When rest is out of reach
Monday night my husband came home sick. He went directly to bed, while I made dinner, took out the cans, emptied the trash, recycling and compost into the cans,...
Category: Parenting & Family
My “Why”: The PTA
There is a lot of talk in any venture, really, about figuring out your “why,” the idea being that if you know why you are doing something–eati...
Falling Back (Now vs Then)
I used to love falling back. While I’m not a fan of changing the time in general (we would keep DST all year if I had my way), and I HATE when it gets dar...
New Family Traditions
I worry sometimes that we don’t spend enough time creating and cultivating our own new family traditions, but instead work only to preserve favorite tradi...
Things I’m Loving Right Now
Despite the stress at work, and surrounding the PTA, there is much I am loving these days. Here are a few things that are making me happy. ~ Magnesium. Seriousl...
There’s Always Something
I ALWAYS work out three times a week. I can count on one hand the weeks I didn’t manage to work out three times in the past year. I think it may only be t...
End of an era
When my daughter turned one, a family friend gave me a year-long membership to the Discovery Museum, a hands-on play space geared towards kids under 5. I spent ...
The Return of the Routine
Last night I laid out my kids clothes, and packed the non-perishables for a week of my daughter’s lunches. I gave them both a little melatonin so they wou...
External Reflections
I’ve been buying a lot of shit lately, and my house looks like a hurricane hit it. I’ve been me long enough to know that I’m buying things in ...
One More Week
There is officially one week left of my summer. I can’t believe it. It feels like it started only yesterday. I haven’t traveled like this during the...