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Halloween Chocolate Kettle Corn

Halloween is almost here and year after year we use it as an excuse to indulge in delicious treats. Sure you can wait until Halloween night when the kids do all the work getting the candy for you to raid OR you can make yourself this Halloween Chocolate Kettle Corn and satisfy that craving now. Your choice but I'll sit here and munch on this wait I wait... Oh did I mention this is entirely homemade? Yup, it's that delicious! So if you are still reading you've decided to make this homemade Halloween Chocolate Kettle Corn and for that I am applauding you. It's sweet, salty, and Keep Reading >>>

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My Favorite Pregnancy-Safe Essential Oils

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Having a baby is such an exciting time--and you want to do EVERYTHING perfect...or at least I do...can't really speak for you. So, before I do anything (and I mean ANYTHING--even clean house or treat allergies), I try to do some research. And since this is my second pregnancy, I've identified my favorite Pregnancy-Safe Essential Oils so your research is just that much easier than mine was! During the first trimester of pregnancy, experts (I will go ahead and say that I am not an expert as I push my glasses up my nose anyway) say not to use essential oils. So, as soon as you find out, Keep Reading >>>

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5 Minute Teacher Gift for Under 5 Dollars

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It never hurts to bribe your kid's new teacher a little bit on the first day of school with a sweet little teacher gift. We aren't talking anything elaborate or over the top here, just something that lets the teacher know you appreciate all the hard work they are about to put into your child. But, back to school time is expensive already, so for the past few years I've been giving teachers this super simple back to school teacher gift filled with Sharpie markers. The best part? It costs me less than five dollars a teacher. See? That's it. All you do is stick a few Sharpies into a water Keep Reading >>>

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The Real Reason Kate Middleton Looks Great 8 hours Postpartum

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If you follow the Royal Family you've probably heard that Prince William and Kate Middleton welcomed their new baby son this past week. You may also have noticed just how quickly she seems to have bounced back from the birth. Many speculations have circulated and even memes are sweeping the web. I know I have about a million questions but here is The Real Reason Princess Kate Looks Great 8 hours Postpartum. I'll admit I looked NOTHING like she did with the birth of my two sons. In fact, I didn't even looked half way put together. I had barely showed, was wearing a massive diaper and Keep Reading >>>

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McDonald’s Lunch Bunch Event

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Calling all Texans! Y'all love McDonald's right? I know I do! That is why I want to share McDonald's Lunch Bunch Event that is happening in just a few days! McDonald's Lunch Bunch Event Mark your calendars because you and your family will want to head to your local McDonald's for the Lunch Bunch Event! Lunch Bunch will take place at a McDonald’s restaurant in the Dallas, Fort Worth and Tyler areas on the following days: Dallas - Tuesday, April 24 from 11am-noon McDonald’s Location: 6950 Greenville Avenue Dallas, TX 75231 Fort Worth – Wednesday, April 25 from Keep Reading >>>

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25 Totally Adorable Easter Crafts

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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 bin labeled Easter and make everything from construction paper woven Easter baskets, to stained glass window art. Looking back now I realize I can't remember what most of those crafts looked like. What I do remember is all that time sitting at the table with my Keep Reading >>>

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20 Kid Safe YouTube Channels

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My daughter hasn't watched regular television in over six months. It's all YouTube all the time, and anyone who's fallen down that rabbit hole knows that it's hard to find Kid Safe YouTube channels. Or at least it was, I've compiled some of the best kid-friendly YouTube channels out there for you below! Bonus: If you are looking for some educational YouTube channels that kids will actually enjoy, check these out here. Note: We will do our best to keep this list up to date. Please recommend any channels that you and your kids love in the comments below. 20+ Kid Safe Keep Reading >>>

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Free Printable Health and Fitness Planner

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I want to be healthy. Drink more water, exercise regularly, and eat healthy. But I get derailed from my fitness goals easily because I really like breakfast tacos and dark soda. So, this time I am doing something about it with a free printable health and fitness planner. Get Your Printable Here What is in the free printable health and fitness planner? A schedule to help you kick your soda habit in 5 weeks A monthly workout calendar A daily food and calorie tracker A fruit and veggie intake sheet A weekly meal planner FREE PRINTABLE 2018 Keep Reading >>>

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100+ Awesome DIY Coffee Mug Art Creations

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You know you love it...that mug that you reach for every morning--the one you're disappointed if it's in the sink...and you might even hand wash if it is dirty. If you don't have one, you're totally missing-out! Mine recently broke (I dropped it!). So I'm making a new mug--and getting inspiration from these 100 Awesome DIY Coffee Mug Art Creations. On to the awesome DIY muggnificentness! Unique DIY Mug Art: This nail-polish Marbled Mug of cuteness is awesome. Make your own disposable coffee cup! No tutorial, just a beautiful idea...Polymer Clay Swirls Mug. I love Keep Reading >>>

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Santa Veggie Tray

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Christmas is a great reason to throw a party and serve up delicious food and drinks. But don't you dare think about ordering those boring pre-made party trays! Instead, make this Santa Veggie Tray it will sure impress the crowd and best of all, it doesn't take longer than a few minutes to put together! Did I mention we are partnering with Marzetti® Veggie Dips to share this recipe and tutorial with you? Well, we totally are! What You Will Need to Make a Santa Veggie Tray: Red Bell Peppers Cherry Tomatoes Cauliflower Cucumbers Black Olives Marzetti Veggie Dips Keep Reading >>>

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3-Minute Peppermint Hot Chocolate

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Tis' the Season for hot chocolate. I bet you are sipping on some right now, aren't you? If you answered no, I am going to go ahead and assume your store was out of hot chocolate because with the cold weather, everyone needs some in a mug and in their hands at all times! So if you don't have any right now and wondering how long it'd take you to make some, I am going to let you in on a little secret! I am partnering with International Delight today to share with a 3-Minute Peppermint Hot Chocolate recipe. Wait, just 3 minutes? Oh, yes! It's delicious and a recipe that even Santa will Keep Reading >>>

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This Is The Free Printable After School Survey Your Children Will Be Happy To Fill Out

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After school is all about simple in my house. It's a lot of work being a kid, and anything I can do to make it easier is okay by me. Download Your Free Printable After School Survey The thing is, it's hard for me to get the kids to open up and talk after school. I want to talk about what happened-- who they hung out with. I want to know if they had a bad day, who they have a crush on. I want to know everything. But when I ask what they learned, I always get a shrug and the answer, "stuff." So I came up with a survey! You see, I make them something to much on after school, and I Keep Reading >>>

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My Husband is a Big Kid and It’s Awesome

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I live in a house full of boys so big messes, gross things, and laughing at random things are totally part of my day. Boys will be boys but I wouldn't change any of it for the world. Not even the part where my husband is pretty much a third child. I love that my husband is a big kid. It's AWESOME. He can play and connect with our boys and they adore him for it. So today we are partnering with Toys R Us to share a fun way you can have your kids connect with dad this summer. My Husband is a Big Kid and It's Awesome I want to start by saying that my husband is not childish or immature for Keep Reading >>>

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How to Plan A Night Out with Friends

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As we grow older the amount of friends we have and who we remain friends with changes. My husband and I have a great group of friends we have grown close with over the years and every now and again we get together to share some food and fun. If you are needing a night out with your friends, here are some ways on How to Plan a Night Out with Friends. How to Plan A Night Out with Friends I'll be the first to admit that finding a night where everyone can get together can be like pulling your tooth out. It hurts and it's a long process but in the end, you are happy you did it. I am sort of Keep Reading >>>

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Fattitude…And Why Your Shaming Won’t Shame Me

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Dear Nicole Arbour, Call me fat. Make fun of my size if that makes you feel better as a human being. Feel free to say I smell like sausage, and sweat Crisco and that my broke-down knees made you late in the airport, because I can take it. Nicole, say whatever the damn thing you want about me because at the end of the day, I'm the one who lives in my body...not you...and I'm the one who has to decide if I love myself or not. Your shaming won't shame me, dear Nicole, because everything you have said are things I've heard before. I was the kid who gained thirty pounds over the summer Keep Reading >>>

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The Time A Grasshopper Tried To Kill Me

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The other night on I was telling a story on Facebook Live about the time a grasshopper tried to kill me. It sounds over-exaggerated, I know, but I'm going to tell you the story, and I'm pretty sure that by the end of it you will see why I have developed an irrational fear of grasshoppers. It was a dark and stormy night on the evening of the first attempted murder... Okay, not really. It was 80 degrees and beautiful outside; which is really how I came to be in the cross hairs of the grasshopper to begin with. We live in Florida. The bugs here are the size of birds everywhere else in the Keep Reading >>>

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Easy Ways to Go Green

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Tom's of Maine for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. You know that saying "You only live once"? While that is entirely true, you do also live through your kids, grandkids, etc. That is exactly why I've started making small changes in my home to go green because after all, we've only got one Earth and unless we create some sort of time travel device to go back and correct our wrongs, we need to take care of it now. Sure, Earth Day may have passed but that doesn't mean you can't be proactive on going green every day of the year! So let's Keep Reading >>>

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My Secret to Making Homemade Meals Easier

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I'll admit, I don't particularly like to cook. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE food but I don't like all the time spent making a home cooked meal. I guess I'd just rather spent my time crafting or hanging with my family over cooking, and can you truly blame me? Some days it takes everything I have in me to get a hot fresh meal on the table but I do it because my family deserves it. To save myself a bit of sanity, I've found a way to make things much (much) easier when it comes to cooking. So today I am partnering with Cans Get You Cooking to share My Secret to Making Homemade Meals Easier. Promise, Keep Reading >>>

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An Open Letter To Summer

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Dear Summer, Last year I forgot to love you the way you were meant to be loved. I forgot to spend long days out by the pool listening to the sound of giggling, splashing kids. I forgot to eat the freshest fruits straight from the farmer's market, but most of all, I forgot that you would end. I always forget about summer's end-- there's so much to be done during the summer, and I have a list a mile long of things I had planned to do during the summer that never got done. So this summer will be different. This summer, I promise these things: I promise to get up early. Look, I Keep Reading >>>

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20 April Showers Crafts for Kids

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It's raining, it's pouring, your kids think life is boring, these crafts are fun, we're all-for-one, we call this #ParentScoring! Seriously, though, after this super snowy winter these 20 April Showers Crafts for Kids might be just what you need for the rainy days to come. Have fun! 20 April Showers Crafts for Kids: 1. Your kids are going to love making it rain with this Rain Cloud in a Jar. 2. Jackson Pollock step aside, there's a new artist in town and this Action Painted Umbrella the masterpiece! 3. Free Weather Printables are perfect for the kid who wants more homework Keep Reading >>>

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You Won’t Believe Which Women’s Products Men Confess To Loving!

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I am totally guilty of swiping my man's razor when mine is getting a little dull. I also feel no shame about wearing his comfy pants. What? His are roomier! When I saw this comment thread on Ask Reddit about men confessing which women's products they love to steal I laughed so hard I knew I had to share it with you. Bathrobes That last guy is asking the important questions. Luckily a lady jumped in to answer his question... Well, that escalated quickly... Fuzzy Socks You could try moonwalking away. I would be impressed. Shampoo I don't even know what to say about Keep Reading >>>

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The Perfect MAN-icure

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I personally don't know any woman that would turn down getting a pedicure if the opportunity presented itself. As for a man, that is a total different ball game. My husband won't let anyone near his feet even if I convince him that the manliest of men go to the salon to get pedicures! So I finally talked him into allowing me to give him The Perfect MAN-icure. No, I don't mean a manicure like you get on your hands, I mean a manly pedicure and today we are working with AmLactin to share just how to do it! The Perfect MAN-icure Before we get started, there a few DONT'S I want to Keep Reading >>>

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How I’m Helping My Children Be Drug Free

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This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of National Institute on Drug Abuse for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine. Kids are curious creatures. They explore life through much trial and error. Unfortunately, some of those trials include pushing their boundaries to see how far things can go without consequence. But sometimes consequences come with a heavy price, one that kids are not often prepared for. So today I want to share How I'm Helping My Children Be Drug Free. This is something I think is extremely important each and every parent does so their kids have the essential facts Keep Reading >>>

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When Car Buying Is Too Much to Handle

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So you have this idea in your head that you want to buy a new car. Great! Now really think about that for a second... uh, oh, those wheels start to turn (in your head that is) and you start thinking of the hassle of finding a car you love, within your budget, and from a reputable dealership. Then it hits you: Car buying is too much to handle and you want to throw in the towel (or keys). Well, don't! We are partnering up today with Cars.com to share with how you can handle car buying like a boss and leave with the car of your dreams! When Car Buying Is Too Much to Handle Car buying can Keep Reading >>>

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How To Do Eyeliner That Doesn’t Look Like A 5 Year Old Did It.

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Eyeliner is one of those things that can be so downright frustrating to do that a lot of women just say "Screw it!" and skip it altogether. Whether you can't get both sides even, or you just struggle with technique: Here are some tips on how to do eyeliner that doesn't look like a 5 year old did it. Decide which type of eyeliner works best for you There are three common types. Liquid (the ones that seem like they would be easiest to use but are really are tiny demons disguised as pens and bottles), Gel (intimidating little pots that require the use of an eyeliner brush), and pencil (the Keep Reading >>>

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5 Ways to Save Time On Laundry

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Laundry is a real chore. It's one of those things that is done for a few minutes or even less if you have small children or in my case a messy husband! So when you really get down to thinking of the dirty business, you realize you spend so much time actually doing laundry and it's a NEVER ENDING cycle of wash loads. Well I am going to help with that! Today I am partnering with ARM & HAMMER™ to bring you 5 Ways to Save Time On Laundry. I know, I probably answered your prayers and you are welcome! 5 Ways to Save Time On Laundry Do laundry in smaller loads. You may think this is more Keep Reading >>>

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Free Printable 2016 Calendar – Make Your New Year’s Resolutions a Reality

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I'm having such a hard time believing that 2015 is almost over! Where in the world did the year go?! Since the New Year has snuck up on me yet again, I guess that means it's time to make some last minute New Year's resolutions, and I'm going to be doing it with the help of this Free Printable 2016 Calendar! Pretty and functional! Whatever your New Year's resolutions happen to be for this coming year, I'm sure you'll find a use for this calendar. If you want your own copy of this cute little calendar, you can download it here: Free Printable 2016 Calendar! Keep Reading >>>

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Sugar Cookie Chex Mix

Death By Dessert

Soon everyone will be baking cookies for Santa but my jolly, golly, cookies are a thing of the past! How about instead, you make something that tastes like cookies but isn't? Don't you think that would catch Santa off-guard? I sure do! So today we are partnering with Chex Mix to share this Sugar Cookie Chex Mix recipe with you. It tastes like the real thing but it isn't. But again, it's oh so good your tastebuds won't know the difference! Whether you serve it to Santa or to party guests, I am sure it will be a hit. Supplies Needed to Make Sugar Cookie Chex Mix: 6 cups Rice Chex™ Keep Reading >>>

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What It’s Like To Have Coffee With Your Ex-Husband

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Coffee with your ex-husband is an art. I've been divorced for several years now, my ex-husband and I have moved on and both have serious significant others. It's pretty safe to say we are over most of the emotion that comes with ending a marriage, and are now just committed to giving our daughter the best life we can. Because of this, we get together every once in awhile for coffee to go over our daughter's life events, schedules, etc. Sure we can do this via text and phone calls, but if we'd been good at communicating with one another, we probably would have done a better job at making our Keep Reading >>>

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White Chocolate Peppermint Cocktail

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While the holidays bring cheer and happiness, they also bring a bit of craziness. At the end of the day, sometimes the best way to get through it all is through a delicious cocktail. Since I am all about peppermint, (and that is the total craze now) I partnered with Agave In The Raw® and came up with this White Chocolate Peppermint Cocktail. It may just be the drink that knocks Santa's boots off! Supplies Needed to Make a White Chocolate Peppermint Cocktail: 1/4 Teaspoon Agave In The Raw® 1 oz. Rum Chata 1 oz. Peppermint Schnapps Marshmallow Creme Red Food Keep Reading >>>

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How Can I Actually Have Whiter Teeth?

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Smiling's My Favorite! I really do love to smile and anyone that has ever told you they don't, is LYING! I mean smiling is like the best thing in the world because it means you are happy. Plus it is contagious. So it makes sense that I want my smile to look as PERFECT as it can be but I'll be honest, that isn't easy. Having a whiter smile is part of my issue. So I asked myself, "How Can I Actually Have Whiter Teeth?".You see, I have what I like to call a "coffee addiction". By now, coffee probably runs through my veins. I am a mom and I work full-time from my home so coffee really keeps me Keep Reading >>>

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Make Your Own Peppermint and Chocolate Chex Mix

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Here's the thing, I love snacking. Snacking is sort of my thing and during the holidays, there seems to be a lot more snacking going on. If you have something with chocolate and peppermint, it has my name written all over it. So today I am partnering with Chex Mix to share with you How to Make Your Own Peppermint and Chocolate Chex Mix. It's yumtastic! Supplies Needed to Make Peppermint and Chocolate Chex Mix: 3 Cups Rice Chex Cereal 3 Cups Chocolate Chex Cereal 2 Cups of White Vanilla Baking Chips 1/2 Cup Coarsely Crushed Peppermint Candy (about 16 miniature candy canes, Keep Reading >>>

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