Hello! I hope everyone is enjoying autumn and if you’re like me, eating pumpkin everything. As the combination of juggling work and home has continued to keep me juggling, writing is most often on the back burner. Most often, there are plenty of ideas percolating but they never quite make it to paper. Every once in a…
I started the summer feeling “in between.” The kids are at camp three days each week and home with me two, so parent mode has ramped up. I left my job and started my own marketing consulting firm, so I have been juggling “launch mode” and doing work that will pay the bills. I am networking…
I love to read, and the book nerd in me misses diving into books and not coming up for days. These days, though, I’m lucky if I get through ten pages before I am nodding off. Because of that, I have been reading more anthologies and essay collections. If you’ve been looking for some summer…
Summer is off to a crazy start, which I will fill you guys in on later this week. In the meantime, I managed to sneak in a little writing time and I am excited to be featured at Mamalode today. The kids and I are in a good place right now, and it took us…
It has always been important to me that my kids build giving back to our community into their lifestyle from an early age. Like eating well, exercising and working hard, I want this to be a part of their lives that they don’t question – they just do. There are plenty of ways to have…
It’s National Water Safety Month and summer is on its way… which means more time around pools, lakes, and water parks. If you are trying to launch your little ones into lessons but they have other ideas, there are great some great children’s books out there to remove the fear factor. I’m over at EverydayFamily…
I love finding ways to tame my household chaos, especially when those hacks keep me away from the often overpriced children’s lines of products. I’m over at EverydayFamily with 5 unexpected items that have rocked my parenting world, plus a summer tip for your kiddos in car seats this summer! I hope you will check…
Given that I had my winter coat on four days ago here in Chicago, uttering the word “summer” seems a bit absurd. But it’s coming. And that means that this not-so-crafty mama needs to come up with ideas to keep my little busy bodies engaged. This past Christmas, I decided to forego the big gifts at…
I can’t tell today if I want to have a dance party under my kids’ disco light or climb under the covers. I am in the process of making my freelance and consulting world more of a big-kid venture, and I have a distinct window of time to determine if my own gig is financially…
