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To Stay Married, Embrace Change

Sometimes people feel betrayed by this change. They fell in love with one person, and when that person doesn’t seem familiar anymore, they decide he or she violated the marriage contract. I…

nytimes.com

Why Mom’s Are Tired…

“You know what we do all day? EVERYTHING.” Thanks, Cat & Nat, for sharing this #MomTruth Friday with us! More: http://on.today.com/2m2cNCD

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How to Plan a Garden Party

Hi guys! How was your Monday? I was a mess, totally exhausted from our girls’ trip that had me dancing and eating Taco Bueno until the wee hours of the morning. Those kinds of weekends are…

honeywerehome.com

Can you prevent rows about household tasks?

In her new book Drop The Ball, a manifesto for women juggling jobs and an unequal share of the burden at home, Tiffany Dufu describes a phenomenon I’d never previously seen given a name:…

theguardian.com

Free art: ten pretty spring printables

Well hello! I don’t know about you, but I’m ready for the weekend! This has been a busy week and I’m ready to nap sit on the sofa for hours. Bliss. (Although I may throw some tiling in…

thriftydecorchick…

Must Listen Interior Design Podcasts

My commute can be up to two hours of my day, five times a week. Truthfully it’s an exhausting part of my routine, and feels like a huge part of my day is wasted behind the wheel. However,…

marcusdesigninc.com

My Favorite Homemade Cleaning Recipes and a Printable

I have been making and purchasing cleaners for years and both options have advantages and disadvantages. I will admit, there were times I felt my homemade cleaning recipes were too…

iheartorganizing.com

Inside a Real-Life Miss Havisham Mansion For Sale

It’s quite an exciting moment when you find that mysterious, abandoned house you’ve been stalking on the internet over the years- never quite certain whether it even really, truly exists-…

messynessychic.com

10 Simple Projects To Upgrade Your Home Energy! | The Tao of Dana

Want to create a healthier, happier, more energized home in simple ways? These cleaning and maintenance projects are so often forgotten (or not even known… ) and they make such a huge…

fengshuidana.com

The dark future of ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ feels terrifyingly real

For the past few years, Hollywood has been enamored with dystopias pulled from young adult fiction – stories like The Hunger Games and Divergent, where the evil government provides a…

techcrunch.com

Six Things Tidying With KonMari Taught Me About Stress

Marie Kondo’s The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying and her KonMari method of decluttering have become global sensations. Millions of people have tidied with KonMari and say that the…

huffingtonpost.co.uk

Thoughtful Sunday – The Purpose of Homemaking

Homemaking. Not a term you hear much anymore, is it? But it’s something most of us do every day. Something I have shared here before is how important I think the art of homemaking is.

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