I’m going to keep this short and sweet today! I wish you and yours all the very best for 2011 and hope you have a very Merry Christmas! Thanks so much for reading this blog. It means a lot to me that you take the time out of your day to check it out. I wish you many blessings for the upcoming year!
Christmas is a time of giving, and it is intriguing to read the various articles that have been written about the famous billionaires who are giving so much of their wealth to charities. Examples include Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg as well as George Lucas. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet started a Giving Pledge and many billionaires have joined in and the result is extreme generosity.
It just goes to show that if the wealthy are willing to share their wealth with others, the world can definitely be a better place. After all, they won’t be able to take their money with them so they might as well brighten someone else’s day with it while they can.
If your younger children are getting antsy around the house during the Christmas holidays, you may want to direct them to the Starfall website. It’s an educational website that helps children learn to read while doing various fun activities. It is interactive and colorful and best of all it’s completely free!
A friend of mine who has young children told me about this website and apparently her kids love it, especially her youngest who is four and a half years old. If you want to encourage your kids to improve their reading skills, this is a great way to do it.
We all have our own ideas about life and what it is supposed to be like. We often expect everyone’s life to be pretty much the same, following the status quo in a certain sequence – get an education, get a job, get married, have kids, and then eventually retire. But not everyone is satisfied with the status quo.
Take for instance, Captain Keith. He and his family decided that they wanted to live on a boat at sea rather than continue with their humdrum life. Although living in a boat is certainly not appropriate for every family, so far it seems to be working well for his. Apparently it is a really inexpensive lifestyle that gives you freedom you have never dreamed of.
When you want to treat yourself and your family but do not want to spend the money to eat out all the time, a great way to enjoy a meal without spending a lot of money is to make a special restaurant-like meal at home.
One that works great at our home is replicating an all -you -can eat buffet where you get to make your own stir-fry. We use our trusty Toastmaster griddle and I slice up all sorts of veggies such as onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, etc. I then slice beef very thinly and sometimes I also slice up chicken breasts.