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Family meetings provide opportunities for feelings to be aired and validated. They also allow younger children to feel they are an important part of the decision-making process when it comes to family vacations and other major and minor family functions.

Before the first meeting commences, set a few ground rules such as: Speak in a calm tone. Avoid name-calling, finger-pointing, and sarcasm. Turn off the TV, radio and tele Family Meetings 101 Recipe

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Getting through the School Daze

by Megan Corwin

It’s back to school time again. Does the thought of having to get everyone organized and out the door make you want to send for boarding school brochures? Here are a few tips to help get through that back to school daze.

Making Merry Mornings:

The biggest cause of whining and tantrums in the morning is a sleepy child trying to make a decision. Eliminate the choices along with the grumpiness.

Lay out clothes the night bef Getting through the School Daze Recipe

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Where Do Your Priorities Fit?

by Don Schmitz

An expert in time management was speaking to a group of business students when he decided to do an experiment. He pulled out a large mason jar, a dozen fist-sized rocks and carefully placed them, one by one, into the jar. When no more rocks would fit inside, he asked, "Is this jar full?" Everyone in the class said, "Yes."

He reached under the table and pulled out a bucket of gravel. The instructor then poured gravel in the jar, shook it and asked, "I Where Do Your Priorities Fit? Recipe

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Long Distance Caregiving for a Loved One is Particularly Difficult

by Linda LaPointe

Use this article freely in print or electronic media, but please use author’s byline and let me know where and how it is used.

Long Distance Caregiving for a Loved One is Particularly Difficult

The phone rang at 5 a.m. John was sure it couldn’t be good news at that hour. He was right. Mom’s neighbors were calling him from 850 miles away in Texas to say that she was out watering her roses an hour ago on a cold, early spring morning. John knew Long Distance Caregiving for a Loved One is Particularly Difficult Recipe

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Legislators Ponder New Credit Protection Laws

by James H. Dimmitt

Legislators in Washington, D.C. are considering several credit-related consumer protections as outlined in The Fair and Accurate Credit Transaction Act of 2003 (H.R. 2622). If approved, consumers could benefit from the most wide-ranging changes to the rules covering consumers and credit in decades.

One of the most important changes would be the right to receive a free annual copy of your credit report, upon request, from the three major credit r Legislators Ponder New Credit Protection Laws Recipe

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Whatever Happened to Christmas?

by LeAnn R. Ralph

Remember when no one started Christmas shopping until after Thanksgiving?

Wisconsin author LeAnn R. Ralph remembers it very well.

"When I was growing up on our dairy farm forty years ago, the stores didn't put up Christmas displays until the day after Thanksgiving. No one was really thinking about Christmas shopping before that," Ralph said. "In fact, my mother felt so strongly about it that she didn't even like to hear the word 'Christmas' unt Whatever Happened to Christmas? Recipe

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Preserve Your Family History by Writing Your Family Stories

by LeAnn R. Ralph

Preserve Your Family History by Writing Family Stories

"Everyone has a story to tell." It seems like a cliche—but it's true. After working as a newspaper reporter for more than eight years, I know that everyone does, indeed, have a story to tell.

But even before I started working as a journalist, I knew that life experiences make interesting stories. Consider my parents.

My mother was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants, and her grandfathe Preserve Your Family History by Writing Your Family Stories Recipe

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How to Make Candles Using Old Crayons

by LeAnn R. Ralph

As featured in the story "A Candle For Christmas" from the book: Christmas In Dairyland (True Stories From a Wisconsin Farm)

Materials: 1 wax carton (quart) (milk, fabric softener, or orange juice) 1 pound of paraffin wax 4 or 5 old crayons two trays of ice cubes a double boiler (or an empty coffee can and a saucepan) 1 piece of ordinary white package string about six inches long.

Caution: Do no How to Make Candles Using Old Crayons Recipe

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Sot Suppe (Norwegian Sweet Soup)

by LeAnn R. Ralph

~ "Sot Suppe" ~ (Norwegian Sweet Soup)

My mother was the daughter of Norwegian immigrants who homesteaded our small Wisconsin dairy farm in the late 1800s. When my mother was a child, sweet soup was a traditional part of Christmas Eve, served cold with julekake, lefse, Christmas bread, or open-faced sandwiches. Sweet Soup is made with dried fruit and tapioca.

Sot Suppe 6 cups water 1/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon quick-cooki Sot Suppe (Norwegian Sweet Soup) Recipe

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Wintergreen

by LeAnn R. Ralph

From the book: Christmas In Dairyland (True Stories From a Wisconsin Farm) http://ruralroute2.com

As we drove along the dirt road north of our farm one Sunday afternoon, the color of the sky reminded me of Mom's silver cream and sugar servers when they were tarnished and needed to be polished again.

Since morning, the sky had been cloudy, but now at mid-afternoon, the clouds had grown much t Wintergreen Recipe

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