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I am in the zone. You know what I mean, don’t you? I have my headphones in. I have the kids all in bed. I have the house quiet and now I’m moving as fast as I can to make up for all the damage done to my house during the day. There’s laundry to […]

As my two kids get older, I find myself with reduced stress. The kids are growing into fine adults. They are helpful, they are considerate, they are, best of all, more able to meet their own needs! They no longer ask for a glass of water or for me to carry them or any of […]

My son is sixteen, and, as such, he’s not exactly emotionally dedicated to carrying his share of the load, at least not when it comes to the work load that a home requires.
Sorry, what I mean to say is that he has one chore, taking care of the household garbage, and he constantly has to […]

I’ll never forget a drawing Ben made of me when he was in kindergarten. It showed me vacuuming the floor. The caption read, “My mom likes to… vacuum.” When the picture came home in Ben’s backpack, I stared at it. I laughed. And then I cried.
No, I didn’t cry. […]

I’ve written about chores here before. In the spirit of being honest, I have to tell you we abandoned Chore Wars shortly after trying it. There were 3 problems: 1) –Me. I hate having to log in separately for each boy to keep track of his tasks; heck, I hate tracking […]