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I had an issue where the older boys caused some damage to the house a few months ago. The discussion in the comments was a great one, and one of the things that came out of that for me and Hubby was a renewed effort to get the boys into some kind of service […]

For the second year in a row, I have helped organize the Book Fair at our local elementary school. We use a local shop, rather than Scholastic, and the Fair always has amazing books I’ve never seen before. This is not a fund raiser for the school- we pass on the discounts to […]

Well. I go to a hippie church. It’s a very personal thing, church, isn’t it? I have been trying to be pretty private about it. As private as you can be when you tell the Internet everything. In the “real” world, I kind of whisper, “We’ll be at church Sunday morning?” when people ask if […]

Perfectionism is the enemy of accomplishment. I have seen a group of moms agonize over what I consider to be the most trivial of details- color of paper for flyers, length of tables, color of napkins, and other things that don’t, in the long run, make or break an event.
If you are going to […]

I am involved (usually) in at least one or more volunteer projects. Whether it’s related to something like PodCamp NYC, or kid school activities, I normally donate some time to some cause, as most parents do. Why?
When I started volunteering at the hospital several years ago, i thought it was to teach my […]

There are so many causes to support these days, aren’t there? There are school fundraisers and girl scout cookie sales. There are magazine drives and bake sales. Auctions and walks to raise money for a multitude of ailments and diseases that any one of us would give the shirt off our backs […]

“Today, many get paid to do the work that volunteers once did. We’re on a recognition treadmill that says the only job of value is the one that you get paid for. And who’s paying the price for all this craziness? Families.”
         -writer Karen Vachon
As a mostly stay at home mom, who […]

I don’t get paid to write these columns, or to do any of the other stuff I do here. (I don’t think anyone here gets paid)
So why do it? Why do I put in so many hours? Why do I push myself so hard to make GNMP as awesome as it can be, when I […]