Work Your Tail Off Until They Are In School
One of my mentors gave me this advice. My mentor, a wonderful woman named Tanya, advised me that I should do the following as far as balancing work and family:

"Work your tail off until your kids are school-age. It's easier to find childcare when they are little and toddlers are a heck of a lot cuter than a pre-teen with an attitude. If you work hard during the years… Read More

If you are a parent, especially the parent of a girl, sleepovers are a fact of life. Girls love sleepovers. They love to have them, the love to go to them. My daughters and their friends like to sleepover at our house. Especially with the older girls, the teens, I walk the line between being nosy and letting the girls have their space. It's hard to do, especially when you hear the older girls texting and talking on the CELL… Read More

Organizing my family is hard because I am not a natural in the area of organization. I have the tools, the technology but organizing my kids is a bit like herding cats. Of course, you can't "herd" cats. But I will get my kids to do more around the house and to help me stay organized in 2008. The picture I posted is the result of asking my younger daughter to clean up the basement. She simply picked up the… Read More

For those of you who want to feel like a superior parent, please take a look at my 2007 Parenting Report Card. You know that voice in your head that tells you that you are not measuring up and that you are not the "perfect mother"? I hear that voice quite a bit, especially around the holiday season. I just can't seem to get it together and pull everything off like some people can at the holidays. Here are some… Read More

The presents have been opened. The holiday treats are still around and everyone in your family is sleeping too little and eating too much. The routine is so far gone it's a joke. It's the post holiday but not quite "reality" time of year. You may be working or you may have time off. But no matter what, this is a time period that all of us are a few pounds heavier and hearts are a little lighter.

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If you are crabby about all the traffic and rude people this holiday, READ THIS. There are still good people, angels, if you will, walking around. Apparently they are working at the U.S. Post Office, in the dead letter department. I checked this story out on SNOPES.com and it is true.

Here is the story. Family dog dies. Little 4 year old has mom help her write a letter to God, so that God will know when Abbey… Read More