The Best Medicine: How to Bring More Laughter into Your Relationship

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Bringing Laughter into Your Relationship The more you laugh together, the more you love your partner. Essayist and biographer Agnes Repplier, who was known for her common sense and good judgment, said, “We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh. So, with this in mind, we offer the following tips on bringing a daily […]

How to Talk to Your Kids About Tragedy: (a.k.a) What TO and NOT TO Say…

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(Parenting.com) – When tragic events flash across the news, parents might find themselves awkwardly fielding questions from their kids. How do you explain that scary events do occur while still making your children feel safe? We talked to Dr. Paul Coleman, author of “How to Say It to Your Child When Bad Things Happen,” to find […]

When You Need a Helping Hand: 10 Top Coupon Clipping Services

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Coupon Clipping Services: Sometimes you need more coupons than printable coupons will allow. We have identified some great coupon clipping services where you can purchase multiple clipped coupons or at some services whole Sunday inserts of coupons. Just like finding the right supermarket(s) for you, finding the right clipping service is right for you too! […]

Entertaining 101: Festive Planter’s Punch Recipe (for a crowd!)

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Planter’s Punch is a classic rum drink that first appeared in print in a 1908 edition of the New York Times. Like other drinks, this has a disputed origin: one claim refers to the Planter’s Hotel in St. Louis and another tells of a Jamaican planter’s wife who concocted it to cool down the workers. Visually […]

Hau’oli Makahiki Hou : Ring In The New Year with some Wonderful Quotes & Sayings

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Youth is when you’re allowed to stay up late on New Year’s Eve. Middle age is when you’re forced to. ~Bill Vaughn An optimist stays up until midnight to see the new year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves. ~Bill Vaughan Many people look forward to the new year […]

Even YOU can do it like Martha! : Hand Made Gift Wrap 101 (Faux Bois) (Holiday) (Christmas)

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This is one of SmexyMom’s favorite homemade gift wrap DIY How-To’s! A special thank you to Martha Stewart for her ever inspiring ideas and tutorials (so that, yes, even YOU can do it like MARTHA!) Begin RP:  Beautifully grained woods are nature’s masterpieces, but, as style editor Tom Tamborello demonstrates, it is possible to re-create […]

Handmade Gift Wrap 101: Artisan | Typographic Newsprint Wrapping Paper

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Typographic Gift Wrap  |  How To This year, I vowed to only make or buy handmade holiday gifts for my friends and family, and I’ve kept to it so far. But wrapping these gifts in commercial paper didn’t seem to make much sense, so I wanted to create some handmade gift wrap to match. I […]

A Manly Man’s How To : Opening Doors, A Tutorial for Every Guy!

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  The Ins and Outs of Opening Doors for Women       A hearty thank you to the Art of Manliness for this wonderful RP article: Readers email us surprisingly often with questions about opening doors for women. AoM readers are interested in being gentlemen and obviously understand the basics of this traditional act […]

Hanukkah 101: Yummy & Simple Homemade Donuts (YES you CAN do this… pun intended!)

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So Yummy For Hanukkah (or anytime!) How to Make Semi Homemade Doughnuts Using A Can of Refrigerated Biscuits Why Hanukkah: Hanukkah celebrates the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days when the Maccabees rededicated the holy Temple in Jerusalem after their victory over the Syrian-Greeks. Fried foods like  doughnuts (“sufganiyot” in Hebrew) are […]

Thanksgiving 101: Making the Kids’ Table FUN! [Game #1]

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Ship Race Kids will have a blast (and a friendly competition) with this homemade ship-race game from Brittany of One Charming Party.  The miniature Nina, Pinta, and Santa Mariaare constructed from painted milk or orange juice cartons—and propelled by balloons! Day #4: Need some games to play on Thanksgiving Day (or at a school classroom […]

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