I live in California (near Long Beach) and our property tax is $4,800. It’s the state income tax that pushes us over $10K total.

This is what’s totally confusing me. Our standard deduction for a family of 4 will now be $24K instead of $28,900 for a married couple with four personal exemptions. I can’t figure out if we’d itemize or not anymore, I guess our tax professional will have to give us some advice. But his fee isn’t tax deductible…

My grandmother was a big Dean Martin fan, so I always listen to this one.

I had no idea! I cut my own nog too but just a little. Starbucks, darn you!

We used the potette when she was first starting to toilet train. It can either sit on the existing seat or has legs to make a tiny seat. Either way, they aren’t really touching the toilet seat. Other toilet training tricks include taking pants off completely and having the toddler stand right on the toilet seat and…

Love making deviled eggs, but I tried th do it once while hungover and I couldn’t peel those things without completely smashing the eggs. Oh well, I just took egg salad to the party instead.

Taught this to my sister in law yesterday morning. Just a splash makes all the difference.

I totally concur. I mostly give money but I also give goods to a domestic violence shelter based on their requests. Generally these women are trying to set up a temporary household and just want some basic linens, housewares, laundry detergent, and diapers. So I stock up when I see a really great deal or low clearance…

Not all kids are adventurous eaters, no matter what you do. And sometimes they change their preferences over time. Until about age 2 my daughter would eat anything. Now that she’s 3 I have to give her a dipping sauce half the time. The child that loved Indian food and sushi would rather have mac and cheese and…

Best: zoo membership, stepbet membership, bralettes from aerie.

The head and the heart are SO great in concert. I saw them at the Hollywood Bowl a few years ago on a bill with Iron and Wine and Glenn Hansard. It was an amazing show. If you get a chance, I also recommend Band of Horses in person.

Are you a cow? was the first book that truly cracked up my daughter. She must have been about 18 months old and she laughed SO hard every time I read it.

If I was driving for Amazon prime, I would hate to do this. If you want to buy then things, why not just do it yourself instead of hoping the person will stay in one spot for two hours.

I’m constantly wondering “where are the children?”, probably because mine are a similar age (1 and 3) and I’m constantly with them when I’m home. They hardly interact at all with the children. But my grandmother is almost the exact same age as Midge and had small children that she barely cared for as well. At ages 2…

I have started the cleaning and purging early. I’m selling, donating, recycling, and trashing, preferably in that order.

I’ve found money to be a strong motivator. Have you looked at runbet?

Favorite scrubs clip ever!

DuJour means Family!

My toddler was totally cool with me breastfeeding her baby brother even though she had only weaned a few months earlier. I had to stop when I hit my second trimester and she was about 15 months. It was just too painful for me to nurse while pregnant and she was still getting teeth which screwed up her latch.

I want to take an aerial silks class. I have really sweaty hands so the trapeze scares me but I think I could hold onto the silk. My 3 year old did some tonightat MyGym and loved it.