Thanks for visiting! If you’re new here, you may want to sign up for my RSS feed or automatic email updates - it’s free!It’s quiet here. ‘Lil man and I are toiling around the house wondering how to keep each other company. After a full summer of activity, travel, and fun, the girls are back [...]

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We had an amazing time on our recent trip to Maryland and I’m still filing through the 100s of photos we took during our 7-day vacation, but this particular one just sums it all up. It’s me with my son in front of the White House and I just had to share it. Priceless.

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Starting today, I’m on vacation visiting family for the week so you won’t see any new posts. We’re all totally bummed that my husband couldn’t make the trip with us. 
At this very moment, I’m being cattle herded onto a Southwest flight with my three kids and silently praying we’ll all remain on [...]

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I wrote this post for another blog in June, while I was on my mini-vacation to Chicago. I meant to share it with you here, but time got away from me, so here it is now…
Every mother knows the feeling of guilt. In fact, I think we learn this feeling far before having children.
I’m in [...]

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Just in case you’re one of those blog readers who only hangs out with the “cool kids,” then stick around. Alltop.com says we’re cool and recently added this blog to their Moms directory.
Alltop.com is an idea conceived by a trifecta of innovators - Will Mayall, Kathryn Henkens, and Guy Kawasaki - and its purpose [...]

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I came across an interesting article from the NY Times today that piqued my interest with its statement that, “women in their prime earning years, struggling with an unfriendly economy, are retreating from the work force, either permanently or for long stretches.”  It was a bit refreshing to read that economists were no longer blaming [...]

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When I first graduated from college with my shiny BA English, I decided to bypass my default career decision to become an high school English teacher for a glitzy job as a technical trainer for a software company in San Diego. (If you’re wondering how I qualified - the short-story is I’m a bit of [...]

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There are a few things that have been ruminating in my mind lately. Well, there are more than a few things, but these are the ones that seem to cause me the most grief…

Managing financial uncertainty (mostly with regard to the future…I’m still a bit skittish after my husband’s recent stint on unemployment);
What’s the plan [...]

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On any given day, my children express hundreds of their needs and wants - most of them come at a financial cost. I’m not an especially extravagant parent (can’t afford to be), but more often than not, my kids needs and wants are met before I even consider spending money on myself. At the end [...]

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When I was a kid, my dad would load me and my older sister up with his own tailor-made version of “summer school.” We read from the dictionary, completed math drills and wrote essays. So, while our friends looked forward to their summer vacation, we looked toward June, July and August with total dread.
Despite how [...]

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