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Mother artists: Fargo painter featured in documentary about work/life balance
FARGO – An infant crawls around the dining room table where her mom is framing prints. An award-winning director washes baby bottles and laments an acting career that never was. Mothers with grown children come to terms with how their artistic endeavors affected their families.
RELATED CONTENTFinancial advisers correct common personal finance myths
FARGO – Misconceptions about money can make for some costly mistakes. The Forum asked five local finance experts about the most common money myths they hear, and why they think such assertions are wrong.
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FARGO – Considering the price of gas this sum-mer, travelers may be looking for ways to trim vacation costs.
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FARGO – Ever since my 5-year-old daughter saw a TV commercial for Ice Cream Magic, she’s been like a walking infomercial.
RELATED CONTENTWomen behind the wheel: Passion for cars sends area women's hearts racing
FARGO - Kristi Zick fell in love with her husband Ryan’s black ’87 Camaro before she met him.
RELATED CONTENTNorth Dakota family bonds, relaxes on annual spring mushroom hunt
ENDERLIN, N.D. - Time slips away in the trees, which block the gusty wind as well as the pressures of the outside world. The only sounds are an occasional bird call and the snapping of fallen branches as Calvin Anderson and Sadie and Jon Rudolph comb the thicket. An excited shout breaks the silence. “I found one!”
RELATED CONTENTTuesday Tip: Program lets kids bowl free in summer
FARGO – Now that school’s out for many students, parents may be wondering how to fill all those long summer days, especially the rainy ones. Last year, I heard about a neat program that lets children bowl for free all summer long.
Staying afloat on swim safety: Preparation, attention best practices to avoid tragedy in the water
FARGO - Local aquatics directors say they’re used to hearing they’re “mean.” No running. No horseplay. No diving. No water toys or flotation devices. No children under a certain age or height in deeper pools.
RELATED CONTENTMoney Savin' Mama: Discussing finance instead of hand bags
At a garage sale this month, several of my friends were inspecting a purse, trying to determine if it was “real.”
RELATED CONTENTDeep Roots: Fargo Garden Society marks 90 years in community
FARGO - When Linda Bellemare joined the Fargo Garden Society in 1975, some ladies still wore white gloves to its meetings. It was a society founded by suit-wearing businessmen in 1923. The group’s early iris and peony shows included beauty contests for the Iris Queen and Peony Princess.
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Parenting Perspectives: Slow down, sweet toddler
‘Mommy, please I have fruit snack?” my 2-year-old daughter asked me so sweetly the other morning. It was 7 a.m. “No, honey, you can’t have fruit snacks before breakfast,” I told her.
RELATED CONTENTParenting Perspectives: Movie’s mom confessions hit home
It’s a good thing movie theaters are dark, because I’m not sure the trio of single girls next to me would have understood the tears flowing down my face while watching “Sex and the City 2.”
RELATED CONTENTParenting Perspectives: Stroll a little slower
My daughter, Eve, and I went for a walk last week on one of those cloudless, warm mornings that finally felt like spring.
Parenting Perspectives: Cocky mother humbled by 2-year-old’s behavior
Compared with some other 2-year-olds, my daughter tends to be pretty well-behaved.
RELATED CONTENTParenting Perspectives: Who knew toddler’s day planner could fill up so quickly?
My daughter’s not quite 2, but already she knows the days of the week.
RELATED CONTENTRetail employees share Black Friday war stories
The day after Thanksgiving, Colleen Flynn-Odney simply tells new Target employees to stand back and watch.
RELATED CONTENTParenting Perspectives: Baby is a target for uncouth comments
I was grabbing a carton of milk from the cooler at Cash Wise earlier this month when the gray-haired woman stormed over to me.
RELATED CONTENTParenting Perspectives: Facebook friend(s): ‘We’re pregnant’
Forget post-World War II. I’m living in a baby boom now.
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When women begin the journey into motherhood, we inevitably book a concurrent voyage: the guilt trip.
RELATED CONTENTParenting: Mom’s on a mission for baby bargains
My mom taught me to be frugal by clipping coupons and shopping at the Nearly Nu thrift store. I once watched her successfully bargain with a department store clerk to get the previous week’s sale price on a pair of shoes.
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