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Camping Trip

August 12th, 2010 · No Comments

This past weekend we took our daughters on their first camping trip. It has been a few years since my husband and I have been camping, and doing so with children added a necessity to be prepared for everything. A few weeks ago we purchased them hot pink sleeping bags. I didn’t think they would [...]

Tags: Activities · Parenting

Finding The Time For Myself

July 21st, 2010 · 4 Comments

There are two columns for this site floating around in my head: one assigned by my brilliant technical editor and one that’s about a parenting issue I am currently having. Neither one is written. They are both just in my head.
Why haven’t I written them? Time.
So, this post will be short but it will be [...]

Tags: self

Letter to My Husband

May 6th, 2010 · 1 Comment

While browsing the updates on a friend’s Facebook post I noticed that her sister-in-law had passed away, she was only 31 years old. I noticed a post with the obituary and I hoped that it would state why she died so young. Like most obituaries there was no cause of death listed (although sometimes it [...]

Tags: Parenting

Other People’s Kids

April 23rd, 2010 · 7 Comments

It’s Spring, and as a result, we’re seeing a larger parade of friends and other families in our travels.  This always brings up comparisons- how do our kids measure up?  What is it about some kids that drives us up a wall?  How much of it is the kid and how much is the parent?  [...]

Tags: Parenting

The iPad For Families

April 7th, 2010 · 15 Comments

Being a tech geek, and having earned some disposable income, I bought an iPad.  This has been cause for much discussion and anticipation around our house, not only from me, but from the little geeklings I am raising.  My 11 year-old has actually been saying he is *sure* I will need the 3G model, in [...]

Tags: Education · Parenting

Day 25

January 26th, 2010 · No Comments

We’re 25 days into 2010. 25 days into our resolutions.
Rob and I sat down today and reviewed our financial and family goals. We committed them to paper. We scheduled our next meeting.
We asked ourselves, what are we doing today to meet tomorrow’s goals?
And now I’ll ask you: What are you [...]

Tags: Family · Finance

Lights Out

January 20th, 2010 · No Comments

We’ve been having some weather here in SoCal these past few weeks. Interesting to get weather here, as we normally have a steady 72º and Sunny. This new weather consists of gentle rain, with the occasional gusts of wind. The past 24 hours brought us more of this new weather, expanded, with heavier rain and [...]

Tags: Family · Fun · Parenting

Grandparents

November 27th, 2009 · No Comments

Time, they say, heals all wounds. While I don’t think this applies for every situation I do know that there is some truth to the statement. Five years ago we brought our daughters home from the hospital on Thanksgiving day. They had been born premature at 30 weeks gestation (which is 10 weeks too soon). [...]

Tags: Family · Holidays · grandparents

Time Economy And Cookies

September 22nd, 2009 · 8 Comments

The oatmeal raisin cookie recipe that I use says, “Bake for 10-12 minutes”.
When I bake cookies, I play the role of efficiency expert. I carefully plan my paths (my cooking triangle is dysfunctional) getting out and putting away ingredients along the way. By the time I add the raisins, most of my ingredients are put [...]

Tags: Parenting

Starting School Traditions

September 5th, 2009 · 3 Comments

I have to admit that I always thought that I would have two daughters.   I’m not sure when that originated, but it certainly was cemented when I attended a woman’s college.  Some people wait to find out the sex of the baby until it’s born to be surprised.  I was so surprised to learn during [...]

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