How to Keep The Friendly Skies Friendly While Traveling With Your Kids

So the time has come to bite the bullet and fly cross-country to see the folks, or check out Disney World, here are some general tips for flying alone with small children.

The Hand Count and Recount Experts

The entire country has been experiencing a bit of the life of a single mom — "hand counts and recounts." Our lives are one big roller coaster of recounts. I can't think of a day of my life as a single mom that I'm not involved in this arduous process.

Christmas Crafts

Make inexpensive and easy Christmas crafts.

A Homespun Holiday

Who says Christmas has to be about expensive, store bought gifts? As the saying goes, "children learn what they live." Be creative and change the focus this year, celebrating with a homespun holiday.

The Best Gift of All

Help Others. As wonderful as it feels to be on the receiving end, an even better feeling is to be able to be on the giving end.

Dana's Diary

Follow along with Dana's challenge to better health & more happiness. Her latest installment: The Great Plateau's of Weight Loss.

Her previous entries include:

• Update 9: Half Way There
• Update 8: Another Victory, of Sorts
• Update 7: The Heat is on
• Update 6: Back in the Saddle Again (kind of)
• Update 5: It Finally Happened
• Update 4: And the Battle Continues
• Update 3: low but Steady
• Update 2: Small Victories
• Finding the Will to Lose ... Weight