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Flowers on mothers Day, $45 Nice card from Hallmark $5, knowing the actual worth of your wife, or mother, priceless. Fun little link. How much is your mother/wife worth?

A CNN article talks of a British professor that discovered a mathematical formula calculated and found that time actually is money. According to the equation, the average British minute is worth just over 15 cents to men and 12 cents to women. So brushing your teeth costs you 30 cents. My time by the numbers:Commute

Time is money… We invest our money were we spend our time….In his new book, Parental Priorities and Economic Inequality, published by the Press, Mulligan introduces an economic model that predicts parents allocate more financial resources to children with whom they spend more time — such as adult children living at home and adult children

"People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one." Leo J. Burke

Church marketing sucks posed an interesting question Church “Mascots” for Children’s Ministry? “It reinforced an idea I have been thinking about for awhile. Why don’t children’s ministries in church utilize some kind of mascot or character to connect with kids? I have seen how much my own kids love going to Chuck E. Cheese and

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Generation Conference is our annual youth conference, this year it will be July 25th through July 27th. Guest speakers will be Ed Young, Joyce Meyer, and Actor Stephen Baldwin. Check it out. We’re going old school, baby! Back to what it’s all really about. We live in an age of information. We’re bombarded with it.

Here are some links to check out: Children’s Theming: Worlds of WowWacky WorldShane GrammerLittle Mountain ProductionsReal Fake BuildingsJonathan Martin CreativeStarry Hoast Design Indoor Playgrounds: Orca Coast PlaygroundPrime PlaySoft PlayKids Are Kool Cool Extras: Yvett Helin StudioMaydwell MascotsKidzPace

Moving my Blog. I have weighed the pros and cons and have decided to move my blog. I wanted to make a decision before it became a very combersome task. I have used both Typepad and WordPress. They both have their advantages and disadvantages . The one thing that was going to keep me from

Customized spaces and themed environments for children has become quite popular lately. But is it worth the time, money and energy. I say YES, YES, and YES. "Barry notes the enjoyment of the experience that theming helps create leads to steep increases in attendance. "We see 35-percent to 120-percent increases in attendance after themed environments