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Barn Doors are the New Black in Interior Design
You've heard about breaking the glass ceiling but what do you know about a glassdoor, barn door and sliding doors is the real question? Renovating an old house sounds like an adventure to some ears. Not mine. I like new. I don’t like old, especially in houses. Put it this way, I’d love to...
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Everything You Need to Know about SEO Optimization to get Started
Feeling completely overwhelmed by SEO Optimization? Just starting out as a blogger and have no idea where to start with search engine optimization? I am sharing everything you need to know about SEO or everything I’ve learned in the last 3 months of conference sessions at Disney Social Media Moms Celebration and Mom 2.0....
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Love Letter to my Daughter on her 11th Birthday
This is my love letter to my 11-year-old daughter. It’s hard to believe that the last time I brought a child into the world was 11 years ago today. I didn’t know then that would be the last time. I thought I had more time.
I remember the day like it was yesterday. I was...
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How to Make Your Dream Backyard Garden and Patio
Wondering how to get your dream backyard garden and patio? The weather is warming up, the sun is shining and I am having dreams of sitting on my back deck, watching the girls play with their friends while I finally put that margarita machine to use with my friends.
My backyard garden and patio are...
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I Forgot to Remember
I Forgot
It was a crazy busy day last Tuesday.
I was flying across the country.
Headed to a conference for this blog.
Excited to see old friends.
Trepidatious for a reason I couldn't quite place.
I Forgot.
6 years ago on that day.
All I could do was cry.
I lost my baby.
There was no heartbeat.
I turned primal and feral.
But today, I...
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How Mom 2.0 Summit Renewed my Faith in Blogging and Myself
Today is my 9th blogging anniversary. I can’t believe the TRUTH about Motherhood was started when my baby was only 1-year-old. Where did the time go? Seems like just yesterday that I was writing under the pseudonym Truthful Mommy and you were all my lifeline. I wrote the stories but you guys were definitely...
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Fresh Cut Flowers are the Cure for Cabin Fever
Where were the fresh cut flowers? Where was the sweet fragrance wafting through the air? Winter was so long this year? I am basking in the warmer temps. All I want to do is be outside surrounded by nature. I’ve brought my office outside because I am so vitamin D deprived.
One of my favorite...
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Kanye West Wants to Make America Great Again by Loving Donald Trump on Twitter
I think maybe Kanye West, (or is it Kanye West Kardashian?) is having a midlife crisis, an identity crisis or flat out needs some attention. He is running around Twitter posting pics of himself wearing Make American Great Again hats. Tweeting that Donald Trump is his “dragon energy brother”. Did your brain just go,...
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Tips for Raising Teenage Girls and Not Damaging Your Relationship Part 2
If you read last week's part 1 of tips for raising teenage girls and you've returned, welcome back. You are certainly among friends. Raising teen girls is difficult regardless of how the kid behaves. She can be the most complacent, compliant, sweet teenage girl of all teenage girls and you will still need to know these...
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Tips for Raising Teenage Girls and Not Damaging Your Relationship Part. 1
I'm officially the mom of a tween girl and a teen girl and honestly, I’ve been afraid of raising teenage girls ever since I was a teenage girl. Hormones make teenage girls feel crazy and I was awful in so many ways. I occasionally read my old diaries to remind myself that I was...
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Why I Won't get an Elective Hysterectomy to cure my Uterine Fibroids
As a woman, after a certain age, that age is 30, seems like for every gynecological issue the final solution for everything is a hysterectomy. You’re spotting. Let’s give you a hysterectomy. Cramping. Hysterectomy. Heavy periods. Hysterectomy. Uterine fibroids or endometriosis? Hysterectomy. You stub your toe? Bump it, let’s throw out your uterus.
It’s not...
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Secrets to Use Disney World Tickets to Experience Magic Kingdom like an Insider
You've decided to take your family on the ultimate family vacation to Walt Disney World and your first stop with those Walt Disney World Tickets is going to be the Magic Kingdom. Of course, it is! I have been to Walt Disney World many times and I have to say when I think of the...
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How to have an Amazing Florida Vacation on a Budget
Normally, when you think of a vacation to Orlando, Florida it’s synonymous with a family trip to Walt Disney World. Believe me, I get it. We are huge Walt Disney World fans. Our first trip was on our honeymoon in 1999 and I believe we’ve been at least 20 times since then. Honestly, I...
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Everything You Need to Know About the Disney Dream Cruise
Last week at this time, I was debarking from a Disney cruise with my family. We were living the dream, the Disney Dream that is, thanks to Disney Social Media Moms Celebration. Life was magical. Today, not so much. My husband and I both have the flu. Now, I get why they kept handing...
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When a Tattoo Heals Your Heart after a Loss
Today is November 24th and for the first time, in a long time, I don’t feel lost. For me, it’s an annual day of retrospection; of looking back at what could have been, what might have been and, honestly, what should have been. While many of you are coming out of your tryptophan coma...
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How to Change Bad Behavior with Exercise and Aquire Parenting Level Master Status
I found the cure to all bad habits and I can tell you the secret of how to change bad behavior with exercise! Nope, it has nothing to do with exerting yourself and distracting yourself. It has nothing to do with feeling better about yourself or being a better person. It's much simpler than...
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How to Talk to Your Tween about Sex
Have you been struggling with how to talk to your tween about sex? Me, too. At what age did you have “the talk”? I mean we’ve talked about puberty. In fact, we’ve talked puberty to death. It's old news. They both know so much about the inner workings of the female reproductive system that...
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My Father the Immigrant
Ever wonder why an immigrant, illegal or otherwise, really comes to the United States willing to risk his life? Maybe that question is too big, maybe we narrow it down, ever wonder why my dad came to the United States? Contrary to popular belief, it's not to take anything from you.It's more about admiration of...
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How Scrambled Eggs Made my Marriage Sexy
Or as I like to say, the truest marriage story ever told.
Marriage is different for every single couple. We all have these preconceived notions of what a marriage should look like based on what we experienced within in our own family.
For me, my parents’ marriage looked like two people who loved each other, except...
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Love Letter to my Daughter on her 7th Birthday
Today, I wrote a love letter to my daughter on her 7th birthday. My Gabi, my last baby turns 7-years-old. She is sort of amazing. I look at her and I can’t believe how much she has changed in 7 short years. She is nowhere near the chubby, 8 pounds 6 ounces, full head...
