Single moms: Make time for adult companionship (guest post)
(Laura's note: I'm on the road this week, so I'm running some guest posts on my favorite time and money themes. Today's post comes from …Read More
Category Archives: Happiness
Thursday thoughts
Over at Twitter yesterday, I posted this thought: "If you don't want to do anything on your to-do list, maybe you need a different to-do …Read More
Rethinking happy hour
Spring has been pretty dreary in my neck of the woods so far. I think the temperature got down to freezing last night, and the …Read More
Little things I like
I don't feel like writing an essay tonight. So instead, here's a random assortment of things that are making me happy right now. My local library. …Read More
Riding a roller coaster for the first time
I spent the past week -- my kids’ spring break -- in DisneyWorld. Long time readers will remember that we went there last year as …Read More
Checking things off your “Dreams List”
Laura's note: I'm taking a vacation from blogging this week, and I'm re-posting a few pieces from the archives that you may have missed the …Read More
Date night: Why doesn’t it happen?
Modern mothers work more hours for pay than they did 50 years ago. They also spend more time with their children. They still sleep a …Read More
Perks and progress
Whenever I write about lists of great places to work, I make a reference to "free M&Ms." I always thought this was a great hypothetical …Read More
Doing downtime right
One of the realities of having small children is that one’s true downtime is fairly limited. It gets better fairly soon -- my 5-year-old and …Read More
