Tag: family
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Silent Saturday: Family
Silent Saturday is a segment I do each week with the intention to promote inner peace and reflection. This weeks quote is by Charles Kuralt. “The love of family and the admiration of friends is much more important than wealth and privilege.” Read more
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17 Amazing Productivity Boosts
Being busy is part of a mom’s job. But staying productive may not be as easy as it seems. Here are 17 ways for you to create produce, improve, and maintain your productivity at home and at work. Read more
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10 Hot Resolutions for the New Year
The Cambridge Dictionaries Online has one the finest description of a New Year Resolution. A New Year’s Resolution is defined as “a promise that you make to yourself to start doing something good or stop doing something bad on the first day of the year.” The New Year Resolution could also be to develop one… Read more
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Kids Summer Activities: Be Ready for Anything with Aflac
For children and families, summer fun means being more active outdoors by playing sports and other recreational activities. But often, seemingly innocent summer activities can lead to accidents and injuries. In fact, over 2.6 million children yearly are seen in emergency departments for sports and recreation-related injuries, says the CDC. While every summer sport and… Read more
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30 Holiday Traditions to Start This Year
Growing up, the holiday season was my favorite time of year. This was the one time of year that long lived family traditions were dusted off and strictly abided to. These holiday traditions built lifelong memories that I have passed down to my children. Traditions can help you, as a family, to connect and… Read more
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Is Childhood Obesity Avoidable?
Childhood obesity is on the rise in the United States and globally. The Centers of Disease Control reports that childhood obesity has virtually tripled in the past 30 years. The definition of overweight is an excess of body weight whereas obesity is an excess body fat. A sedentary lifestyle, physical inactivity and poor diet are… Read more
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What Type of Parent Are You? Quiz
We have all had friends who had super cool, laid back parents. Equally, we have all known someone who had super-strict parents. Parenting is not for the faint-at-heart. Parenting involved love, strength, and guts! Everything that we have learned about being a parent we learned from the parental figures we were around growing up–good or… Read more
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Christmas Eve
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Family Fun in Chicago, Illinois
Chicago, Illinois is a great place to visit if you are searching for a quick family getaway that offers fun and excitement. Those who have children are sure to keep them entertained with Chicago’s infinite possibilities that are available year-round. The city and surrounding municipalities also have zoos, museums and other activities that are bound… Read more
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Sexy Moxie Mama’s Meatballs
Ingredients 2 pounds ground beef (or 1 lb beef, 1 lb ground Italian sausage) 1 cup fresh bread crumbs 1/2 cup finely grated Parmesan 1 heaping tablespoon chopped basil 1 heaping tablespoon chopped parsley 1 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon black pepper 2 cloves garlic, minced 1/2 finely chopped onion 2 eggs 3 tablespoons olive… Read more