How Much Does It Cost To Elect A President?

It's still more than two months until the presidential election and I can officially say that I am so OVER it already!  I have always felt like voting for president is one of the greatest honors bestowed upon US citizens.  For the past four presidential elections, I can say that I have been proud to exercise my right to vote.  I loved the "rock the vote" campaigns and couldn't understand why anyone would choose not to vote.  My gosh how my views have changed over the past sixteen years.

Happy Birthday, Patty Gail!

I just can not believe that by bedtime tonight, my little girl will be officially six years old!  Where does the time go?  Happy Birthday, Patty; I'm going to make your favorite chocolate cake to celebrate!

CPSC Recalls: Do You Get It?

Do you remember the lead paint scare circa 2007?  I remember it vividly.  That's when all of Patty's toys were teething type toys and I worried they were all laced with lead paint.  I so wish I had come across the Consumer Product Safety Commission's website five years ago!  If you look along the right hand side, just under the heading "get involved" you can sign up to receive product recall information by - you guessed it- email! 

Could you live on $20 a week?

Think you could live on just $20 a week?  It's an intriguing idea for sure.  Kim, blogger behind The Money Pit (do you remember the movie with Tom Hanks and Shelly Long?), gave it a try last January.  You can read her followup post here.  She has a weekly post about what she spent and where she spent it and posts about the foods she prepared.  My house if full of picky eaters so our menu has absolutely no variety!

Special Education Links from the KDE Website

A few links from the Kentucky Deparment of Education worth bookmarking...if you're printing some of these, be sure you check the total number of pages carefully before hitting that print button!  Some of these PDFs are verrrrrrry long!

More Special Needs Resources to Bookmark

Came across a couple other organizations that you may want to make note of.  I like to bookmark them and add them to Pinterest!

Newest Blogs I'm Following

I have spent a little time this week evaluating the many, many blogs I follow trying to pare down the number from, like over a hundred, to something closer to a manageable thirty-ish.  But, every time I unsubscribe from one blog, I seem to find two more that I want to subscribe to!