Barbecues. Fireworks. Trips to the shore. Riding a rollercoaster. Summer means different things to different people. And every family has their sacred summer family tradition, that one thing they do every year because what would summer be without it? Maybe it’s an activity passed down from generation to generation. Maybe it’s a random trip you took once that ended up being so fun that it’s now a summer staple. We spoke to 15 dads about their favorite summer family tradition.
It’s easy for parents to feel like they didn’t get anything done after spending all day at home with the kids. However, the wave of exhaustion that hits once the bedtime routine warps up would indicate otherwise. While nothing got checked off the to-do list, plenty got done by the time everyone was dressed, fed, entertained, and cleaned up after 14 straight hours.
The sweetest dreams of exhausted parents tend to involve their kids doing these things for themselves.
For something that just gets flushed down the sewer, toilet paper sure has a refined background. Most popular toilet paper brands use 100 percent virgin wood fiber, which comes from vast stretches of pristine boreal forests. Cutting down these forests releases huge stores of carbon, contributing to climate change.
If making toilet paper this way seems wasteful to you, you’re not alone. Some companies are taking notice of consumer demand for sustainable and renewable products and offering recycled and alternative-fiber tissue.
Tile is tough stuff and can look great for years or decades after installation. Grout, on the other hand, doesn’t always perform as well. It can stain, discolor, crack or erode. In the worst cases, it allows water to enter walls or floors, which leads to much bigger problems. Bottom line: Your choice of grout is at least as important as your tile selection.
Home centers carry high-quality grout, but they don’t make choosing it easy.
Another day, another Twitter beef. This time it's a three-way dis-a-thon between Chris Brown, Meek Mill and Drake. All of this is bewildering and unnecessary so bare with us as we tried to sort the tweets out.
Apparently, over the Memorial Day weekend, Meek Mill, who is rumored to be dating Rihanna, tweeted "U took me off ya song cause she let me watch da throne," and then deleted it from his timeline.