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Nine Ideas to Occupy Kids in the Car on a Road-trip

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Are you going on a trip this weekend and need to keep your kids occupied for the long drive?  Here is a list of 9 great ideas to keep your kids entertained on the road. Tips: Start with the items that are the least interesting to your kids early in the trip.  Save the most cherished items like reading books and screen time for the very end of your trip when kids start to get the most antsy. Spread out[Read more]

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The Real Reason You Are Beautiful

Art forms like painting, music or sculpture, celebrate the lives we live.  They are an outward expression of our inner most being.  A replication of times-gone-by in order to immortalize a moment or situation. Likewise, fashion is an art form meant to celebrate the body, not condemn it to irrelevant standards. So, why have we let the fashion industry steal our joy and dignity when it comes to fashion?  Why have we yielded for so long and tried to change[Read more]

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Decking Out Your Deck: DIY Hanging Planter Tutorial

It seemed impossible to garden when we moved into our north-facing, second-story apartment.  Fortunately, I was able to find a spot on our deck that got some sunshine in the afternoon.  My next challenge was how to keep my 16 month old from digging in the dirt and pulling up all the plants?!  My solution: create a hanging herb garden and get the pots up high.  I had seen some hanging tomato bags at the garden store but I just[Read more]

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Finding Yourself in Motherhood

So, you’ve had a baby in the past year.  You’ve read every parenting book, you know every method.  You have gobs of baby stuff. You are prepared for anything.  But somehow you are feeling uncertain about your role as mom, so what gives? It was April of 2012 that I saw those two pink lines that would change my life forever. My pregnancy was pretty text-book. First-trimester was filled with morning sickness and strange cravings. We were living in a remote[Read more]