Dinner can be a tricky proposition. At my house, we’re a super busy family of 4. My husband and I both work full time jobs, and our two children both swim competitively after school. On top of being on swim teams and having regular school homework, our teenage daughter is involved in orchestra and band. We’re actively involved with our church which often includes weeknight activities in addition to Sunday commitments. We’re really busy, just like everyone else on the…
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This post is sponsored by Target. More Turtles, More Bold and Daring Fun: Blur the lines of fantasy and reality with your favorite Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at Target. Art is a part of my daily life. It just is. Remember how I told you my son’s life passions all lead back to art? Art, art projects, new ideas, and collections of a random assortment of feathers and rocks and random paraphernalia for new collaborations make their way into my…
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When did you know your life’s passion? Is there something you loved, adored more than life itself, from the time you were a small child? I think if we all went back to that place of loving something completely, with a passion we forgot we had, and made it our life’s vocation, we’d all be happier people. There’s something beautiful about stepping outside your current world to discover a new one. I don’t think we do it often enough as…
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Lots of news in the world today: Putin is still being the dictator he is and is escalating his crimes upon Ukraine (and most of the rest of the developed world, heaven help us all), there are 200 schoolgirls missing in Nigeria who’ve reportedly been kidnapped and sold into marriage, and on a less-serious-but-still-rather-heavy-for-my-heart-matter, David Beckham is still retired from the game of soccer. Why can’t he pull a Michael Phelps and (allegedly) come out of retirement already? April has…
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Sponsored by Special K. So, fat talk. Where are we with that? This time of year can be especially toxic when it comes to body loathing. So many treats! Holiday bloat, ugh. Whatever, it happens to the best of us, but it doesn’t have to turn in to a war on your psyche if your pants are a little snug after a few days of indulging. If you’ve got some weight loss or health goals for the New Year, you…
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Fat talk is something 93 percent of women engage in, every day. NINETY-THREE percent of us are talking about how we wish we could just lose those extra 15 pounds, how we don’t fit in our skinny jeans anymore, about how our necks are drooping (maybe that’s my own personal demon). Lots of us make belittling comments about ourselves under our breath: ‘I look so fat in this.‘ ‘Ug! I’m so disgusting!’ ‘ ‘I used to have an amazing rack…
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My family is the worst. Seriously, I love my kids but sometimes they’re just horrible. Almost a year ago I scheduled family photos for August with the world-renowned husband and wife photography team Wendy and Tyler Whitacre from Blue Lily. I prepped my kids a year in advance by promising to lock them out in the cold if they messed up the photo shoot. Every couple of months over the year I’d threaten remind them about the deal and how…
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There’s something all of us fear deep down, even if we don’t verbalize it or give into the terror. Children are no different, but they don’t usually have much say in avoiding the things that make them nervous, whether it’s the barking dog on the walk to school or the terrifying spotlight of Show & Tell every Tuesday (that would have been me). Since I’m big on moving onward and upward, creating life lists, and overcoming fear big or small,…
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I’m a leader in the Udi’s gluten free community and my most recent question is about healthy snacks back to school. What healthy foods did you eat when you went back to school as a kid? What were your favorite school lunch snacks? I’m super bitter about my sack lunches as a kid. My mom made homemade bread once a week for sandwich bread, (cry me a river) and we canned peach and apricot jam all summer long from our…
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