Giving New Meaning to Parenting

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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?  [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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). [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]