Do Life Right

My youngest daughter just had a Parent Trap movie fest, so I have the clever “Let’s get together” song in my head as I write this blog post. We could have a real good ti-ime.

Do you know what your words mean? Pima.
I live in Pima County, Arizona. In researching […]

Is Webkinz turning our gardens into secret gardens? When we logged in today to take care of our plants, we discovered that our gardens were missing! After many failed attempts, we weren’t able to even get to my youngest daughter’s garden to check it out… We had to make up a […]

Every parent could benefit from being better connected with their child (no matter the child’s age).  Here are some simple ideas to get you started.

Do something unexpectedly nice for your child that you don’t normally do. Does he love video games so much he barely eats? Make him food and take it to […]

Nothing I produce is “open source”. I believe that everyone should get credit for their creations. That includes artists, writers, programmers, and musicians (just to name a few). If a work of art is appreciated by a great number of people, then the credit to the creator needs to be given in […]

I’m a big Billy Joel and I love singing along to his famous “We’re only human, We’re supposed to make mistakes.” It’s catchy, it’s fun, it’s got a great tune, and it’s mostly true. Humans do make mistakes, I know I do.
The thing is, many people use the human factor as an excuse to […]

In the past fifty or so years, radio stations and television stations got to decide who we listened to and what we watched. This is changing, and I love it! With modern technologies, anyone can make a podcast, blog, movie, or song, then post it quickly and efficiently to the internet for the […]

The Solstices and the Equinoxes are some of my favorite days of the year. With the beginning of Winter, I greatly appreciate that the days are now going to be getting longer again. I really don’t like it when it is dark so early (anything before 7PM is early for me). I […]

Today is my Dad’s birthday. Since he is an avid runner I thought I’d recommend a few running things that he loves:
ChiRunning; There is the book and a DVD, both very interesting! Be sure to look over the website; they now have a ChiWalking section. It’s very Zen!
Nike shoes + […]

I was just reading an article in Wired Magazine’s supplemental Movies Rock titled “50 Greatest Mostly Rock Soundtracks of All Time!”. Considering that I agreed with only two or three and found the rest ridiculously pretentious, I decided to write Do Life Right’s top ten list (in no particular order). To get on our list, […]

We’ve asked around and people really enjoy receiving gift certificates! Here are the places that we’ve heard mentioned as the most exciting gift certificates to receive:

amazon.com
iTunes.com
Favorite book store (audible.com, Barnes & Noble, Border’s, Waldenbooks, small local favorite, etc.)
Craft Stores (Klutz.com, JoAnn’s, Michael’s, Ben Franklin’s, local bead store, local scrapbooking store, etc.)
Target, K-Mart, Wal-Mart
Home Improvement Stores […]