Youth Salad Recipe Below By Heidi von Tagen Gorgeous Bits Blog, Portland The hubs went with his man-pals to the Blazer game last night, leaving me to forage for dinner on my own.  When the kids are not with us during the week, and he is out for the evening, […]

By Erin Flesh and Karen Vitt, pdxneatsheet.com Portland style, shopping, trends. What has eight arms, three hearts and no bones? Why, the latest trend in fashion, of course. No, it’s not some freak “living coat” hybrid, specially engineered to keep Anna Wintour warm at night. The trend we’re referring to […]

By Erika Weisensee, Milwaukie mother and daughter Mother’s Day—Sunday, May 9th—is right around the corner.  This will be my fourth Mother’s Day. At three-years-old, my son still doesn’t quite grasp the concept of Mother’s Day, but that won’t stop him from hugging me all day long. That, in and of […]

By JulieChats JulieChats Blog Oregon’s Scrapbook Expert “How do you make time for creative projects?”  Life certainly gets in the way of all the fun things we wish we were doing.  Laundry, dishes, work, kids, email, yard work, bills, so many things take up the hours of our days.  Like […]

Chantelle K. Dockter, MA Licensed Professional Counselor CCCOW, Question: My thirteen-year-old daughter has been hounding me to allow her to have a Facebook profile. She tells me that all her friends have one, and that she feels like an outcast because she has not been allowed to create one. Should […]

One in Five Parents Would Spank in Certain Settings HealthDay News — Spanking may be losing its popularity among American parents, but new research suggests it might still be used in certain settings. Results of a national poll conducted for C.S. Mott Children’s Hospital at the University of Michigan, show […]

Yard Sales: Be Content with one Find! by Sandy, Southern Oregon Reluctant Entertainer I hate wasting time. And having a long list of yard sales to go to is just that for me. A big waste of time. I’ve learned over the years that I need to be wise with […]

Control/Alt/Delete:  Three Keys That Can Lead to Change. By Olivia Rossi,  RN, MSN, ACSM Your Personal Trainer: It’s been about a year since I wrote this piece and I thought it would be a good idea to take it out and dust it off.  Maybe you weren’t ready to make […]

All tests and no play By “Miss Nelson”, Salem Elementary Teacher, I have heard people complain that schools spend so much time on standardized tests that they don’t have time to teach, and I always thought that it was just another excuse. There are so many students who are not […]