Create the Ultimate Outdoor Dining Experience

Home & garden, DIY & Tips
Eating outdoors is almost always better than eating indoors if the weather is fine. And cooking outdoors can be a whole lot of fun too, especially if you love to fire up the grill. Getting outside to eat mixes things up a bit and gives any meal more of a...

It Takes Two: How Is Your Second Pregnancy Different From Your First?

Parenting, DIY & Tips, Lifestyle
Your second pregnancy is an intriguing time.  You are no longer new to the process. You have a decent idea of how your body is going to feel, what’s going to change, and how you go about getting through the next few months as you wait impatiently for the baby...

Protecting Your Family From Burglars

DIY & Tips, Home & garden, Parenting
Being burgled is awful, I wouldn’t wish it on anybody. It can leave you feeling vulnerable and afraid in your home, not to mention the financial cost of replacing everything that is taken. We all think that it will never happen to us, but burglaries are a lot more common...

The Great Wealth Is Family N' Health

Parenting, DIY & Tips
Image source Getting healthier as a family is much easier than getting healthy alone. There are no two ways about it. That’s not all, though, because upping your health game as a family unit, you know, going through the strides like brothers in arms is also the best way to...

New Beginnings: Three Simple Ways To Commemorate Your Baby's Birth

Parenting, DIY & Tips
There are few things more wonderful and exciting that the birth of your baby. The only problem is that it can often feel like the time flies by far too quickly. There's so much going on that you end up in a whirl of excitement and exhaustion that can often...

Great Outdoor Food Doesn't Require Greenery

Home & garden, DIY & Tips
With summer comes barbecues. The two go together hand in hand. We all love the smell of barbecue in the air of a summer evening, and we all love to get our own grills going. But, for those without a garden, grilling becomes a lot more difficult. The good news...

How To Relax In A Busy House

DIY & Tips, Lifestyle
When life, work, and kids are eating up all your free time, you just want to get away for a while and recharge your batteries. But it’s not always as simple as packing a bag and booking yourself on a spa retreat for a weekend. Who has the time and...

Tips on Making Time for Cooking

DIY & Tips, Home & garden
So, it’s been on your mind lately that you want to cook certain recipes or improve your family’s diet. But, who has time for that? Everyone has a to-do list but making the time to get it all done is usually what stops us. If you’re looking for tips on...

Genius Kitchen Hacks To Save Time and Money

Home & garden, DIY & Tips
You think that you might have the kitchen all figured out. But the thing is, there are always lots of new little tricks or hacks that we can learn in the kitchen. When we cook after day after day, a couple of hacks here or there to make things simpler,...

Bust A Myth: Healthy Food Isn't Boring

Lifestyle, DIY & Tips
Anyone who embarks on a new, healthy eating program tends to go into it with excitement and anticipation of the changes that are ahead. It’s a big decision to make, taking control of your health, and one of the biggest things you will hear from people around you – other...

Tackle Any Recipe With These Cooking Essentials For Your Kitchen

Home & garden, DIY & Tips
Lots of people wonder if they should purchase the latest gizmos and gadgets for their kitchen. Many of them certainly do have a place in our homes, but some are just fad items or double up on the capability of something else we already have. Some of your favorite dishes...

Un-bore Your Brand at BlogHer 2017

Lifestyle
"When we decided to roll our food programming and community back into our annual event it was because food is one of our most important categories, and not having it represented at annual felt like we were missing a limb. We’re ready to today to unveil the "Food Is Life"...

5 Sections For The Perfect Garden

Home & garden, DIY & Tips
If you’re planning a garden that is designed for use rather than just the look and pleasure usage, then you have to make sure you use all the space available as efficiently as possible. Working gardens can be a joy at any time of year, giving you plenty to work...

Wake Yourself Up Before You Go Go

DIY & Tips, Lifestyle
Do you ever wake up in the morning with virtually no energy for the day? The alarm goes off, and for a five wonderful seconds, you dream of skipping work and staying in bed instead. You might even form the perfect excuse to tell your boss. But no, begrudgingly you...

Got Kids? Avoid Kitchen Disasters

Parenting, DIY & Tips
PIXNIO (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); It wouldn’t be fair or accurate to describe your average kitchen as a deathtrap. In fact, if you’re a particularly fervent cookin’ momma, then the very suggestion may even offend you! But let’s face it: the kitchen is probably the most hazardous room in...

Healthy Cooking Options To Dine For

DIY & Tips, Lifestyle
Healthy living seems to be getting harder to do. Just as you think you’re doing a good job, an article pops up in the press saying we need to do more. Eat less fat, exercise more often, cut out sugar, reduce your portion size - the list goes on and...

To Dye For: 3 Ways To Make Patterned Easter Eggs with Kenmore

Holiday, DIY & Tips
3 Easy Ways to Make Patterned Easter Eggs 1. Floral Print: Use cheesecloth to wrap small leaves and other foliage around the egg before dipping it in a dye bath. Unwrap the egg after coloring and you’ll find fun floral prints. 2. Sticker Print: Place stickers on the egg before...

Chicken Choices: Places To Eat When You're "Winging" It Around The South!

Travel
Pexels    I don’t know about you, but when I head on my travels around the US, I need to make sure that there’s lots of great food on my route. And not just salad! It has to be appetizing, and it’s gotta make me feel satisfied. That’s why if...

What is the hype about KidSnips?

Parenting, Lifestyle
This is a paid advertisement. Two moms, frustrated by the lack of places to get a quality haircut for their children, decided to do something about it and started KidSnips in 1997. Today, even after growing to eight stores across Chicagoland, they still own and operate KidSnips. They’re in the...

How to Create a Picture-Perfect Gluten-Free Easter with The Maine Pie Co.

Lifestyle
This is a paid advertisement.  Whether you love sitting down to a hearty brunch or you can’t wait for the annual egg hunt, Easter is the perfect time to celebrate with family and friends. Holidays aren’t always easy for gluten-free eaters, especially when it comes to big family meals. (adsbygoogle...