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    How to Make the School Year Easier

    This is my first year as a mom with a child in school. Our oldest started Pre-K this year and it was a huge deal for me to give up three hours a day with my big girl. However, she loves it, I love it, and we’re all very happy. Before the school year started, […] More

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    Mornings Made Easy

    Early mornings are not easy for most people. Being jolted awake by an irritating alarm or the vibrating of a phone telling you it’s time to go to work or take your kids to school and start the day is never fun. However, we all have to do it – really, I work from home […] More

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    Promises Everyone Should Make

    You should never make a promise you don’t intend to keep. I never promise my husband I won’t go too crazy shopping, because we both know I will and there’s no point in lying to myself or him about it. He never promises me that he will be super quiet during the football game while […] More

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    Easy Ways to Make Yourself Happier and Be Nicer

    There are days when we all wish we could be a little nicer. Sometimes our lack of nice behavior is completely justified and on other occasions our poor behavior is merely a result of too much anxiety, too much stress, and not enough happiness in our lives. When you find that you are in a […] More

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    Four Things Everyone Should Know How to Do

    I recently turned 29 and I just discovered the crock pot. That’s right, just about a month ago. Now, I’ll freely admit that my husband is the primary cook in our household. He learned from his parents, who are amazing cooks. He comes home from work and whips up something amazing, healthy, and decadent on […] More

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    Embrace Endings and New Beginnings

    There’s an old saying about one door closing and another opening. Many people don’t recognize their newly opened doors until much later, but the truth is that there are always open doors. It’s easy to see them in hindsight. Since so many people fail to see what purpose a closed door has to offer, it’s […] More

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    Make Sure You Childproof Your Home For The Safety Of Your Child

    As your baby grows from a sweet little newborn to a mobile, crawling baby to a walking, curious baby you will need to childproof your home to keep them safe.  There are many things in a home that are dangerous to a baby. When you begin to childproof your home it can seem like an overwhelming […] More

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    How to Get More Done

    My daily to-do list is about a mile long. I find that I become very frustrated when it doesn’t seem to shrink after a few hours, but I have to find a way to stop the frustration. Being frustrated doesn’t make it any easier for me to complete all the things that I have to […] More

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    Three Words That Mean Failure

    People ask me all the time how I’ve managed to create as much success as I have. In the four years since I left my job to stay home with my newborn daughter, I’ve had a second daughter, begun a career in writing that has me writing for some of the biggest parenting websites in […] More

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    Remember This When You Have a Bad Day

    Bad days happen to good people. The best of us find out from time to time that the world does not always work the way we want it to. Our kids act up at the same time, errands need to be run, there’s not enough time to get everything done, people want more from us […] More

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