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My New Year’s Resolution? Talk on the phone

Years ago, if I misbehaved, missed a curfew, or brought home a less than ideal report card, privileges would be taken away. If I was really naughty (so hard to imagine!) I would be grounded. No TV, no friends on the weekend, nothing. Nada. However, the worst punishment by far was when my phone privileges […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Popular Posts Tagged With: cell phone, do people talk on the phone anymore?, emailing, New York Times, talk on the phone, teens, texting, Time

“I Love Mondays and Other Confessions from Devoted Working Moms” Book Review and Author Interview

Whether you’re a stay-at-home-mom, a working mom, or a mom that works out of the home, most of us have experienced mommy guilt in one form or another as we often feel pulled in two different directions. I found myself smiling and nodding my head in agreement (she gets me!) from the first chapter in […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Reading List Tagged With: advice for working moms, book review, I love mondays, michelle cove, parenting advice, working moms

Fire Safety Tips: This holiday, make sure the only fire that exists is in your heart. #sponsored post

Sometimes I joke about handsome firemen coming to my home whenever I attempt to cook – I should be so lucky! –  but a real fire is no laughing matter. Even though I live above a major earthquake fault line, nothing scares me more than fire. (Flying comes a close second.) So when Kidde, the […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: fire safety, fires, home fires, home safety checklist, keeping the home fires burning, kidde, worryfreealarms.com

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

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

Wordless Wednesday: Could it at least come with a cocktail and a cabana boy?

Need I say more?

Filed Under: Midlife musings, Parenting Tagged With: cabana boy, hot flashes, menopause, perimenopause, poolboy, tropics

Throwback Thursday: Got Milk?

thermos

Digging around in my closet I found this… My thermos circa 1970s. Oh, how I loved this. Imagine I saved this and not my Barbie collection (probably worth a fortune!). I can almost smell the chocolate milk. My favorite part of lunch in those days. Yes, I was a flower child, and the first girl […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: 1970s, chocolate milk, got milk, lunch box, thermos, throwback thursday

Memorial Day Weekend Roundup: Let The Fun Begin

carpool goddess

It’s been a busy week my friends. Summer has officially started in our home now that Mini-Me has finished her first year of college (Didn’t we just drop her off??) and my empty nest status is on hiatus until the end of August. Re-entry into “mommy-mode” didn’t take but a day or so for me […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Recipes & Entertaining Tagged With: 12most.com, carpoolcoutureandcocktails.com, graduation, letmestartbysaying.com, Memorial Day, morgan shanahan

Mother’s Day 2013: Pancakes on the ceiling and other stories

Mother's Day 2013

Once again it’s that special time of year when we celebrate the moms in our lives – Mother’s Day. Whether you’re the lucky recipient of breakfast in bed (and the unlucky recipient of the messy kitchen that helped create it) or going out and braving the crowds for a delicious, expensive brunch of a place […]

Filed Under: Love, Parenting Tagged With: Babble, breakfast in bed, Ciaran Blumenfeld, Daily Candy, Elle magazine, GenFab, momfluential, mother's day, ooph, pancakes, stefanie mullen

10 Things Only A Mother Could Say

My beautiful, funny, spirited Mom turned 83 this year. In honor of her – because every day should be Mother’s Day, right? – I would like to share some of her “mommy wisdom.” Though we didn’t always see eye to eye, her words are worth their weight in gold. Thanks Mom for caring. I love […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: funny things moms say, humor, mom, mom advice, mother's day, sisters from another mister, things mom say, things only a mother could say, widsom

College Moms Share Their Empty Nest Stories – The Good, The Bad, And The Laundry

Not long ago, when I had a freshman in college and a sophomore in high school, the reality of becoming an empty nester was looming. I had no idea what living in an empty nest would be like. After years of stay-at-home-mothering, filled with action-packed days and nights, grocery shopping, school volunteering, chauffeuring, and laundry, […]

Filed Under: College & Empty Nest, Parenting Tagged With: college, college 101, college freshman, college tips, empty house full mind, empty nest, high school senior, moms helping other moms, old tweener, when your child leaves for college

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Mom, writer, purveyor of unsolicited advice. No longer driving carpool, still driving my kids crazy. L.A.Times,Wash Post,Cosmo,Good Housekeeping,AARP

Thrilled for this piece to finally see the light o Thrilled for this piece to finally see the light of day on @thegirlfriendletter. And a hearty thanks to @profwendywood, author of Good Habits, Bad Habits, for her words of wisdom. I wrote this back in February, before Covid threw us all a curveball. One thing that I realized is that whether or not we’re in quarantine, many of our basic human traits remain the same. Once a perfectionist, always a perfectionist...until I learned that that mindset was actually holding me back. Love to hear your thoughts. Link in bio. #goodhabitsbadhabits #perfectionisoverrated #selfcaretips #breakbadhabits #lessstress
So excited to start this book! It’s been hard to So excited to start this book! It’s been hard to tear my eyes away from the news to read for pleasure, but it’s a necessity. My favorite time to read is in the morning when I first wake up, when I’m still cozy in bed. How about you? #untamed #glennondoyle #readingforpleasure #readinginbed #readingwomen
When your Mahj game needs a fourth, you do what yo When your Mahj game needs a fourth, you do what you gotta do. #mahjong #mahj #learningfromthebest #alwayswelcome #dogsofinstagram
So thankful for every little bit of normalcy I can So thankful for every little bit of normalcy I can get. Playing Mahj with my mahjagals is one of my most favorite things to do. Plus, it’s so good for the brain! (Click on the link in my bio to read about my love affair with the game and what it’s done for my life). Thanks @caritk for the fabulous Mahj goodies! #mahjong #playitsafe #betterwithfriends #letsplay #mahjongtiles #loveofthegame
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Hiding a multitude of sins. #incognito #whodis #un Hiding a multitude of sins. #incognito #whodis #underwraps #pandemiclife #lifeisgood
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