This made us laugh. Puns are quite a bit of fun, especially unexpected ones! You can skip to the bottom of this post if you just want to find out how you can win this hilarious, well-made book bag and a $25 Amazon gift card to spend on reading materials. Unlike aquariums, zoos, candy stores [...]
5 Simple Ways To Get More Out Of Life
The simplest path to living a life you love is to love the life you live. Here are 5 ways you can make your life more lovable this week. I wrote them just for you but it’s okay to share if you feel like it. 1. Be more selfish about your time When you take [...]
Marcel The Shell With Shoes On 2
Need a laugh? Here’s the latest video of Marcel (The Shell With Shoes On). It takes a certain sense of humor to find Marcel amusing but if you find him funny, you’ll laugh quite a lot. If you haven’t seen the first one, I’ve included it below. Marcel The Shell With Shoes On 2 And, [...]
The Kitchen: Knives Made by Hand
If you love cooking we’re certain you’ll love this story behind the gorgeous handmade knives from Joel Bukiewicz of Cut Brooklyn. Made by Hand / No 2 The Knife Maker from Made by Hand on Vimeo. My earliest memory of a kitchen knife was the one my father used to cut watermelons during the summer. [...]
Where The Red Potato Leads
Are you afraid of cooking? I thought there was blood in the mashed potatoes the first time I ate red potatoes. I’d been cautioned before, while peeling potatoes, that if I wasn’t careful I’d cut myself and we’d have to eat bloody mashed potatoes. Bloody mashed potatoes. That’s an awful way to start a post [...]
Giveaway: I Like Big Books And I Cannot Lie
This made us laugh. Puns are quite a bit of fun, especially unexpected ones! You can skip to the bottom of this post if you just want to find out how you can win this hilarious, well-made book bag and a $25 Amazon gift card to spend on reading materials. Unlike aquariums, zoos, candy stores [...]
5 Can’t-Miss Ideas for Kid-Friendly Summer Fun
The big yellow bus just dropped the kids off for the last time until September, and you catch yourself thinking, Now what? After all, summer vacation means more than SPF 50, water bottles, and beach towels. Sooner or later, most parents start to wonder, What next? What will I do to keep these kids entertained and [...]
10 True Beauty Tips From Audrey Hepburn
Here are a few true beauty tips from the inexhaustibly splendid Audrey Hepburn. At least, a bunch of people said they were her words until facts proved otherwise. Consider everything from this point forward her words as discovered around the web but, it turns out, gleaned from others who likely stole them from somebody else. [...]
31 Simple Ways To Add Happy To Your Day
1. Go to bed an hour earlier. If you can sleep the extra rest will work wonders for your happiness the next day, and if you can’t sleep, then using the time to read a novel will feel absolutely luxurious. 2. Get flowers for your desk. Picking wildflowers is great if you can, but even [...]
On Bribery
True confession: I once offered Rainbow Girl a dollar to stop talking for fifteen minutes. In my defense, we were in the Orlando Airport at the end of a disastrous vacation. At least one of my children had vomited every day for a week and a half. We were traveling home on my last and [...]