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Are You a Codependent Parent?

Are You a Codependent Parent?

March 16, 2019 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Holding that first baby in my arms I felt my heart enlarged ten sizes. I was in love. A deep “I will die for you right now”, kind of love. I still feel that way about my children. Maybe too much?   Hovering Codependent Parent There is the caricature of the stay-at-home mom who lives…

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How to Imperfectly Parent Your Teen

How to Imperfectly Parent Your Teen

August 24, 2018 By Tanya Gioia 3 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

I am about to be a proud Mother of a new teenager.  How do I  parent a teen?  Hmmm? Here is a little word of caution. Do not read on, if you are embarrassed by buggers, the mention of underwear and kissing.  Just move on to the other parenting blogs with better tips and less boy…

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How to Save Your Relationship with Your Teenager

How to Save Your Relationship with Your Teenager

March 1, 2018 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Why am I spending the precious $100 on something as frivolous as breakfast at the Village Inn on Sunday morning?  Answer: to save a life–mainly my life and my teenager’s life. Between closing a business, moving and starting to blog my budget is stretched tight.  $100 a month is huge for me–a lot of cash…

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How to Make Gingerbread You Want to Eat!

How to Make Gingerbread You Want to Eat!

December 17, 2017 By Tanya Gioia Leave a Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Let’s face it most gingerbread is for looking not eating.  If sandwiched next to a chocolate chip cookie the poor gingerbread boys will die of loneliness. How to make Gingerbread you want to eat is a whole different recipe. Building houses and vintage campers with the gingery dough gets my creative juices flowing!  But eating…

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Keeping Pets Safe During the Holidays

Keeping Pets Safe During the Holidays

November 18, 2017 By Tanya Gioia 1 Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Holidays with pets are extra special.  We love to buy different things for our furbabies and to add a little something under the Christmas Tree for them to open.  It is childlike fun to watch a dog tear into a special Christmas Treat purchased just for them.  As special loved ones in our homes, we…

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How to Make Easy Ooozzing Pumpkins for Halloween

How to Make Easy Ooozzing Pumpkins for Halloween

October 29, 2017 By Tanya Gioia 1 Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Got your pumpkin all carved but it needs a little something.  Humm, how about an oozing pumpkin with neon green, or pink or even purple slim bubbling out of its mouth.  Green goo sliding out of you pumpkin’s mouth for Halloween trick-or-treaters is so easy!  The simplest way uses house hold ingredients that are safe…

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Confessions of a Constantly Late Mom: Margins in Time Management

Confessions of a Constantly Late Mom: Margins in Time Management

December 15, 2016 By Tanya Gioia 1 Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

My time management skills are faulty from birth.  Confessions of a constantly late mom are not entirely true.   Most people want to give me grace because I am a mom but I have been this way as long as I can remember. Time management has been an issue for me all my life. I…

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How We Created a No Stress Christmas Day and You Can Too!

How We Created a No Stress Christmas Day and You Can Too!

December 7, 2016 By Tanya Gioia 6 Comments · This post may contain affiliate links

We saved our family Christmas Day by doing nothing. Six or seven Christmases ago we started doing “nothin’ ” for Christmas Day.   It came as a revelation to my husband and I when the boys were really little. (Affiliate links provided so you can find products and we can support the blog-thank you so…

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Stop Holiday Debt Before Putting Up A Christmas Tree

Stop Holiday Debt Before Putting Up A Christmas Tree

December 5, 2016 By Tanya Gioia 1 Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Debt! Debt!  I am done with debt!  No more January’s where I am $1000 short after the holidays. A survey by Magnifymoney.com did a national sample of 403 Americans and found the following. On average Americans are $986 in debt after the holidays. Gifts, holiday food, hosting parties and travel rack up the credit card…

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Triggers: How to Exchange Your Angry Reactions for Gentle Responses

Triggers: How to Exchange Your Angry Reactions for Gentle Responses

November 8, 2016 By Tanya Gioia 1 Comment · This post may contain affiliate links

Triggers are the little things that jump under your skin and cause reactions you did not intend. An explosion of anger when you only meant to correct your  child gently can send you reeling.  These reactions hurt you and your beloved child. You know how the teacher will appear when the student is ready.  Well,…

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