I posted this little gem to Facbook a week ago. Sometimes a Facebook status is a dud, and you read it and think “Wow, my life is so boring” and sometimes you post something that makes you chuckle or dare…
Category: Musings on the Home
A Roundup of Musings from Me: Week of September 17, 2012
I’m going to start a new feature. A roundup of interesting links I know you’ll want to read. I’ll include giveaways and parenting posts from this blog. Articles I’ve written on one of my other sites. And anything I see…
5 Tips for Shopping with Little Kids
I’m not what you would call a clotheshorse. I have clothes in my closet from the 80s, 90s, and 2000s. Now not all of the clothing fits, but the fact that I have decades old clothes shows you that I…
Family Game Time #WiiU #washington #dc #seizingfamilytime
Let me make one thing clear. I’m not a gamer. I’m the parent and wife of gamers, but not a gamer myself. In fact even in my heyday of gaming, I probably played Ms. PacMan about once a year. I…
Are You Jumping on the iPhone 5 Bandwagon?
I’ve only used Android phones, although my first smartphone was actually a Palm Pre Plus. Though I only know Android phones — I use an HTC Thunderbolt — my teens only use iPhones. Will only use iPhones. Hardly acknowledge other…
Back to School: Keeping Track of Your School Uniform with @Mabelhood #buzzmama
A few weeks ago three generations of women in my family shopped. For two of the generations, shopping is as easy as breathing. For one — me — I avoid shopping like the plague. I don’t shop til I drop.…
Thursday at #BlogHer12 (Part 1)…Dreaming of #BeachesResort
A vacation should be relaxing. Stress free. A welcome distraction from life back home. That’s the theory anyway. I’ve heard rumors of relaxing vacations. Ones where you sip a drink while relaxing by the pool. You sleep in or get…
Seizing Family Time with Kaboom Kids movie titles #seizingfamilytime
I saw very few movies growing up. I lived in England as a very young child, and then again from about age 10 onwards. I can count on one hand the movies I saw in a movie theater. No joke.…
Back to School: School Bus or Car Pool?
This morning was a little less rushed than the previous two days. Why? One reason, and one reason only. Car pools rock on the day you DON’T have to do the car pool. This week I’ve juggled drives to and…
Sunday at #BlogHer12… #freshproduce #brunch #clevertech
Now that my children are all in school for a full day and I am back to work more or less full time, I have no time for shopping. I’d rather write a blogpost than drive to the mall. In…
