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Yesterday afternoon, during a call to my mom on my commute home, I was telling her why I hadn’t been blogging very much lately. “I noticed you haven’t been writing,” my mom said. “What’s going on?” “With my new job and a long commute I feel brain dead at the end of the day,” I [...]
Dear Kristin, I told you it was cold in Florida! Remember on our podcast when you were confusing Disneyland with Disney World? I’ll never forget the year we went to Disney World in February for the Social Media Moms Celebration and it was 40 degrees and raining the entire time. I still have the $70 [...]
Last night Kristin and I recorded a podcast because today she’s on a plane to sunny Florida. I am snowed in. Hating. Her. Seriously, we’ve received so little snow until now that I really can’t complain. And while I planned to do the commute today (and carpool with a colleague) neither of us could get [...]
It’s been one week since I started my new full time job and this is what each morning looks like. Dear readers, you have to know that this is quite an adjustment for me. Not only am I no longer my own boss, but this is the first time since giving birth to Tommy over [...]
I didn’t think it was possible in Rochester. We are about to break a long-held record for the least amount of December snow. Until today I was saying things like “Not to worry, we’ll get plenty of the white stuff soon enough.” And yet it’s not looking like we will have any snow for Christmas [...]
One of my favorite bloggers is hosting her annual Christmas House Tour this week. I LITERALLY get sucked in to this every year. It’s amazing how much time I can spend in front of the computer looking at other people’s homes. All the lovely wreaths and Christmas trees! Then I start to wonder how much [...]
As listeners know, I love cookie swaps. Not the ones where you need to bake 6 or more dozen cookies, but the ones that are more reasonable–like the kind I used to host in my old neighborhood. Only 3 dozen cookies are required (which for many common cookie recipes is about a batch and a [...]
I wrote this post last year and thought I’d share it again. Last year, someone wrote in the comments that she went to the library and took out 23 holiday books and wrapped each one in white paper. Every night during Advent she’d unwrap one with her child and read it before bed. I thought [...]
Saw this recipe in the local paper and thought it sounded good. I make an egg strata every year for Christmas morning, but this sounds tasty and you can make it ahead. You can also adjust the basic recipe to make it sweet instead of savory. Try increasing the sugar and adding chocolate chips, dried [...]
Hello Friend, How are you feeling? Have you taken my advice and stayed hidden upstairs in your room for the weekend? Being a mom recovering from surgery is not at all easy, is it? The pain meds help with the physical symptoms, but there doesn’t seem to be enough of any drug that can numb [...]
I knew this day would come eventually. Yesterday afternoon I was dropping the kids at religion class when I heard the dreaded words. There’s a rule the church has about the drop-offs and pickups for religion class. The rule is this: Parents are to escort their children in and out of the building. Also, the [...]
When I pre-ordered a copy of Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever from the Scholastic book order last month, I didn’t really consider that I should have ordered two. My boys love the Wimpy Kid books. They have both read each one cover-to-cover, countless times. I am also a huge fan of Greg Heffley. [...]
There’s something about leeks that I just adore, especially when they are crispy, roasted in the oven with cauliflower (ala Meal Makeover Moms). Last week, though, I had a bounty of them from the CSA and decided to turn them into soup. If it’s cold where you are, give this hearty soup a try this [...]
It’s our annual Escape podcast, recorded over breakfast at the New Orleans Marriott on Saturday. Follow the fun as we chat about the ladies’ antics and then move into our “balance” panel discussion with three moms: Didi, an elementary school principal from Florida; Suzy, an engineer with GM from Michigan; and Rosa Linda a former [...]
Just posted 5 ideas over at RealSimple.com. Now excuse me while I go grab a Kit Kat.
For me, this last week of planning leading to the Escape always brings a mix of joy, anticipation, fear and anxiety. I’m excited to see listeners I’ve met on past Escapes and to meet the listeners for whom this is their first trip with us. Now that Kristin and I live in different states, the [...]
This is the recipe I raved about on a recent podcast. As you can see, I marked it with an A+ the first time I made it. This recipe is originally from September 1999 issue of Country Living and is not available on line. In September 1999 I was one month away from being a [...]
Last weekend we went back to Bristol Mountain. For me, it was my first visit since falling and tearing my ACL and fracturing two bones. As you can see in the picture, it was an unseasonably warm day. Riding the chair lift in shorts and munching on hot dogs while sweating was strange and excellent [...]
I knew this year was going to be a significant change over last. I had heard all the stories about the amount of homework in fourth grade. I’m not afraid to admit that I want to flee from the house every day at 3:45pm. I wish I could say our afternoon routine was a relaxed [...]
While the concept of a four day weekend sounds good in theory, in practice, it’s a hot mess. Monday is Columbus Day (also my 12th wedding anniversary!) and today is Yom Kippur. Two holidays certainly worth canceling school for. But when there’s work to be done, the chaos just swirls around me. As the kids [...]
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