My middle daughter turned eight today. She planned her own celebration, including the transportation. This is what she chose to do. First, we biked down and picked up her friend. Then the three of us biked to the local Izzy’s restaurant (for which we had a coupon) for lunch. Then we biked home for presents, [...]
I was immediately drawn in by the first episode of Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution, and have been equally captivated by each episode. Of course, I’m totally on board with his mission to bring real, wholesome food to the people of Huntington, West Virginia and elsewhere, but the series also features good storytelling! I encourage everyone [...]
People, including myself, talk a lot about leading a balanced life. In general, people mean this to be healthy, like eating a balanced diet. However, I started thinking about it, and I really DON’T like the image of myself teetering along a rooftop, or walking a tightrope. Nor to I like to think of myself [...]
Here’s the deal. We just got home from a softball game, and now I have to do some child-nurturing and get myself to bed too. And I’m sending you elsewhere to read about balance, so that I can balance myself. Actually, I’m suddenly wondering whether balance is really a good metaphor for life after all. [...]
In my previous post, I described how my family uses The Six-o-Clock Scramble meal planning service to help maintain a balanced, healthy life. Today, we find out more about Scramble founder Aviva Goldfarb and her family. As a busy mom, what’s a typical day like for you? I’m really disciplined about my time which helps [...]
I looked out the window after school today, and saw rain pouring down on students and teachers as they loaded the buses. It didn’t look good for me, and I’d parked my bike outside and left all of my rain gear (cheap poncho and plastic bags) in the Freeloader bags, where it was already getting [...]
At 5:00 this morning, the alarm clock came to life and blared out that there’d been another earthquake in Haiti, magnitude 6.1. “Oh, no” “What?!” My husband and I responded simultaneously. He turned the alarm off and went back to sleep, since he was going to work two hours late today. I rolled over and [...]
Posted on January 16th, 2010 in Parenting
The girls went upstairs to bed, and within a few minutes I could hear shrieks of dismay. “Give me my book!” “I don’t want to listen to the Wiggles!” “I can’t find any pajamas!” I think we need to do something about bedtime again. I know that having a routine is key, especially for young [...]
