Financial Downsizing: Thinking Outside the Box

By Selena Garrison | January 3, 2020 | Life
Over the past few years, my husband and I have been in a gradual financial downsizing process, necessitated by our desire for me to be home with our kids. When our first baby was about 10 months old, I started a home-based business to supplement our income, and one year later, I left my full-time

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Local New Year’s Eve Events For The Family!

By Amanda Roland | December 30, 2019 | Blog , Holidays
Looking for a place to celebrate New Year's this year with your family? There are a bunch of places around Gainesville hosting parties to ring in the new decade! Take your family to these local spots this year:   New Year's Eve 90's Party Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019, 9 p.m. – Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020,

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7 Golden Beauty Products You’ll Love!

By Giggle Magazine | November 6, 2019 | Health
Now that Florida is starting to reopen again since the onset of COVID-19, it's time to get your skin ready to see other people again. If you want to look fresh, glowy and golden as you emerge from quarantine, then try these seven golden beauty products! CRUNCHI LIGHT REFLECTING PRESSED HIGHLIGHTER Gold pigment and light

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Throw A Dance Party At-Home!

By Stephanie Cornwell | September 18, 2019 | Blog
When I think back on my childhood, my favorite memories are not the trips to Disney. I hardly remember my big birthday parties that my mom worked so hard to throw, and I couldn’t tell you a single present I got before the age of 15. But I can feel the nostalgia set in when

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7 Best Moisturizers For Your Skin

By Giggle Magazine | August 28, 2019 | Articles
  There is nothing more important in your makeup kit than your daily face moisturizer. It can protect, tighten, soothe and replenish from even the harshest of elements. From protecting it against the weather or fighting the hands of time, here are some of the best moisturizers for your skin! Bliss Ex-Glow-Sion Super Rich Moisturizer;

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Protect Your Child from the Sun’s Harmful Rays

By Jennifer Jensen | June 4, 2019 | Health
Nestled in the middle of the sunshine state, Gainesville provides plenty of opportunities for people to enjoy the outdoors. But, parents have to be careful about sun exposure and make sure they are protecting their children, especially infants. Nothing dampens a great day spent outside more than being stuck with a terrible, painful sunburn. And,

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JUULs and Teens: The Vaping Epidemic

By Isabella Sorresso | May 29, 2019 | Conception 2 College , Teens
Being the daughter of a pulmonologist, I was taught to never smoke around the same time I was learning my ABCs. My mom found a photo I drew when I was about 5 years old that depicted a scribbly version of the “no smoking” sign. I had to have been the youngest spokesperson for “Tobacco

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What’s So Fun About Being A Parent?

By Sara Buechler | September 3, 2018 | Blog
You always hear the horrors about being a parent: the sleepless nights, the mess everywhere, the smells. Seems like a battle cooking what your kid likes, arguing with them to get in the shower or go to bed and not having one moment to yourself – unless you manage to get a break and go

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A Day in the Life of Antoinette Oesterlin

By Giggle Magazine | August 3, 2018 | A Day in the Life
A Day in the Life of Antoinette Oesterlin Antoinette Oesterlin is a curriculum designer for an online college. She and her husband, Fabian, have two children, Kennedy (4) and Adrian (15 months). Morning 5:30 a.m. I am not a morning person in any sense, but in order to maximize my day and keep things running,

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