Those receiving child support through the Florida court system now have three different ways to receive child support payments. The traditional way of receiving payment by paper check is still available. There is also the option for custodial parents to receive the child support directly into their bank accounts through direct deposit. Now parents that do not have a bank account have a way to receive their child support parents directly with the Florida Debit MasterCard.

According to My Florida.com, “If you choose this option, the Department of Revenue will send you a Florida Debit MasterCard® and will credit your support payments to the card. You can withdraw cash and make purchases against the amount on your card.” There are some fees for using the Debit MasterCard at an ATM.

More information about the child support options can be found on MyFlorida.com

Source: MyFlorida.com

Fourth of July is celebrated on a Wednesday day this year. There are tons of parades, concerts, and fireworks displays happening all across Tampa Bay.

You can find a list of events on the Tamp Bay Parent Fourth of July Page.

If you are celebrating at home remember to stay safe. Some cities and counties have restrictions on the fireworks that can be used for personal use; so check before you start having you own Fourth of July show.

Mailing in rebates are sometimes one of the most unnecessarily tedious things. Number 1:Keep a copy of all your rebate information. Every time I have purchased a computer, in 2001 and in 2006 ,I have used rebates. Each time the rebate department has sent back a letter saying that the information was incorrect.

The most recent time, I received a letter stating that I purchased the computer outside the promotional dates. After having a look at the information on my receipt and the rebate form, I saw that the rebate department had made a mistake. I called and they said I would have to resubmit the information with the letter they had sent me. I then asked the customer service representative if they could just look at the information I originally sent them. He told me that their policy was to destroy the information after processing the rebate and that I would have to resubmit my documents.

Well, I did resubmit, and they processed the rebate but I only received half of what I was supposed to receive. After contacting the rebate department another time, they did send the other half of my money.

Now, rebates can become tedious and that is why you should always make copies of all your information.

I am in the decluttering my house right now. Oprah had a show about it yesterday and that just propelled me into decluttering mode. She has had shows before about organizing and decluttering and I have said I would do it and I have done some and then went back to my old ways. Now I am really trying to make it all work and there are tons of stuff that are going into the garbage cans and donation piles.

There are things that I have not used in years that has just been taking up a ridiculous amount of space all over my house. I have about six different yellow and white pages. Why does anyone need sooo….. many phone books? Now with the internet there is almost no need for any phone book. But I am revved-up. Hopefully I can keep up the momentum and finish the task. It is actually starting to shape-up as some of the unneeded things ship-out.

The 2007 Florida State Fair begins this Thursday. Friday is “Fair Day” for west Hillsborough school students; this is tradition of letting the students have the day off to attend the fair. East Hillsborough county high school student are let off later on in the year on for the Strawberry festival. February 19th is the last day of this year’s fair.

Operation Safe-Not Sorry was conducted at 15 Hillsborough County public schools on December 13th-15th, 2006 during the mornings and afternoons.    Students were issued traffic citations for not having wearing seat belts.  A total of 162 traffic citations were issued.
Breakdown of  Students Receiving Traffic Citations:

• Alonso High School - 20
• Armwood High School – 11
• Bloomingdale High School – 10
• Brandon High School – 5
• Durant High School – 4
• East Bay High School – 13
• Gaither High School – 34
• King High School – 3
• Leto High School – 8
• Newsome High School – 5
• Plant City High School – 4
• Riverview High School – 19
• Sickles High School – 13
• Tampa Bay Tech – 4
• Wharton High School - 9

Mosi Kids in Charge is a fun place for the whole family.  This is such a cliche term, “Fun for the whole family.”, But it is actually true and accurate in this case.  The exhibits are interactive and engaging.  The children can actually learn from the fun.

The is a little play area for toddlers and infants to just run round and have fun.

There is bed of nails that is fun to lie down on.  The snag is that it slightly snagged my clothes.

Bernoulli BreezeBall  is a fun ball in which you try to use the force of are blowing through tubes to try place the balls in baskets

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