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Do you have a chef in your life? Or a loved one who just loves to cook? Why not look for cookbook gifts for your next holiday? (or for yourself!) I grew up in a house with shelves upon shelves of cookbooks. My mother has never met a cookbook she didn't want to add to [...]

Halloween kicks off our holiday season. But coming up with family Halloween activities can be hard. Ours is a blended family with complicated dynamics - but what's uncomplicated is that we are always looking for fun things to do with the kids. Whether it's for Christmas, Halloween, Thanksgiving, or Valentine's Day, holidays are a great [...]

Although I'm not the neatest person on record (my husband Craig will attest to that), I have always been fairly organized with my files. But it didn't occur to me until we started building our family emergency plan that we should also have a "grab and go" binder. That is, a binder filled with all [...]

I know Super Bowl Sunday isn't a national holiday (like, say, National Croissant Day), but it should be. Or at least the Monday afterward. But it doesn't mean you still can't throw a killer Super Bowl party! We're all busy and, I swear, every time I look on Pinterest for fun tips on parties, the [...]

First days are scary. Whether it’s a first day of school when you’re young, a first day at your first job out of school, or the first time you walk into a party where you know no one. Or maybe it’s the first day you post a piece to your brand-new blog when you’re embarking on a new adventure in your ‘ahem’ forties.