Easy Eating: Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Soup

Easy Eating: Grilled Cheese Sandwich & Soup

January 11th, 2015

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Saturday is a day to relax. So around 4 pm when your tummy starts to rumble and the kids begin to say those two magic words, “I’m hungry,” us brown mamas have no desire to pull out the spices, heat up the oven or boil any water. But, thanks to the god’s of the deli…
5 Steps Toward Complimentarity in a Relationship

January 10th, 2015

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1. Keep Each Other Sharp While I do agree that men are better at mowing grass and taking out the garbage, I also believe that any job a man can do, a woman should also be able to do. A big part of keeping your marriage together and sharp (meaning its fresh, challenging and progressive) is that…
5 Ways to Go into the New Year Grown Woman Style

January 6th, 2015

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1. Run Your House Right “I hate that word ‘housewife.’ I prefer to be called ‘domestic goddess.” -Roseanne Barr All right my domestic divas, on a scale from 1-5, how well does your house run. Are your dishes washed every night? Do your children have any hobbies? Does your home look inviting and…
4 Reasons I Love My Kids’ CHIP Health Insurance

December 17th, 2014

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I am a teaming up with Allies for Children and Moms Rising to promote the Healthy Together campaign, which aims to cover 100 percent of children and youth in the City of Pittsburgh with quality, affordable health insurance. This is a sponsored post, however all thoughts and opinions expressed herein are my own. Yup, my…
Here’s What Most Brown Mamas Want for Christmas

December 15th, 2014

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There’s always someone in your family who is just not good at buying gifts. You can hint to them, wink, even send them a link with gifts you might like and somehow they always manage to NOT get it right. In my family, that person would be me. I’m not good at buying gifts for…
4 IOUs Moms Will Love for Christmas

December 15th, 2014

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IOUs make great gifts for moms. Essentially what an IOU does is allows a gifter the opportunity to put their gift on ice. Rather than having to fork over the cash to buy a gift, a gifter can give an IOU for a treat at a later time. Well lucky for last-minute or financially strapped…
10 Things to Clean when Your Kid Gets Sick

December 2nd, 2014

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Unless you want to end up like me right now: You betta start thinking about what you should be cleaning as soon as your kids get sick. I made the costly mistake of trying to make home remedies for the last two days while Lil’ Mack is home sick from school instead of Lysoling and…
5 Easy Upgrades to Make Your House Feel Like Christmas

December 2nd, 2014

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Just because your holiday budget is tight, doesn’t mean your Christmas spirit has to be. Our family never does a huge Christmas, but I vowed this year that I was going to give the house some holiday spirit by decorating the mess out of it. This is the big gift I’m giving to my children…
5 Easy, Fun Holiday Traditions for Black Families

November 26th, 2014

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During the holidays all mamas are looking forward to a few days off of work, some snuggle time with their families and, if you’re lucky, a little fun. One way to add some consistent fun time to your holiday season is to start a family tradition. Just like any other day of the year, holidays…
LAUGH: 5 Reasons I Despise My Kid’s Holiday Performances

November 25th, 2014

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It’s the second half of the year and while that means turkey, presents and family, for us mamas it also means a slew of recitals, plays and my least favorite “school performances.” I know you’re probably thinking about how it makes you giggle to see your child breeze, or struggle, through the newest remix to…