Empowering Women Together – Support the Woman in Your Life and Help Support Women Around the World

This is a Sponsored post written by me on behalf of Walmart and Walmart Foundation for SocialSpark. All opinions are 100% mine. Mothers just can’t help it. It’s in their genes perhaps. Or passed down silently from generation to generation. They just can’t help but nurture their children. That’s why Mother’s Day is just a very small way for us kids to show mom (and yes, even you, grandma!), just how very special and appreciated …

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My Set Visit to General Hospital #ABCTVEvent

#GeneralHospital #ABCTVEvent

  As part of the amazing whirlwind blogging tour I took to LA in March, I got the opportunity to visit a number of TV show sets including Grey’s Anatomy and The Middle.  But I also got the chance to walk onto the set of ABC’s General Hospital. If you’re into soap operas, you’re probably having a heart attack right now or dying of jealousy. Please don’t. Either one still won’t get you onto the set, …

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3 Delicious Recipes Gran Used to Make

This guest post has been supplied by Harold H Rigby, a lifestyle writer with a passion for history, tradition, and all things food-related. Most of us have fond memories of Gran, and as we start to get older ourselves, we begin to wonder how she managed to whip up delicious, time honoured meals for us even when she was old and frail. Gran may have turned grey, she may have forgotten what day it was, …

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A Baker’s Delicious Dozen of Mother’s Day Brunch Recipes

Shiitake Stuffed Baked French Toast

I love eating. I mean, who doesn’t, right? And while breakfast is great and lunch is tasty, there’s just something about brunch. Especially if it’s a Sunday. You know those lazy Sundays where you sleep in a little bit and you wake up hungry but not starving. Those are the days to really sit down for a fully stocked brunch. And if it’s a holiday like say Mother’s Day, well, you’re talking super-duper extra-special brunch …

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I Think I’ve Found the Next Nolan ‘Ryan’

Last weekend, Ryan played in his second Little League game ever. And I couldn’t be prouder. This is actually his first year playing Little League. He came to Allie and I asking to play, so how could we even think of saying no? Yes, we asked him a zillion times to be sure, informing him that it’s a big committment with a lot of games and practices. As most 8 years olds would do, all …

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