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Keep Your Bloomin' Onion and Endless Margarita, It's Friday and I'm Taking a Bath! Keep Your Bloomin' Onion and Endless Margarita, It's Friday and I'm Taking a Bath!

Even though it irks the heck out of me when people post lame "T.G.I.F." status updates on Facebook, I'll admit that sometimes that's precisely my sentiment. But, while many of those FB friends are undoubtedly heading out to [insert favorite bar -- as long as it's not Hooters -- here], to ring in the weekend, my dream destination is my bathroom. Because he knows this about me, my oh-so-kind…  

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What's Your Beauty Phobia? The Treatment that Freaks Me Out Is ... What's Your Beauty Phobia? The Treatment that Freaks Me Out Is ...

When it comes to putting myself in uncomfortable or awkward positions in the pursuit of maintaining a modicum of attractiveness, I'm a trooper. I've had injections, lasers wielded at my face, hot wax smeared on places hot wax really doesn't belong and my body pummeled by a Brazilian deep tissue aficionado who is clearly a sadist. But, for all of my bravery and willingness to experiment with…  

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Project Exfoliation: Learn Why Christie Brinkley and I (Now) Swear by this Skin Care Step Project Exfoliation: Learn Why Christie Brinkley and I (Now) Swear by this Skin Care Step

At the beginning of the summer, I read an article about Christie Brinkley and the fact that, at 56, she still looks so freaking great. Okay, they may have couched it differently but that was the thrust. One thing I gleaned from the piece (aside from the fact that she won't cop to having had anyplastic surgery) is that she's an exfoliating addict. Why? Well, it seems that Christie is convinced…  

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DIY Beauty Recipes: My Favorite All-Natural (and Cheap) Concoctions DIY Beauty Recipes: My Favorite All-Natural (and Cheap) Concoctions

When my daughter, Sophia, turned 8 last March, she decided that she wanted to invite six of her closest friends over for a DIY party. And, if I may say so myself, it was a smashing success -- despite the fact it should have been called DIM as in; Do It Mom, and that my dining room floor still has glitter embedded into the hardwood. In researching fun, affordable and useful projects for the girls…  

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My Anti-Stretch Mark Strategy: How I Kept Lines to a Minimum During and Post-Pregnancy My Anti-Stretch Mark Strategy: How I Kept Lines to a Minimum During and Post-Pregnancy

I gained 96 lbs. when I was pregnant. Yes. You read that correctly. Ninety. Six. Pounds. Sure, I had twins, but still, I pretty much doubled myself during those TEN months of gestation. Happily, with breastfeeding them -- they never had a bottle -- (not that I'm pulling a Giselle here) the pounds seemed to literally melt away. Plus, with two babies to nurse, change and put to sleep, who the heck…  

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