Tackling the weekend, solo
My husband was gone all weekend. This is a relatively rare occurrence, but still never my favorite one. Especially since I am still out of …Read More
Writing About Time Management, Life, Careers & Family
Books read in March 2018
Here's my belated Books Read in ... post. A few good titles, a few so-so ones. Hopefully April will be better. Let Your Mind Run, by …Read More
How to travel light – with kids
Many years ago, when I was pregnant with my eldest, my husband and I took a trip to the Caribbean, where we met another couple …Read More
Podcast: All things birthday parties!
I have four children. Like clockwork, they each have a birthday, every single year! And we want to celebrate. Of course, in certain slightly competitive …Read More
Spring break in the UK
Frequent blog readers may recall that, at some point this winter, I suffered a bout of planning fatigue. Having figured out summer vacations, camp schedules, …Read More
Podcast: How to craft a career that works for you
I'm mostly off-line this week with spring break, but I'm just popping in here to talk about this week's podcast. It's really a good one, …Read More
Friday miscellany: Renovations, blog break
After getting home at 1:15 a.m. early Thursday morning, I was up bright and early to greet the contractors who came to start ripping up …Read More
Not this again
Another week, another snowstorm. Another week of switching flights around. Another week of early dismissals and school cancelations. I was in Seattle/Tacoma giving a speech …Read More
Podcast: Making life work, with emergency medicine physician Swati Singh
I forget where it was, but I recently heard a woman remark "Well, you see, my husband's a doctor." The implication was that she needed …Read More
Learning to throw, and a tub’s last hurrah
This weekend was fairly low-key as these things go, which was fine. Friday night, my husband and I went out for dinner at our favorite …Read More