4 IOUs Moms Will Love for Christmas

4 IOUs Moms Will Love for Christmas

December 15th, 2014

Lifestyle

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…
5 Steps Toward Kitchen Serenity

August 6th, 2014

Lifestyle | Uncategorized

It is Wednesday. Nationally known as #humpday. Known by all mamas as the day we don’t want to cook. I usually order pizza, or some form of takeout, on Wednesday and Friday. But tightening budgets have required me to rethink that approach and slim down my family takeout to just Friday. (Cause you know I”m…
7-Day Sex Calendar for Couples with Intimacy Issues

July 16th, 2014

Lifestyle

All couples have intimacy issues as they grow and marriage. Getting married is easy. Staying a couple is hard. In any relationship, the way you express your love to one another changes as the two people in it grow and mature. That’s why the way you show your mate you care and love them MUST…
How I Organized My Kid’s Clothes With No Dresser, No Drawers

July 10th, 2014

Lifestyle

So my boys have broken another dresser. They slam the drawers, use the dresser as an lift-up to jump to the top of the bunk bed and on numerous occasions have found a way to put themselves inside of the bottom drawer to play hide-n-seek. This pass week I had enough of looking at…
How a $9 Caftan Made My Hubby Want Me More

June 17th, 2014

Lifestyle

Most of the time when my husband comes home from work this is what I am wearing: a pair of sweats or pajama pants and one of his oversized t-shirts. He usually greets me with a kiss. While that’s nice, it’s not exactly the reaction that I want. “I’m glad to see you,” “You look…
Hostas, A Garden Newbies Best Friend

June 2nd, 2014

Black Girls Garden | Lifestyle

Hostas have been my best friend since I began gardening two years ago. While I can’t tell you that in just two seasons I have mastered the art of landscape and have a garden full of rose bushes and a prize orchid, I do have one thing in abundance: hostas. While these low-lying leafy…
Black Science Fiction is Essential for Our Children

April 28th, 2014

Lifestyle | Raising Boys

There are several reasons that I believe Black sci fi is essential reading for African-American children. The first reason is that most kids (especially little boys and I’ve got three of them) love sci-fi. From superheros to Star Wars most boys can’t get enough of science fiction. For that reason, they should get equal exposure…