Good Morning from beautiful Montana: Boy, are we tired. We returned late last night from working on a little house we own 90 miles from here. It is a 100 year old house and we are repairing some parts, painting
Friendship Quiz-How to be the kind of friend you would like to have.
Good Morning from Montana: © Judy H. Wright aka Auntie Artichoke, the storytelling trainer Do you wish you had more friends? Do you know what qualities people are looking for in a friend? Does it seem everyone else is
Incentives Can Encourage Feelings Of Accomplishment
Hello from beautiful Montana: A job well done is a reward in itself. The feeling of completing a task can’t be duplicated or replaced, and it encourages us to start other tasks and move on to do more things. However,
Chore Time Should Be Fun Time-Ideas For Getting Kids to Help Around the House, and Have Fun While Doing It
Getting kids to help around the house seems to be quite the chore in itself. Even if your kids are good at getting their chores done, and even if everybody encourages each other and there isn’t a big issue with
Writing Articles For Readers-Tell Them What They Want to Know
Hello from beautiful Montana: I have had a few phone calls lately asking for help in composing short articles for the newspaper or newsletter at work. As positions are lost, work load is being shifted and many who are not
The Importance of Friendship
Hello from beautiful Montana: I promise I will get back to organizational tips tomorrow, but today I need to discuss a subject that have many parents and kids nervous. Going back to school and finding friends. Making friends is a
Discipline by Defining Boundaries
Hello from beautiful Montana: I wanted to add a small note on this today, because someone stopped me at a lecture last night and asked; “Every time we go in to a store, my child begs for candy or a
Teach Kids to Cook and Serve Food
Hello again from beautiful Montana: We have been privileged to have our 15 year old grandson Tyler with us for the past two weeks. His mom is an officer in the Air National Guard and is away on her summer