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Marilyn Woodard
Marilyn Woodard, sometimes known as Miz Woody, is Editor in Chief here at Creating Great Homes. She has been making a home with her husband for 36 years. Together they have raised two children who are now successful adults. Through all those 36 years, Marilyn studied the how-to's of:
marriage, parenting, Interior Design, finances and pretty much
anything else that pertains to making a house a home. Now, she loves sharing what she has learned with you. Come chat with her in the Discussion Groups.
She'd love to hear from you! Or visit her blog and see what's cooking in her fertile brain this week!
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Stop the Yelling:
A Two-Step Approach
Marilyn Woodard
Imagine a large wooden spoon hitting the back of the chair on the bold words. You will make your bed when I tell you to! Crack!
The crack is the sound of the spoon breaking in half.
My ten-year-old daughter watches in open-mouthed shock. I, veins bulging, eyes blazing, wheel around and march out the door. . . . keep reading
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Stop, Look, Listen and The Exception to It
Marilyn Woodard
I'm driving down the street, listening to my favorite radio program. Preadolescent Daughter turns off the radio and launches into a description of the latest riveting episode of Betty and Veronica™. . . . keep reading
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How to get Your Kids to Talk to You
or
LISTENING
Marilyn Woodard
I have not been a perfect parent, to say the least. There are, however, a couple of things I did that I was pretty sure were a good idea at the time, and which have yielded some pretty awesome results. Listening would probably be in the top two or three on my list of Exceptional Parenting Tips. Here's how I learned it. . . . keep reading
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Top Ten Tips for Better Sleep
(Plus Two)
Marilyn Woodard
How much sleep do you need? Is eight hours of shut-eye sufficient? Or do you fall apart if you don't get ten solid hours of deep sleep? I have a friend who gets by on three to five hours a night. Did I say, "gets by?" I misspoke. She is a fully charged Energizer bunny with four hours of sleep. It's so unfair. The bottom line, however, is that we all need our sleep. Even the Energizer Bunny lady has to get the right amount or she's doing the zombie walk. . . . keep reading
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Free Back-To-School Helps
Marilyn Woodard
If you are running Microsoft software -- and who isn't? -- you probably can get some very cool back-to-school helps for free. . . . keep reading
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Road Trip!
Marilyn Woodard
I keep seeing vans on the highway with movies playing in the back seat on those little portable DVD players. I'm all for movies, our family loves them, but it just feels wrong to me to be wasting all that enforced togetherness! On the other hand, it does cut down on the shrieking. . . . keep reading
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Modern Furniture Styles
Marilyn Woodard
The modern aesthetic really began with the Arts and Crafts movement (late 1800's to early 1900's.) Early developers of the style were artist-philosophers who were appalled by the cheap, mass produced . . . keep reading
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Bamboo Buzz
Marilyn Woodard
Have you noticed that bamboo floors are all the rage? You can't turn on HGTV without seeing someone putting a bamboo floor in their new kitchen, bedroom, bath or Pilates room. I admit to being a tad confused by this. Bamboo is a type of grass, for Pete's sake. I've seen bamboo: it's skinny and waves in the breeze. It has little ridges about every three or four inches. Who wants a floor like that? . . . keep reading
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Inviting Strangers
Marilyn Woodard
I had forgotten how intimidating it is to invite people into your home when you are not absolutely comfortable with them. All of a sudden you start seeing, not what you have accomplished in your home, but all the things that are wrong! . . . keep reading
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Color Theory: A Crash Course, Part 2
Marilyn Woodard
Now that you've got all that Primary-Tertiary-Shade-Tint stuff under your decorating belt, we'll take a look at mixing up the hues into color schemes. There are, of course, no hard and fast rules . . . keep reading
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Color Theory: A Crash Course
Marilyn Woodard
Many scholarly tomes have been written on the subject of color theory. The world does not need one from me. What you need is a little background knowledge in case you need to communicate with people who have read the fat books (designers, painters, the guy that is mixing your paint, people like that.) . . . keep reading
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Reading to Little Ones
Marilyn Woodard
When Do You Begin Reading to Your Child? Call me silly, but I started reading to Child #1 as soon as I could hold him in my lap in a more or less upright position. I thought this was a great idea. . . . keep reading
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Reading: Let 'em Eat Cake!
Marilyn Woodard
Everyone tells parents to make sure their children read. Read, read, read: very important. Do they tell you how to accomplish this? Well, some people do, but they generally do so in dry-as-dust tomes that you and I won't read and wouldn't heed if we did. So, here's my totally unscientific approach. Give them comic books…or comical books. Give them things that are fun to read. . . . keep reading
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Because I Said So!
Marilyn Woodard
Because I Said So… Did your mother say that to you? And did you swear you'd never, ever, say that? Even if you have managed to bite your tongue, you know there have been times when you wanted to say it. . . . keep reading
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