I’m so sorry folks. I’ve been on vacation with my daughter and now I am ramping up my business. Also, my next topics are really important and I am still brewing about it. I want to begin ...
It is spring break for my two youngest children this week. My fourteen year old son is in Washington D.C. and New York for his eighth grade school trip. For the first couple of days he was gone I hea...
If I was trickier I would be able to copy a post or two from my girl’s blogs and put them up here. But I’m not. So I will just tell you where they are. Kate is my oldest daughter. Her blo...
I promise I won’t do this often but I need a minute . . . to rant. People. You are in charge. You are. Not your children, YOU! When your two year old stamps his foot and yells at you, send him ...
We are all familiar with the concept of ‘Time-out’, right? Your child breaks a rule, or has some other behavior that is anti-social, so you remove them to some out-of-the-way place until ...
I read an article today about things people said they regretted at the end of their life. The usual things were listed but then I saw that many people felt that they were either too strict or too lax...
Surprise! I’m not going to talk about your children respecting you. Instead, I want to encourage you to respect your children. First of all, let me just say that it is natural and necessary to ...
Here in California the rain just keeps coming. Yesterday we were without power for most of the day. So fun. ( That’s sarcasm folks, heavy sarcasm. ) Break out the board games and card games! Ha...
Living here is the Bay Area of California I have for some time felt the need to get serious about earthquake preparedness. Beyond sending our financial contributions and prayers to those suffering in...
Oh, the things I have tried! Chore charts I bought. Chore charts I wrote. Books I bought and tried to implement. On and on. The problem that kept occurring was that the system itself just became one...
You know what I’m talking about. I was at the house of a friend and their two year old greeted me by jumping up into my arms. ( SO cute! ) Then he asked me a question followed by a series of &#...
Ever have a day when you are so exhausted you don’t know how you’ll make it through? Maybe you are sick and there is no one available to help. All you want in the world is to lay down, a...
The blink of an eye. That’s how long it takes for a room to get cluttered. Shoes. Coats. Papers. STUFF! The problem is that it’s hard to take care of other people’s things when you ...
The title really says it all but I will elaborate nonetheless. When people hear that I have six children, a certain image immediately pops into their head. I know this because they tell me! They thin...
Ok here is my commitment, I am going to post three times a week. I have done some writing over the weekend and now have several posts ready to go so I think I am in good shape. I find myself simultan...
A couple of years ago my brother was in town for a visit and we went over to my (sounds ridiculous to call him this at my age) boyfriends house for dinner. We ate and chatted over wine and it was nic...
My mother is the inspiration for this idea. When I was little she only kept about half of our toys out at a time. She said it kept us from becoming bored with our toys. I remember those days when she...
I know we would all like to parent our children well right from the beginning but the truth is that we have to grow into being a good parent just as our children grow to be adults. Everybody starts f...
I’m kind of excited. Never thought I would be a blogger. I used to think it was just an online diary of sorts. ( Yes, I’m old.) After finding many quality blogs that bring me so much enjo...
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