I wrote a post over at my Baltimore Parenting Tweens Examiner site on the 2010 Census. I listed tips on how to explain the U.S. census to your tween. It got me thinking… I don’t remember completing the 2000 Census.…
Author: Jill Berry
Seizing family time one dinner...game night...movie at a time.
Helping Teens Deal with Illness
I posted this as a response to a mom on the Momster Facebook page. The mom recently had major surgery. Her daughter did not visit her in the hospital and has not spoken to her mom since she got home.…
What Kind of a Mom Are You?
Cozi posed a question on Facebook. What Kind of a Mom Are You? Here’s my answer: I”m none of the above, but a little of three. I am a nontechie Chief Technology Officer who likes gadgets as long as they…
Dinner
Dinner is a given. Dinner must be cooked. Dinner is always cooked by me. I would prefer to eat out. A frozen pizza sounds like dinner to me. All of the above statements make sense to me. How to solve…
Pondering Passion: What Are You Passionate About?
A passion is not something run of the mill, but something extraordinary. But, what is “extraordinary” anyway? Certainly people have been described as extraordinary…Mother Theresa…Rosa Parks…Nelson Mandela. Tourist traps can be called extraordinary…Taj Mahal…Great Wall of China. Can an ordinary…
Wordless Wednesday: Creating Order
What Lights My Fire?
Editor’s Note: I wrote the following as a response to a writing prompt about electrical storms wiping out the internet (shudder). I was asked to write about my passions… Nothing like being under the gun to write. Pressure? No pressure!…
What Generation Are You?
I saw the following chart in the Washington Post. I tore it out of the Washington Post. Sniff…sniff…this was when we still had the Washington Post delivered. I love reading the paper, but I was overwhelmed by 7 newspapers per…
Baltimore #BloggyBootCamp
Don’t you just love the name? Doesn’t this sum up what we — I — need as a blogger? I need someone to tell me what I am doing wrong. I need the confidence to get what I want. I…
Winners: Joy Berry Books!
I let snow, snow days, kids off school, shoveling, snow blowing, get in the way of picking my winner for the fabulous Joy Berry Book sets. I apologize. It won’t happen again. Do you forgive me? Say yes? Oh, goo!…
