According to NPD Group, women now comprise 44% of “do-it-yourselfers”. We ladies now account for over half of the sales of products for storage and organization and almost half of the sales of products for painting, kitchen & bath, lawn & garden, lighting, flooring, and safety. You can read more about the details of this research in NPD’s press release. Women are continuing to make...

in earlier articles, i’ve rambled on about what types of products to exclude when you’re expecting, but this is a list of consumables, activities and such that you should exclude while expecting - for your health, and for your baby’s. if you’re pregnant, you’re probably absorbing a lot of information from books and the internet right now, so chances are you’ve seen some, if...

wow, an entire post devoted exclusively to poop! if you’re expecting your first baby, you probably have no idea just how important poop is about to become in your household. never before has poop had such priority, such meaning. sudden, drastic changes in baby poop can be concerning though, especially for new moms. fear not! the official baby poop decoder has you covered. well, hopefully NOT “covered”,...

If any of you have kept up with me, you know I’ve moved a couple of times recently. I was lucky and my first apartment choice in Austin, TX was exceptional. However, when I recently moved to Dallas, I was in a hurry. Never one to do things in the correct order, I took a new job before I had a place to live and living in a Motel 6 gets really old really quickly. Unfortunately, I was not as fortunate with my...