by Shadra Bruce | Recipe Corner
MomsGetReal Contributor Jennifer Williams Ah, Halloween… the only night of the year when kids aren’t just allowed but actually encouraged to beg and whine for sugary food! As if getting free candy isn’t awesome enough, combine that with glowing jack-o-lanterns...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Self-Improvement
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Heart disease is the number one killer in the United States. There are two main types of heart disease: hypertension (high blood pressure) and arteriosclerosis (blocked arteries). High blood pressure makes the heart work too hard to...
by Shadra Bruce | Education, Let's Talk
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce When Parker was in first grade in Reno, he had the most extraordinary teacher. She was caring, compassionate, and intuitive about her students. She immediately recognized that Parker could benefit from spending part of the day in a...
by Shadra Bruce | Frugal Living
What would you add to this list? It is likely that when asking the question, “Do you want to save money?” everyone in this world would say that it is something they strongly desire and would love to be able to do. Here are ten tips for saving money that...
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Q: I have five kids and I never seem to be able to keep up with the laundry. Do you have any ideas? A: Have your husband do the laundry! Just kidding! While I am quite lucky that my husband does, indeed, do all the laundry, we do...
by Shadra Bruce | Raising Healthy Kids
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Winter is coming. Are you ready to argue with your fashion-focused daughters about wearing clothes that won’t lead to hypothermia? I’ve been facing this annual struggle since our youngest daughter, Anika, could pick her own...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Recipe Corner
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce We’ve spent much of the summer enjoying summer food – corn on the cob, grilled burgers, foot long hot dogs (our daughter’s favorite), steak, and many different salads. I love summer foods, but when the weather starts...
by Shadra Bruce | Self-Improvement
Are you looking for a way to boost your career? Are you just starting out in the IT career, or are you looking for a change of jobs? Perhaps you like your job, but you’re hoping to move forward with your skills and knowledge. If any of these apply to you, Oracle has...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Special Needs
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra I spent ten years working with troubled teens. I worked with them on the counseling side of things and on the education side of things. I spent countless hours talking to parents about their child’s behavior and mood. Some...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Work at Home
According to industry analytics, online businesses are growing at the rate of 2600% a year. Steve Strauss of Huffington Post is calling this shift a self-employment revolution. There are a number of benefits from being self-employed, not the least of which is more job...
by Shadra Bruce | Let's Talk, Stress Management
The pursuit of happiness is one of the main drives of human life. We want to be happy. We worry when we are not happy. We want to raise happy kids. We want to be happy as parents and spouses. We often lose sight, however, of what true happiness is and how it feels....
by Shadra Bruce | Parenting
Getting Real With Shadra Bruce Anika’s birthday is just around the corner. She has always been fairly reasonable in her requests, but kids in the United States tend to be fairly spoiled, as far as the world’s standards go. Elizabeth Kolbert recently wrote...
by MomsGetReal Guest Contributor | Back to School
Getting Real With Veronica Ibarra Well, it has been a while since I’ve found any time to think let alone write. I spent the summer having fun with the kids, and for some reason (probably their ages) I found that it took up almost all my time. That’s not a...
