No water necessary.
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A beautiful use for those precious coffee filters, because you should switch to a French press anyway.
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Fill your windowsills with lovely little blooms and leave the messy flower boxes to your less informed neighbors.
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Paper camellias are perfect for a pretty spring wreath or festive table decor.
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“Here comes the Malm…”
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This "watercolor" effect is so pretty! Find the full tutorial at Almost Makes Perfect.
This frame was spray-painted gold and written on with a white paint pen.
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On a non-Ikea note, having animal-themed tables is such a cute idea!
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Get it in and get on with your day.
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High-intensity workouts are way more efficient at burning calories and building muscle than steady-state cardio (think biking or running at the same moderate pace for a set period of time). And to boil a bunch of complicated science into a simple concept, when you eat a lot of carbs, that's what your body uses as energy during a workout. But when you eat low-carb, your body turns to your fat stores for energy sooner, Albert Matheny, C.S.C.S., and co-founder of Soho Strength Lab in New York City, tells BuzzFeed Life. Here's a lot more info on that.
BuzzFeed Life asked Matheny to create a 20-minute high-intensity fat-burning workout that you can do anywhere (with a few minutes added to the front and end for warm-up and cool-down). And here's what he came up with.
Here's how it works:
1. You start with Circuit 1, and you do as many rounds of that circuit as you can in 10 minutes (as many rounds as possible, otherwise known as AMRAP).
2. After 10 minutes, you take a one-minute rest break.
3. Then you move on to Circuit 2. Do as many rounds of Circuit 2 as you can in 10 minutes.
Don't forget to warm up and cool down. Now get to it!
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Wonderful quotes for wonderful moms.
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2. "As mothers and daughters, we are connected with one another. My mother is the bones of my spine, keeping me straight and true. She is my blood, making sure it runs rich and strong. She is the beating of my heart. I cannot now imagine a life without her."
―Kristin Hannah, Summer Island
3. "Sometimes, mothers say and do things that seem like they don't want their kids ... but when you look more closely, you realize that they're doing those kids a favor. They're just trying to give them a better life."
―Jodi Picoult, Handle with Care
4. "Mothers and their children are in a category all their own. There's no bond so strong in the entire world. No love so instantaneous and forgiving."
―Gail Tsukiyama, Dreaming Water
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6. "My mother... she is beautiful, softened at the edges and tempered with a spine of steel. I want to grow old and be like her."
―Jodi Picoult
7. "Dan clung to her in speechless gratitude, feeling the blessedness of mother love, — that divine gift which comforts, purifies, and strengthens all who seek it."
―Louisa May Alcott, Jo's Boys
8. "I wondered if my smile was as big as hers. Maybe as big. But not as beautiful."
―Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
9. "This is what we do, my mother's life said. We find ourselves in the sacrifices we make."
―Cammie McGovern, Neighborhood Watch
Two days, 445 pages, and countless selfies later, I survived Selfish.
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1. Kim took her first selfie in 1984. It was on a disposable camera, and her sister Khloé was also in the picture. #Memz
2. Kim claims she "never really travelled" until she met Paris Hilton. Apparently, the blonde reality star showed Kim "a whole new world." Classic Paris!
3. According to Kim, your car is the best place for a selfie "before you step out into the madness." Unlike Kim, however, most of us are not faced with an onslaught of paparazzi when we exit our motor vehicle; I would take this with a grain of salt.
4. Apparently, Kim has a near-photographic memory. She claims she can look at any picture of herself and remember not only where the photo is from, but who she was with AND who did her hair and makeup. Impressive!
5. Kim uses the word "glam" as a noun, verb, and adjective. I did not know you could do this before reading Selfish.
6. Kim really likes getting her hair and makeup done, and calls it "therapeutic."
7. Kim has been to Indianapolis. IDK, I just find this kind of surprising! Now I want to know what other random places she's been. Has she been to Des Moines? What about Omaha? Has she been to Sioux City???
Nerdy nuptials forever.
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