- You have to introduce a new food to your child at least 20 times before they will eat it. (I think the truth is a million times, and then they still won't eat it.)
- If you spend just 5 minutes every day, you'll always have a clean house! Use your face cloth to wash the sink! Keep wipes beside the toilet and wipe it after each use! And so on. (My motto: Make peace with dirt! I want to be clean enough to be healthy, and relaxed enough to not worry about anything beyond that.)

Yeah...no, grapes are just not as good as m&m's!
I'm not a coffee drinker--so I'm glad to hear I'm saving hundreds of dollars..which in turn, I'm quite sure, is being spent on shoes :)
Since I'm petless right now, I am not even vacuuming daily...better go by that dog!
Yikes, I just can't say no...except to my husband...poor guy!
Imagine this: "Okay boys, Mommy is just gonna take a 20 minute nap, be sweet okay?!" I'm sure I'd be a better mommy for it (and probably wouldn't say no to my husband! :)
I love this idea of cutting veggies on Sunday... just never seems to happen! Kinda like cooking and freezing on the weekend---ready for the week! Whatever!
I do really try not to go to bed angry though!
Half the fun of making little trips rather than consolidating... so I can be in my car by myself sometimes and listen to what I want to! That is really bad huh?
I'm working on the yelling! But they just don't understand if they would just do what I ask, I wouldn't HAVE to yell!
So true about the empty stomach. I don't even like Whoppers, yet some how they were in my cart???
Never tried Vaseline...I think I'd have one big greasy eyelash???
Big no way on being able to reproduce your style like your hairdresser! Maybe if I had an extra 2 arms to blow out and pull on my hair like she does---that would be the only way I could get it that straight! Again, huh uh!
Ooh, no on the ricotta too! Sometimes, I just need me some cream cheese! mmmmmm!
I am up and down stairs ALLLL the day long!
I'm just 36...today actually! Eyes are still looking pretty good. All the more reason to keep using that $$ eye cream!
Loving my hair...hmmm, if I could just embrace that inner curl and not want it flat as a board...maybe then I could just wash and go???
Does anyone really have it ALL that together?? If they do--I say, YOU GO! Happy weekend to everyone--let's get cooking and freezing :)

Amen sister! And if I see the word "fabulous" in a fashion mag. one more time, I think I'm going to stab myself in the eyes with a fork.

I've written an article on at least one of the topics you mentioned ("saying no") -- ack! -- but I agree with most of them. For me, the list would also include:

1. Is he really into you? quizzes
2. What [insert celebrity name] did to lose weight
3. Tips from men for what women should do in the bedroom

I also would really like it if models in advertisements would stop doing that slouching forward thing. I know it's supposed to be high fashion and everything, but the sunken-in chest, bad posture stance doesn't show off clothes well.

Mom in Michigan, I will not deny that Real Simple has at one time or another published at least one of these tips in its 8 year history (if you are tired, walk around the block instead of having coffee). I can say with confidence, however, that you won't find them every month!
And Staci, happy birthday! I hope you're doing something fun to celebrate.

If I go to the grocery store on a full stomach, I don't come home with anything worthwhile!

Any suggestion about getting at least 8 hours of uninterrupted sleep a night...With a baby who won't sleep, it's not going to happen! (And I dream about it for the entire 5 1/2 interrupted hours of sleep that I do get!)

I was just thinking the other day, as I showered and anticipated once again not being able to use the flat-iron to the great effect that my stylist had, that wouldn't it be wonderful if there was a salon you could go to that would give you a great cut and awful styling. I mean the thought of being able to, "the day after," actually do my hair and (gasp) have it look better than it did at the salon? Dreamy!

Vaseline on my eyelashes? No way! That would remove all my other eye makeup and be a big ol' greasy mess - UGH! Not to mention that it would smear all over my contacts and render me sightless - double UGH.
The hundreds of dollars I'm saving by not buying coffee at Charbucks (sorry, but it always tastes burnt to me) is probably being spent on yarn.
Ricotta is for pasta dishes, not toast.
Frozen grapes are best enjoyed as frozen grapes. As delicious as they are, they are not as a substitute for candy. There is no substitute for candy!
My hair NEVER looks the same as it does when I leave the salon when I do it myself. Why should it? I am not a professional hair stylist and I can't walk all the way around my own head.
I have a wash-and-go hairstyle because I have been blessed/cursed with natural curls, I get a good cut, and I have finally found the products that work best for me. That's the only way anyone has wash-and-go hair.
I agree 100% with 'don't go to the grocery store on an empty stomach'!

As a 50+ woman, I'm tired of reading that 50 is the new 30 or 60 is the new 40. What makes this time in our lives fabulous, is the way we think about it at 50Fabulous.com. 50+ is the NEW 50+ !

Thanks for the Birthday wishes---we are celebrating in style tonight---our family is attending our school's first ever Buffalo Bidding Bingo Bonanza! Whew Hew! Not exactly the "evening out" I was hoping for BUT I'm sure it will be a fun time...for my Kindergartener :)
Anne- would love to know what products you use for your naturally curly har!!

Those are pretty funny -- I am sure I have read those 100 times -- if only it were that easy!

"When you go out to eat, order an appetizer instead of an entree to save calories."

Has whoever dispensed that advice ever taken a gander at the average appetizer menu? Chicken wings, fried chicken strips, nachos, mozzarella sticks, fried calamari, fried onions the size of one's head ... all served with some kind of fatty, oily dressing or dipping sauce. Did you know that an order of Outback cheese fries contains 3,000 calories ... before dipping in ranch dressing? Even if you split that four ways, that's 750 calories BEFORE you've had any real food!

No, I'll stick to the grilled chicken or fish with a side of veggies, thanks.

After waking up way too early (and a little grumpy) this morning with two little boys, you all made me laugh. That advice drives me crazy too but the optimist in me reads it anyway in hopes that it might stick this time. Just like I love organizing advice even though I'm the least organized person I know. Oh well I better get moving to cut up my veggies, freeze a few meals and vacuum before I have to take my 20 minute nap. But, I think I'll definitely skip the ricotta on my toast!

I don't mind reading others advice. I don't always follow it but I think it's interesting to consider. I'm just wondering how to get a job writing that stuff! Seems like a pretty good gig if you can get it!

Lose weight, without feeling hungry!

LOVED the list ... you nailed it! Reading it made me laugh out loud! And, I'll never give up my trip to Starbucks either!

I've read this a zillion times: To find time to exercise, get up a half hour earlier. Please.

I've read this a zillion times: To find time to exercise, get up a half hour earlier. Please.

My favorites:

When you go out to eat, box up half your dinner immediately so you don't overeat. (I'm sooo tired of reading this one, does anyone actually do this??)

To wake up, alternate hot and cold sprays of the shower and give your energy a boost (no thanks, I'll stick to my warm soothing shower since it's the only peaceful, relaxing time I get all day with a toddler running around).

-You can look like a million buck with 5 minutes and 3 essential makeup products... because no one REALLY needs concealer or blush (or eyebrow gel, or lipliner....)

-Save time, don't wash your hair everyday.. (um, yeah, because that extra 30 seconds really zaps my schedule)

-See the newest hairstyles (which look exactly like the other "I just woke up, sexy touseled long look from the last 6 years)

-You can look like a million buck with 5 minutes and 3 essential makeup products... because no one REALLY needs concealer or blush (or eyebrow gel, or lipliner....)

-Save time, don't wash your hair everyday.. (um, yeah, because that extra 30 seconds really zaps my schedule)

-See the newest hairstyles (which look exactly like the other "I just woke up, sexy touseled long look from the last 6 years)

That vaseline comment was just in a article that was on the Real Simple website.

My favorite--Exfoliate before applying self-tanner!

1) WE KNOW!
2) We also all know that real tanning is unhealthy, so why perpetuate the style at all?