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How often do you find yourself YELLING at your kids? Are you asking your kids to do something more than four or five times before you lose it and start your yelling? Are you...

Everyone ALWAYS asks - Does counting calories actually work? The short and long answer is YES! Doesn't it make sense that you would need to know the total of the most important factor in fat loss...

When your stepchild hates you and there's nothing you can do but take it - it hurts.  I have four children.  One of them is not mine biologically.  But whenever anyone asks how many children...

Currently taking applications for a Best Friend.   Must love coffee, wine, laughter, sarcasm, and yoga pants.   Like, seriously - will you be my best friend?? Why is finding a mom friend so hard?  I thought having babies was...

I am a divorced mom of two.  I honestly never thought that I would be here.  But here I am.  Divorced. When I was first separated I realized how much I relied on my Ex...

If you’re reading this, then I’m going to assume you had a baby in recent memory. If so, I’d say that at some point you were advised to “do your Kegels regularly.” I’m also...

When the best offer I have on a Saturday night is to spend it watching a kids movie, Cars 3, you might think I’m mad to say yes. But you see, this offer included...

I am homeless! I have 17 days left before my husband, three young boys and I have to get everything out of the house that we have worked so hard to make ours for the...

We all know that surviving the heat during the summer can be hard. Maybe you have an Air Conditioner in your home and you’re planning to have it on full blast this summer as...

Summer is the best, isn't it?  We ALL look forward to summer.     I'm not going to lie, I may or may not have a summer countdown.     Now, it's not your traditional countdown it's more...

The word gardening can either make some people excited or completely scared.  There are usually two types of people, those with a "green thumb" or those who can't keep plants alive to save their...

Do you shop Target's Bullseye?  Or rather are you the type to research the sales, check your coupons, have your cartwheel app at the ready, or do you simply show up and shop?! I have...

It's a new year and the minimalist movies and blogs are all everyone is talking about. Then Lent comes and the 40 days / 40 trash bags meme and groups pop up. Everyone says...

We've all seen the surveys on the bottom of the Home Depot / Kohl's / grocery store receipts. But does anyone actually win them? Yes. I have. In 2009 I entered a Kohl's survey at the...