No More Trick Or (Candy-Free) Treats
When you’re a kid, it’s all about the candy. It’s Sweetarts for Valentine’s Day, chocolate bunnies and jelly beans for Easter, candy canes for Christmas, and goody bags and sweets-filled piñatas at...
View ArticleMary Had a Little Dog ♪♫•*¨*•.¸¸♥
My husband Tom is a huge animal lover. In his early 20’s he worked for a veterinarian tending to beloved sick and wounded pets, and later he was employed at the Wildlife Way Station caring for wild...
View ArticleMy New Year’s Resolution this Year: No More Resolutions!
There is one topic of conversation today that dominates all others: New Year’s resolutions. Correction. For this year only, everyone’s talking about surviving the Fiscal Cliff. However, a close second...
View ArticleVery VERY Busy Stagnation
During the summer when I’m on hiatus from work and the kids are off school, the world is my oyster and the possibilities are endless. I wake up in the morning excited about my choices for the day....
View ArticleThe Mom Olympics
Pumping up for the Mom Olympics I’ve never really been into spectator sports, unless of course it involves watching my 5-year old son in Toluca Baseball and praying that he stops playing in the dirt. I...
View ArticleMissing the Kodak Moment on the First Day of School
I am a terrible mother. Today was the first day of the 2012-2013 school year. I dropped off Mary at the middle school gate, walked Jake to our local elementary school and into his new class, and since...
View Article13 Suggested Tasks for a 13-year Old’s Rite of Passage into Adulthood
To see my vlog (video blog) of this post, click here. Last month a woman wrote an article in England’s The Guardian about her son who rented the 1977 tv miniseries Roots and decided that he was old...
View ArticleBe Prepared: Massacring the Boy Scout Motto on a Cub Scout Campout
Last week I went on my very first Cub Scout campout. More specifically, I went on my very first Cub Scout campout with my 5-year old son Jake, which makes it sound so much more legitimate than the...
View ArticleThe Ill Timing of the Ill Child
Nothing can cramp the status quo day of a working parent more than a sick kid. I wake up in the morning eager to greet the world and earn my much-needed paycheck when my little angel stumbles into the...
View ArticleI’m a Half Century Old Today!
I got my AARP card in the mail this week. For those of you who have been living in a Forever 21 store or in front of the Jersey Shore all your short lives, AARP is the advocacy group promoting issues...
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