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Mary Duncanson

Mary Malcolm is an author, blogger, and overall swell gal. She's got enough snark to fill a football stadium, but that's probably just because she's out of coffee again. Have something that's pushing your buttons? Send Mary a message and maybe she'll write about it on the site!

One of the biggest accomplishments of my adult life was learning how to use chopsticks. Not even a lie. It was on par with learning how to whistle or how to well, whistling is really the biggest shame. One of those things that people never want to admit that they just don’t know how to …

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You’ll cause a stir when you bring these Mocha Cupcakes with Irish Cream Frosting to your next office party! This time-saving recipe takes minutes to create but tastes so delicious your co-workers will swear you never sleep. What You Need To Make Mocha Cupcakes with Irish Cream Frosting: 1 box of chocolate cake mix 1/4 cup instant coffee …

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If you haven’t heard of the Instant Pot yet, you’ve been living under a rock. It’s okay, though, because the fact that you’re reading this means you’ve moved and there’s hope for you yet. Instant Pot is an updated version of the pressure cooker, and probably the best thing you’ll ever add to your kitchen. …

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Remember a few years ago when everyone was Press N Sealing the racks in their refrigerators to make cleaning up spills a breeze? Well, Vicki Suddaby just kicked that up a couple of notches and we haven’t been this excited since we found out we were using our chopsticks wrong. You Can Press N Seal …

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Kids are exhausting. Having kids is like inviting a stranger into your relationship and hoping that stranger doesn’t say or do something that’s totally disruptive. Only, that stranger acts drunk all the time, for at least two to three years, and they’re mouthy, and messy, and oh, by the way, you have to carry that …

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3 Ingredient Peanut Butter Cookies are my favorite cookies of all time. You see, the thing about 3 ingredient peanut butter cookies is that they only take three ingredients to make. Oh, and you can probably make these cookies with things you already have in your pantry. Which is seriously the best kind of cookies. …

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When you first decide to eat healthier, it’s all about the salads. It’s like we convince ourselves that the only healthy meal involves leafy greens and nothing else. And honestly? That’s just wrong. There are a lot of healthier options out there that don’t involve miles of lettuce, and once you learn how to prepare …

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I’ve got the craziest recipe for you guys today! But I suppose you already knew that from the title, didn’t you? Vanilla Crazy Cake – also known as Wacky Cake or Depression Cake, doesn’t need dairy or eggs to make them. Want more cake recipes? Check out: Bailey’s Mousse Cake Almond Bundt Cake The Best Icebox Cakes Rainbow Unicorn Cake …

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Want another amazingly crazy crazy cake recipe? Last week I shared our Vanilla Crazy Cake and not even kidding – y’all went nuts. Get ready to strap yourself in ’cause this Chocolate Crazy Cake is just as amazing and how can you go wrong with chocolate? Don’t know about crazy cakes yet? They’re also known as Wacky …

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Mornings don’t have to be about rushing around when you’ve got a slow cooker! Instead, check out these 33 Slow Cooker Breakfast Recipes! You can set them the night before and wake up to delicious, wholesome home cooked food that’ll give you and your family energy enough to tackle the entire day. Want more slow …

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“What flavor do you want?” When it comes to neapolitan, the only correct answer is, “All three, please.” Anyone who picks just one doesn’t deserve the triple delight deliciousness that is neapolitan. And, I dare say, those plebeians definitely don’t deserve the glory of these 25 neapolitan dessert recipes all tucked into the same place. …

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Whether you have toddlers or teens, these 25 Totally Adorable Easter Crafts will provide hours of crafting awesomeness. Chances are as they grow up they won’t remember what you made, but they’ll always remember the time you spent crafting together. My mom was a Pinterest mom before Pinterest existed. Every Easter we’d dig into the …

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Remember when you were a kid and you could practically live on grilled cheese? Remember those days off school where mom would make soup and grilled cheese and the only thing left would be the crust? When did we grow up? When did grilled cheese fall off the menu? These 25 mouth-watering gourmet grilled cheese …

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If your grandma didn’t make homemade fried chicken when you were growing up, your grandma did you wrong. It’s a right of passage to sit at grandma’s table and enjoy fried chicken right out of the oil. The smell of fried chicken hot in the air, some delicious mac and cheese that she made the …

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When we think ‘turkey day’ most of us think Thanksgiving. But turkey’s amazing for us and should be eaten year round. Not only is it a leaner meat, but it’s versatile and tastes great in everything from sandwiches to meatloafs to pot pies and beyond. So throw those thoughts of Thanksgiving out the window and …

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Potatoes were SO last century. And french fries? Blech! Between the sluggish carb overload and the finger-coating grease, the only time you should want french fries is when you’re ten. Or at greasy burger joint in the middle of nowhere waiting on a tow-truck because your car blew a gasket. Beyond those two occasions french …

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Sometimes when life hands you lemons, you should make lemonade. Sometimes you should use them to do other things: like lighten your hair or make your garbage disposal smell better. Because even though sometimes lemons are sour, if life’s out there on a street corner handing them out for free, you should never turn that …

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Thrown any notions you have of health food in the trash can along with that diet magazine you subscribed to two years ago, but don’t know how to cancel. Healthy eating isn’t about tiny portions and going to bed sad and hating life. Sometimes it’s picking one solid plan and sticking to it. If, for …

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If you don’t have an Instant Pot yet, stop reading. Immediately click the link and go get one. Seriously, Instant Pot will cut cut your cooking time and make you wonder why you didn’t switch to pressure cooking sooner. We’re talking recipes so fast that it would take longer to go through the drive-through. Plus, …

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Know when you’ve gotta go and you just ‘know’ it’s gonna be bad? Maybe it was too many chicken tacos the night before. Or that milk that tasted just a ‘little’ off at breakfast. Or maybe you just drank coffee and now your body’s gonna do what a body’s gonna do. We’ve all been there. …

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Southern people know a lot of things for sure: it ain’t tea if it ain’t sweet, that store you’re looking for is down yonder as the crow flies, and really good barbecue takes a really long time to make. The truth is, while all those things are true, they aren’t absolute…especially that bbq bit. Want …

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Everyone knows peanut butter & jelly is for kids. You cut off the crusts, cut it into triangles (or squares, if you’re a monster), and serve it with a glass of milk. But somewhere deep inside all of us is a little kid who doesn’t understand why they can’t have naps anymore. Just because you’re …

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Remember when you were a kid and all you wanted for lunch was peanut butter and jelly? And your mom tried to convince you to eat apple, too, or maybe some carrots or celery, but we all knew that was a losing battle? Nothing tastes better than a good old fashioned peanut butter and jelly …

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Next time you’re thinking about a dessert to bring to a gathering, or something sweet to make for your family on the fly, forget boring chocolate and look for tart and tangy lemon, instead. These 25 lemon desserts will make the people you love pucker up and say YUM! With everything from pies to fudge …

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My favorite picture of me from when I was a kid is me sitting on the bed, sucking my thumb, with a book open on my lap. I must have only been about two or three and yet that picture encapsulates the entirety of my life from that moment forward. I have never stopped loving …

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Rice is great if you’re really hungry and want to eat two-thousand of something (Mitch Hedberg said that), but did you know there’s a lot of other things you can do with rice other than use it for food? Yeah, we’ve probably all thrown a wet phone into a bag of rice to try to …

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Nothing tastes better on a cold winter day than a drink that heats you from the inside out. And that’s exactly what this sinfully delicious slow cooker hot cocoa is made for. Decadent to the core, this traditional, easy recipe will fill your home with the sweet, sweet smell of chocolate as it cooks, and …

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Whether you’re trying to get fit, or just make healthier food choices, low-carb is a great way to cut the calories without cutting the taste. And when you’re trying to feed a family, easy is the best way to go. I’ve rounded up 25 Low-Carb Slow Cooker Dinner Recipes Your Family Will Love. So much in …

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You want to give your sweetheart something nice and sweet this Valentine’s Day, right? Something smooth, chocolatey, memorable… Something they’ll think about on those days when sweetness isn’t on the menu. These Sweetheart Cheesecake Wafers are exactly what your love-muffin is craving, they just don’t know it yet. Smooth as Barry White’s voice and just …

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Nothing brings dread faster than hearing, “What’s for dinner?” especially when you have no idea. Sometimes it feels like the best idea is to get fast food, but with Instant Pot, fast food happens in the comfort of your kitchen! With Instant Pot, you can take delicious pot roast from craving to table faster than …

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No pressure, but if you aren’t cooking with a pressure cooker yet – you’re wasting your time. Seriously, pressure cookers are truly fast food…and most of the dishes can be made in 30 minutes or less! That means even if you get home late from work, you can have a hot, home-cooked meal on the table …

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Harsh weather leaving you with sad skin? No worries, we’ve got the solution: these scent-sational sugar scrubs will leave your skin fabulously flawless, and they all smell ah-maz-ING! Don’t give in to flaky, dry, dusty skin, give it some ‘sugar’ instead! Trust us – you’ll thank us when you’re older. Have fun! 25 Scent-sational Sugar …

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Sometimes eating healthy feels like a punishment…but honestly, if it does, you’re doing it wrong. There is no rule that says healthy food has to taste gross. In fact, sometimes the healthier version of something tastes better than the original. Take this vegan chocolate chia pudding, for instance. While regular chocolate pudding can sometimes taste …

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I never tasted a kolache until I moved to Texas. Before the move, breakfast was all about donuts, or the occasional sausage gravy over biscuits. Both amazing options, don’t get me wrong, but nothing compared to a delicious kolache. See, kolaches make you feel as if you’re both getting a treat, and eating a somewhat …

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Seems like a great concept: every year as we put away our Thanksgiving platters, and take out our Christmas tree, we think about the Elf and all the merriment he’ll bring our children in December. We plan his pranks, and antics – the blue milk, the tiny sooty Elf footprints leading away from the fireplace. …

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Diets fail because we tell ourselves we can’t eat what we want anymore. But that’s just not true! If there is something you absolutely love to eat, chances are there is someone out there who has designed a low-calorie version of that food. And I’m here to tell you, diets don’t have to be about …

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Winter is filled with to-do lists. Between shopping, baking, holiday parties, kid recitals, school parties, and a dozen other things you won’t know about until last minute, sometimes it feels like winter is trying to kill you. Not only is there a ton to do, but almost every stop involves you making or bringing some …

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Cranberry lovers know that while the holiday season is our Super Bowl, our games go all year. Anyone who loves that sweet, tangy, tart burst of cranberry on their tongue craves amazing cranberry recipes year round, and even if Thanksgiving and Christmas are the big show, these 25 tart and tangy cranberry recipes will truly …

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Spilled milk? Don’t cry over it! Turns out there are a lot of things you can do with milk other than use it for food. Sure, milk is great for soaking fish to get out the fishy flavor before you cook it, but did you know it can polish leather? How about fix fine china? …

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Patty cake, patty cake, bakers man, or, in this cake, fry it up in a skillet, man! Whether you’re talking crab cakes, or onion patties, veggie melts or something in between they all add up to the same thing: delicious, easy, homemade comfort food. And no matter what your taste, there is Something you and …

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When it comes to winter flavors, one of the first things I start to crave each year are fresh cranberries. By themselves these tiny tart berries are a bit hard to handle, but once you start mixing them into delicious recipes? Boy, howdy, I’ll be one of the first to gobble them up. These orange …

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One of the hardest things I’ve had to accept as an adult is that I have caviar tastes, with a Ramen budget. I’m one of those people who will drool her way through Anthropologie and lightly caress every single thing while whispering under my breath, Someday you’ll be mine… Thing is, if you’re even a little …

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Yes, Christmas is for kids. Blah, blah. It’s a holiday of hope, and peace, and cheer. But, for those of us with truly geeky hearts, that doesn’t mean we can’t geek out just a little bit when it comes to decorating our trees. In fact, what kind of fans would we be if we didn’t …

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After a long day, the last thing you want to do is spend an hour preparing dinner for a family who is too tired to really enjoy it. So we either order in, or we throw something together that makes our parent-guilt shoot through the roof and we spend half the night not sleeping because …

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Between Halloween parties, game nights, football parties, dinner parties, and any other kind of festive occasion you can imagine, fall is a very social season. And this year, instead of serving your friends all the boring drinks (wine, beer, liquor, blah, blah) that they can find anywhere (c’mon, we’re not teenagers…impress them!), we suggest you go …

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Remember when you were a kid and winter life was as simple as coming home from school, kicking off your shoes at the door, and plopping down for homework before dinner? Maybe some bike riding. Maybe some running around the street screaming with your friends. Maybe you’re a lot younger than me and for you …

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Confession: I always thought I’d hate bread pudding. The name itself does not sound appetizing. It sounds like bread that’s been sitting in goop for too long and getting mushy and now you’re trying to convince me to eat it and you’re calling it a ‘classic dessert’. Um…no, thankyousomuch. But a few years ago while …

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How much do we love sugar skulls? Seriously, I don’t think I know a single person who isn’t obsessed with these gorgeous images. From art work to clothing, to cartoons (Monster High, anyone??) sugar skulls are Everywhere. And in celebration of that we wanted to bring you 20 Dazzling DIY Sugar Skull Crafts. Fall is …

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This year, don’t show up at the party empty handed. Whether it’s a family gathering, or a potluck at work, preparing the perfect Thanksgiving take-along doesn’t have to take a lot of time. In fact, here are 33 Thanksgiving Slow-Cooker Recipes that will save you time and that taste amazing! Your friends and family will ‘gobble’ …

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There are so many times I’m in the kitchen and think to myself, “Man, I wish someone would invent THIS…” So, yesterday I was making toast and thinking that again when my friend told me, “You know there’s a see-through toaster, right?” No. Freakin’. Way. I’m telling you, I’ve never been so excited about a …

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Am I the only one who has noticed the end of Halloween? When I was a kid, we’d all go out into the neighborhood, ON Halloween night, dressed in our hobo Indian princess pirate get-ups, knocking door to door and hoping we didn’t get kidnapped. Our food was either x-rayed by the local hospital (for …

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Ever since I was a little girl, I’ve had sensitive teeth. I’m that picky person who orders all her drinks with no ice, and drinks all of her hot coffee lukewarm. In short, it blows. Now there are special toothpastes that make things way less painful for everyone, and to help get kids psyched I’ve made …

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Twelve new chapters, 365 chances to get things right. A new year means a chance to start over, and a chance to plan your new adventures. Time to let go of the past so that you can write your future. For this new year, we wanted to offer you a free printable 2018 calendar as …

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Halloween is all about tall tales and scary stories. From the headless horseman to chainsaw wielding baddies to apples laced with arsenic, there are a lot of Halloween stories that never, ever happened. But that’s fine. It’s the one day of the year where we can believe in the paranormal. Believe in ghosts and zombies, …

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While everyone on the internet has spent the past few days marveling over the super hot emergency workers down in Florida, I’m just sitting here staring at pictures of Ben Skarsgård and wondering how they made someone so ridiculously beautiful look so terrifyingly scary in IT? Yeah, that actor who plays the scary clown in IT? …

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Imagine being so exhausted that you fall asleep propped on a bag of charcoal. For Deputy Sheriff Robert Goerlitz of Harris County, Texas, these brief moments of rest are all he is going to see until the work is done. A former marine and now law enforcement official for 25 years, Bob Goerlitz has faced …

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Amazon Prime members take note: according to a new report, Amazon plans to drop Whole Foods notoriously high prices and make the Amazon Prime Rewards their new discount program. What does that mean for you? If you’re someone who loves amazing food, but hates high prices, this is your Superbowl! Didn’t think you cared that …

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For some of us, Netflix is life. And I wouldn’t dare go into the school year without knowing what’s coming up. Why? Because for the first time in MONTHS the kids actually have a bedtime. And because they’re so tired from school, they’re actually GOING to bed. I mean, what’s better as a parent than …

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With all the hubbub about the solar eclipse, your kids have probably asked you a billion questions already. But if they never saw one before, they might not have known every question to ask, and there are some that are probably going to come up now that might not have before! So here are 10 …

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Walmart just issued an apology for a controversial banner than read “Back To School Hero” hung above a gun rack, but does Walmart really have anything to apologize for? After all, grizzly attacks are a big deal and if we can’t call a gun totin’ grizzly killin’ student a hero, are we even American? Walmart …

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One North Texas woman has a bone to pick with Disney, and if I were Mickey, I’d watch out. Turns out, between various conferences and a vacation with her kid, blogger Jamie Harrington ended up going to Disney an epic FIVE times in ONE summer. Almost immediately after returning home for the school year, Harrington …

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An unnamed Texas woman is being criticized for feeding her daughter a shocking amount of bread each month – over 100 slices. She defends this strange diet saying, “My daughter is growing like a weed and her doctor thinks she’s healthy, so what’s wrong with that?” Before she started this diet, the woman says her …

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This is not a drill, folks: your littles are about to have a meltdown and right now there’s nothing you can do to change that. Disney has decided to pull their entire library off of streaming giant, Netflix, so it can hack out its own piece of the streaming pie. Sometime in 2019, Disney will …

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When we marry our sweetheart most of the time we’re young, kinda dumb, and basically broke. I mean, a lot of us, at least. Let’s get real: most of us do not have the fairytale marriage that we dreamed of when we were five. You know, that marriage we practiced out with the Barbie and …

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If you’re a Netflix hound like me, the end of the month is your least favorite time, and the beginning is the best. At the end of each month, Netflix gets rid of a bunch of movies…sometimes your favorites…sometimes ones that were in your list but you hadn’t quite made it to them yet. And …

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I think I was eight-years-old the first time I saw a dinosaur footprint in the ground. I knew dinosaurs existed before then, but that was the first time I saw evidence with my own eyes. I was on a exploration trip with my Girl Scouts troop and we visited a place where dinosaurs had once …

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A green puppy. I didn’t even know that was a thing. Like, did you know that’s a thing? Turns out it’s exceptionally rare, but does happen. What happens is some of the mama’s bile fluid mixes with the amniotic fluid and dyes the puppy’s fur while it’s in the womb. So when the puppy is …

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We’ve all seen her: the frazzled mom who has too much going on and is pushing a baby in a stroller and has no hands left for anything. Then, the baby spits out the pacifier. What does mom do? Picks it up, pops it into her own mouth, and gives it back to baby. So. …

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Breast is best. Almost from the moment you see those beautiful double lines, you start hearing that mantra. And you’ve seen research. Listened to friends. Had plenty of doctors tell you the same. Offices have lactation rooms. Breastfeeding is legal in literally every single public space in America. So why would so many people go …

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Sometimes it seems like teenagers are physically attached to their cell phones, but for one family that attachment came at a tragic cost. Madison Coe, 14, of Lubbock, Texas, died Sunday morning while either plugging in her cell phone while taking a bath, or using her plugged-in cell phone in the bathtub. Her heartbroken family …

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Being a parent means a lot of things, but one of the big ones is finding yourself watching episode after episode of annoying cartoons. It. Is. Tedious. And for many of us completely unavoidable. Kids like what they like and as a parent it might seem like you’re just along for the ride. The very …

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It’s July and by this point you’ve crafted, painted, planted, and probably taken the kids to at least a couple of snow cone stands. And it’s hot. So hot. So you’re a mom, staying home with the kids, in the heat, and because they’re bored they basically fight every single waking moment. That’s exactly what …

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Here’s the thing, when you’re successful, people think they are entitled to your success. Everyone wants a piece of it, and they love to say things like “everything you touch turns to gold,” and “gosh it just comes so easy to you.” Um, no. You’re wrong. I worked my butt off for this. I am …

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If you’ve got kids you know what a nightmare carseats are. Not just making sure you’ve got the correct size for every single stage of development, but making sure it’s facing the right way, and the seatbelt is attached properly, and the straps are in the right spot, and the buckle is where it should …

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Words matter. That’s the big takeaway from the Michelle Carter conviction. While we parents were busy worrying about whether our children should watch 13 REASONS WHY, a series based off of a popular young adult book written by Jay Asher, the real life case of a young woman who convinced her boyfriend to commit suicide …

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To start with, I know I’m not everyone’s cup of tea. Some people are into coffee. That’s fine. I’m a late 30’s divorced woman who can’t have kids, has way too many animals, hates cleaning house, and is swimming in debt. Oh, and did I mention I’m a bbw? I get how not every guy …

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Fidget spinners are awesome. But, let’s face it: pretty soon your kids are going to be tired of them and you’ll be stepping on them in the dark just like you do all their other discarded toys. It happens. Kids have an attention span equal to a gnat on speed and while fidget spinners might …

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I feel like I need to begin by saying this isn’t a normal thing. It’s not like I live in one of those homes where cockroaches climb up the walls or mice walk across your feet while you’re standing still or anything. My house is cluttered but clean. Could it be better? Sure, but I …

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We have two pregnant women in my family right now. One who’s an old pro at this (baby #3) and one who is experiencing her first rodeo. The old pro is breezing through things as expected, and the newbie is asking some, well, prying questions. We love them both, but it turns out there were …

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Last year you couldn’t click onto Facebook without seeing a story of a police officer going bananas on someone and it was scary as hell. Sometimes the officer was in the wrong, sometimes they were in the right, but ultimately it made a lot of wing nuts start to challenge the police because they wanted …

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