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Last weekend, in the midst of some ridiculous conversation or situation with my family, I turned to my husband and said “sometimes you all make it so easy for me to leave for a business trip.” And with that I went to pack my bag, more than a little excited to have four days where [...]
Whew! It’s been a while since I felt compelled to blog. Actually, I’ve felt compelled many times. Unfortunately, though, I haven’t really figured out a good way to dictate blog posts while driving. I know it is possible, technically speaking, but it just doesn’t feel the same as sitting at the kitchen table frantically tapping [...]
Sophie is trying a new sport this spring, which also means I have a new opportunity to give my camera a workout. I’ve found the challenges of photographing her new team include bright sunlight and deep shadows, as well as multiple focal points – sometimes the players are close, sometimes they are far away. While [...]
I would like to thank our favorite comedian and One Funny Mother, Dena Blizzard, for the perfect way to embarrass my kids the next time they are making me crazy (although I’m not sure I have the nerve to break out the Single Ladies ensemble!
Making dinner night after night doesn’t have to feel like a chore if you have an arsenal of tried-and-true, family-pleasing recipes in your back pocket. This is one of those recipes that fits that bill, because it’s easy to make, a classic favorite with kids (we haven’t met too many who don’t love meatballs), and [...]
A girls weekend in St. Louis was enough to throw our podcasting schedule off track (it’s amazing how difficult a one hour time change and a foreign wifi network can make things). But we’ll be back next week!
Almost as strange as my tradition of making piñatas for my children at each birthday, is my other one of documenting the making of said piñata. (For those keeping track, the piñatas to date have been – Pirate; Lego; Ladybug; Camping Tent; Miss Spider; Angry Bird/Pig, and Perry the Platypus). This year’s theme was based [...]
You know that moment when you realize your children are no longer considered little? It happens slowly and instantaneously (long days – short years). One day your children are skipping at the front of the parade, and the next they are holding the hand of someone else’s little one, charged with keeping them from wandering. Because [...]
I [heart] P!nk and have more than a few of her songs in my iTunes, several of which do a more than excellent job of kicking my ass and my workouts into high gear. This weekend as I looked for the rhythm to get me through the final two miles of my race, where I [...]
It has been a tradition, for as long as I can remember, to watch the Boston Marathon along the route. As a child I remember standing expectedly in downtown Natick, with my hand outstretched, hoping a runner would give me a high five. These days, our spot has moved down the route a few miles to [...]
Pushing through the last cold miles of this morning’s duathlon – 3 mile run, 11 mile bike, 2 mile run – I contemplated the gear I have acquired over the past year and what have become my go-to items. I have learned the biggest challenge when it comes to wardrobe is not the hot days, [...]
The tests haven’t even started yet, and my son is already caving under the pressure. Friday he came home from school and told me it was not a good day. I’ll spare the details, but suffice it to say, for a kid with attention issues, drilling for standardized tests for several weeks is just not [...]
Don’t be fooled. There is no group more intimidating to speak to about social media than high school girls. Let me say that again. Teenage girls. Social media. But that’s exactly what I found myself doing last month as part of the South Shore Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership in Action Conference. According to organizers, response [...]
Sunday, as I ran through Boston with my friend completing my first race of the season – Doyle’s Emerald Necklace 2013 Road Race - I thought about the “why” of racing. Let’s face it, it would be far easier to just go for a run in my neighborhood or my town, rather than huddling next to [...]
I have to admit, I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED listening to this week’s podcast. Christine and Kristin were fun, funny and a joy to have along on my commute home from work and school tonight. After a week-long family vacation, where I overindulged in food and drink, I found their conversation about minimalism quite timely. Let’s [...]
You hear me say it over and over… the women who participate in the Manic Mommies Book Club are amazing! Last night we met to discuss our April selection The Good Daughter, with Jane Porter. Tears were shed, emails and texts passed through the evening. TODAY I’m thrilled to announce our May book selection, when [...]
Last night Sophie and I met friends at our local REI so the girls could strap on harnesses and tackle the climbing wall as part of the store’s monthly “Climb Like a Girl” event. Free to members ($10 for others) it is a fun, affordable after work activity. Sophie first learned to to climb this [...]
At dinner last night. Me: Everyone get all their homework done? Steve: Yep – Sophie got everything done. Math flash cards, RAA (book report), spelling list and advanced math homework. Me: That’s great! Steve: I realized that I really have to stay downstairs and focused on the kids if we want to get everything done. [...]
I know we often say we are crazy busy but this weekend was insane. It seemed extraordinarily packed with to-dos and the only reason I even have time to write this blog post is that I was running so late for the appointment at the dog groomer that I just decided to call up and [...]
This weekend we headed into Boston for something I never thought would become my first choice for a Saturday family activity. We attended the TRI-MANIA Expo. Wandering the floor of the MIT’s Zesiger Sport & Fitness Center in Cambridge, past displays of wetsuits and clothing, clubs (who knew there were so many clubs), bikes and [...]
