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Home Based Opportunities And Jobs In The Financial Sector

If your educational background, skills, and work experience are in the financial industry you may be wondering whether there are any types of work in that industry that you can do from home. There are both home – based telecommuting jobs and home – based businesses that you could own and operate in the financial industry. Here are a few ideas to get you started. Certified public accountants, financial analysts, corporate tax professionals, and others may be able to find full time corporate jobs which permit them to telecommute most, if not all of the time. Since many financial jobs … Continue reading →

Get Into Disney World for Free

The commercial runs ad nauseam, but it’s paying off. According to the folks at Disney, their new free admission promo will likely make history. If you live under a rock or you don’t own a television, then you might not know about the “Give a Day, Get a Disney Day” program. The project will provide certified volunteers with a one-day ticket to any park at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, or Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, in 2010. Disney execs say they will give one million guests a free day’s admission to a Disney theme park provided visitors complete an … Continue reading →

Affordable Educational Kid-Friendly Activities

The learning doesn’t have to end just because your kids aren’t in the classroom. If your children are on temporary hiatus from school because of the swine flu scare, then consider using the time to participate in educational activities as a family. Here are some low-cost learning opportunities: Tour the nation’s only frozen cemetery in Scottsdale, Arizona. The Alcor Life Extension Foundation is where Baseball Hall of Famer Ted Williams is cryogenically preserved. Tours are free. Bird-watch at the Great Dismal Swamp Birding Festival, May 7-9, in southeastern Virginia. The event includes demonstrations, guided bird walks, bus tours to Lake … Continue reading →

Free Educational Opportunities

If one of your new years resolution is to improve your career or yourself, look into educational opportunities. If you know where to search, you find plenty of free or low cost classes, lectures and other educational opportunities. Check out the following opportunities. They may just change your life. If you are currently employed outside of the home, you should have access to a wide range of educational opportunities thanks to your boss. Most companies have some sort of employer reimbursement for education, whether it is one class or an entire degree. In order to quality, the educational opportunity usually … Continue reading →

Is There Really Such a Thing as a Free Education?

My children have always gone to public school—except during times when we have done home schooling for one or more. We’ve tried mainstream public schools and public charter schools, but never private schools—it just isn’t in this single mom’s budget. Sometimes I am not entirely convinced that public school is in my budget either! Of course I pay my taxes—but there is more, there are the fundraisers and the direct mail appeals that come in my mailbox from each school. There are also all the incidental fees and books and supplies and field trips. I just found out that I … Continue reading →

Unique Educational Opportunities

As homeschooling parents it is our responsibility to supply unique educational opportunities for our children. There are several reasons why unique educational opportunities are necessary. 1. Impromptu opportunities: As a homeschooler, you have the freedom to supply varied educational opportunities and experiences. There is not reason to plan for a field trip. If you find out on Monday that the Nutcracker is showing on Tuesday, you can go. If you get an email that the local planetarium is allowing people to in at midnight to see Mars through the microscope you can jump in the car and go. This keeps … Continue reading →

FREE Programs are Available for your Infant or Toddler!

Many parents do not realize the following: 1. They can receive a free assessment for their infant or toddler to determine if he or she has a developmental delay or disability; and 2. Early intervention services are available, usually FREE OF COST*, to help any infant or toddler who is determined to have one. GIVE YOUR CHILD A HEAD START! Unfortunately, many parents either act too slowly to get their child assessed, or simply don’t find out about these programs until their child is nearly entering school. This is a disappointing loss. Children with developmental delays need EARLY intervention, that … Continue reading →

Focus on the Candidates – Carly Fiorina

This blog is part of the series that focuses on the candidates who are running for President of the United States in the 2016 election. This blog focuses on Carly Fiorina. According to her official website, Carly Fiorina earned a Master of Business Administration in Marketing from the Robert H. Smith School of Business at the University of Maryland. In 1999, she was recruited to serve as the Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard (1999 – 2005). She was the first woman to lead a Fortune 500 company. In 2010, Carly Fiorina ran unsuccessfully for United States Senate in California against … Continue reading →

Frugal Seasonal Family Getaways

If you can deal with dirty looks from your kid’s teacher, then consider heading off on a pre-Christmas getaway.  Families working with a tight budget, who want to sneak in a winter vacation before Santa Claus comes to town, must act now. Dozens of family-friendly vacation destinations are offering money-saving deals for clans who complete their travel before Christmas Eve, including: California:  Don’t wait to do Disney during your child’s winter break from school.  Rather, if you want to save big on hotel accommodations, travel during the first three weeks of December.  That’s when you will find deals like the … Continue reading →

Preventing Summer Brain Drain

The school year is winding down for millions of students across the country, and while most kids are thrilled to be getting a much needed break from studying, some parents are hoping that summer vacation doesn’t lead to brain drain. Summer learning loss is nothing new; however, it is avoidable. While most parents think summer school is the key to keeping their kids at the head of the class, there are a slew of other activities that can help preserve lessons learned in the course of an academic year. My daughter would rather give up TV and eat nothing but … Continue reading →