How to Keep Your Home Safe While Staying Frugal

You want nothing more than to know that your home is a safe place for you and your family, especially from the toxicity of lead paint, but you just don’t have the savings to spend on fancy new security tools. Thankfully, Lead-Edu has the information and resources you need to protect you and your loved ones from harmful lead paint.

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A Caregivers 5 Step Guide to Lead Poisoning

Do you have a child in your life under the age of 6. Are they lead poisoned? No? How do you know? If you and/or your child spend time in a home (or daycare, or office) built before 1900, know that HUD says 9 out of 10 of those buildings were painted with lead. As that paint deteriorates it produces tiny particles of lead dust (too small to see) that can be breathed in by your infant or toddler.

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Meeting on Capitol Hill

On Thursday, February 28, while in Washington, DC, exhibiting at the Healthy Homes Conference, I had the pleasure of meeting with Jared Golden, Congressmen of the 2nd District and Angus King, US Senator from Maine, and staffers to discuss Lead Poisoning Prevention.

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Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs

Kitchen Table Entrepreneurs! I love them! They are creative, fascinating, problem solvers. They are the young people determined to control their destiny, the corporate executive who knows there must be a better way, the mom who wants to build an income that doesn’t...

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Reflections on my first Tedx talk

One week ago today, on Sunday, May 13, Mother’s Day, I loaded my suitcase and briefcase into my car and set out on the 8 Hour drive to Wilmington, Delaware to present my Tedx talk. I nervously practiced the talk while I was driving, imagining the audience, the...

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Getting ready for May 15 Tedx talk in Wilmington

Getting ready for TEDxWilmington has been a challenging yet fascinating experience.  I am a teacher, used to finding the right words to express my idea to different audiences.  But 12 minutes?  Wow!  That time goes by so fast!  My coach tells me to keep it to 11:00 or...

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