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Parents and the Academy Awards

You know you are a parent when… you haven’t seen a single one of the movies nominated for an Academy Award. And I am not just referring to the Best Picture nominees; I’m talking about any movie in any category. You, you, you, and me. Can you imagine taking a young child to see the mostly silent, black-and-white best flick nominee, “The Artist”? My kid would have gotten us thrown out of the theater within the first four minutes, or after the first 50 times of her asking: “Mommy, why does this movie have no sound?”–whichever came first. Last year, … Continue reading →

Making Summer Memories

Time is ticking for work-at-home moms, who desperately try to generate an income in the hours that their children are in school. In a few short days, summer vacation will be here and routines and schedules will be replaced with utter chaos. Okay, maybe I am exaggerating a little… or not. In any event, as we kick-off the Memorial Day weekend, I thought it would be apropos to remind overworked and underappreciated parents that your kid’s childhood is disappearing right before your eyes. Soon that chubby baby will be a terrible two-year-old, who morphs into a sassy six-year-old, and then … Continue reading →

Favorite Phases

When daughter was a toddler she absolutely adored watching Blues Clues. However, most of her viewing came courtesy of DVDs which I would have to set-up for her. By the time she was three, my daughter knew that it required a few button presses by mom before Blue and crew would show up on our television screen. While I adjusted settings, my daughter would grab her stuffed Elmo chair and settle in the middle of the living room smack in front of the TV. She would wait anxiously as I powered up the TV and DVD, made some menu selections … Continue reading →

Running out of Time

We’ve all said it that we never have enough time. You know what I mean, sometimes there doesn’t seem to be enough hours in the day to do all you need do to or want to do. But recently for me running out of time became a reality. Yesterday by the time I had walked from the study to the kitchen and then to the bedroom I had lost over ten minutes. No, it’s not that our house is all that biog. It’s that the three clocks were all showing different times. The problem is one clock that keeps time, … Continue reading →

How Much Do You Value Your Child’s Opinion?

When I get ready to go out in public I generally look like my profile photo seen at the bottom of this post. However, there are many times when I don’t bother sticking in my contacts, adding make-up or styling my hair. Instead, I throw on my glasses and a baseball cap and rush off to wherever it is that I need to be. Those are the times when I typically hear this from my 6-year-old daughter: “Ewwww, Mommy! Are you wearing your glasses in public?” To which I usually respond: “If you want to get to school on time—-yes!” … Continue reading →

Helping Kids Pack for College

Did you see “Toy Story 3” this summer? I did… twice. I cried…twice. Oh yes I did. When Andy was saying goodbye to his mom before leaving for college, I couldn’t hold back the tears. Never mind that my daughter is just 6 years old and promised me that I could live with her in her college dorm room if I wanted. Ah… sweet, innocent six. Right now tens of thousands of college co-eds are returning to campus in anticipation of the new school year and of those students nearly a third will be living in university housing, which means … Continue reading →

The Right Place for Romance

Last weekend in Sydney one man was in the right place looking for romance, or was he? The man among 250 women was Daniel Scarparolo, who was attending the Romance Writers of Australia Conference. From Perth this young man is writing a romance novel – his first. In a time when some publishers have gone to the wall or merged and sales are reputedly down, romance novels are flourishing. In USA sales of romance fiction were $1.37 billion in 2008. In England and Australia sales are also high. This is despite a gloomy economy. What is the big attraction? Is … Continue reading →

Time

Time, why you punish me? Remember that line from Hootie and the Blowfish’s hit single “Time”? It haunts me this time of year. Actually, it more than just haunts me, “Time” is my theme song during the back-to-school season. Time, time You ain’t no friend of mine I don’t know where I’m going I think I’m out of my mind Thinking about time Actually, it’s the theme song of my life. Time. I’m constantly running out of it. Constantly competing against it. Constantly wishing that I had more of it. Time kicks my butt every.single.day. It’s never on my side, … Continue reading →

Growing Orchids

Orchids are one of my favorite flowers. They are great to grow for several reasons. Firstly, they come in a huge range of colors from white through beige and pinks and greens to deep maroons and purples. Last weekend my husband and I went to a local wholesale nursery and of course we came away with three new orchids, two are green. I love green flowers nearly as much as I love blue ones. The third is a rich pinky red. We already have several orchids. Throughout the year they grow outside in pots in a spot where they will … Continue reading →

10 Tips to Break out of the Marriage Rut

Sometimes we in our marriages we can become stuck in a rut. Everyday goes by exactly the same , we do everything exactly the same , we might have meals at the same times, go to work at the same time, go to bed at the same time, even make love at the same times. Marriage can, if we’re not a careful, become ho hum – stuck in a groove and boring. So what can you do about to? Read on and find out. The last couple of days I’ve had a song stuck in my head that won’t go … Continue reading →