It is easy to forget the reason for Memorial Day with cookouts, family gatherings, and kid’s sporting events crowding the calendar. Memorial Day is a day to remember those who served in wars to defend the United States. When we…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Brrrr: Beach Time In Manchester
With summer approaching, thoughts of water, sand, and sun spring to mind. I was born in Manchester. We spent many rainy, windy days bundled in blankets behind windbreaks sipping hot tea at the “seaside” in Southport. My sister and I…
Stepping Out of Your Comfort Zone
I am not an outgoing person. I keep to myself. I don’t like to be the center of attention. Working from home works for me. At my first blogging conference, I knew my roommate, my driving companion, and 5 other…
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I wrote about our homework struggles. While most of the country’s kids are skipping out of school, our county’s kids are “still going and going” — like the Energizer Bunny. I complained about how much time we spend at volleyball…
Reminiscing… I Was a Stranger in a Strange Land
I had a nomadic childhood. I lived in England…America…England…America…England…Italy…and finally America. I came to the U.S. to attend college. For the most part the people I met were kind to me. I must have sounded strange to them with my…
What Age: Cell Phones…ipod…itouch…Nintendo DS? @BitMoms
Cell Phones We let our girls (now 11 and 14) to both get cell phones in 6th grade. Both spend all day at volleyball tournaments 2 weekends a month. Their dad is always with them, but if he had to…
Weigh in @MomSpark on the Term “Mommy Blogger” https://tinyurl.com/2eje9cu
I don’t know about you but I fell in to blogging. I never set out to make a career in blogging. I read a few blogs. Clicked a few buttons. Joined a few networks. Marvelled at the free stuff I…
Respectful Silence: Visiting D.C. War Memorials with Kids
As a long-time resident of D.C., I have visited D.C. sites many times. I am thrilled to announce that I am now an Oyster Locals blogger! Oyster.com is a hotel review website…Oyster provides the skinny on hotels…the good, the bad,…
The Homework Struggle
When my oldest was a kindergartener, homework was a snap. My only issues involved what to do with my youngest. I bought a workbook for the youngest. Both girls “worked” together as I made dinner or cleaned the kitchen. My…
Surviving Girl Scout Camping
Camping is a memory I will have a hard time erasing. The wet. The damp. The bathrooms. The shower! My goodness how could I forget not showering. The floor of the shower was extremely cruddy. No way was I stepping…
