10 Things Disney’s Descendants Taught Me About Being a Better Parent

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This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #Disney #VillainDescendants #CollectiveBias And you thought you had it rough as a kid. Homework. Chores. Curfews. Now imagine all of that times a zillion and pretend your parents care about only one thing: being evil. Yep, that’s the predicament that four impressionable kids are facing in Disney’s latest villain-filled film Descendants. Each child boasts a truly villainous parent from …

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Bacon-Wrapped Avocado Chicken Recipe

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Excuse me while I get a mop. Yeah, that’s to clean off the drool-filled keyboard from this recipe. See, I was tasked with creating my own recipe using anything I wanted, as long as it was one of Hidden Valley’s newest Ranch flavors. Jason loves Hidden Valley Ranch salad dressing and dips his carrots in it all the time. So we’ve always got a huge bottle of the “white gold” in our refrigerator. For a …

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This Year’s BlogHer Conference Was Totally for the Dogs

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It was my second time attending a BlogHer conference. I had a blast at the last one a few years ago in NYC and only went again this year because the show made its triumphant return to the Big Apple! As part of my Blogger Hat Trick (Part 1 was Blogger Bash, Part 3 was KidzVuz which I’ll write about soon!), the middle of my blog-filled NYC trip was spent at #BlogHer15 at the Midtown …

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The 10 Commandments of Prison According to Orange is the New Black

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We’re big fans of Netflix’s original series Orange is the New Black. It’s ridiculous, shocking, depressing, hilarious, over-the-top and guaranteed to entertain. You just never know what’s coming next. Seeing as how show creator Jenji Kohan is also the woman behind the way-more-violent-but-equally-entertaining Weeds, I’m not surprised how much Allie and I love Orange is the New Black. If you’re unfamiliar with the show, it’s loosely based on a true story.  Cute blonde regular gal Piper Chapman …

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