Now that I’m a new mom, I’m suddenly aware of a new trend of *not* giving pacifiers to babies. When did this happen? And when did the trend turn to scolding moms for using them.
Like many new parents I was pointed towards the book “Happiest Baby on The Block” , and the main concept of [...]

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Have you ever had to go on a trip without your furbabies and worried about how they would get their three square meals a day without you? Well the folks over at Popgadget have the answer with the Pet Phone Remote Food Dispenser.

When it’s time for Fido to eat you simply call the feeder from [...]

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How do I recap the final rose ceremony and the two hours leading up to it? Do I just cut right to the chase? Do I make you wait and read the entire two hour worth of a recap?
First the girls needed to meet Lorenzo’s parents. We find out that Sadie and Jen share a [...]

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Growing up, I never knew there was such a thing as grated FRESH nutmeg. Mom always used a little tin of Durkee ground nutmeg when making her Thanksgiving pies; I assumed this was nutmeg in its natural state. In later years, as I began to expand my culinary horizons, I did some reading and discovered [...]

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I was poking around my December Glamour magazine the other day and discovered some very useful holiday snacking info. I thought I’d pass it on to everyone.
Did you know…

that choosing champagne over wine or beer will save you quite a few calories? Heck, you can have two glasses of champagne for the same calories as [...]

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With Thanksgiving rapidly approaching- as in, tomorrow- hopefully the menu has been set and the shopping is done, unless you’re like me and have to brave the grocery store for that one stupid $1 ingredient that is key to a dish. So here are a couple last minute reminders to keep in the back of [...]

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Many thanks to jesvet for handling last weeks recap. I hope you laughed as much as I did.
This episodes title leads you to believe that it’ll be juicy. It wasn’t. They pretty much told all while still on the show. This was just a recap of the cattiness.
Who were the [...]

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Poop talk. If you’re a parent, you’ve probably done it. You probably discuss it at length with your other parent friends, and it’s usually a dinner table conversation with your spouse.
This past weekend I graduated into full-blown mommy hood, because I cracked out the poop talk while at a dinner party with a group of [...]

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In recent years, the latest trend in home cooking has been the “30 minute meal”, and for the most part, we have Rachael Ray to thank (or to blame, depending on your point of view), for this phenomenon.
Rachael has her admirers and her detractors, but I’ll admit it, I’m a fan. Sometimes her [...]

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Every year, at the start of the holiday season, I tell myself that I’m going to follow a budget. And every year I seem to last all of about 2 days. But this year, things will be different because I’m calling in the reinforcements, the fine folks at MoneyPants.
MoneyPants is not run by [...]

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