Northern Poconos Real Estate News
One of the many delights of the holiday season is decorating your home. From a cornucopia and pumpkins for Thanksgiving to a Douglas fir and lights for Christmas or a menorah for Hanukkah, decorating can bring a joyous feeling to any home. However, if you’re selling your house around the holidays, you may want to practice moderation when choosing your holiday decor. Use these tips to decorate your house while being mindful of your home sale.
Limit clutter
While some people use the holidays as a...
Many parents are raising children with a large age difference, which presents a series of unique benefits and challenges. Understanding how your kids are feeling, communicating clearly and making them all feel important can help your children form a strong bond.
Benefits and Challenges of a Large Age GapA wide difference in age can help older siblings learn patience and responsibility and become role models for their younger brothers and sisters. Parents may have more energy to devote to the ne...
Anytime is the perfect time to enjoy a warm home baked dessert. Between birthdays, holidays and the days in between, there is little doubt you will find yourself indulging throughout the year. If you want to make more healthy choices without sacrificing your baked goods, try these helpful substitutions.
Applesauce for Oil or Butter:This may come as a surprise, but many treats can easily be low fat if you opt to use applesauce in place of oil or butter. This works very well in sweet breads or mu...
Create a menorah out of dry pasta in this creative project that’s fun for the whole family!
Materials
- Hot glue
- Cardboard (sized to the width of one lasagna noodle and the length of two lasagna noodles)
- Lasagna noodles, uncooked (1-2 full pieces)
- Rigatoni noodles, uncooked (10 full-circle tubes)
- Bowties, uncooked (as many as you’d like for accents)
- Rotini, uncooked (as many as you’d like for accents)
- Spray paint
Directions:
Using hot glue, adhere the lasagna noodl...
No fall feast is complete without pumpkin, and these delicious rolls are an unexpected way to add a touch of everyone’s favorite autumn vegetable to your next Halloween dinner or seasonal soiree!
Ingredients
- 10.6 ounces pumpkin, cut up and peeled
- ⅓ cup plus 1½ tablespoon water, lukewarm
- 1½ teaspoon dry yeast
- 3¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1½ teaspoon salt
- kitchen string
Instructions:
Preheat the oven to 355°F. Cut up the pumpkin and b...
There’s no bigger Halloween tradition than carving the pumpkin. (Granted, kids may disagree.) Actually, this annual event goes back centuries in the US, as Americans are believed to have started carving pumpkins in the 1800s, following European tradition.
Traditions aside, though, these gourds sure tend to be messy, and they also can be a challenge to maintain. So give yourself a treat: follow the 5 tips below to make your pumpkin-carving experience easier—and enjoy the holiday to the fullest...
Every day we wake up with a list of things to do, no matter the day of the week. As the hours pass and the sun sets, it never feels like there are enough hours in a day to finish everything you wanted to get done. But this doesn’t mean you can’t complete all of your daily tasks. With a bit of planning and a few simple steps, you can easily increase your daily productivity.
Make a ListAfter you’ve gotten up, dressed and ready to start your day, write down all the tasks that you need done. This...
