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I Hated Every Minute Of Bed Rest

In spite of my good intentions, bed rest and I were not friends. In fact, we were enemies. My happy mood didnt last long: I started to become depressed and slightly insane. I say slightly, but my husband and those closest to me would probably use the term totally insane.I was placed on pregnancy-induced bed rest at 17 weeks gestation due to a hemorrhage that almost took my life, as well as my …

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Places for Kids’ Birthday Party

You’re buried at work, you sit on two committees at school and the kids have seemingly a thousand activities. And, oh crap, you need to plan a birthday party for your first-born. Instead of banging your head against the wall and having to clean your house, pick up the phone and leave the party planning to somebody else who will gladly host your kid and his friends.

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Weekend Getaway Without Kids: What You HAVE to Know!

Three babysitters. Five months of planning. A ten page long to-do list. Four days of child-free bliss in a foreign country. Remember the days when all you needed to get away was a passport and some vacation time? My hubs and I used to pride ourselves on perfecting the “last-minute” vacay, trying to prove that we were just too cool to actually plan our long weekends in advance. And maybe booking a flight to Vegas that was departing in two hours gave me a slight adrenaline rush. (Well, that and knowing I’d be screaming BLACKJACK! in three hours.)