Selections from Barb

Fun, Family, Food and Football!

This last weekend was exactly that. Fun, family, food and football. Very busy but fullfilling. Thought I might just share with you all. Late Friday our daughter Mary came from the South Bend area to spend the weekend with us. She went shopping and came back with all kinds of snacks for the football game…

Budget? Do you have one.

Written January 2020 Updated 9/14/21 Sometimes poor is a state of mind and other times we just don’t know how to manage our money and lives. How to say no! We slide from one mess to another instead of taking time to focus on cleaning up one mess, before getting into another one. Some…

Holidays approaching too fast!

First published 11/15/19 Here it is only Labor Day and everyone is getting so excited about the upcoming holidays. Don’t know where summer actually went. So glad we were able to have a good family get together around the Memorial Day holiday. The way things are going in our world today you feel like you…

Meri, Meri

Fall is coming and so are the beautiful colors. Holidays follow right after that. Time to plan a party? Why not. https://merimeri.com/pages/halloween-party-supplies HALLOWEEN Party Supplies, costumes, vintage themes, kids crafts all available for your consideration, especially when planning a party. Even if the party is for family only, think how incredible it will be for…

Tea Collection

A selection of summer and fall clothing for girls, boys and babies. Unique and interesting. Fall is coming and of course colder weather is right around the corner. Mix & Match is a good page to look at. What makes this special are outfits that show a set of three tees and two pair of…

Resources available to help you in discerning the right education road for your gifted or challenged child.

Orginally written 4/26/20 Update 8/22/21 This blog the ABC of special education is #packed full of words and definitions used by social workers, teachers, physicians when working with special needs and gifted children. The blog was written by a woman ( our daughter Susan) who has been a foster parent, is certified as a Special…

Thank you for supporting my blog!

Thank you to each and everyone of you who like selectionsfrombarb.com. Thank you if you are now following my blog! I try to look at your information, blog, website and e-mails. It is really an interesting task and I take seriously those that I am supporting, I often go back to re-read something to make…

World of sharing ideas?

The world of sharing sometimes is not very nice, but sometimes you find sharing is great. A good example is blogging. Just think how amazing bloggers are with sharing their ideas, courses and other thoughts. It is awesome what the internet has to share these days and new ideas are being developed as I am…

Jobs, jobs everywhere. Dress for success!

Updated 8/4/21 Success should be a number one priority in any job interview. Otherwise why would you want to go and be interviewed. Looking at my boards on Pinterest, I noticed one outfit that was saved repeatedly. A beautiful, classic, fabulous outfit including accessories. It is a skirt, blazer sweater all coordinated in rich colors…

Blogging and what is working?

Finding your niche!! Finding your niche!! Sounds like the start of a poem, but it isn’t as I am surely not able to compose a poem. Most of my thought processes have been put into finding my niche. Are you having the same thoughts, what should be my niche and where should I go from…