Blog Entries for DyannaL
Is Your New Place Safe?
07 Feb 2006 03:13 PM
When you buy a house you never really know what you're going to get until you move in. Take the time, before the furniture arrives to make sure the place is safe, you never know what other people may have left behind.
1 comments — latest 13 Feb 2006 06:14 PM by Carson Hopkins
Tags: home safety | kid safety | new home | Tips
Let's Go Fly a Kite!
06 Feb 2006 12:07 AM
Yea, this is a safety blog, why the heck am I talking about kites?
Hand Washing 101
03 Feb 2006 10:06 PM
Frequent, correct hand washing is the number one way to prevent the spread of bacteria and viruses that make us ill. How do you wash your hands? How often? If you work in child care, food service, or health care you probably pass the proper hand washing poster several times each day.
1 comments — latest 12 Oct 2006 11:40 AM by adhocreporter
Expunge the Sponge
01 Feb 2006 09:52 PM
With all the recent blogging about germs and the many places in our homes they hide I thought it time to point out the biggest spreader of things-that-make-you-go-ewww in the house: the sponge.
Keeping an Eye Out for Molesters Away from Home
31 Jan 2006 09:54 PM
When we were house hunting a few years I made a list of the exact address of houses we were short listing. My husband looked at me funny until I commandeered his computer and began pulling up the sex offenders in the area around each location.
Finding Sex Offenders
28 Jan 2006 07:54 PM
Okay, none of us really wants to FIND a sex offender, unless, of course, you happen to work in law enforcement. But, if you have kids, you want to know where they are and if it is anywhere near your home.
Evacuation - Where Do You Go?
27 Jan 2006 06:16 PM
There are several answers to this question, and there should be. First, you want an immediate meeting place similar to, if not the same as, the one in your home fire plan. The most common reason to evacuate is a household fire, so this is a top priority.
Evacuation Planning - Why Do I Need to Leave?
26 Jan 2006 04:58 PM
Evacuation planning, based on what I've learned so far, involves lots of lists. I love lists. I'm not very good about doing anything with them, but boy do I love to make them.
ICE - Emergency Contacts for Phones
25 Jan 2006 04:20 PM
I am becoming an ICE queen. Since I first learned about the ICE idea I have been obsessively reprogramming phones wherever I go. ICE stands for "In Case of Emergency" and more and more emergency services are asking people to utilize this abbreviation.
Evacuation - What would you bring?
25 Jan 2006 11:21 AM
My in-laws came to visit us last September. All six adults, 3 children, and six dogs of them (argh!), courtesy of Hurricane Rita. It was interesting to see how each family prepared so differently; the parents of adult children, the parents of teens, and the parents of a toddler.
