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Are You Ruining Sports For Your Kid?

Every fall, there’s a bright shining sports moment when the four most competitive, most watched professional men’s games are simultaneously played in the United States. Sadly for Mets fans, gloriously for the Royals, the World Series ended Sunday night. But basketball, hockey, and football offer daily consolation. As so many of us, alongside our kids,…

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My New Family Rules: Please Don’t End Up Dead Or In Jail!

Two distinctly different pieces of paper taped inside one of my kitchen closet doors recently caught my eye. It is amazing that I could see anything in that mess, actually. I long ago ceded that 10 by 6 foot cave to the coats-snow boots-dirty laundry maelstrom of life with three teenagers, four cats, and a 75 pound shaggy black dog.However, since the kids open these doors 20 times a day, the closet doors have …

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Celebrating Autumn with Starbucks® Fall Blend

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This post come from Chastity over at My Rays Of Sunshine. Make sure to check out her great blog!

Hello Sunshine! Summer is winding down which hopefully means cooler weather, special back to school moments, and new fall memories. Did you know that the first day of Autumn is September 23rd? I can’t wait! I’m counting down the days to less humidity, but I’m already …

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Quick, Hide The Knives

Two articles in the New York Times and the Atlantic Monthly describe new research that unearths the phenomena of womens so-called indirect aggression.Unfortunately, the findings are described in distinctly negative terms. The Evolution of Bitchiness, is the Atlantics title.A Cold War Fought by Women is the slightly less derogatory title chosen by the Times.These august publications are two of the oldest, WASPiest, Harvard-est publications in the nation, devoured by our …

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Nick Lachey: We Definitely Want More Kids!

I love a hands-on dad… a dad that changes diapers, actually knows the babys routine and gushes over their little one. So I was thrilled to find that 98 Degrees singer Nick Lachey is just that type of dad! I talked to Nick about everything from his must-have baby products and his new lullaby album to his TV show and his latest tour. This new dad is like any modern mom, trying to balance career and family. And I have to say he seems to be handling it pretty well. Working Dad