Food
- The Georgia Peach Martini I am all about the coconut rum lately. All. About. It. When I found this recipe on Pinterest, [...]
- The Mommy’s Little Helper Margarita Mothers’ Day should come once a MONTH, amirite? In my opinion, we do not get celebrated enough. I [...]
- Cinco De Mayo Mexi-tini Hump Day Cocktail Good news! I don’t think I mind tequila! Which is great, because Cinco de Mayo is Sunday! And [...]
Parenting
- 18 Things To Say To Your Kids Before They’re 18 1. Please, PLEASE sleep. 2. You’re on mommy’s PMS cycle, aren’t you? 3. Why? Because. Why? Because. Why? [...]
- TV Mom Tuesday: Kitty, That 70′s Show There’s no question that Kitty from That 70′s Show is one of the coolest TV moms! Here she is [...]
- TV Mom Tuesday: Lois, Family Guy For this week’s TV Mom, we picked this hilarious clip from Family Guy of Stewie trying to get [...]
Books & Tea
- Rugrat Reads
- Kids
- Teens/Tweens
- Adults
- Book Review: I Just Want To Pee Alone I Just Want To Pee Alone is a book of essays written by over 30 mom bloggers [...]
- Rugrat Reads: Sky Color I found another great book for the rugrats in our lives, or, as some people call them, 3-6 [...]
- 50 Shades with Spanx Ok, I admit it, I didn’t read 5O Shades of Grey. It’s not that I’m a culture snob, [...]
Lifestyle
- Summertime: 5 Ideas For Welcoming The Sublime Season The Memorial Day holiday is fast approaching, and you know what that means—barbeques, beaches and the official welcome [...]
- 5 Ways To Celebrate Mother’s Day My family has a Mother’s Day tradition that I dearly love and look forward to every year. Each [...]
- 5 Things I Want My Daughter To Know, Now Like all of you, there are so many things I want to teach my young daughter. I want [...]
Relationships
- Divorce
- Marriage
- Sex
- The Hunt
- “A Little Too Close” Blooper Reel To celebrate the conclusion of our first season of “A “Little Too Close”, we’d like to share a [...]
- “A Little Too Close” Episode 5: Graham Outerbridge, Ex Boyfriend Who better to tell you what you might be doing wrong in love than an ex? [...]
- “A Little Too Close” Episode 4: Will Greenberg When I began my investigative work into why I’m still single, I figured who better to talk to [...]
Stories
- Complaints
- Confessions
- Fears
- Lessons
- A Very Unusual Day For my job, I go to many unusual places. But this was the most unusual I had been [...]
- Reflections on Yet Another Crappy Mother’s Day I’m convinced that Mother’s Day is a set up. It’s kind of like how Lucy scams Charlie Brown [...]
- Metamorphosis of Motherhood, pt. 2 In Tuesday’s post, I shared with you how I struggled to come to terms with the true sacrifices [...]
Entertainment
- Live Chats
- Mommytube
- Photos
- Spill It
- What’s The Coolest Date You’ve Ever Gone On?
- Jorge and Alexa Sing “Home” This adorable cover song of “Home” by Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros will have your heart melting, [...]
- Justin And Jeremy-Moves Like Jagger These two boys show us how well they can really bust a move while playing Just Dance for [...]
Health
- Conversations With My Breast Pump & Other Postpartum Tales I only have two regrets about telling my postpartum horror story on Episode 11 of ‘Storytime Hour with [...]
- Dentally Compatible I’m going to let you in on a little secret—I can get a little self conscious about my [...]
- 7 Signs You’re Entering Middle Age I was prepared to publish an intense, serious post on divorce today but just as I was about [...]

Contributors

Lauren Parker-Gill

Lauren is a wife, mother, coffee addict, purse fiend, martini consumer, gadget girl, & chocoholic. To go along with her coffee obsession, she calls her 3 boys Venti, Grande and Tall on her blog, Spill The Beans (for those keeping score - Testosterone: 4; Estrogen: 1). She has fabulous shopping skills, loves pop culture and is the FourSquare Mayor of her local Starbucks, of which, she is excessively proud. She also loves exercising, knitting, reading, writing, editing and has been called a "Social Media Queen." Oh, and if you try to come between her and her favorite coffee beverage of the season? There is no telling what she will do.

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Hump Day Cocktails

Spring Fling Cocktail

Posted By: Lauren Parker-Gill Date: 04/10/2013

Happy Hump Day, Flicksters! Spring has finally sprung where I live; how about in your neck of the woods? If not, you can close your eyes and pretend while you sip this Spring Fling Cocktail. Read More

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Posted by: Lauren Parker-Gill on April 3rd, 2013

I recently had the pleasure of trying Elderflower Liqueur and I loved it. Seriously, why haven’t I tried this before??? It’s light, airy and deliciously floral, but not in an overwhelming way. It actually tastes like spring. Or at least what I imagine spring tastes like, which is exactly what I had in mind for the next Hump Day Cocktail. Read More

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Jelly Bean Sparkle-tini

Posted By: Lauren Parker-Gill Date: 03/27/2013

I have to keep reminding myself that Easter is this Sunday. In fact, I almost forgot to research Easter-y cocktails! That would have been tragic. Especially since we would have missed out on what I now have planned for you all. Are you ready? We are making our own flavor-infused vodka. BOOM.

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Hump Day Cocktails

Framboise Mimosa

Posted by: Lauren Parker-Gill on March 20th, 2013

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