No chance of that, no sir, no such luck. Not when every weekend morning at 6:53 a.m. little feet patter into my room and up to my side of the bed and blare directly into my ear that is still so deep in the throes of sleep that it doesn’t recognize sound yet: “Mommy, I’m ready to go downstairs now.” “Huh?! What? Oh. Go ahead, I’ll be down in a few hours or so....

In today’s bright and light Show & Tell Home Tour, blogger, maniac organizer, and creative mama Benita Larsson of Chez Larsson shows us around her 1930s house in Stockholm, Sweden. Come on inside… Whenever and wherever I can get it, I do love creating order around my house, and sometimes, while buried in disorder, I just need to find a little serenity in other people’s well-organized homes. That’s definitely the case with Benita Larsson’s home....

More from CafeMom: After Getting Divorced, Woman ‘Trashes’ Her Wedding Dress in Most Epic Photo Shoot ever “As soon as she told me about it, I knew we had to make room for it in the timeline because his reaction alone would be totally worth it,” McElenney says. More from CafeMom: 25 Wedding Band Tattoos That’ll Make You Want to Get Married All Over Again title: “Bride Plays Hilarious Prank On Her Groom During First Look” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-02” author: “Patty Armstrong” More from CafeMom: After Getting Divorced, Woman ‘Trashes’ Her Wedding Dress in Most Epic Photo Shoot ever “As soon as she told me about it, I knew we had to make room for it in the timeline because his reaction alone would be totally worth it,” McElenney says....

I know plenty of very happy brides who managed to say their vows without bursting into tears. But I wasn’t one of them. The fact is, the way people react to their weddings IS sometimes telling of how their marriage will go. It isn’t always true. Sometimes a person can be happy and in love and emotional on their wedding day and their marriage can still end, and sometimes they can be emotional because they are actually questioning their marriage and they can pass those tears off as happy tears....

“Just in talking to them i was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I need to hang out with these women and find a way to do a project with them,’ she said. “They were super open to it, and so then I just started hanging out with them and photographing them.” title: “Caramel Curves Is An All Female African American Motorcycle Club” ShowToc: true date: “2024-08-29” author: “John Beck” “Just in talking to them i was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I need to hang out with these women and find a way to do a project with them,’ she said....

In a recent survey of 484 unmarried 18- to 34-year-olds, people who say they cheated in one relationship are three-and-a-half times more likely to report being unfaithful again in another relationship. In other words, they tend to be repeat offenders. But here’s what’s even scarier: They aren’t the only ones who get in a bad rut in that scenario. People who were cheated on are also more likely to be betrayed again in their next relationship....

He announced the news on his website yesterday: “Due to Deanna’s partial hysterectomy in 2006, the couple used IVF and had their embryos transferred to a gestational surrogate. The babies will join the couple’s other children — Hannah and Griffin.” “Deanna and I are overjoyed about this double blessing,” says Chris. “Thank you for your expressions of love and support and for respecting for our privacy during this special time....

“Urinate before you have sex.” Wrong! Here’s why that’s terrible advice, and what you should do instead. DON’T pee BEFORE you have sex. Urologist Dr. David Kaufman tells Yahoo Health that urinating before sex “is the #1 cause of post-coital urinary tract infections, also known as honeymoon cystitis." Having sex can push clingy, tenacious bacteria up your urethra. DO pee AFTER you have sex. You’re probably already familiar with this tip, but it’s worth repeating....

Ms. Delivia dished about about what she and her colleagues talk about, some pet peeves, and what women should know before walking in the labor and delivery ward in their hospital. For some insider tips, read on. Bathe: When your labor is a surprise, of course it’s expected that you drop everything and just show up to the hospital. But, it’s really gross when people show up to a schedule induction or c-section without bathing....

According to Mowder, in case studies of dads committing similar slayings, the motive typically comes down to rage. “Most were done — 60 percent were done — by rage, the other 10 percent they don’t know the cause, and the other 30 percent were spousal revenge,” she said. “This whole facade he put on right after they started looking for them — that was very odd, and it makes me wonder if he wasn’t trying to find an out to be with the girlfriend,” Mowder said....

Sowards’s 17-year-old daughter, Lucinda — the eldest of 11 kids, FOX 13 reports — recently shared photos of her dad rocking “peed pants” on Twitter after hearing his little girl Valerie accidentally wet her pants at school. The dad actually splashed water on the front of his jeans to make his little girl feel better. More from CafeMom: When a Potty-Trained Kid Has Accidents: 12 Dos & Don’ts “My little sis had an accident today at kindergarten & this is how my dad left to pick her up so she wouldn’t feel so sad/embarrassed,” Lucinda wrote on Twitter....

While some parents have come out swinging in defense of Rhodes, his particular actions seem totally unacceptable. Still, the case highlights the need for some sort of disciplinary action to be taken in response to teens’ sexting. Because it’s setting them up for not just potential torture in their own high school social circles, but legal trouble to boot … More than 20 states—including California, New York, and New Jersey—have introduced laws recently that are aimed at teens caught sexting....

Benjamin Scot is a photographer for Abercrombie & Fitch and a filmmaker, so what better way to capture son Miles’ fight for life than in video form? Beginning when wife Lyndsey was finally able to hold their little guy four whole days after birth, the video of Miles’ first year is a tribute to her and to the doctors and nurses at Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. And, well, it’s pretty much the most life-affirming thing I’ve seen in weeks....

It’s a hotly contested subject. So I decided to put my totally not made up at all Ph.D in theoretical Kardashian math to use, and find out once and for all which one is best. My raw data? Instagram, kornerstone in the Jenndashian empire. I broke down many photos each Kardashian shared in 2016, and compared that to how many likes they got during the course of the year....

Historically, most engagement parties are thrown by the bride’s parents, explains Sue Fox, author of Wedding Etiquette for Dummies and founder of EtiquetteSurvival.com. “The family makes an excuse to host a party for relatives and friends; then, during the party, they may announce the engagement or drop subtle hints of an announcement to come,” says Fox. But this trend is no longer the norm. Now, informally announcing an engagement on Facebook, personal wedding websites, or some other form of social media is totally okay....

“My weight wasn’t anything that I noticed about myself before,” she told People. “I was just a normal girl. I had this incident when I was in sixth grade where kids spit on me and threw food on me when I was on the bus, and that was really just a turning point in my life.” Her confidence plummeted, and she became self-conscious. “I used to stand in front of the mirror for hours and just tell myself that I’m beautiful,” she revealed....

More from CafeMom: Boy’s Bad Behavior Almost Drove His Teacher to Quit — Then She Adopted Him More from CafeMom: Toddlers Explore the Streets Without Parents in New Series That Challenges Our Inner Helicopter Moms With her husband deployed and a 3-year-old and an 8-month-old both vying for all of her time, she believes her daughter acts out a little to get some attention. The mother shared that when calling her kids ass*oles, she doesn’t even actually say it to their faces....

Luckily, I’m not the only celiac who is in need of a fried chicken fix. Here are three great gluten-free fried chicken options when you need a visit from the Colonel. Fried Chicken à la GF Rice Chex I love the gluten-free Rice Chex for breakfast. It’s one of the few breakfast cereal options I have left, and if you’re eating rice, shouldn’t it be gluten-free? Chex thought so too, so as of this year, they went g-free....

Turns out it’s perfectly OK for the girls to shake their hind ends in the short skirts and sleeveless tops in front of fans at a Countryside High School football game, but the school has put the kibosh on actually letting them into class. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? If it ain’t good enough for the classroom, why are you letting the kids wear it at a school function?...

Here, high school teachers reveal the most jaw-dropping, crazy, funny, and outright bizarre thing a student has said to them … What is the craziest thing your teen has ever said to you — or you’ve heard they said to their teacher? Image via Corbis* title: “High School Teachers Share The Craziest Things Students Have Said In Class” ShowToc: true date: “2024-09-04” author: “Julius Chambers” Here, high school teachers reveal the most jaw-dropping, crazy, funny, and outright bizarre thing a student has said to them … What is the craziest thing your teen has ever said to you — or you’ve heard they said to their teacher?...