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I Can Sleep When I'm Dead

By Lisa Rufle
I'm a mother of a two-year-old son, de-facto mother of two fur kids and a wife. Not your typical minivan mom, I hold down the fort during the day and work full time at night. I enjoy reading and photography.
I find it fascinating to catch a glimpse of how the other half lives. Not the upper-crust socialites, but the hipster well-off Brooklyn moms and dads of Park Slope. Lucky for me, Mothe ... Read more...
June has definitely been the month of baby showers. And while I can fully appreciate a Mom-to-be’s request that gifters choose items from the standard Babies-R-Us Registry, I’ve been on a mission to find gifts that a new mom can use and still be slightly uniq ... Read more...
Having a little boy is a lot like trying to contain a tornado. Getting my almost three-year-old to sit still to do any kind of educational activity is pretty much equal to me willingly sitting in the dentist’s chair for a root canal. So as a busy m ... Read more...
Busy has been the one word that best sums up the past few weeks. Between the normal hectic-ness of our routines mixed in with my desire to capitalize on every moment of Spring/Summer, I haven’t had much time to decompress. And frankly, it’s catching up with me. ... Read more...
Mother’s Day is in less than a week and I for one am kind of jaded with the concept that mothers have only one day of the year when all we do is celebrated and openly appreciated. I’d like to start a little challenge of my own for all the super-har ... Read more...
I'm about to dig in and get my hands dirty. Nope, that’s not an expression. I am embarking on an epic journey of gardening fun. Considering that the last thing I tried to grow (basil) died because I failed to remember to water it, this endeavor that I am attempting ... Read more...
What is it about the book Fifty Shades of Grey that has readers spellbound? Unlike the Twilight and subsequent Hunger Games phenomena, this one had me genuinely curious. It wasn’t because of the prospect of reading erotica or even because ... Read more...
Sometimes I run out of ideas for keeping my son busy, especially when I need him to entertain himself (primary example: when I am working from home). As all of you moms of toddlers know, the mere idea of a two-and-a-half year old boy sitting still ... Read more...
I have a confession to make: I am OBESESSED with monthly surprise health/beauty/kids’ stuff boxes. I don’t gamble or play the lotto.  But when it comes to taking a chance on trying out new products, you might as well sign me up for Gambler’s A ... Read more...
For the month of April, I am making a conscious effort to focus on all things green.  Today’s green feature will be about going greener effortlessly with your personal care and beauty items.  I’ve blogged about sample boxes before (I’m kind of a beauty pro ... Read more...
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