Great Plains Communications Residential Blog
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National Reading Month – Five ways to make reading entertaining for your kids
Reading is a fundamental skill that is practiced every day. Getting kids interested in reading and loving to read can be difficult. Books like “The Cat in the Hat” and “One Fish, Blue Fish” by Dr. Suess have encouraged school-aged kids for decades to enjoy reading. In...
Quality time at home: What to do for Valentine’s Day and more
Valentine’s Day is the ultimate love holiday. In 2022, consumer spending for Valentine’s Day saw $23.9 billion spent on gifts for the special people in our lives—romantic partners, friends, pets, parents, and more. Whether you’re celebrating Valentine’s Day,...
Things To Know During Home Office Safety and Security Week
Finding a job offering remote or hybrid work options hasn’t always been so common. Now, many workers are more likely to take a job that offers remote work over one that doesn’t. That’s because working remotely has its benefits – you can design your workspace, the lack...
Gifts That Give All Year Round: Seven Subscription Box Ideas
One of the five main love languages is giving and receiving gifts. Gifts can show our loved ones how much we care about them and all that they’ve done for us. This holiday season go above and beyond to show your appreciation with a subscription box that goes well into...
Get Ready & Be Safe: Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2022
The top fall holiday sales events of the year are fast approaching, so start adding things to your wish list and mark your calendar. As always, Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving, with some businesses starting as early as midnight and following through to...
Pumpkins, Ghosts and Cybersecurity
October is known for the start of the fall season, Halloween, pumpkins, scary movies and more. Fall activities make for a good time but it can quickly be ruined by some sort of cyber emergency. In addition to all the zombies, witches and ghosts to watch out for this...
Fall, Football & MyBundleTV
Who’s ready for some football? The 2021 NFL regular football season averaged 17.1 million viewers per game for television and digital, up 10% from 2020. The ways in which we have consumed sports entertainment has changed throughout the years from solely being on...
Prime Day 2022: AmazonSmile & Tips to Navigate Best Prime Day Deals
Amazon Prime Day offers the best deals in technology, fashion, kitchen gadgets and much more. What can be considered one of the biggest online shopping events is Amazon’s Prime Day – it’s Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined. This year, the two days Prime members...
Viral Recipes and Safety Tips for Fourth of July
The Fourth of July has been a federally recognized holiday since 1941. The original 13 colonies that gained their freedom from Great Britain marked independence by adopting the Declaration of Independence from Thomas Jefferson. America’s independence is commonly...
Summertime Is a Good Time for a Password Refresh
Summertime, and the livin' is easy . . . and online. With school out, kids are probably online at least part of the day. They’re connecting with friends and family members on social media, surfing and streaming videos, and gaming on mobile phones, tablets, laptops,...
Planting with a Purpose: Backyard Wildlife Habitat Gardens
At times it may seem like the greater part of our days are spent online, yet a simple walk through a garden is an enjoyable way to get a daily dose of Vitamin N (“Nature”) and reset. One of the top trends in gardening these days is creating habitat gardens for...
Earth Day 2022: The Small Things Add Up
What’s everybody doing for Earth Day? Officially, Earth Day 2022 takes place this Friday, April 22 and we’ve got suggestions for some activities. But first, here’s a brief history. What many call the birth of the modern environmental movement was proposed by...