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Committed: The Ties that Bond

with Angella

After dinner last night, the kids went to the family room to play, my husband sat on the couch to watch the news and I sat down to ponder what words of wisdom (Ha!) I could share here. I was a little stumped for a topic relating to relationships...

Problem Solved!

with Problem Solved

I like to think of myself as a bit of a movie buff and hate it when I meet someone who has a more encyclopedic knowledge of films (and who has memorized more movie lines, too). And, since we don't get out that much, movies have become a treat,...

The Work It, Mom! Blog

with Nataly

It's 8am on Saturday morning. My daughter is with my parents, who were kind enough to take her to breakfast and to a museum ("I want to go to the playground!" "Sweetie, it's 15 degrees out because someone forgot to tell the weather that it's...

The Working Closet

with Sarah

One of my current obsessions is the television show Mad Men - have you seen it? Oh, it's fantastic. Forget the story line (although it's wonderful), the set design and costumes alone should have you tuning in on a weekly basis. You see,...

Parenting Without a Manual

with Karen Murphy

I'm a terrible delegator. I would do a thing myself a hundred times over rather than suffer the agony of hovering over someone else doing it—gasp!—not to my standards. I would do the thing myself those hundred times while all the while...

Ordering Disorder

with Chris Jordan

I am sure that most of you know Shannon from the blog Rocks in My Dryer. If you do not read her blog, why not? You are missing out! I love the name of her blog, by the way. I don't think that I have ever done laundry and NOT found rocks...

Working (On) Motherhood

with Leah

Much of the nine months of this gestation (and before) was spent listening to advice, collecting stories, cataloging the wisdom of my elders (and youngers), and then figuring out what worked best for me, particularly when it came to "must-have"...

Full Time, All the Time

with Britt and Robyn

When I was a little girl I dreamed about growing up and having a job.  I would get up in the morning and put on my power suit, hop on a train and head to the office. At the end of the day I would pack up my briefcase, put on my very professional...

Moms On Issues

with Sara and Veronica

When I was a kid my parents worked weekends. My dad at his second job and my mom worked nights in a hospital. They worked their schedules out so that every other weekend my two younger sisters and I spent the weekend with my grandma. This allowed...

Work It, Dad!

with Avi Spivack

So a long-time buddy of mine just had a baby (well, his wife did), and I had to take him out for a celebratory lunch (in these times, we went to Taco Bell). I saw him from afar, and then when I got closer, I noticed that he hadn't shaved...

Mommy Needs a Business

with Kristen

I apologize to all of you who have now stumbled across this post as a result of a google search. In fact, this post has absolutely nothing to do with pre-game rituals, must-have appetizers and the cocktail concoctions of choice. Cocktails.......

Single Mom at Work

with Kristin Darguzas

My friend emailed me late one night this week, an update email about his kids, his work, and what was stewing in his head. He’s a fairly newly divorced dad, with a 7 year old son and a 3 year old daughter. His ex-wife and the kids live...

Milk and Cookies

with Linda and Kristen

All year long, I clip those little "Box Tops for Education" thingies, and the kids bring them in to their school. I didn't know it until this school year, but the Box Tops program also has something called "Marketplace," where certain online...

Entrepreneur Mom

with Aliza Sherman

Obligatory disclaimer: I have been given an Epson WorkForce 600 all-in-one device to review but also to keep. If you know me at all, you will know that this in no way compromises the following review. One thing I know about myself, and I...

The 36-Hour Day

with Lylah M. Alphonse

I was up late the other night, working, and when I finally rolled up to bed, I was upset that I hadn't gotten enough work done. But I was wiped out, battling yet another cold, and really needed to sleep. The next morning, I reassessed my...

Cornered Office

with Mir Kamin

I was sitting around with a group of people the other day, and they were all talking about how it's nearly Thanksgiving, and after that it's just a smooth slide on down to winter break. "Oh, I have to get that done this week," one of them said,...

Off the Clock

with Karen

A couple of weeks ago, I was busy braiding my four-year-old's hair.  "Stand STILL, Alex!" I said, impatiently tugging on her plait.  "If you keep moving, you're going to look like Pippi Longstocking." Alex burst out laughing.  "I'm going...

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