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Are Your Kids Stylish? If Not, Should They Be?

So, a friend of mine was showing me all these gorgeous clothes she got for her daughter from this company called Tea Collection, and telling me about the deals she got. This particular friend has a real knack for that. Anyway, her kids always ALWAYS look so put together. (Mine, mmmm not so much. My [...]

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Pumpkin Cake With Cream Cheese Frosting

I’m not a big fan of carrot cake, but this pumpkin cake is ridiculously tasty. My Mom has been making it for years and now we make it (actually, my husband made this one). It’s one of those perfect-for-October kind of foods that brings back memories. Don’t you just love fall? What food makes you [...]

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13 Things A PR Girl Learned About Spin

So, I used to work in PR where I learned how to spin information. Recently, I took my enlarged butt to the gym, where I am learning a whole new kind of spin. I am a major weenie when it comes to exercise. I don’t really care to break a sweat, actually, but as more [...]

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"Goat Trails"

As a mom, I have learned many ways to influence my kids to produce a desired outcome. One of the most desirable outcomes I seek often is a good night’s sleep. For them and for us. [Goat trails, enter stage right.] Um, ‘scuse me? What are goat trails? This is our sneaky way of tiring [...]

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Quick Tip for Paying the Bills

Bills (boooooooo)! No one’s favorite activity, but I have something that I do to help myself get the bills I don’t pay electronically mailed on time. As soon as the bills come in, I write the check and put the bill in the designated bills spot. Here’s the tip…write the due date on the back [...]

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How to Make Your Own Chicken Nuggets in Just Minutes

Had a left over uncooked chicken breast and wanted to make shake n bake for the kids. But I didn’t have any. So, I went to the pantry and found some Italian bread crumbs. I decided to borrow the concept. So, I cut the ran the chicken breast under water, then cut it up into [...]

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Are You a Happy Mom?

I recently came across an article on parenting that ran back in July.  Sorry I am so late to the conversation, I was probably wiping a nose or a butt.  Anyway, I saw this segment on the Today Show called “I love My Kids, I Hate My Life” and then read the article it’s based on [...]

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Food. Re-branded.

I don’t know about you, but I do my fair share of tricking my kids when it comes to food. As my kids grow, so do my skills as a salesmom. I have found I have to “sell” the healthy stuff, so I am always looking for new ideas to do that. And I am [...]

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The Alarm Went Off at 3 AM This Morning

My husband and I awoke to the screeching of our alarm at 2:51 am this morning. I knew instinctively nothing was wrong, but we had no idea why the piercing alarm was going off. In our stupor we did our best to problem-solve with the deafening noise clouding our ability to think. I called the [...]

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Vitamins

Do you take any vitamins? I have been a complete slacker, but my mom was asking me about it the other day. The swirling chaos that is my life along with mommy brain have kept me from remembering this simple but important thing for quite a while. Since we start to lose bone density around [...]

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