Articles By:

Lynnette Walczak

As a homeowner, I primarily write about weather safety tips that everyone should know in order to protect their home and family during major weather events. I especially like to share seasonal "outside the box" ideas that most wouldn't think of in the Spring, Summer, Winter, and Fall. The weather events I've personally experienced include: Hurricanes (while living in Florida), Tornadoes (while living in Indiana, Texas, and Tennessee), Earthquakes (while visiting California), Blizzards (while living in New York and Indiana), and Flooding (while living in Tennessee).

Write Your Name In Snow (…No, Not Yellow Snow!)

Here's a little fun you can have with a penguin who writes your message in the snow.

Look… Up In The Clouds!

How many times have you looked up toward the clouds and thought you recognized a familiar shape in the cloud formations? Can you make out the shapes in these pictures of clouds?... Some are a little creepy!

What Time Is It?… It’s Time To Change

It's time to change your burned-out lightbulbs, the batteries in your smoke detectors, flip the mattresses, clean out the gutters, and why not just schedule your next mammogram while you're at it? They say it's good to schedule such things around pertinent dates -- such as your Birthday... or Daylight Savings Time, right?

10 Tips For Taking Great Winter Pictures When Your Subject Is Surrounded By Snow

The best tips for photographing snow and outdoor winter pictures. Avoid those dark, gray photos once and for all!

Kids Helping Kids After Hurricane Katrina

Here it is 3 weeks later, and people all across this great country are still showing amazing acts of humanity to make things a little easier for those whose lives were affected by Hurricane Katrina. Here are some ways that kids have been helping kids.

Katrina Blog: How People Like You & Me Can Help

To all of our readers and their friends & families who have been affected by Hurricane Katrina: While a site called The Fun Times Guide may not seem like an obvious place to extend a hand to the survivors dealing with Katrina's brutal aftermath... it's the best we've got. Here's how we're helping Katrina victims.