This weekend we dashed out after dinner to get in a few minutes at the playground before the sun went down. With two kids, my husband and I do the typical tag team parenting; him with one child, me the other and then we switch back and forth. It was a beautifully sunny day and [...]

Take a look at this great article from everythingmom.com While over two thirds of couples experience profound marital disillusionment after the arrival of their first baby (Gottman & Gottman, 2007), it seems that marital distress is too taboo to talk about in most social circles. Two thirds of couples struggle in their marriages and next [...]

Few things leave me speechless as you can tell by my ranks, raves and Soapbox personality, but recently my chin was agaw when I saw the amazing creations Wendy Casey of cakeaters.com made for my kids birthdays. When my daughter turned two we had just come home from vacation. Her time at the beach meant [...]

With my son in kindergarten this year, it is the first time I have had to give out Valentine cards for him and his class.  A quick trip to the drug store was disappointing, as all they had was GI Joe, Twilight (vampires) and Dora: none suitable for a five-year-old boy.  So instead I ventured [...]

Today is International Very Good Looking, Damn Smart Woman Day, a terrfic motto to live by: Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, totally worn out [...]