Teresa Espinosa: Choreographer, Dancer & Teacher to the Stars

Teresa Espinosa: Choreographer, Dancer & Teacher to the Stars

In a dance studio in Dallas, Texas a crowd of teenagers fill a room, and hip-hop music blares. Right in the middle of the room of dancers, Teresa Espinosa shouts just as loud: “Listen to the music; know the beat; don’t think it, feel it!” Espinosa’s signature red hair is the first thing you notice [...]

How to Avoid Wasting Food

How to Avoid Wasting Food

I do the grocery shopping for my family of four. I also try to fix dinner every night, but sometimes I’ll cook more than I should. I keep the leftovers, which somehow end up hidden in the back of the refrigerator. By the time time I remember they’re still there, I have to throw them [...]

One Woman’s Journey as a Surrogate Mom

One Woman’s Journey as a Surrogate Mom

Close to a year ago, Ana Perez, 29, posted a question on her Facebook page: Hey, guys, if you had the opportunity to become a surrogate, would you?  Though many of her friends went ahead and left their comments, one childhood friend stored the idea in the back of her head.  Ana spent the following [...]

Prom Dresses For Free

Prom Dresses For Free

Maria Ocegueda is going through a rack of dresses trying to find the perfect prom dress.  Maria and other girls from Polytechnic High School in Fort Worth, Texas, are looking for their dresses at a church fellowship hall. That’s where Cindy Olivera is offering free prom dresses to juniors and seniors from low income families. [...]

Reality TV: Actress Films Life and Death Battle with Cancer

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After she was diagnosed with Hodgkins Lymphoma, actress Lourdes Colon decided she would record and share her journey via YouTube. In her very real version of reality TV, Lourdes shares the highs and lows of her ongoing life and death battle with cancer. It’s a struggle that has played out very publicly via social media, [...]

Turn a Wine Bottle into a Beautiful Night Light

Turn a Wine Bottle into a Beautiful Night Light

How many times do you get a nice bottle of wine and like not only the contents, but the container itself? Some wine bottles are so beautiful that it seems a shame to toss them away. Well now you don’t have to, because we’re going to show you how to turn it into a wonderful [...]

Stay-At-Home Mom Turns Fitness Trainer

Stay-At-Home Mom Turns Fitness Trainer

Josette Puig thought she had it all. In 1993, she married her high school sweetheart. The couple had four children. Her husband had a successful career in Major League Baseball. But one day she woke up and realized that she had lost herself in her own life. After every birth she suffered from postpartum depression. [...]

Organize Your Life Using Pizza Boxes

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I’m like my mother, I keep everything. And then on top of that, I’m a crafter—so I have lots of crafting tools: scissors, scrapbooking paper, rubber stamps, and knitting needles. I’m also a reporter, so I tend to keep lots of important newspapers. One day I was looking at these small piles of stuff that [...]

Quick and Easy Christmas Cards: Make Today, Send Tomorrow

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When I was a full-time television reporter, I had hundreds of business contacts. These were people who I had to put on my Christmas list. So one year, I decided I needed about 200 Christmas cards to send out to my contacts, friends and family. I wanted something special; a card that would stand out [...]

Make a Gorgeous Christmas Wreath Using Sandwich Bags

Make a Gorgeous Christmas Wreath Using Sandwich Bags

I love having Christmas wreaths on my front door, but one that can handle the cold, wet weather. I’ve come up with a wreath that cost under $3.00 to make. Whether you look at my Christmas wreath up close or from afar, you’d never know that I used plastic sandwich bags to make it. That’s [...]