Problem: Article: Invite friends, family, or neighbors to your party. Send, or email, Hawaiian-themed invitations. You could decorate the invitations with palm trees, hula girls, or surfers. You could also choose invitations with beach themes, flowers, or ocean scenes. It won't be much of a stretch to ask your guests to wear their swimsuits, sundresses, or shorts. Hawaiian-style (flower printed or "island" themed) shirts, board shorts, or skirts are easy to find during the summer. Ask your guests to wear sandals, or provide them with inexpensive flip-flops decorated with fake flowers. If you are planning to make real flower leis, you can make them the night before the party. If not, paper leis are great as well. Place one over the head of each guest as they arrive to get them in the spirit of the party.
Summary: Send themed invites. Ask your guests to dress for the theme. Give your guests a lei as they arrive.

Problem: Article: In order to figure out what you need to get from the store, you need to make a list of what you already have. Knowing what you already have will also help guide your meal planning for the month. For example, if you have a lot of pasta in your pantry, you should utilize this ingredient in a number of recipes for the month. Be sure to take stock of everything you have in the pantry, refrigerator, and freezer, including any separate freezer chests if you have them. Unless you are able to take inventory, prepare to go shopping, and actually go shopping all in one day (unlikely!), you will need to update your inventory list as you use items. This will ensure that your shopping list is the most current version and will also help track frequently used items and items that tend to go unused. Keep this list somewhere visible, like taped onto the fridge. Try painting a cabinet front with chalkboard paint as a modern alternative to a paper list. Leading up to your first once-a-month shopping trip, or even as you continue to hone your savings skills, keeping receipts is a great tool for gauging your progress. Ideally you should have all of your shopping receipts from a typical month. Go through them all and highlight the essentials (the stuff you ended up using or eating completely). Underline items that you didn't get through that month so you can track items you tend to buy impulsively and then not use. Check the back of the receipts for special coupons or promotions you can use. Be aware that this step can take a little time for beginners, but once you plan your first month of meals you can use it as a general outline for the following months. Some meal planning tips: Look at your calendar and plan around any commitments and activities. For example, if you know you're going out to dinner for a friend's birthday this month, that's one less dinner you have to plan for. Plan theme nights. For example you can have an Italian themed meal (think pizza) every Friday or Taco Tuesday. If you block in themed meals it's easier to do the menu planning. Once you feel comfortable meal planning you can add more variety to your menus. As you look at cookbooks or find recipes online, be realistic about the amount of time you have available to make each meal. Think about cooking a complicated dish paired with an easier one. For example make a meat loaf, then toss in some baked potatoes to bake along with the meat loaf. Serve a green salad on the side. Not only will this make cooking easier, but it will save energy as you are using the oven to bake the meat loaf; and potatoes at the same time. Try to utilize canned or bulk ingredients a lot as these items are often cost-effective and non-perishable. Take perishables like fresh fruits and vegetables into account. Try to choose recipes that can be used for several different dishes, such as preparing a large batch of chili that can also be used as taco meat, pasta sauce, etc. Look at the grocery store ads for stores you frequent, either looking online or going to the store for a savings book. See what items are going to be on sale during the time you are going to shop, and update your meal plans if necessary. You can organize coupons you don't use for a given month in a booklet to use another month; just be sure to check expiration dates before planning on using them. Look at what needs to be replaced from your inventory list and what needs to be purchased to make your meal plans. Write everything down in a list, organizing the list into a way that makes the most sense to you. For example, some people like to organize their list into the different stores they are going to while others group them by type of item (e.g., dairy, canned, etc.).. During the days before your monthly shopping trip, start matching the store sales, discounts, and coupons to each applicable item on your list. This will help you get an idea of how much you are going to spend and also help the transaction process to be more seamless. If you find a great deal at a rival store, call your grocer to see if they price match local ads; some stores allow this, and others only offer it on some days or on certain items.
Summary: Take inventory of what you have. Update this list continually. Save all of your receipts. Plan out your meals for the month. Accumulate coupons and local store ads. Make a shopping list. Match sales and discounts to your shopping list.

Problem: Article: Since Facebook's built-in features don't let you schedule posts from your personal timeline, third-party developers have created apps and programs that can do this for you. There are many quality choices available for free. Just a few include: Hootsuite (Note: the rest of this section will include instructions for this app.) Postcron In this section, you'll see how to use Hootsuite, one of the recommended options above, to schedule personal profile posts. Start by visiting the Hootsuite site here. Click the blue Facebook button to sign in with Facebook from your computer. HootSuite will use the same information from your Facebook account to register you. To download and install HootSuite on your mobile device, click here. When you first sign in to HootSuite, click the "Add Social Network" button. Click the "Connect with Facebook" button at the bottom of the pop-up window. Click "Okay" for all 3 prompts to connect your Facebook Profile, Pages, and Groups. You'll need to do this in order to schedule messages on both your Facebook profile and pages. When you're done, click the green "Continue" button to proceed. Then, click "Done Adding Social Networks" to go to your dashboard. Choose whether or not to proceed through the brief Hootsuite tutorial. When you're done, at the top of the main HootSuite page, click in the "Compose Message" box and type your post. As above, don't post your message yet. You can also click on the paperclip icon to add images or files to your post. Below your message, you will see a small icon that looks like a calendar. Click this to proceed to the scheduling menu. Select the desired date and time using the calendar and clock options in the pop-up menu. Additionally, note that you can also choose to have the message sent to your email once it has been posted by checking the box near the bottom of the menu. Click the "Schedule" button at the bottom of the scheduling window to confirm. You can find this icon on the left side of the screen in the vertical HootSuite toolbar. This will bring up the HootSuite Publisher page where you can see all of your scheduled posts. You can use the options on this page to filter your scheduled posts by profile, edit your posts, and even delete them.
Summary:
Choose and download a post-scheduler program. Go to the HootSuite website and create an account. Select a Social Network. Compose your post. Click the "Scheduling" icon. Schedule your post. Edit your scheduled posts with the paper airplane icon.