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• Fun Birthdays Despite Recession

  In all this talk about economic downturns and recessions or "recessions" and whatnot, politicians are overlooking one very important thing when calculating rebates and tax cuts and interest rates freezes and economic stimulation: what the hell is a parent to do about birthday parties? Listen, party-planning expert Lisa Kothari, author of Dear Peppers and Pollywogs...What Parents Want to Know About Planning Their Kids' Parties knows your pain and she wants to help out with her three-part series on recession-proof children's birthday parties. Thank God, because I was worried we'd have to leave it up to our kids this year to create their own fun.   Read More... Posted Jan 24 2008, 05:36 PM by Madeline Holler with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: parties, birthday parties, birthdays without pressure, peanut butter, birthdays, party planning, baby cake, cake, party, Birththdays without Pressure, birthday party, party hat, birthday, cake decorations, recession, angel food cake

• Things Fall Apart: Another Reason to Hate Bobbleheads!

  Last year, at least according to my daughter, the entire first grade at her school was obsessed with/owned/coveted bobblehead dolls. To which my response was always the same: eww. Bobbleheads are simply something I don't "get". Never have, never will. What's the point? So hello, some have been recalled. *Yawn*. And combining bobbleheads with another thing I care oh-so-much about, football, takes the cake. Er, I mean, these are cake decorations, actually. Of little football men with bobbing heads. Read More... Posted Oct 27 2007, 05:26 PM by Karen Murphy with | with 1 comment(s) Filed under: football, recalls, things fall apart, lead paint, bobbleheads, cake decorations