Last July, as I was working figuring out how to better balance my life, I started interviewing other people who seemed like they have it all together. I always had the intent of sharing these interviews with you, so I recorded them for bot[...]
Friday, on my Facebook Page, I shared this video of Professor Robert Kelly being interviewed by the BBC, and having his children walk into the room: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mh4f9AYRCZY It's quite the funny little moment (although p[...]
There was a post on Motherlode last week arguing that we should give kids our undivided attention or none at all. The author called for parents to eliminate the "vast middle ground of half paying attention to them all the time — e.g., chec[...]
These two girls are my world. They make me happier than anything I ever could have imagined, and I feel so lucky to have them in my life. The last few months there have been a lot of challenging mome[...]
Just coming up for air before diving back into a million and one website projects. I am juggling four websites right now and about to start another. I had hoped to stay right on schedule and complete each of my weekly websites on time, but o[...]
It seems I've forgotten how to blog...and maybe dial the phone, too. Thank goodness for Facebook where I can at least post an occasional status update or photo as a means of reassuring my mother (all the way down in Texas) that, yes, we'r[...]
This is my second report card on how I'm doing at meeting my housewife challenges. (Remember I said I was going to hold myself accountable to you every other Sunday.) I haven't been too enthusiastic about creating challenges for myself,[...]
Last week's New York Magazine cover article "All Joy and No Fun: Why Parents Hate Parenting" was a real downer - in case you couldn't figure that out by the title - and written by a journalist (and mother), Jennifer Senior, who definitely takes[...]