I’m a zone 7 gardener, which means I get the best of both worlds — a long growing season with just enough cold weather to keep things interesting. But honestly, most of what I reach for out in the yard works just as well whether you’re in zone 4 or zone 10. These are the…
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We need to talk about Crocs. Specifically, the Classic Clog — the original, the icon, the shoe that launched a thousand “wait, actually these are amazing” confessions. They’ve been a punchline for years. They’ve also been Amazon’s #1 bestseller in Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry basically forever. Funny how that works. Made from Croslite foam —…
Work from home sounded great until you realized your dining chair is destroying your back, your Zoom background is a pile of laundry, and you have exactly one outlet within reach of your desk. Sound familiar? We rounded up 10 upgrades that remote workers swear by — all available on Amazon with Prime shipping. Your…
Let me tell you about 3am. Our cat — who has approximately forty dollars worth of plush mice, crinkle balls, and feather wands scattered around this house — carries one toy and one toy only into our bedroom in the middle of the night. He drops it on the bed. He waits. If we don’t…
Every parent has a story about a random toy that somehow becomes the most important object in their child’s life. For us, that toy is brought to you by NeeDoh. My daughter discovered these at school. She came home, talking about her friend’s gumdrop squishy, announced it was her new favorite thing, and has been…
Spring break cruise coming up? Same. And if you’ve ever arrived at your cabin and realized you forgot something critical — like a power strip, or anything to stop the kids from getting seasick before you even leave port — this list is for you. We rounded up 10 items that experienced cruising families swear…
Let me tell you about the moment I became a Yeti person. I made coffee at 7am, got distracted by approximately forty-seven things, sat back down at my desk at 1:30pm, and took a sip — and it was still hot. Not lukewarm. Not “I guess I can live with this.” Actually hot. That was…
If you have a kid, you know the vitamin struggle. The chewables they suddenly decide taste “weird.” The gummies that end up stuck to the bottom of the vitamin bottle because nobody remembered to give them. The daily negotiation that somehow always ends with you losing. SmartyPants ended all of that in our house. The…
Let me paint you a picture. It’s a Saturday. You’ve carved out two hours for a manicure. You drive to the salon, wait 20 minutes even though you had an appointment, sit in a chair under fluorescent lights breathing in fumes, and walk out $65 lighter for something that chips three days later while you’re…