Living
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Our Best Tips for Working From Home
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You may not know this, but the entire Between Carpools operation is run from our homes. Most of our other work is from home, too. So between the five of us, we’ve accumulated quite a bit of experience being a WAHM. We had a conversation where we put together some of our best tips and…
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Basics: One Bowl No Mixer Cupcakes
There is one basic every family needs. Why cupcakes? Because cupcakes are always a last minute thing. Need to send something to school party? Forgot someone’s birthday is coming up? Kids bored on Sunday? Cupcakes always come to the rescue. When we decided we needed a cupcake recipe for BCP I didn’t have to go…
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The Best of IKEA Can Now Be Brought To Your Door!
Until recently, if you wanted all the good Ikea bargains, you had to take a trip to the store. We all know that once you enter the maze, that’s half a day erased from your life. It can be a fun half day, but we don’t always have that kind of time to spend on…
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We Love Card Games. Storing Them in This Case Has Something To Do With It.
Eliminate the boxes and you’ll be willing to play more games! Card games come in all sorts of boxes these days. There are metal tins of all shapes and sizes, large cardboard boxes with inserts to hold the cards in place, and flimsy cardboard ones that tear when you open them the first time. So…
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Cleaning The Menorah Glasses Doesn’t Need to Be Hard
Here’s what you need to know to take this task from tedious to easy. Cleaning those burnt, greasy cups might make you want to give up and chuck them away altogether. No. You do not need to do that and buy new ones next year. Instead, just read on here. All you need is a…
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30+ Phrases You Can Include in Your Thank You Cards for Teachers and More
Sometimes it’s hard to write a card, even if your heart is full of thanks. Having certain keywords or phrases can make it a lot easier. Did you ever sit in front of a card, stumped as to what to say? Yeah, we’ve all been there, many times. Often, though, once we think of one…
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What We Learned So Far from “Dropping the Phone”
How shutting down the phone has opened our minds. This is how the drop the phone campaign affected our families and our lives. Renee: I learned that anything and anyone can wait. Nothing is as important as I once thought it was. Nothing happens when I don’t answer right away. I learned that I really…
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Why Didn’t I Ever Think of Using This in My Ice Drawer?
It’s so simple and obvious. Get this scoop for your ice drawer and your fingers will be cold no more. Some hacks are so simple, that when you see them, you think to yourself, “This isn’t really a hack, this should be self-understood. Yet, then why didn’t I ever think of doing this?” It’s like…
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Sara Chana Radcliffe on Why We Should Put the Phones Down
Always moving, always responding, always communicating? This is why you should make time to pause. Quiet time is needed in order to be receptive to our deepest, most helpful, most meaningful INNER guidance. When every moment of boredom and/or free time is filled with scrolling, we leave no space for that guidance. Its voice is…
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8 Ways to Beat the Winter Blues
There are a few things – very few things – I like about winter: black tights, boots, and chunky sweaters. Earlier bedtimes. Less ironing. But for the most part, I’m not a fan. The cold, the dryness, the stale indoor air – but I think most of all it’s the lack of real sunlight. Over…
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