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Fun Fall Activities for Couples 

(And Families!) It’s incredible how every season comes with its own set of to-do activities. While every season has it’s happy moments; it always feels like fall and winter are the best times to create some fun. Something about the fresh fall air makes you want to either cuddle up at home with a spiced pumpkin latte or head out to the nearest pumpkin patch and enjoy the cinnamon air...

Best Horror Films to Binge Watch This Halloween

For the first time ever in my life, Halloween is right around the corner, and I will not be able to host a party, dress up, or go trick or treating. Mother Nature showed my family no mercy this year, and when it seemed like one person was getting better, the next got sick. So yes, I will be sending my Halloween indoors this year, tending to my ill infant and emptying my husband’s throw-up...

How to Throw an Adult Halloween Party

The month of October has finally bestowed itself upon us mere mortals. The month of candy corns, jack-o-lanterns, pumpkin carving, haunted houses, and 20+ visits to the Party City around the corner.  Yup, it’s all coming together.  The last three months of the year are always the busiest and most stress-inducing months of the year. The holidays all roll up right after one another, and if...

Procedures of Real ID

If you have not yet heard from your local news channel or read about it somewhere on social media, you now officially have one year to obtain a Real ID from your home state. If this is your first time hearing of Real ID and you have no idea what we’re talking about, don’t panic.  To put it as plainly as possible,  a Real ID is your driver’s license or identification card with...

Best Ways to Celebrate a Birthday as You Get Older 

Remember when you were a kid, and birthdays were something you always looked forward to? Why not, considering the cake, presents and all your friends from school would show up. Plus, there was always a pinata full of Snickers and Twix bars.  I remember being excited about birthdays until I became a teenager because after that, I just wanted to go out with friends and get away from my parents as...

What You’ll Need for the Ultimate Labor Day Weekend 

With Labor Day weekend fast approaching, it is time for us to bid summer a bittersweet farewell. While the holiday doesn’t officially mark the end of this scorching summer, it appears like it’s our last chance to fire up the grill, plan one final road trip, and drive our kids to the beach before school starts (finally!).  via GIPHY Personally, Labor Day weekend has always been one of my favorite...

Outdoor Activities To Check Off Your Summer Bucket List

Summer is great. The kids are out of school, the weather is hotter, there seems like there’s nothing to do yet for some reason, your to-do list keeps growing longer and the day seems never to end.  Unfortunately, nowadays, the majority of people would rather spend their days inside with the air conditioning blasting on high. If you’re not a parent, you might have your own plans on how...

Vacation Spots You Don’t Want to Miss This Summer

The need to travel always seems more notable during the summer season. The kids are off of school, the days drag on, the weather is hotter, and everything just seems more tiring. Plus, if you are not keeping busy, then the words “I am bored” will forever be scarred in your brain.  The top picks for summer spots are endless! Really, there are thousands of places that are bound to help...

DIY Activities for Kids This Summer

It is finally summertime, my good folks, and temperatures this year have been record-breaking. It is hot, humid, and sticky!  Before giving birth to the most amazing kids in the world, my usual summer plans would be me in a bathing suit, stretched out in the backyard, getting a tan.  Now…well, now it’s just more fun (and noisier…and messier). Still, I wouldn’t change it...

How to Write a Thank-You Note 

You would think something as simple as saying thank you would be just that- simple. In a few cases, it is.  But there are events in our life where just saying thank you may not be enough, but attempting to arrange your appreciative thoughts into words may not seem so easy.  Besides, how do you even write a thank-you note?  via GIPHY Don’t worry; we’re here to walk you through it. ...

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