All of us want to offer comfort and support to someone who is hurting, but we often don’t know what to say or do. The Art of Helping—What to Say and Do When Someone is Hurting addresses 30 of the most common heartaches people face and takes away your fear of involvement by helping you understand what people are feeling and going through. From over 100 interviews and her own life experiences, author Lauren Briggs shares proven advice and offers practical help with a list of what to say— and do. Read more…
So I signed up to review this new web service called AboutOne.com. It’s one of those online productivity tools for moms and “home managers” that allows us to input all of our family information into one place so it’s easily accessible. We can include medical info, scan in photos or our kids’ artwork, or just write little notes about what happened one day. I’d say it’s like an online scrapbook/home organizer in one. Read more…
I attempted the making of cake pops for Aiden’s birthday back in May. I had some leftover cake bits that I stored in the freezer. Wait–let me back up. I made a cake for Simon’s birthday that required me to cut away parts of it and arrange them in some sort of special configuration. For the life of me I can’t remember what kind of cake it was but I ended up with a ziploc bag full of cake parts that I decided I would save for later and try to make cake pops with them. The cake pops I tried to make were the ones where you crumble up the cake and mix it with frosting. Then you form balls out of the cake mixture, dip them in chocolate coating with lollipop sticks and voilá!
Unfortunately, those cake pops turned out to be the messiest, ugliest disaster I’ve ever attempted (aside from the literal train wreck of a cake that I made for Timothy–but that’s another story). The cake balls wouldn’t stay on the lollipop sticks and the chocolate coating made them so heavy that they started falling off even after trying to put them in the freezer to make them stay. Long story short: I vowed never to try cake pops again.
Enter Babycakes. Read more…
Alright. If you’re a guy or don’t feel like reading about my personal care, I suggest moving on. Otherwise, keep reading. I’m about to get honest up in here. And it involves bladder problems…
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Imagine the look of wonder and surprise when a child receives a photo of Santa caught in their house.
I think this is so neat! Alls you do is take a picture of your tree or your fireplace, upload it to iCaughtSanta.com, then you can place Santa in your photograph.
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