Ways People Mess Up When Establishing Multiple Streams of Income

Good Morning,
I thought that this article was pricelsss because it reminded me of how I was when I first started looking at work at home opportunities. I was so desperate to earn some income, any income for that matter, that I didn't do my homework. I signed up for every opportunity out there and failed miserably.
Even now as I type this I am still researching what I would like to do when I grow up. The difference is I have a goal in mind now and am no longer signing up for every opportunity I come across and know what I don't want, so that makes my decisions less hurried and more focused.
Are you a home business junkie? Break the cycle and find your niche.

~Mandu
Aspiring WAHM, Wife & Blogger
http://www.emdiau.com

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Ways People Mess Up When Establishing Multiple Streams Of Income by Leah Grant



I was recently at a networking meeting and met a really nice woman. After several minutes of conversation, I asked her what she did. She excitedly launched into how she was a real estate agent, but that was slow right now, so she was going back to giving massages, but she was also selling Mary Kay cosmetics.



While I was trying to process all of those unrelated businesses, she dug into her purse and handed me a card that listed her as an Ambiance Coach. I questioned her about that since it didn't seem to fit with any of the businesses she'd mentioned. Amazingly, she said, "Oh, I'm also a distributor for PartyLite Candles."



Doing four totally different businesses with different target markets is the wrong way to establish multiple streams of income. Why?



1. You appear schizophrenic to everyone you meet. Although she was a nice woman, I wouldn't recommend any of her four businesses to anyone because I just don't know where her time and energy are being spent or how well she would service a client.



2. You waste time and energy working to capture the attention of multiple markets. Networking and building relationships take time. Most of the time your different target markets are going to be hanging out at different meetings and places. To connect with them, you need to be here they are and that's a lot of running around.



3. Your mind has to keep track of systems and information for four companies. Between policies, specials and product knowledge, you could spend a day each week just staying informed.



Don't get involved in too many businesses and kill any chance of success for any of them. There are two ways to create multiple streams of income that make sense:



1. Same target market, multiple offerings.

2. Same offering, multiple target markets.



In the first way to create multiple streams of income, you provide more products and services to the same target market. For example, a personal trainer might sell their clients hand weights, exercise DVDs, nutrition counseling and fitness vacations.



When you add products and services to your mix make sure that you understand your target market. Starbucks made a serious mistake in this category years ago when they assumed their coffee drinkers would like to buy the furniture found in Starbucks locations. They did not. The website tanked within a matter of months.



However, Starbucks does have a number of multiple streams. In their stores, they sell coffee machines, mugs, chocolate covered coffee beans and lunch items. You can also purchase their coffee and bottled frappucino in grocery stores and I'm not sure if it's nationwide yet, but Starbucks just launched a line of ice cream. These items have added some nice multiple streams of income for them while serving their target market.



The second way to create multiple streams of income is to market the same product or service to multiple markets. If you are a small business, and especially if you are a solopreneur, this approach is more difficult than the first one because you have to have the time to research and get in front of two to three distinct sets of people.



An example of an industry that does this well is the airline industry. They provide one service: flying people from one destination to another.



Most airlines cater to three distinct target markets.



1. Business travelers

2. Vacationers

3. Affluent travelers



Airlines offer levels of service for each distinct traveler. Affluent travelers pay a premium to sit in First Class, get served meals off actual plates and get on and off the plane first. Airlines working to garner the business travelers offer a business class section with a bit larger seats than coach class and tout the features of their airport lounges where business travelers can conduct meetings, log onto the Internet or relax away from the chaos of the main terminal. Lastly, airlines partner with hotels, travel agents and travel websites to lure the vacation travelers to use their service.



There are a few benefits of offering a single service to multiple target markets. If you only have one service you can keep refining and honing that service to make it the very best. If one target market stops or slows down their purchasing, the business can focus on marketing more heavily to their other markets.



We have seen this happen this year. Business travel is down, partly due to the economy, but partly due to technology that allows web-conferencing and online trainings. As a result, airlines are stepping up their vacation packages and advertising to vacation travelers.



Not all airlines take this one-service, multiple streams approach. For example, Southwest Airlines targets the bargain hunting traveler. This traveler wants the least expensive seat even if it means standing in lines and not getting served any food. To add some multiple streams, Southwest sells food and you can purchase a more expensive Business Select ticket which allows you to board the plane first.



When considering which approach is best for your business, consider the following questions:



1. What other products and services compliment your main product or service?

2. How likely are clients/customers to want to get those additional items from me?

3. How large and how stable is my main target market?



I recommend building multiple streams into your initial business model, even if you aren't going to launch them for a year or two after you start the business.



(c) 2009 Leah Grant Enterprises LLC







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Kids Cupcake Recipes

Cup cakes are a favorite treat for kids of all ages. Cupcakes can be decorated for all seasons and reasons. These are quick, easy cup cake recipe that kids can prepare with the help of an adult.




These cupcakes could always be made starting with a boxed cake mix. But where is the fun in that? With these recipes, you and the kids start from scratch and create memories as well as some delicious mouth watering treats.



Lemon Cupcake Recipe



Ingredients:





3½ oz. softened butter

3½ oz. softened cream cheese

2 tsp. finely grated lemon rind

2/3-cup superfine sugar

2 eggs

½ cup all-purpose (plain) flour

1/3 cup self-raising flour



Instructions:





1. Pre-heat oven to 325F



2. Line a 12-cup muffin pan, with cupcake papers



3. Beat the butter, cheese, lemon rind, sugar and eggs until smooth and creamy



4. Sift the flours together



5. Add the flour gradually to the cheese mixture

6. Beat on a low speed, until just combined



7. Divide the mixture evenly between the 12 muffin tins



8. Bake for 25 minutes until firm to touch



9. Allow to cool for a few minutes and then transfer to a wire rack





Yields: 12 cupcakes



Frost with purchased lemon frosting. Enjoy



Basic Vanilla CupCake Recipe



Ingredients:





*5 oz. Butter - softened

*5 oz. superfine sugar

*6 oz. self-raising flour

*3 eggs

*1 tsp. vanilla extract



Instructions:





1. Preheat the oven to 350F



2. Line a 12-cupcake pan, with cup cake papers



3. Crack the eggs into a cup and beat lightly with a fork



4. Place all the ingredients in a large bowl



5. Beat with an electric mixer for 2 minutes, until light and creamy



6. Divide the mixture in the muffin pan



7. Bake for 18-20 minutes until risen and firm to touch



8. Allow to cool for a few minutes and then transfer to a wire rack



9. Allow to cool fully before applying the frosting





Yields: 12 cupcakes



Frost with purchased vanilla frosting. Enjoy



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Do you need Kid-Friendly Recipes? Christine Steendahl - "The Menu Mom" invites you to visit Kid Approved Meals  to pick up your personal 13 week breakfast and lunch menu designed just for children!

Parent Advice

Parenthood advices
1. Women: to prepare for maternity, put on a dressing gown and stick a beanbag down the front. Leave it there for 9 months. After 9 months, take out 10% of the beans. Men: to prepare for paternity, go to the local drug store, tip the contents of your wallet on the counter, and tell the pharmacist to help himself. Then go to the supermarket. Arrange to have your salary paid directly to their head office. Go home. Pick up the paper and read it for the last time.

2.Before you finally go ahead and have children, find a couple who are already parents and berate them about their methods of discipline, lack of patience, appallingly low tolerance levels, and how they have allowed their children to run riot. Suggest ways in which they might improve their child's sleeping habits, toilet training, table manners and overall behavior. Enjoy it -- it'll be the last time in your life that you will have all of the answers.

3.To discover how the nights feel, walk around the living room from 5 PM to 10 PM carrying a wet bag weighing approximately 8-12 lbs. At 10 PM put the bag down, set the alarm for midnight, and go to sleep. Get up at 12 and walk around the living room again, with the bag, until 1 AM. Put the alarm on for 3 AM. As you can't get back to sleep, get up at 2 AM and make a drink. Go to bed at 2:45 AM. Get up again at 3 AM when the alarm goes off. Sing songs in the dark until 4 AM. Put the alarm on for 5 AM. Get up. Make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful.

4.Can you stand the mess children make? To find out, smear peanut butter onto the sofa and jam onto the curtains. Hide a fish finger behind the stereo and leave it there all summer. Stick your fingers in the flowerbeds then rub them on the clean walls. Cover the stains with crayons. How does that look?

5.Dressing small children is not as easy as it seems: first buy an octopus and a string bag. Attempt to put the octopus into the string bag so that none of the arms hang out. Time allowed for this -- all morning.

6.Take an egg carton. Using a pair of scissors and a can of paint, turn it into an alligator. Now take a toilet tube. Using only Scotch tape and a piece of foil, turn it into a Christmas tree. Last, take a milk container, a ping pong ball, and an empty packet of Cocoa Puffs and make an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower. Congratulations, you have just qualified for a place on the playgroup committee.

7.Forget the Miata and buy a minivan. And don't think you can leave it out in the driveway spotless and shining. Family cars don't look like that. Buy a chocolate ice cream bar and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there. Get a quarter. Stick it in the cassette player. Take a family-size packet of chocolate cookies. Mash them down the back seats. Run a garden rake along both sides of the car. There! Perfect!

8.Get ready to go out. Wait outside the toilet for half an hour. Go out the front door. Come in again. Go out. Come back in. Go out again. Walk down the front path. Walk back up it. Walk down it again. Walk very slowly down the road for 5 minutes. Stop to inspect minutely every cigarette butt, piece of used chewing gum, dirty tissue and dead insect along the way. Retrace your steps. Scream that you've had as much as you can stand, until the neighbors come out and stare at you. Give up and go back in the house. You are now just about ready to try taking a small child for a walk.

9.Always repeat everything you say at least five times

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10.Go to your local supermarket. Take with you the nearest thing you can find to a pre-school child -- a fully grown goat is excellent. If you intend to have more than one child, take more than one goat. Buy your week's groceries without letting the goats out of your sight. Pay for everything the goats eat or destroy. Until you can easily accomplish this do not even contemplate having children.

11.Hollow out a melon. Make a small hole in the side. Suspend it from the ceiling and swing it from side to side. Now get a bowl of soggy Froot Loops and attempt to spoon it into the swaying melon by pretending to be an airplane. Continue until half of the Froot Loops are gone. Tip the rest into your lap, making sure that a lot of it falls on the floor. You are now ready to feed a 12-month old baby.

12.Learn the names of every character from Barney and Friends, Sesame Street and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. When you find yourself singing "I love you, you love me," at work, now! you finally qualify as a parent.

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Tips to Become Happier & More Empowered

Tips to Become Happier & More Empowered
By Aurelia Williams, author of Journey to Joy

In a search for happiness, many people look for it in other people and not within ourselves. Many people feel that things like money, a better job, better relationships..etc will make them happy. In reality, to find true contentment you must look inside yourself and learn to be your own best friend. That means you have to trust, love, and care for yourself just as you do the people you consider to be close to you.

Following are steps that you can incorporate into your life that will help you to feel more empowered and happy about yourself! These are just some of the many practical strategies I provide to my Journey to Joy students:

Begin to lift yourself up, not put yourself down. If you don't like something about yourself, work to change it. If you can't change it, simply accept it. Don't beat up on yourself with negative self-talk. You're not likely to change for the better when you fill yourself with negative thoughts.

Give yourself positive rewards. When you do something that you are proud of give yourself a small reward. Try not to wait for others to praise you because you may grow resentful if the praise doesn't come. Pat your own back, it is a great feeling that can stay with you for a long time.

Forgive yourself. I doubt that you would keep scolding a child over and over for making a mistake so don't do that to yourself. Give yourself the gift of forgiveness when you make a mistake. After that, work to figure out what lesson you can learn, and use it to make better choices the next time around.

Enjoy your successes. Most people can remember all of the details of depressing, painful or even embarrassing events that happened many years ago. What if you did the same thing with all of your wins? Try to remember all of the triumphs and accomplishments that you've made and keep that memory with you and think about it at least once a week.

Always remember to celebrate your wonderful qualities! You will soon discover that the more you love yourself, the more you will be able to give love to others - and the more others will be able to love you!

Next Steps:

For more help, instantly access your Journey To Joy tools, for a happier and more fulfilled you. This inspiring eBook with accompanying audio recordings, worksheets and easy-to-apply action steps shows you how to take back the joy in your life.

Three and 1/2 weeks left of summer....

Issue 14, Vol. 2 August 15th, 2009

I can't believe how fast this summer went. We were sort of in a rut in the middle of summer because I injured my back(herniated disk), but thankfully I was able to get some well deserved help from my church family. This was truly a blessing and I am slowly on the road to recovery. Fast forward to now and am awaiting the start of school once again and am in the midst of back to school shopping deals and the frenzy of it all. Love every minute of it! What did you do for the summer? I would love to hear your comments as well as how you kept your online business afloat or Blog(business or personal). It's always a pleasure to hear from my readers. Have a great weekend and spend some quality time with your kids and hubby too.

Enjoy!
~Mandu

P.S.
I am going to be focusing on how I prepare for the back to school frenzy, in spite of all the stressful moments that usually accompany the back to school jitters, this too shall pass;).

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Topic of the Month

BACK TO SCHOOL! How to deal with it? What to do with it? We are going to be sharing the many ways we can make this transition easier for you in: cooking(weekly planning, business related activities, crafts, stress busters and always a little inspiration to keep your head above water. Enjoy!

Article of the Month

The Reasons Why Becoming Organized Is So Important

As you know, being “organized” is a very popular topic. There are even whole stores, such as The Container Store and Hold Everything, which are devoted to the idea of becoming organized. It seems that everyone is always trying to find a way to become more organized.
Many people mistakenly believe that being organized requires too much effort. Sometimes people think that the only people who can actually become organized are uptight. That is not true! If you have ever wondered what the fuss about being organized is, here are some reasons as to why this is such a popular topic:

Being organized reduces stress. When someone is disorganized, they often feel a lot of stress, anxiety, and generally overwhelmed. They may not be able to locate missing items, they may find their selves constantly running late or forgetting things, and they may be prone to missing work deadlines.

When someone is organized they will be able to find what they are looking for, will be less likely to forget things, and will find that will be more likely to arrive for meetings on time and turn work in before the due date. An organized person will feel more confident because of those things and their stress levels will go down.

As we mentioned before, many people feel that organized people are uptight. Being organized can actually help you to relax. Instead of worrying about things you didn’t have time to do or couldn’t find, an organized person can actually sit back at the end of the day and know that they achieved the things that needed to be done.

Another great reason to get organized is that being organized increases your productivity, and therefore, can increase your bank account. When you are organized, you will be able to get more work done. Depending on the type of job you have, the more work that gets done can generally lead to bigger paychecks and a bigger bank account.

Being organized can help you create a sense of calm and peace in all aspects of your life. Once you have organized one area of your life, you will start to notice that things seem to run more smoothly in all areas of your life.

For Step by Step directions on getting your home organized, check out Home Organization for Busy Moms.


Back To School Tips From a Mom

What It Takes to Be Successful Year after Year

Being a sahm can be one of the most satisfying things you will ever do in your lifetime, but also the most challenging too. Back to school means new faces, new teachers and yes some 'mama drama' as well. When my daughter started Kindergarten, it was so exciting and I loved to be able to volunteer when I could. Since we have a little one at home as well, who just turned 3, most of the school projects for teachers was done from home.

I enjoyed this time and still do, but there was a time that I dreaded dealing with high strung moms who have nothing better to do than compare how much better their child is doing than yours and so on and so forth. Huge pet peeve of mine, so in order to keep a cool head and not embarass my daughter I have learned to be cordial and be on my way. In my opinion, the moms who I have clicked with are those same moms that I still talk to today, since my daughter's first day of school 2 years ago;-). So eventually you will find your 'clique', which I hate to say but in my personal experience still exist in most elementary, highschool and playdate environments today.

Tip #1: Help the teachers as much as you can in any way you can, even if it is an occasional home project here and there and/or volunteering in the classroom one to three days a week.

Tip #2: "Mama Drama" is to be expected in most any school situation, so to keep the peace and avoid any confrontations, keep it simple and cordial. If a mom or dad, continue to say or do things that either make you uncomfortable or upset you, then it is time to confront the situation head on. This would be especially significant as well, if a mom's/dad's son or daughter are in the same class as your own child's. I would personally not pursue the situation, if you don't talk to this mom or dad very often or see him/her everyday at school. It just isn't worth it. You can't change a person, but you can let them know when they are out of line.

Tip #3: Get to Know your Neighbors & Neighbhorhood Introduce yourselves to your neighbors as soon as possible, so you can get a feel of who they are and if you can get along or otherwise. We learned this recently after moving from a very urban neighborhood to an upper middle class neighborhood where the elementary schools are better and there seems to be more funding that is allocated to these upper middle class neighborhoods. Not to say that lower income neighborhoods don't get any funding for their public schools, but in our experience this seems to be the case where we live. We also realized that most of the neighborhoods where we live have an HOA, so there are strict rules and regulations to the maintenance of the front yards and otherwise. So do your homework and get to know where you live, so that even if it isn't a very good fit, you have a plan b.

Tip #4: Find a church home To piggy back on my last tip, it was a difficult transition for me to move from such an urban environment to this suburban atmosphere, so when people around you aren't very warm and tolerant it is so very important to find a place where you are accepted no matter where you come from. It doesn't mean you have to join the church, but you can attend and be surrounded by people who care about your well being. This is what helps keep me grounded.

~Mandu Usoro, aspiring WAHM, SAHM, Wife and WAH Consultant. To find out what I do and how I can inform you of what work from home employment is available to you visit me here.

Parenting Humor

A little boy has been bringing his drawings home from kindergarten everyday since he started a month ago. Each day his mother admires the pictures and hangs them on the refrigerator. One thing starts bothering her though. The boy only uses black and brown for his drawings.
Fearing a problem with her young son and not wanting to make it worse, she decides to take him to a child psychologist.

The psychologist delicately goes to work. He gives the boy a battery of psychological tests. He chats with him. Everything seems perfectly normal. Everyday for two weeks, the tests continue. Yet everyday, the boy continues to bring home drawings in only black and brown.
Frustrated at not being able to get to the root of the problem and fearful that something is terribly wrong, the child psychologist decides to give the kid some paper and a box of crayons and observe what happens.

The boy opens the box of crayons and says, "Oh boy! A new box of crayons! At school we only have old boxes. The only ones left in mine are black and brown!"


Recipe of the Season:Back to School Menu Planning

Dinner Planning For School Days

Another summer has quickly passed us by. The kids have reluctantly gone back to school. It stands to reason that life should be a little less hectic, right? Unfortunately, that’s usually not the case. Between all of your daily ‘Mom obligations’, helping with homework and providing transportation to every extra-curricular activity under the sun, you probably have little time to devote to dinner planning.

Many times busy parents resort to hot dogs and macaroni and cheese, frozen pizza or frequent trips to a fast-food restaurant. That’s not healthy for you or the kids – not to mention its pretty rough on the family grocery budget.

Kitchen time savers
There are things you can do to cut down on time spent in the kitchen. Pick one day a week and prepare several freezer friendly meals. You can even go the extra mile and package them in individual serving size containers. Doing so will provide your family with a larger variety of entrée choices, on any given day.

Do you have friends that are intrigued with the idea of a one-day a week cooking spree or a meal planning service? Get together with 2 or 3 of them. Each of you decides on 2 main dishes you want to prepare. Buy enough ingredients to make the entrees for each family.

You need to plan ahead
One simple thing that you can do is keep an ample supply of fresh fruits, salad ingredients, soups and fresh sandwich fixings, on hand. Quick meals such as this are nutritious and don’t require a great deal of preparation time.

If you take on the task of meal planning and want to get in the habit of consistently putting together weekly menus yourself, you may be surprised at how much time it involves. Did you know that the typical family meal planner spends roughly 3 hours per week combing through cookbooks, choosing recipes and compiling a grocery list? That translates into 156 hours, per year. Yikes!

A menu service can help
You can say goodbye to last minute thrown together meals and eliminate the stress of dinner planning for your family by subscribing to a meal planning service. This type of service is very affordable, usually costing only a few cents per day. Menus are often designed to be family friendly and easily adaptable.

When you purchase a subscription to a service such as this, your membership will typically feature a weekly menu emailed right to your inbox. This includes seven main dish recipes, side dish suggestions and dessert ideas. As an added benefit, you receive a detailed shopping list, categorized by aisle, which makes your trip to the grocery store that much easier. Simply cross off items already in your pantry, add any other products you may be in need of and you’re off!

If you enjoy planning your own menu, you may want to consider a dinner planning service, in addition to your own choices. Why? It will still save you time, in the long run. Use the membership menu as a base. Then, search for recipes that will deliciously compliment that weekly plan.

Remember, nothing is more important than family time. Don’t let dinner planning get you down. Consider the suggestions we’ve made and you’ll spend less time
slaving over hot stove and more time with the people you love.

For a free one week trial of a family friendly meal planning service, visit http://www.momurl.com/BackToSchoolMenu/

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Back to School Craft Activity for Kids

The first weekend after school starts -- when textbooks have been handed out but the homework hasn't yet -- is prime time for a little book beautification.

CRAFT MATERIALS:
Pocket off an old pair of cargo pants
Bag from a favorite store or designer
Wrapping paper
Ruler
Pencil
Scissors
Double-sided tape
1-inch-wide electrical tape
Post-it Pad

Time needed: Under 1 Hour
1. Fold paper in half around a closed book. Crease the paper sharply around all edges of the book.

2. Remove the book and trim the paper -- leaving a 2- to 3-inch margin around the creased rectangle. (Tip: Measure and mark the margin with a ruler and a pencil before you cut.)

3. Fold in the top and bottom edges of the paper along the lengthwise crease lines.

4. Then fold in the right and left edges of the paper along the side crease lines.

5. Slide the front cover of the book into the folded paper "sleeve" along the left edge of the paper cover. Repeat with back cover and right side.

6. Cargo Pants Pocket Cover: This cover is ideal for carrying cargo, such as pens and milk money. Cover the book following the directions above, then cut a pocket off an old pair of cargo pants and attach it to the cover with double-sided tape.

7. Designer Bag Cover: Here's an easy and inexpensive way to give textbooks en vogue style. Flatten a bag from the store, and fold it around the book using the directions above with one modification: Step A is the time to center the words or pictures you'd like to show. If you use a plastic bag, tape each fold in place.

8. Pen and Pad Cover: This cover makes jotting down homework assignments a breeze. Start with a covered book. To create the pen holder, cut a 6-inch piece of 1-inch-wide electrical tape. Stick a 1/4-inch piece of tape to the center of the 6-inch piece (sticky sides together). Next, wrap the nonsticky part around your pen, and attach the sticky ends to the edge of the cover. Repeat to make the second band. Attach a Post-it note pad to the inside flap of the book cover with double-sided tape or a glue

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*Note if you enjoy crafting with your children, I highly recommend Chris's Book about crafts for kids. We always have fun doing the crafts, which are imaginative, not boring and keep the children's attention span long enough to get things done around the house as well. Most crafts can be done with the option of using glue or a staple(with adult supervision of course;).



Business Joke of the Month

A young businessman had just started his own firm. He rented a beautiful office and had it furnished with antiques. Sitting there, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wishing to appear the hot shot, the businessman picked up the phone and started to pretend he had a big deal working. He threw huge figures around and made giant commitments. Finally he hung up and asked the visitor, "Can I help you?"The man said, "Yeah, I've come to activate your phone lines."

Inspiration of the Month

Future consequences One action, taken now, can have powerful consequences far into the future. That fact can be a blessing or a curse, depending of course on what the action is. Time will magnify whatever you do. So even in the smallest matters, do what is right.
The direction and purpose of each effort are much more important than the size of the effort. For over time, all your efforts will add together to exert great influence on your life and your world.
Your future consequences are being born right now. This is a moment of great opportunity.
Point all your actions, large and small, important and seemingly insignificant, in the direction you wish to see your life move. Time will combine all those actions into an increasingly powerful set of results, and now is when you can choose those results.
With your efforts, choose to put time on your side. Make the future your friend by making the most of right now.
-- Ralph Marston

Read more: http://www.greatday.com

Closing

Thanks for allowing me to share your day and being my subscriber, if only for a moment. If you have any questions or comments about my newsletter, please feel free to contact me. Have a great day.

Sincerely,
Mandu U.
Owner of EMDIAU
http://www.emdiau.com/

Are You Ready for School To Start?

School is just around the corner and you are wondering how you are going to do? Don't get frustrated, just get busy and you will see results with this awesome meal planner. I have been with Dine With Whine for a few months now and am loving every minute of it. It saves me time and money and I don't have to work as hard because my meals are already planned. How awesome is that? So take a moment out of your busy schedule and take a gander at what Christine has to offer you, the mom,wife, chauffeur, soccer mom...you get the picture. Check it Out!

Kid's Say the Darndest Things....

I don't know if any of you ever watched this show, but I really enjoyed it. It was with Bill Cosby and I personally don't know why they removed it from the airwaves. Obviously there are still some die hard fans out there, especially with the parents and the children. Check out this video with these two kids and let me know if it made you smile. The video isn't that good, but audible and I can understand the entire episode. Have fun!
~M.

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Milk Carton Pen Pot

Good Afternoon,
Hope you are having a great summer. My oldest is getting ready for 2nd grade and during the summer we loved doing crafts together and visiting the library as well. I haven't included this here, but am going to start that now so that there is at least one seasonal art/craft project for the kids and parents to enjoy. Art is so underrated and should be applauded and upheld more in our school environments. Hope that you have an awesome art program in your school, but even if you don't you can instill in your child the love of art and creativity everyday.

Be Blessed and Have a great Day!

Sincerely,
Mandu
Wife, Mother, and aspiring wahm
http://www.emdiau.com
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Here is "The Milk Carton Pen Pot" Craft"

MILK CARTON PEN POT
Grade: 2+
Age: 6+

Submitted by: Micky Carline, a pre-school daycare assistant.

To see all instructions in color(html) go to: http://www.kinderart.com/crafts/milkcpenpot.shtml



What You Need:
Safety scissors
Pen & ruler
PVA Glue & spreader
Milk carton
Old magazines

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What You Do:
Mark a straight line around the milk carton.

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Using safety scissors, cut along the marked line.

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Again, using the safety scissors, cut out a selection of pictures that are suitable for your pen tub.

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Select your favorite pictures and glue to the milk carton.

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The finished pen pot!

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To help protect your pictures, you can brush on more PVA glue.

A Child's Perspective

A little boy was showings his family's photo album to the the baby sitter.
He pointed out a nice picture of his whole family, and she complimented him on how handsome he looked.

He shook his head and said, " My mom doesn't like it at all. She said she wants to have it blown up."