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If the holidays make you feel a bit like Anne Hathaway's character in "Rachel Getting Married" -- or if they always seem to propel you directly into the middle of your own unique brand of family-related hellishness -- at least take comfort in the ... Read more

 

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]]>aromatherapyfamily dramastress reliefStressReliefyogaTess Whitehurst2010-12-01T15:00:00+00:00Why I Decided to Move Back Homehttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/07/why-i-decided-to-move-back-home/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/07/why-i-decided-to-move-back-home/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/07/why-i-decided-to-move-back-home/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


After hours of frantic sorting and packing of all my belongings, I did something I almost never do: I sat down outside my apartment, and for 10 minutes I did nothing but smoke a cigarette. Of course I felt guilty about it; it's not that I don't know ... Read more

 

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]]>boomerang generationboomerang kidsBoomerangGenerationBoomerangKidsEconomicCrisisLindsay Hitchcocklive with parentsLiveWithParentsmove back homeMoveBackHomemovingLindsay Hitchcock2010-10-07T09:00:00+00:00The Self-Love Checklist -- Are You Treating Yourself Like Solid Gold?http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/04/the-self-love-checklist-are-you-treating-yourself-like-solid-go/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/04/the-self-love-checklist-are-you-treating-yourself-like-solid-go/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/10/04/the-self-love-checklist-are-you-treating-yourself-like-solid-go/#commentsFiled under: ,


Real self-love is not self-ish or self-centered. On the contrary! This may sound cliché, but it's true: It's only when you deeply love and nurture yourself that you can deeply love and nurture others. What's more, loving yourself is a ... Read more

 

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]]>body imageBodyImagegoal settinggoalsGoalSettingself-esteemself-loveTess Whitehurst2010-10-04T09:00:00+00:005 Hard-to-Kill Houseplants -- and How Not to Kill Themhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/21/hard-to-kill-house-plants-jade-lucky-bamboo/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/21/hard-to-kill-house-plants-jade-lucky-bamboo/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/09/21/hard-to-kill-house-plants-jade-lucky-bamboo/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Some say that being able to keeping houseplants alive is proof that you've finally hit adulthood. Whether or not this is true, houseplants certainly infuse your home with a feeling of energy and freshness like nothing else can. They make it, well, ... Read more

 

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]]>decorhouse plantsHousePlantsjadelucky bambooLuckyBamboopothosTess Whitehurst2010-09-21T13:30:00+00:00Your 20s by the Numbers -- Lemondrop's Exclusive Surveyhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/25/Your-twenties-by-the-numbers-lemondrop-s-exclusive-lifestyle-survey/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/25/Your-twenties-by-the-numbers-lemondrop-s-exclusive-lifestyle-survey/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/25/Your-twenties-by-the-numbers-lemondrop-s-exclusive-lifestyle-survey/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Last week The New York Times covered what it really means for you to be 20-something in 2010, coining a new life stage called "emerging adulthood." What, you might wonder, is an "emerging adult"? Well, The Times said, you 20-somethings today look ... Read more

 

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]]>20-somethingboyfriendcohabitationcollegegrad schoolGradSchoollive togetherLiveTogethermarriagerelationshipsingletwentysomething surveyTwentysomethingSurveyyour twentiesYourTwentiesLemondrop Staff2010-08-25T15:00:00+00:00String Lights and Fresh Flowers -- 7 Feng Shui Secrets to a Happier Homehttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/24/string-lights-and-potted-plants-7-feng-shui-secrets-to-a-happie/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/24/string-lights-and-potted-plants-7-feng-shui-secrets-to-a-happie/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/24/string-lights-and-potted-plants-7-feng-shui-secrets-to-a-happie/#commentsFiled under: ,


According to the laws of feng shui, all you need to have a sunny-side-up day are a few easy tweaks to your existing decor. Nothing pricey, nothing fancy, but as we all know, nothing can bring you down faster than a leaky faucet or stuck door. And, ... Read more

 

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]]>cheap decorCheapDecordecoratefeng shuiFengShuihome ecHomeEcplantsstring lightsStringLightswind chimesWindChimesTess Whitehurst2010-08-24T09:00:00+00:00The Truth About Being 20-Something -- An Exclusive Lemondrop Surveyhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/23/the-truth-about-being-20-something-600-of-you-told-us-how-it/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/23/the-truth-about-being-20-something-600-of-you-told-us-how-it/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/23/the-truth-about-being-20-something-600-of-you-told-us-how-it/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Last week The New York Times tried to dissect what it really meant to be 20-something in 2010, classifying you into a new category called "emerging adulthood." What, praytell, is an emerging adult? In a nutshell, The Times said, it's a ... Read more

 

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]]>20-somethingcohabitationfinding a jobFindingAJobliving at homeLivingAtHomenew york timesnew york times magazineNewYorkTimesNewYorkTimesMagazinetwentysomethingyour twentiesYourTwentiesLemondrop Staff2010-08-23T18:00:00+00:00Dear NY Times, Here's Why I Haven't 'Grown Up.' Love, a 20-Somethinghttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/19/nyt-op-ed-what-is-it-about-20-somethings/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/19/nyt-op-ed-what-is-it-about-20-somethings/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/19/nyt-op-ed-what-is-it-about-20-somethings/#commentsFiled under: ,


Yesterday I received the same message via email, text, tweet and wall post no fewer than a dozen times: "I'm sure you've already seen this, but ..." The "this" was Robin Marantz Henig's hefty New York Times article about the state of today's ... Read more

 

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]]>20Something20Somethingsjessie rosenJessieRosennew york timesNewYorkTimesopinionquarterlifeRobin Marantz HenigRobinMarantzHenigJessie Rosen2010-08-19T13:30:00+00:00Her 'Stuff' Wasn't Making Her Happy, So Tammy, 31, Gave It All Awayhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/10/tammy-strobel-100-things-challenge/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/10/tammy-strobel-100-things-challenge/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/10/tammy-strobel-100-things-challenge/#commentsFiled under: , ,


At one point in her life -- when she owned a two-bedroom condo, two cars, and enough wedding china to serve two dozen people gazpacho at the same time -- Tammy Strobel, 31, asked herself if all that "stuff" actually made her and her husband, Logan, ... Read more

 

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]]>100 things challenge100ThingsChallengebut will it make you happyButWillItMakeYouHappycar-freerowdy kittensRowdyKittenssimplicity movementSimplicityMovementsimply car-freeSimplyCar-freetammy strobeltammy strobel new york timesTammyStrobelTammyStrobelNewYorkTimesCarrie Sloan2010-08-10T10:00:00+00:00'I Went on a Cash-Only Diet' -- My Life on the Suze Orman Planhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/06/suze-orman-cash-only-diet/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/06/suze-orman-cash-only-diet/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/08/06/suze-orman-cash-only-diet/#commentsFiled under: ,


Remember cash? That green, waxy paper stuff that features one of several dead presidents or Ben Franklin? Well, for upwards of four years, I didn't. Never carried it. Never used it. Couldn't tell you which guy went with which dollar amount. My ... Read more

 

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]]>budgetspendingsuze ormanSuzeOrmanJessie Rosen2010-08-06T18:00:00+00:00How to Successfully Shop a Yard Sale (and What to Avoid)http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/18/how-to-successfully-shop-a-yard-sale-and-what-to-avoid/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/18/how-to-successfully-shop-a-yard-sale-and-what-to-avoid/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/18/how-to-successfully-shop-a-yard-sale-and-what-to-avoid/#commentsFiled under: , , ,


It's a Saturday and you're up and on the street earlier than those construction guys around the corner. Why the get-up-and-rub-those-sleepies-out-of-your-eyes motivation? Two words: Yard. Sales. We grew up organizing them with our parents. But ... Read more

 

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]]>cheap findsfreeganismgarage salegarage salesGarageSalesaving money tipsthriftingyard saleyard salesYardSaleSammy Davis2010-06-18T11:00:00+00:00I Became a Stepmom by 25http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/02/i-became-a-stepmother-at-25/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/02/i-became-a-stepmother-at-25/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/02/i-became-a-stepmother-at-25/#commentsFiled under: , ,


"Will you marry us?" he asked. With those four words -- uttered by my future husband -- my life forever changed. A confident, career-driven, 20-something New Yorker had just said yes to a life I'd warned my friends about. My love life had ... Read more

 

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]]>divorcemomparentsstepmomstepmotherGuest Blogger2010-06-02T15:00:00+00:00Prom by the Numbers -- How the Dance Has Changed Over Timehttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/02/prom-by-the-numbers-facts-about-the-dance/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/02/prom-by-the-numbers-facts-about-the-dance/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/06/02/prom-by-the-numbers-facts-about-the-dance/#commentsFiled under: ,


Prom! It's supposed to be fun, but if you were a math nerd like us, it was mostly bad music and standing between two fake columns and having your picture taken with a (probably gay) friend. Which is why we're bringing you this Prom by the Numbers ... Read more

 

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]]>high schoolHighSchoolonlineschools.orgpromschool dancesSchoolDancesstatisticsLemondrop Staff2010-06-02T11:00:00+00:00The Back-Up Plan -- Real Women Reveal Their 'Plan B'http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/19/the-back-up-plan-real-women-reveal-their-plan-b/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/19/the-back-up-plan-real-women-reveal-their-plan-b/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/19/the-back-up-plan-real-women-reveal-their-plan-b/#commentsFiled under: , ,


I was watching a trailer for the movie "The Back-up Plan" when I got to thinking. I always had a vague back-up plan in high school: If by the time I was 30 I wasn't married, I decided, I'd have a baby with a gay friend. I think a lot of us girls have ... Read more

 

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]]>Back up planBackUpPlanjennifer lopezJenniferLopezkidsmarriageCJ Arabia2010-05-19T15:00:00+00:00What It's Really Like to Be 40 -- By a Formerly Hot 20-somethinghttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/13/my-formerly-hot-life-stephanie-dolgoff/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/13/my-formerly-hot-life-stephanie-dolgoff/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/13/my-formerly-hot-life-stephanie-dolgoff/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Hey, girls! No, hi, I'm over here -- that woman who looks nice enough, if frazzled and distracted, but as if she wouldn't have anything to contribute to whatever super-important boyfriend-related thing you're talking about right now. I'm the ... Read more

 

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]]>agingbookformerly hotFormerlyHotgetting olderGettingOldermotherhoodStephanie DolgoffStephanieDolgofftwentiestwentysomethingStephanie Dolgoff2010-05-13T15:00:00+00:00How Keeping a 'Today, I Loved ...' Journal Changed My Lifehttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/11/how-my-today-i-loved-journal-slowly-changed-my-life/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/11/how-my-today-i-loved-journal-slowly-changed-my-life/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/11/how-my-today-i-loved-journal-slowly-changed-my-life/#commentsFiled under: , ,


I am what people refer to as a "fixer." I see, have or hear of a problem and within minutes I've developing a step-by-step process to reach ... a solution. Come to me for advice and you'll get a project plan. Come to me in tears and you'll get ... Read more

 

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]]>Guest Blogger2010-05-11T15:00:00+00:00Marina Abramovic -- The Modern Art Exhibit Making Everyone Cryhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/07/marina-abramovic-the-modern-art-exhibit-making-everyone-cry/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/07/marina-abramovic-the-modern-art-exhibit-making-everyone-cry/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/07/marina-abramovic-the-modern-art-exhibit-making-everyone-cry/#commentsFiled under: ,


Currently on the sixth floor of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the museum is presenting "The Artist Is Present," a retrospective of work by the Yugoslavian performance artist Marina Abramovic. There is a busy room providing pictures ... Read more

 

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]]>artMarina AbramovicMarinaAbramovicMoMAperformance artPerformanceArtSusannah Edelbaum2010-05-07T11:00:00+00:00The Top 10 Cities for Single Womenhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/03/the-top-10-cities-for-single-women/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/03/the-top-10-cities-for-single-women/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/05/03/the-top-10-cities-for-single-women/#commentsFiled under: ,


Once, while visiting L.A. on a business trip, we stopped in a Paige denim store to try on some oh-so-Hollywood jeans. While we were there, we got to chatting with the salesgirls and told them that we were about to get married. They had been a ... Read more

 

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]]>best american citiesbest citiesbest cities for singlesBestAmericanCitiesBestCitiesBestCitiesForSinglesdatingsinglesingle mensingle womenSingleMenSingleWomenCarrie Sloan2010-05-03T15:00:00+00:00The 25-Year-Old Girl Who Live-Blogged Her Deathhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/04/29/25-year-old-woman-live-blogged-her-death/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/04/29/25-year-old-woman-live-blogged-her-death/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/04/29/25-year-old-woman-live-blogged-her-death/#commentsFiled under: , ,


Sharing -- and oversharing -- is par for the course for our "digital generation." Your love life, weekend shenanigans and, yes, even what you ate for lunch, are fair game when you're sharing your life online. But what about your impending death? ... Read more

 

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]]>blogbloggerblogging deathBloggingDeathblogscancerdeathdyinglifecastingterminal illnessTerminalIllnessvlogDiana Vilibert2010-04-29T11:00:00+00:00'Can I Afford This Condo?' She's 24 and Ready to Be a Homeownerhttp://www.lemondrop.com/2010/04/23/can-i-afford-this-condo-a-first-time-home-buyer-asks/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/04/23/can-i-afford-this-condo-a-first-time-home-buyer-asks/http://www.lemondrop.com/2010/04/23/can-i-afford-this-condo-a-first-time-home-buyer-asks/#commentsFiled under: ,


The girl: Katie Age: 24 Job: government contractor Where she calls home: the Midwest The place she wants: $127,000 Her sitch: Katie wants to buy a home, and she has her eye on one in particular: a foreclosed two-bedroom condo in a ... Read more

 

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]]>buy a homeBuyAHomecondofirst time home buyerfirst time home buyersFirstTimeHomeBuyerFirstTimeHomeBuyershomeinterest rateinterest ratesInterestRateInterestRatesmortgagemortgagesstudent loanstudent loansStudentLoanStudentLoansKate Ashford2010-04-23T09:00:00+00:00