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Pets Helping Out Around The House

This week’s Cuteness Overload is dedicated to Humphrey, an adorable chocolate lab who really needs to start pulling his weight around the house. I hate to say it but the guy is a total deadbeat. For the past seven years, he’s been unemployed and crashing rent-free on my friend Stacy’s couch. Last weekend, we ordered pizza and (as usual) he didn’t even offer to chip in. “Ok,” I thought. “Maybe he’s just not hungry.” But then he stared at us the ENTIRE time we ate until everyone was uncomfortable.

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Raspberry Grape Mini Muffins

If your kids are like ours, they love muffins – theyre sweet, delicious and fun to eat. As registered dietitian nutritionists, we are typically hesitant to serve muffins with breakfast or as a snack since they are usually calorie-bombs nearly the size of our kids heads and with the nutritional equivalent of cake.So when we found a muffin recipe that includes wholesome ingredients like bran flour, 100% grape juice, cinnamon, bananas and raspberries …

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Moms in Control: The Growing Power of Women

The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. -Alice Walker Why only one day for Mothers? Im devoting the whole month of May to women everywhere, and mothers in particular, for we have one of the toughest tasks in the world – raising the next generation.

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Stay the Path

You are walking along a path. The path is green and lush. Its vibrant and almost glowing. This is your lifes authentic path. To the side of you is mountainous terrain, steep and rocky. There are points along the path where you experience falling rocks. Youre frightened. Scared of being tumbled and crushed by the rocks you see coming towards you at faster and faster speeds.