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Photo by  Pressmaster  from  Pexels School From Home: Helicopter Parenting Is Back! (Quick-ish post) For many of us school has just started for our precious little ones or just about to begin. With the COVID-19 pandemic though life in general is not what we're used to anymore. Like some of us working from home, our children are also "working from home". School is not what it used to be and is 100% essential to our children's future and just humanity's future in general. I've noticed a BIG problem during the first week of my daughter's school from home ...I'm sure I'm not the only one but I am very confident a lot of us have become full time drill sergeants! Hopefully I can share my tips and tricks to help cope with this new normal. About the drill sergeant (the helicopter parent is approaching) ...

Image sourced from Wikipeida Be a search bar hero with Google Chrome! (Quick Post) Getting tired of having to type in your favorite search engine's address every single time you want to search? Is your default search not cutting it and you end up typing your way to an outside engine? Are you doing a research project and rely on several search engines at once?  I don't have to tell you its annoying typing in Google.com, Yahoo.com, or any other search and have to wait for it to load, then type again after clicking in the text field and so on and so forth. It gets redundant. With today's day and age we're in the fast lane and we need our results even faster than the few clicks and loads we have to go through. Search no more. Google Chrome has a feature that will solve this. What is Google Chrome? For beginners and for those who aren't super tech savv...

Image by Lukas Bieri from Pixabay So, I got writer's block ...Actually, I got everything block! (Quick post) So, it's been a while since I've updated this blog. I have so many creative ideas, fun things to research, and well, with everything going on its just really tough to keep it up. I love to write and do creative things but with the pandemic, kids being home, and world affairs it really causes not just a block on my writing but also a block on life! I have EVERYTHING block and I HATE IT!   So, what causes writer's block and how do I get over it? What is writer's block? Photo by Emily Morter on Unsplash Writer's block in short is when an author or artist has a slow down, bottleneck an...

Photo by  Rick Tap  on  Unsplash Robinhood.com introduces fractional shares!!! (Quick Post) I found some exciting news the other day; Robinhood.com has introduced fractional shares! If you don't know what Robinhood.com is or what a fractional share is that IS NOT A PROBLEM ! I would like to help. I promise this post will be quick and hopefully easy to understand. What is Robinhood.com ? First of lets look at Robinhood.com . It is a website and an app for investing into the stock market or shares. It is free, you can invest just about any amount, and you can pull money out any time. To learn more about Robinhood.com check out my review here! Why is the introduction of fractional shares so exciting? In short, flexibility, flexibilty, flexibily!  A lot of investing software and websites do not offer fractional shares however, the apps I recommend on the link above, 401k plans and similar, and now Robinhood.com  offer fractional shares! What makes fractional ...

Brought to you by  Burst from pexels.com Soap VS Sanitizer: Useful Facts #1 There's a on going battle as to what works better; soap and water or hand s anitizer  and the answer is both if used properly. Soap has been the go to for a long time...well...like...forever really. In  perspective of soap's history, hand sanitizer is "future tech", convenient, and sometimes claimed to be a better solution for hygienic needs. This post will bring the bout to an end! Given the current times with the scare of  COVID-19 (corona virus) I feel this can be pretty relevant and useful information. WELCOME TO MY EXPERIMENT! I am trying something new; "Useful Facts". These will be a series of random facts and very brief posts (hopefully). I hope you find them enjoyable. So what's better?  In short, although it may be subjective, soap  and water. The reason being is that soap  and water, removes debris, oils, germs, viruses, microbes, and other contaminants...

So You Think The World Is Ending?   Thank you  Pixabay.com I figured this would be a good welcome back post from my hiatus during busy season. It seems after every joyous holiday season the world goes from crazy to crazier. We all believe at some point in time that the world is ending and to be honest, who can blame you? Just about every year,  demi- decade or   decade something terrible is happening in the world like a super plague, a war, an election, or our favorite celebrities are dying tragically (mine was Robin Williams and David Bowie :-( boo!). Well hopefully this post can put you a little at ease as I'd like to tell you it isn't "that bad" in my opinion and we should worry a little BUT not as much as we do! This is the small print:  Most of this post is a reflection of my views based off articles that I've read, listened to, or viewed in fears for the...