Seriously, put the kids to bed and have a little “Spanish” time. Here are two drinks that will get you “comfortably numb” (to quote Pink Floyd of course).
Sangria
Ingredients:

Soda.
Red wine
Lemons
Oranges
Apples
Other fruits, like Peaches
Sugar
Cinnamon
Quality brandy (optional)

Directions:
Grab a big ol’pitcher and cut up all the fruit (don’t bother peeling them). Add ‘em into the pitcher. Pour in two liters of the red wine (cheap red wine – Spanish red wine preferred). Add some sugar and also add two or three teaspoons of cinnamon. Pour soda to make a 50% mixture. Add a lot …

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I love to read to my son; and I especially love different takes on stories that I heard growing up. One such story I had the opportunity to share with my son is an African take on the Good Samaritan story from the Bible. This new remix is called “Sikulu and Harambe by the Zambezi River” written by Kunle Oguneye and starring Sikulu the Spider and Harambe the Hippo. I don’t want to go over the entire plot with you here because honestly, you can check the book out online …

It can be very hard to actually succeed in becoming organized. If it were easy, then everyone would naturally be organized and no one would talk about it, magazines and newspapers wouldn’t include stories about it, and you probably wouldn’t even be reading this article.
There are several reasons that people fail at becoming organized. For starters, they may have a lack of commitment. A person can easily clean their house and put everything away in a neat and orderly fashion. Once that is done, the real work begins.
In …

The holidays are seriously creeping up here – why didn’t anyone tell me it was already OCTOBER?? I’ve got Xander’s got about 5 birthday parties to attend this month, plus plenty of Autumn-filled play dates and Halloween festivities. Soon enough it will be be November and then December. These months always fly by for me!! How about you? What are you doing to get organized and ready for the holiday rush?
One of the cool things that I personally like to do is buy cards in advance – I’ve begun with …