http://insightfulnana.com Better Living For Today's Women - Parenting, Cooking, Health & Beauty, Crafts, Home and Garden, Boomers, Moms, Women Boomers, Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:50:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Oh say can you see, by the dawns early light.....”  Miss Hyatt, my second grade teacher, had the greatest impact in teaching me about patriotism. She was a patriot from the word go.  She loved the flag, George Washington, The Constitution and all the patriotic songs.  So... we learned all the ... http://insightfulnana.com/as-i-see-it/oh-say-can-you-see-4th-of-july/html Where is Miss Manners when you need her? Remember when dinning manners were taught in school as well as home? Remember when your mom use to say... “Where are your manners!” when you talked with your mouth full? Remember when it was frowned upon to lick your fingers at ... http://insightfulnana.com/as-i-see-it/where-is-miss-manners/html The best tip I can give your for selecting plants for your home flower garden is: Don't choose over grown plants. Choosing the right plants for your flower garden in the beginning will make all the difference in the beauty of your garden later on in the ... http://insightfulnana.com/home-garden/gardening-home-garden/selecting-summer-flower-garden-plants/html Caring for the Elderly may be your lot if your parents don’t pass away young.  At some point, you are going to begin helping them with the everyday affairs of life. Your involvement may escalate as they grow older and have more needs.  You may find yourself a full-fledged caregiver for ... http://insightfulnana.com/boomers/caregiver/caring-for-the-elderly-ease-into-care-giving/html Now is the time to invest your wheat storage and other long term dry food storage such as dry beans and rice.  These dry foods are the basics for emergency food storage. The prices were sky high about a year ago, but the cost of dry foods are relatively low at ... http://insightfulnana.com/backtobasics/be-prepared/wheat-storage-dry-beans-and-rice-storage/html Spring is on it’s way and warm weather days are tucked in between cold days.  When the sun is out and it’s warm...it’s a good time to get out and do a bit of cleaning up.  A little spring gardening information is in order. 1.  It’s a perfect time to for ... http://insightfulnana.com/home-garden/gardening-home-garden/spring-gardening-information-gardening-advice/html Here are a couple of printable Mother's Day Cards you can print in a snap. These unique cards are designed for your kids to attach their small school photos. Of course... they can color the card... or there is a pre-colored card available for them to just cut ... http://insightfulnana.com/fun-times/projects/printable-mothers-day-cards-mothers-day-cards-to-color/html Fresh asparagus is a favorite at our house.  I remember the days when my son, Brad, went asparagus hunting in the fields behind our home.  As soon as the spring warm weather hit...he was on the lookout for asparagus.  He would roam the fields, among the tall grasses and look ... http://insightfulnana.com/simple-cooking/recipes/fresh-asparagus-easy-asparagus-recipe/html Kids Easter activities can include easy Easter recipes such as making our Bird Nest Treats. They are so simple to make, your three year old can help. The ingredients are simple too.... you’ll use only 4 items. 1.  One  5 oz can of Chow Mein noodles. ... http://insightfulnana.com/simple-cooking/recipes/easter-treat-recipe-kids-easter-activities/html Easter is just around the color and your Easter coloring sheets are ready for you to download.   Kids love to color them with crayons, colored pencils or markers.  I keep plenty coloring pages on hand for when the "grands" come to visit. I received a sweet note my ... http://insightfulnana.com/fun-times/holidays/easter-coloring-sheets/html