First, Happy New Year to all! While the New Year is a magic time for some, you fellow parents know that better than any New Year is the ‘Magic Time’ when your household is at peace and you’re not being asked to stretch beyond your ability to cope with the challenges that little kids bring. […]
Losing weight, quitting smoking, and saving money are all popular resolutions… but the problem with these is that if you slip up, you feel like a failure… in fact, 92% of all resolutions are doomed to fail. But New Year’s is still a great time for a little reflection and thinking of areas where we […]
Cleaning the house can be hard enough any time of the year but around the holidays with all the extra things to do it can pretty insurmountable. Sure, you can clean your house yourself, but wouldn’t it be nice if you didn’t have to worry about it at all? CottageCare House Cleaning is offering a […]
You can microwave a plate of Thanksgiving dinner for three days, or you can mix it up a bit with these great recipes using your leftover turkey dinner: Turkey Cranberry Brie Grilled Cheese Will Cook for Smiles This looks amazing. Brie and turkey is a great combination and using the leftover cranberry sauce adds just […]
I find myself paying more and more attention to advertisements about wrinkle creams. I haven’t bought one yet…. but I’ve moved from “pre-contemplative” to “contemplative” stage. It’s not a frame of mind I thought I’d ever be in. It is only one of a series of symptoms of feeling…. older, or at least different in a more mature kind […]
We wear our busy schedules like a badge of honor; committed to twelve committees, room mother, kids on several soccer teams, participating in after school activities, music classes and cooking. We are at every event and everywhere all at once. We are frantic; we are on the phone; we are in our cars; we check […]
My kids, particularly my daughter, have many opinions on what to wear. Sadly, they don’t just keep these ideas to themselves. They attempt to style me, too, but I’ve had enough! Well, I should have had enough because this is what happens when I relinquish control. I know how you should do your hair! Like […]
Rmom: It’s pretty rare that you get to have an interview with a duck. Today I interview not just any duck but Edwin the Duck, an app-enhanced smart companion who is helpful to parents and a life-long friend to children. Edwin, would you care to introduce yourself to our readers? Edwin: Quack! I mean, hi […]
I am a working woman and mom. The news this week that two giant tech companies, Facebook and soon Apple, will be offering female employees paid coverage for freezing eggs (yep, the ones from their ovaries) as a “perk” struck me as very concerning. Is it sending the right message? What if, when I applied for […]
Dear My Second Child, I love you more than you could ever know, but I want you to know that I’m fully cognizant that you being the second child has impacted my life and yours. So much so, that I feel compelled to apologize for it. I am sorry that I have not memorized the […]
