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!This morning, after dropping the girls off at school, my son proclaimed, “Mommy, I’m bored with you.” Ouch…that hurt.
He followed this up with, “And I don’t want to go home.” Gee…neither do [...]

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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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Every working mother struggles with the conflict between career and family. One of the main concerns is discovering how to follow your career aspirations while being actively engaged in your child’s upbringing. When the tension between work and life reaches its peak, you might wonder if you should even be working at all. Before you [...]

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Today, I had the opportunity to chat with Dr. Michelle Segar, a working mother, leading expert on exercise motivation and researcher at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender at the University of Michigan (whew!), about her recent study on mid-life women and exercise goals. I think you’ll find her study interesting and encourage [...]

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Today, I’m making the dreaded trip to CostCo to buy an over-sized box of Pull-ups for my youngest. Frankly, I’m tired of making these trips. With the spacing of my children, I think I’ve actually had a kid in diapers or Pull-ups for the last seven years straight! Will it ever end?!
My son will be [...]

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Sometimes I should just keep my mouth shut. Whenever I make a new discovery, whether it’s earth-shattering or just mildly interesting, I have to tell people about it.
So after writing the post Rising Gas Prices Affect Your Work/Life, I proudly showed my husband the scribbles where I calculated how much it cost for him to [...]

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It sickens me to fill up my SUV these days. As the pump rapidly moves from $0 to nearly $100, I want to puke. While I watch the numbers on the pump roll forward, I recall the days (20 years ago…oh my gosh how time flies!) when I could fill up my car for about [...]

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It’s been just over a week since the kick off of Mommy Summer Camp 2008 and things have gone really well! The kids are happy, the house isn’t a wreck and I’m actually finding time to get my work done without any stress or disruption. But today, I discovered a flaw in my “perfect” plan [...]

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If you’re looking for some ideas to keep your kids entertained this summer, here is my short list of ideas:

Buy the book, The Family Manager’s Guide To Summer Survival. It’s a terrific resource that you’ll access every year.
In various cities around the US, Harkins Theatres is offering a Summer Movie Fun pack where you can [...]

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There’s no doubt about it — it’s becoming increasingly difficult for many working mothers to advance in the traditional corporate workplace. This is especially true in corporate cultures where putting in long hours at the office and maintaining adequate “face time” is a norm. As a working mother, you’re faced with the conflicting demands of [...]

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