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I am the person you hate.
I am always late, even when I leave the house early. I cannot exit my home in less than 20 minutes, and still, every time, I forget something essential.
When I was single and paid the bills myself, I racked up late fees all the time, because the stamped envelopes would […]

I have a whole new appreciation for my mother these days.
I can never remember a time when our house wasn’t clean. She always had a batch of fresh cookies in the jar, and she sewed countless outfits for special occasions: Halloween costumes, orchestra concert ensembles, a skirt for my 12th birthday celebration. Dinner was always […]

My sister gave me a great idea when we started having kids, and that was to sort clothes by age and store in totes for future use. Since her oldest boy is 15 months ahead of TechnoBoy and The Mercenary, I was one of the lucky recipients of hand-me-downs for the kids.
Problem was, the […]

Every Thursday night I scrub the stove until it shines and I hang clean kitchen towels, the ones with my favorite coffee cup design, on the double oven handles. No one doing any heavy duty or messy cooking until Sunday night, so it’s the way I set myself up for the weekend. I […]

Let’s play a game. It’s called, “What If You Had To Sell Your House Next Week?”
Fun game, huh?
We’ve been telling our friends, neighbors, and the Internet (as always, the Internet knew first) that we are moving across town. I keep thinking, this could be worse. We could be moving first cross-country, then out of the […]

“Dreams”
by Langston Hughes
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die
Life is a broken-winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.

I am dreaming, of a big house (a medium-sized house is fine, too) with a kitchen window that overlooks the backyard, or maybe a covered patio. (I want to […]

Over the course of two separate vacations, Hubby and I drove the 4 boys cross-country this year. First we drove to the Pacific coast, and last week we went to the Atlantic. Both trips were pretty neat, and I learned a few tricks in packing along the way.
*Limit each family member to one […]

I’ve recently started a new job. A full time job. Not to mention, my first job since becoming a Stay At Home Mom eleven years ago. It’s been an astronomical adjusment, no matter how much I say we’re doing fine. We’re still trying to find our way, but I’m working full time and it’s […]

There’s a reason to be involved in your child’s school that goes beyond just getting to know the teachers. It even goes beyond knowing your children’s friends. You need to become, on some level, part of the Mommy Mafia, The Parent Network, The Coffee Clatch- whatever you want to call it.
In every school, […]

Lazy people do not like to use planners. They would rather pretend that they’re going to remember everything later even though they know very well that they won’t. If you’re a lazy planner-less type and you are tired of making yourself and everyone around you miserable by missing appointments or over scheduling then […]