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Going to the Zoo With DealDash

Summer is a great time to go to the zoo. What’s your favorite animal?

Kids and adults like both enjoy going to the zoo. If you and your kids live in the city or even the suburbs most likely your family hasn’t seen many animals in the wild other than birds, cats, dogs, and maybe the odd rodent. The zoo is an excellent learning experience as well as a ton of fun. My family and I go to the zoo at least once per year, and sometimes more often if we are taking a day trip in the summer to  — Read full post

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DealDash Helps “Family Game Night”

Spending quality time with your family is important. Let’s bring back Family Game Night with a little help from DealDash.

When I was a kid most families didn’t have all of the extra evening karate classes, swim classes, dance classes, soccer practice, etc. etc. etc. the list goes on. Kids these days are over scheduled, I personally know of a family with 3 elementary and middle school children who have extra classes or sports practice every single night after school. They barely have time to do their homework, dinner is eaten at 8PM after practice, then off to bed to  — Read full post

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Building a Birdhouse With DealDash

  If you read my article on birdwatching but would like to watch birds a little closer to home, how about building a simple bird house?

Building a bird house can be as simple or as complicated as you want it to be. As someone with limited woodworking skills we are going to keep this simple!

The first thing that you need to do is gather your materials. You will need:

 

  • One 5-foot 1- x 6-inch No. 2 pine board
  • Measuring tape
  • 2-inch galvanized finishing nails
  • Power drill
  • Appropriate-size spade bit
  • Hand saw
  • Hammer

The first thing you need to  — Read full post