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Life, Love and Fanny Packs: The Rio 2 Cast Interviews

Are your kids excited for Rio 2? The film is flying into theaters everywhere on April 11 and follows love birds Jewel and Blue as they return to her roots in the Amazon and discover some new family members.The sequel features the voices of Anne Hathaway, Jesse Eisenberg, Jemaine Clement, Tracy Morgan, George Lopez, Rodrigo Santoro, Andy Garcia, Kristin Chenoweth, and Jamie Foxx – but the real star of the show is the incredible soundtrack …

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The Best Ways to Conserve Energy

Going green is not only the right thing to do for the environment, it’s good for your wallet. The U.S. Energy Information Administration reports that the average electric bill for Americans is more than $100 per month. Those costs can zoom in the warmer months when you turn on the air conditioning or in the cooler months if you use electric heat.

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Change of Plans

Lately, I have been trying to figure out a personal balance that feels right between time online and time unplugged. You may have got that sense last week in the article Does Unplugging Help Achieve Balance? Our family time on the weekend is something I truly treasure. Currently, with my blogging schedule I publish a new post 5 times per week, Sunday afternoon through Thursday afternoon. The reason I have done it this way is …