last night. It seems to be a bit of a flu which is strange since she has been around around people who had the flu earlier this winter and she never got sick. Hopefully no one else gets sick. Last night it was so sad looking at her just lying [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 29th January 2009
Filled Under: Health And Safety, My Children
Comments: 4 Comments

Three years ago when I was pregnant with Sariah, JJ and I would go swimming often at the BYU-Idaho pool. One of those times I caught Athletes Foot. I searched online for natural cures and several websites listed antiseptic mouthwash and since I had some of that already I tried it and it worked very [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 28th January 2009
Filled Under: Health And Safety, Saving Money
Comments: 3 Comments

I am contemplating taking this blog in a new direction which means a new name and a new focus. We have so many people ask us how we can live off $21,000 a year with two kids, owning a house and  no debt (besides a small student loan) without living off the government. We have [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 27th January 2009
Filled Under: Blogging
Comments: 3 Comments

Today’s code: 57VH9L Use this code at any redbox location by midnight to rent a free DVD for one night. Find the closest location to you. Last week we used our free code to rent: Fly Me To The Moon JJ was thinking of Rebekah when he chosed this movie as she loves to see [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 26th January 2009
Filled Under: Free Stuff, Reviews
Comments: 1 Comment

JJ’s parents have 4 sons and they have encouraged all of their sons to serve missions for our church. In the LDS church the young men and women do not choose where they go, they are assigned to an area by our church leaders. Retired couples sometimes choose where to serve missions, I hope to [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 24th January 2009
Filled Under: Family
Comments: 2 Comments

When many people think of Online education they don’t think of prestige. I used to think this way until recently as I have met several people who completed a BA program or Masters program online and they have been offered very good jobs soon after graduation. One program in particular that surprised me was the [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 24th January 2009
Filled Under: Education, Make More Money, Reviews
Comments: 1 Comment

This is a picture of a friend holding my mom’s dog Scamp, he has been missing since January 18th. Almost a week! I feel so bad for my parents and little sisters. They have been doing everything they can to find Scamp. Putting posters around Surrey, British Columbia and checking with the SPCA’s in hopes [...]

Posted by Melissa
Dated: 23rd January 2009
Filled Under: Family
Comments: 3 Comments