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Hyperion Espresso

If you crave the aroma of fresh coffee and look forward to the first sip of the rich brew, you’ll want to head to...

Carl’s Frozen Custard

Residents and visitors to the Fredericksburg area are fortunate to have a wide variety of choices when it comes to tasty sweets. In fact,...

Malawi’s Pizza 

Ordering a meal at Malawi’s Pizza will do more than whet the appetite. For every meal bought, the restaurant donates a nutritious meal to...

Travel on a Budget

Have you always dreamed of traveling to an exotic location but can’t seem to figure out how to do so without going into debt?...

Budget for Fun

Having prudently built your emergency fund for life’s unpredictable financial hiccups, and your budget has a little wiggle room, the realization sets in that...

Checks and Balances

  Are checks becoming obsolete? From my personal experience, there are only four people/businesses that I had to put pen to checkbook for in 2022....

Date Night In 

With tween and teen boys, my house is loud. I really do love the fact that my boys want to share everything they are...

Teenagers and Money (Goals)

It seems that every time my teenager has any significant money in his spending envelope, he feels the need to buy something now. As...

Saving for What Really Matters

When my husband and I were DINKs (dual income, no kids), we were carefree with our money and didn’t really budget for costs related...

Entrepreneurial Kids Make More Money

Does your child have big ideas and even bigger goals? Do they think outside the box to meet those goals? If so, they may...

Inexpensive Outdoor Family Excursions Near Fredericksburg

Camping is a great, inexpensive way to get tweens and teens to unplug from gaming and other time-consuming screen time devices and spend physical...

What We Can Control in the Midst of Food Inflation

Earlier today I saw something I have never seen before—an absolute record high number on the register for my grocery bill. Despite the fact...

Food is the Greatest Love Language Of All

Most folks are familiar with the five love languages that individuals best respond to, whether it is an act of service, physical affection, or...

5 Easy Tricks to Make Grocery Shopping Less of a Hassle

Unpopular opinion here: I love to grocery shop! I know most folks dread the task, but for me, the grocery store can be my...

Magnificent Magic Bars 

Whenever I am inevitably asked to bring a dish to contribute to an office party for my husband, or for an event my son...

4 Old Fashioned Cooking Myths DeBunked!

Whether you are a seasoned home cook or a budding novice, you probably have some firm kitchen habits engrained in you that you’re not...

Outwit the Grocery Store!

Recently, my regular supermarket decided to rearrange the aisles and locations of items yet again, changing up literally everything in a massive overhaul. No...

Going Mad for Mediterranean!

My son is an odd duck when it comes to his food preferences. He loves vegan bratwursts but won’t touch simple macaroni and cheese....

Before You Head to the Grocery Store …

You know by now that the No. 1 trick to saving money at the grocery store and staying organized is to meal plan rather...

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Ask the Expert: The Marshall School  

The Marshall School has grown out of a quest to help students with diverse learning styles   Every child can learn. That belief motivated Christina Carson...

5 Keys to Unlocking the Magic of Early Childhood

 Provided by Parent Education-Infant Development, a program of the Rappahannock Area Community Services Board   During the first three years of a child’s life, the...

Ask the Expert: Mary Washington Weight Loss Center

Medical approach to weight loss builds habits for a healthy life   Obesity affects more than 40%  of the American population, according to the Centers for...

Parenting on Vacation

I'm in the middle of a lovely two-week stay at a beach house rental in the Outer Banks. We’re lucky enough to go every...

ASK MOM: Mom tired of son blaming everybody but himself

Mom is tired of son blaming everybody but himself by Mary Follin and Erika Guerrero THE PROBLEM: My son (9 yo) has a bad habit of...

A Busy Weekend

There was lots of dadding going down in Fredericksburg this last weekend. I went all over the area, doing stuff with my son, my...

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Parenting Lessons You Won’t Learn in Those Darn Baby Books!

We thought we had everything under control. Our son was days away from being born and my husband and I had diligently attempted to...

(Not) Going to the Dogs

By Mary Becelia Lassie, Ribsy, Ralph S. Mouse, Three Little Kittens, Clifford, Fly Guy, Maisy, Skippyjon Jones and more...animals are all around our...

Safe Harbor Child Advocacy Center: From Idea to Reality

(Part one in a three-part series) By Kerry L. Pinto April 2012 Gail Perkins had a vision. In 2006, the Mary Washington Hospital forensic nurse recognized the...

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What are Environmental Allergies? Environmental allergies, or hayfever, affect over 50 million children and adults in the United States. Individuals with environmental allergies...