Last Christmas I told the kids to head to the kitchen. It was time to make sugar cookies. I like to make sugar cookies because they are easy and delicious. You mix the ingredients, put them in the fridge for a few hours, roll them out, cut them into shapes and decorate them. I have […]
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Show up in style. Don’t let going solo steer you away from celebrating your friend’s wedding. This is a milestone day, and she wants to share it with you. Dress sharp and be noticed. People will be taking pictures all night and sharing them on social media. Plus, you never know who you might meet
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As the mother of two girls, I don’t speak boy at all. Never have. Not a word. Aside from being with my husband for the last thirty-plus years, I have no idea what goes on in a boy’s head. But, because I’m obviously girl, and I happen to have two of them as kids, I
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It’s interesting how traditions begin. Years ago, for our growing family, the Thanksgiving weekend was a time for scrambling around, seeing grandparents and trying to get started on some Christmas shopping. Thanksgiving Day itself was all about the food and the football. Our Thanksgiving traditions were to eat way too much and to watch the
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One of the most common clichés in action movies is the gag line that follows a killing. And several recent films are continuing this dubious tradition, from Tom Cruise in “Jack Reacher” to Arnold Schwarzenegger in “The Last Stand” to Jason Statham in “Parker” to Sylvester Stallone in “Bullet to the Head” to Bruce Willis
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Teens stress about homework Students get homework almost every day, whether or not that’s just answering some questions or studying for a test you might have tomorrow. So homework is a pretty common problem that every teenager has to go through. But we don’t just get one piece of homework. That would be too easy.
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here Jessie Funk is bursting with talent; not only can she sing, dance, and do Disney character impressions that’ll knock your socks off, but she’s also a gifted motivational speaker. Jessie has been teaching and mentoring students for over a decade. She loves to speak at middle school and high school assemblies, leadership conferences and
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My daughter told me once that her friend wished I were her mom. This intrigued me as I know her mother and I know she loves her children very much and is a wonderful mother. I asked my daughter why this was. The answer was straightforward; “you buy us toys.” Suddenly I felt very inadequate
1. Pair store coupons with manufacturer coupons. The majority of stores allow you to combine their own store coupon savings with your manufacturer coupons. Look at the top of the coupon in your store ad. Does it say “store coupon” or “manufacturer coupon” next to the expiration date? If it says “manufacturer coupon” then you
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My husband and I traveled occasionally when our children were young, and we discovered that finding a gift that a child would enjoy and at the same time have some correlation to the place we visited, was a challenge. As our children grew older, gift buying became such a burden in time and stress that
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