Doing it right doesn’t have to be perfect. Does it?

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Independence. My preschool-age son Craig strives for it.
Actually, that’s an understatement. He yells, demands, and stamps his feet to reach the milestone daily.
He doesn’t have patience with the time it takes to grow up. Every morning he looks at his reflection in the refrigerator door, stretches his arms above his head, spreads his fingers as [...]

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5 yard sale buys to ease the budget

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Cross-posted from CentralValleyMoms.com
1. Bread machine
Remember the bread machine craze? You dump in the ingredients, push the button and two hours later a piping hot loaf was ready?
With todays climbing grocery prices, it’s time to start looking at more homemade price-saving options. Just last week I paid $5 for the indulgence of buttered carbohydrate bliss. However [...]

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Sex sells kid's backpacks?

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TV bored me into reading when I was a kid – which my brother totally took advantage of to pop in his well-worn VHS copy of ‘Grease.’ I swear he waited with anticipation through the whole movie just to watch Sandy gyrate at the school carnival in black leather pants. He must have watched it [...]

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