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Laundry…love or loathe, it has to be done! An unofficial poll shows that it’s mostly moms (whether working full-time or part-time or mom-in-charge-at-home) doing the laundry. I’ve been through many cycles (pun intended; there are more) of laundry. Washing ALL...

Mommas, I do not know about you, but oh my gosh, the idea of cooking every...single...day...I am exhausted just thinking about it! Honestly, it is probably good that I was not born back in the day, as I would...

It's picturesque in my head. The kids are napping and my husband and I steal away to the bedroom for some alone time. I lock the door just in case. Anticipation fills my heart and my head. It's a...

Growing up in Louisiana, jambalaya and gumbo were common one-pot dishes served for large gatherings, holidays or in bulk for leftovers later in the week. In our family, it was not uncommon for family gatherings to include 50-60 hungry...

I don’t know anything about holiday meal spreads in the North, but in the South, we’ve got a wide array of casseroles and weird combinations – seriously, who came up with “ambrosia”? – that make holiday feasts almost equal...

During the first week of November, I traveled to visit my family for a week. While there, my mom and I started talking about Thanksgiving crafts, which left me with the desire to make a holiday t-shirt for my...

Storytime has always been a love in our house. Since my daughter was an infant, we have read daily. Countless studies have shown the positive benefits of reading to your little ones. Dolly Parton Imagination Library believes in reading...

Before the internet, shelves were lined with cookbooks. Books filled with recipes passed down from generation to generation, cut out from newspapers, magazines, or the church recipe swap. Books that you knew were loved because their pages were filled...

Nothing screams summer quite like chomping on a popsicle with the juice dripping down your arm after playing hard with your friends. Growing up, we always had popsicles in the freezer and they couldn't keep long enough, especially with...

It’s summertime, and that means parents are snapping pictures of their children left and right! If you’re anything like me, you literally have thousands of pictures of your kids. My parents were the same way, and all of their...