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One Simple Kitchen Hack That Will Save You Money and Food Waste
Below: Discover the simple kitchen hack that saves my family both money and food waste! He stands in front of the open refrigerator, surveying the contents inside. After a moment, he reaches in, pulls out a Rubbermaid container, cracks the lid open, and does the sniff test. “When did we have stir fry?” he asks. […]
A Plea to Texters (This is Not Another #ItCanWait Post)
I suppose I better start off by saying that just because this post isn’t about not texting while driving doesn’t mean I’m against safe texting practices. Put down your phone and drive your car, you crazy coot. #itcanwait Now that that’s out of the way… If you’re reading this, I bet you text. I […]
Public Instagram Etiquette for Dummies
Hello fellow Instagram users, #instagrammers #igers #whatevs Let’s begin with: Is this article for you? #DontWannaWasteYourTime If you have a private Instagram account where you share pictures of your kids with family and friends, this article is not for you. In fact, you’ll probably be totally confused by it. #YouProbablyWontGetIt If you have a public […]
People Who Should Run as a Third Party Candidate for President
Editor’s Note: I published a slightly different version of this post on Saturday, then removed it a short time later. It was targeted at one candidate in particular, and although I don’t believe it was terribly mean-spirited, I still felt vaguely uncomfortable with it. I couldn’t quite place my finger on the source of my discomfort until […]
Fear Is a Four Letter Word
I grew up with a pool. It wasn’t private (my family owned a campground and our house was on the property), but it was a pool nonetheless, and one that sat only a couple of hundred feet from my home. I used to watch my older sister do dives and back dives and the dives […]
The Best Rides at Legoland Florida, as Told by Kids Ages 3-14
A big Thank You to Legoland Florida for providing us with tickets to the park. About a month ago, we took a family vacation to Florida. When I say ‘family vacation’ I’m not just talking about the hubby, kids, and me; I’m talking about my entire extended family. There were 20 of us in all. 10 […]
The Most Offensive Thing You’ll Read Today
I’ve noticed a trend over the past year or so that has gained momentum and doesn’t appear to be slowing. A slew of articles and blog posts have been written with titles that start something like, “Ten Things to Never Say to…” or “Four Questions ______ are Sick of Hearing”. The blogger in me understands why […]
6 Proposed Alternatives to the Facebook “Like” Button
We’ve all heard and maybe even said that there should be a Facebook ‘Dislike’ button. No one wants to ‘like’ a status update about someone’s grandma dying or their whole family coming down with the Bubonic plague, but we don’t want to ignore those statuses either. Yes, a ‘dislike’ button would help, but there are […]
4 Ways Life Would Be AWESOME if We Were Legos (and One Way It Would Suck)
Have you ever wondered what life would be like if we all turned into Legos? No? Well I have, and after giving it a lot of thought, I think it would be AWESOME. Sure, not being able to reach the top of our head with our own hands would be a drag, but the […]