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15 Tips For Less Holiday Stress & More Holiday Zest

Do you find your self running in circles, screaming like a wild woman,“The holidays are coming! The HOLIDAYS are coming!” days before the crush of mass gifting and familial eating are to begin? You’re not alone. Hanukkah, based on the Jewish calendar, moves around every year, unlike Christmas or New Year’s, and sneaks up on […]

Filed Under: Lists Tagged With: christmas, festival of lights, gift giving, hanukkah, holiday cheer, holiday season, holidays, humor, less holiday stress, new years, stress

10 Things You Don’t Know About Me

When I’m flying on an airplane or waiting for my nails to dry, I reach for trashy tabloids for comfort. I get a kick out of reading US Magazine’s “What’s In My Bag” and “25 Things You Don’t Know About Me,” as well as their “Fashion Police” section, and thought it would be fun to […]

Filed Under: Lists, Parenting Tagged With: 10 things you don't know about me, 25 things you don't know about me, US Magazine

What To Put In A Care Package

It’s only been two days since we left Mini-Me at college, and the care package already arrived. How I know this is because of the ALL CAPS text I received this morning, “OMG, THANK YOU SOOO MUCH! I LOVE IT! YOU’RE THE BEST!” I won’t argue there. In addition to phone calls and texting, sending […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Lists, Popular Posts Tagged With: care package, carepackage list, college, college 101, college dorm roommates, college freshman, college tips, homesick, madlibs, party in a box, Scrabble, See's Candies, what to put in a carepackage

Summer Lovin’ (Had Me A Blast)

Summer lovin'

Music has a way of moving me and bringing back the most heartfelt memories, much like taste and smell. The scent of Coppertone takes me back to when I was a child. (Best. Smell. Ever.) Some butter-cream frostings have the same affect on me too. Anyone familiar with Hansen’s Cakes in L.A. knows what I’m […]

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How To Drop Your Child Off At College (Without Losing Your Mind)

Dropping your child off at college is one of the biggest milestones of your child’s life and a parent’s day of reckoning – having to let your child go. It’s a day filled with great anticipation, emotion, mixed feelings, and, of course, stress. And it’s your job to make sure it goes smoothly. The key […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Lists, Parenting, Popular Posts Tagged With: college, college drop off, dorms, roommates

10 Best Travel Tips: Bathrooms to Speedos. Yes, I went there.

Summer is a very special time in my home now that both kids are in college. For nine months they live across the country and I parent from afar. But summer brings them back to me and for three months I have a full house again, and I’m full swing into mommy-mode, and there is […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Lists, Travel Tagged With: Summer Series, travel, travel tips, traveling with kids

10 Things That Smell Good

10 things that smell good

There are some scents that take us back in time and remind us of loved ones, special memories, and places we’ve been. Here are ten of my favorites: 1. Freshly cut lemons. Happy and fresh. 2. Babies anytime, but especially after a bath, nestled in your arms. 3. Coffee brewing in the morning. Heaven. 4. […]

Filed Under: Lists Tagged With: coppertone sun screen, list, monday listicles, north west mommy, things that smell good, truffles

8 Reasons Why I No Longer Jog

On my blissful morning walk, I gazed at a young runner and thought wistfully, that used to be me. Young. And able to run. Don’t get me wrong, if the house were on fire (heaven forbid) or I wanted to beat the crowd to get to the front of the line at Sprinkles Cupcakes, I […]

Filed Under: Beauty, Fashion & Exercise, Lists, Midlife musings, Parenting Tagged With: carpoolgoddess, exercise, ipod, jogging, multi-tasking, pain, sprinkles cupcakes, walking, why I don't run

6 Things I Would Tell My 20-Year-Old Self

At twenty I was like many kids at that age: A youthful mixture of  bravado and immaturity. Every thing seemed SO important. EVERY decision was larger than life. Yet honestly, I didn’t have a clue who I was. In reality, I was just a girl who would struggle with frizzy hair for almost forty years […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Get Inspired, Lists, Parenting, Popular Posts Tagged With: advice for college kids, advice for teens, college 101, college tips, dating, marriage, twenty years old, what I wish I would have known when I was younger

The 20 Best College Advice Posts: What Every Freshman & Their Parents Should Read Before College

Whether it’s your first child going off to college, or if you’re like us, your last, your head might be swimming with concerns and wondering what it’s really like out there in “college land”. It’s important for parents and their college bound students to be aware so that good choices can be made. No need […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Lists Tagged With: college, college 101, college dorm roommates, college freshman, college tips, Forbes, freshman 15, GalTime, homesick, Huffington Post, making friends in college, New York Times, peer pressure

10 Songs To Relax And Romance Your Socks Off

Looking for some slow sexy tunes to put you in a romantic mood? Or just need to hear some soft smooth sounds to gently de-stress your tired, frazzled mom brain? Look no further. Here’s my list of music that soothes my soul. Any one of these songs instantly puts me in vacation mode and melts […]

Filed Under: Lists, Love Tagged With: best music for relaxation, best music for romance, ipod, iTunes, music, music to get you in the mood, romance, stress, vacation

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