When Summer Staycation time rolls around each July, it means that Lin is on Staycation and everything here at Telling It Like It Is is put on hold. The term “Staycation” is defined in the Urban Dictionary as meaning “a vacation that is spent at or close to one’s home enjoying all that home and [...]

Do you know what your kids are doing online? Do you really know? If you feel you need to know what your children or teens are doing online, you will need a computer monitoring program, also referred to as computer filtering programs. Maybe you want to help keep your kids safe from sexual predators online due [...]

Country singer Martina McBride’s “Waking Up Laughing” concert tour included a visit to Dallas’ Superpages.com Center on July 18th along with opening acts by country music singers Chris Young and Jack Ingram, and what an amazing show it was. For someone so small and petite, standing only 5′4″ in height without heels, the Kansas native [...]

As you’re reading this, we are now on a much needed Staycation. The hubby and I are getting some R&R and enjoying some wonderful sights and scenery in our local area. I’ll periodically be checking emails, moderate and respond to comments left, but it may take a little longer than usual to do so. If you’re [...]

Parents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the fourth Sunday in July of each year and is similar to a combination of Mother’s Day and Father’s Day. This year in 2008, Parents’ Day falls on Sunday, July 27th and future celebration dates include July 26, 2009 and July 25, 2010. The Parents’ Day observance is [...]

Happiness in marriage is not something that just happens. A good marriage must be created. In marriage the little things are the big things. It is never being too old to hold hands. It is remembering to say “I love you” at least once a day. It is never going to sleep angry. It is at no time taking the other [...]

Now that the kids are grown and gone, I’ve been giving a lot of thought to creating a list of the ten places I have to see before I die, since traveling in or out of the country can be pretty expensive for a large family of eight such as we were. There are so [...]

Anyone who has taken on the responsibility of being a stepparent knows how challenging and difficult step-parenting can sometimes be. Depending on the ages and number of children involved, becoming a blended family and learning how to be a good stepparent to children not biologically your own can either make or break your relationship with [...]

Yep, today is my Birthday and I’ll be singing, Happy Birthday to Me all day long! I suppose I’ll have to edit my About Me page and strikeout the 47 and make it 48, but seeing my birth date quickly approaching the big 5.0. leaves me feeling a little old. Can’t I just refuse to [...]

70-year-old Omkari Panwar, the wife of a retired farmer, has given birth to twins in the Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh, delivering a boy and girl by emergency caesarean section on June 27th, seven hours drive north of the Indian capital New Delhi. Omkari, a resident of Doghat village in this district, has two adult daughters [...]