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Scrapping Cooking Time for Playtime
Last night, I made lamb chops, mashed potatoes, and our vegetable was a Brussels sprouts salad with sliced apples, walnuts, chèvre, and balsamic vinegar. Tonight, I whipped up some cinnamon-sauteed...
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Ten Great Gifts for a Grandchild's First Christmas
This will be Johnny Mac Pippin's first Christmas and I'm tempted to bombard him with presents. Except, he'll only be seven-months-old and won't have the first clue about what the heck's going on. Then...
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Facebook Exchange, Targeted Ads, and Opting to Opt Out
I read about the Facebook Exchange (FBX) curious as to what it meant for online privacy. I'm not of the belief that targeted advertising is all good or bad, but I do think we should have the ability to...
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Fostering the Old Dog-New Dog Relationship
While the old adage, 'you can't teach an old dog new tricks' might still be true, your senior pup may have to make room in their lives for a younger canine:"Today, I came upon Kiki in the bathroom. She...
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Mothering: Why Mimosas Exist
[Editor's Note: What does your real mothering life look like? Is it as you pictured it? Is it magazine quality? Or is it like mine? Kinda messy and nothing like I imagined. Ashley at I Love You More...
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Channing Tatum Named People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive 2012: I Disagree
So, the illustrious People magazine named Channing Tatum the Sexiest Man Alive of 2012. I know, right? Channing Tatum? Really, People? Credit Image: © Nancy Kaszerman/ZUMAPRESS.com And because I have...
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Thankful Bucket Garland...A Thanksgiving Family Tradition
Fall is a time for slowing down, enjoying incredible weather and time with friends! This year we started a couple of new family traditions. Today we are going to show you how to create this adorable...
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Call Me Wildly Optimistic, But I Think Education is Going to Survive the...
Now that the 2012 election has ended, the news beast has decided we'll get all crazed over the upcoming "fiscal cliff." There must be NEWSMAGEDDON!!!!!! at all times, so the debt ceiling gridlock that...
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Career! Sonia Sotomayor Schools Abby on Sesame Street
At the risk of dating myself, I don’t think I heard the word “career” until I was in college. Back then most of us didn’t think about careers other than traditional female occupations like teaching and...
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Lessons Learned & a New Dream from New Moms
[Editor's Note: So much truth rings true in the words Heather at Sit a Spell wrote about the things she has learned while helping new moms learn to breastfeed. My jaw dropped and I nodded and I felt...
View ArticleBlogHer Conferences Weekly Update - - November 16, 2012
Hi friends and happy weekend! We have some fun things to share with you so I'm jumping right in.Thank you to all of you who submitted a request to volunteer at BlogHer Food '13 in Austin. We will get...
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London: The British Museum
Planning a trip to London? Don't miss this local gem - just a short walk from Buckingham Palace. Kids, especially, will love it, as proven by the post's accompanying photos:"The British Museum was...
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BlogHer Editors Shop for Gifts (Well, Kind of Mostly for Ourselves)
You know how sometimes you're shopping for holiday gifts and something for you, well, it just sneaks its way into your cart, even though you didn't intend to buy that thing, totally, like, at all?...
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Twilight Breaking Dawn Part II: So? Did You See It?
So...who did it? Who braved a thursday midnight 10pm screening of the Twilight franchise's final installment? I mean someone did, because the movie had taken in $30.4 million dollars by the time...
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Consumers Move the Market on Toxic BPA
It was just three years ago when I was working on the first ban on the toxic chemical, BPA. I was living in Minnesota, working long hours at the state legislature and with the public to educate...
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What Do You Keep for a (Potential) Second Baby?
[Editor's Note: My husband and I lucked out when we had our second kid. Born two years and one week apart -- and the same gender -- we got to reuse almost everything. That didn't mean that storing the...
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Tips To Keep From Hoarding Your Preserved Food
[Editor's Note: Every now and then, I have to go on a quest to "eat down my freezer"that's when I make a concerted effort to go through and weed out frozen food that has been in there a little longer...
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The Best Drugstore Beauty Buys
Think you have to spend a fortune at designer stores for quality beauty products? Think again. Often overlooked, the drugstore is packed full of products that perform just as well as their expensive...
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BlogHer Editors Shop for Gifts (Well, Kind of Mostly for Ourselves)
You know how sometimes you're shopping for holiday gifts and something for you, well, it just sneaks its way into your cart, even though you didn't intend to buy that thing, totally, like, at all?...
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Twilight Breaking Dawn Part II: So? Did You See It?
So...who did it? Who braved a thursday midnight 10pm screening of the Twilight franchise's final installment? I mean someone did, because the movie had taken in $30.4 million dollars by the time...
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