We decided what chores each of our children is capable of doing and how many minutes each chore should be worth. Our children are all very much money and incentive-motivated, so we felt this could be a good fit for all of them.

I am going to age myself here, but I feel compelled to share another memory. When I was a kid, eight or nine years old, I was in a bowling league (at a second-hand-smoke-wafting bowling alley that now serves as a parking lot for a home improvement store) on the west side of Green Bay.

Our family loves taking hikes, catching frogs, and exploring new trails. I grew up in Neenah, and one place we would go for walks when I was a kid was Heckrodt Wetland Reserve in Menasha.

These ladies have been making history in the last few decades, and their influence is still being felt today in their respective fields

March is Women’s History Month, so it felt like a great time for me to dig in and learn more about some remarkable women who have come from our great state.

With summer just around the corner, now is the time to schedule an appointment to discuss how your spider veins can be treated.

Snuggling up with your little one and a good book would be so much fun, but it just can’t happen tonight. Snuggling up and reading is always the best way to read, but hey, I get it. I am a mom and a teacher, but a little truth is, I don’t always read to my kids snuggled up every night, but we still get it done.

I am not one for research, but recently I experienced something not a lot of my friends have had to experience: the loss of my mom. This forced me to move outside the norm and seek advice elsewhere.

It’s never too late to start saving or to get on track with a financial planner who is aligned with your goals for the future. Even though that day may seem far in the future, it’s important to take the steps towards building up enough resources for retirement and map out clear goals for how you want to get there.

One of our favorite activities, when the kids were younger, was to do salt art. Salt art is the process of outlining (or tracing) an image on paper with squeezable glue, then adding salt and colored water to make a beautiful masterpiece. It’s easy and fun!