The cover of this week’s Life & Style Weekly magazine features Angelina Jolie, Brad Pitt and their six (and counting) children. The headline reads: “New home for the kids”.
This refers to the family’s new home in Lloyd Neck, NY, a tiny hamlet on Long Island. The home, called Sassafrass, is an English Tudor style 22,000 [...]
Tags: angelina jolie, brad pitt, celebrity, Long Island, New York
Posted in: Celebrities, News
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Just about everyone is finding it harder to make ends meet these days. The cost of groceries, for example, has skyrocketed. With such a high unemployment rate, those of us who are able to earn much needed income are feeling fortunate.
Those of us who write or blog part time for a bit of extra cash [...]
Tags: blogging, motherhood, writing
Posted in: Parenting
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I don’t think I’m the only mom who has needed to take a “time out” for myself during stressful moments or days. I’ve found that it’s a good idea to find calming mantras to repeat and even use imagery to “escape” from life’s daily hassles.
I’ve always used the saying “Let go, Let God”, when I [...]
Tags: imagery, mantra, Mommy, stress, visualization
Posted in: Health
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I was fortunate to be able to easily conceive each time I wanted a baby. I did have a miscarriage in between pregnancies, which was, needless to say, very difficult. Going through this common but painful experience gave me a taste of what it must feel like to want a child but be unable to [...]
Tags: conceive, fertilty, Ripley's Believe it or not, statue
Posted in: TTC, What's New
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While many studies have shown that breastfeeding reduces the chances of children developing asthma, a new study led by a University of Alberta professor has found that eating fast food more than once or twice a week negated the benefits of breastfeeding.
Several different findings led researchers to make links between fast food and asthma, breastfeeding [...]
Tags: antibiotics, asthma, breast feeding, fast food
Posted in: Health, News
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