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I like to think of parenting as a multi-disciplinary job.  Some things I do involve direct interaction with the boys, while other things are more indirect.  How I manage the house, for example.  That is an important facet of my parenting, yet it’s something that goes on behind the scenes, as it were.  Well.  It’s […]

We visited my parents’ new home today ( they’re blogging about it here), to see how things were coming along. It’s due to be ready in a few weeks, and so we wanted to see some of the “behind the scene” stuff. What we discovered when we got there touched my heart more than I […]

Recently, Ben spent his first night away from home. No, that’s not right. He spent his first half-night away from home. Around 11:30pm, my husband and I were watching the tail end of a movie when the phone rang. We looked at each other meaningfully before getting up to answer it. […]

All right, I’m taking a poll: how many of you think you have a clean house? How many of you clean your homes (maybe not in every nook and cranny, but pretty much top to bottom) every week?
Honestly now!
Because the truth is, I am an awful housekeeper. I hate it. I get no joy out […]

Ever since I became a father, I’ve been the primary care-giver for my children, as well as the primary domestic engineer. My wife is happy to do housework, but she is far more capable of bringing home the bacon. This is perfect for me, as I happen to love what I do for my family: […]

The school year is slowly winding down around here. Yeah, yeah. We still have a month to go. So what? A month isn’t that long! Besides, if we worked REAL hard, we could probably finish up in two weeks. OR! We could be REAL lazy and get done in a month. I think we all […]

This past weekend, I attended Podcamp NYC 2.0. This was a conference I organized, taking place in a city where I do not live, requiring tons of time and effort on my part to put on, and requiring sacrifices on the part of my family as a result. The conference was terrific, I […]

There are times when I am sitting at the dining room table doing school work with my son and and it is nearly impossible to keep myself from banging my head on the table in frustration. My son is such a bright kid, but some days he just will not focus. He will not listen. […]