Need a lot of sleep? How to cope
I have been tracking my time for the last 19 months. When I ran the calculations on the first 12 months, I discovered I was …Read More
Category Archives: Parenting & Family
Better weekend coordination
While Sunday is not yet over, I feel comfortable saying this weekend went better than last weekend. Partly, it was that there was no swim …Read More
Random Friday thoughts
It's too hard to write an essay for Friday. So this will be a random assortment of thoughts and updates on life right now (non-political …Read More
Weekend hits and misses
On Friday, I wrote about my planning process, which is basically a list of lists. Does this process work perfectly? No! This weekend, for instance, …Read More
What I am into now (November edition)
Were I to make a list of favorite months, November would be near the top. In my corner of southeastern Pennsylvania, the month starts with …Read More
Travel with big kids
We just got back from a long weekend vacation in Orlando. Most of the time was spent at various Disney places, with one stop at …Read More
Fertility and false choices
Infertility has many causes. Plenty of young women have trouble conceiving, a fact that doesn't get talked about much because there are no larger social …Read More
It is OK to miss a soccer game
I made a conscious decision to skip town last week ahead of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, and I didn't watch much of either …Read More
Time strategy #7: Try to enjoy it
Toddlers are mercurial creatures. The other day, my little guy elected to skip his afternoon nap. He was miserable (and violent! Oh, the hair-pulling!) for …Read More
One morning in Maine
A few weeks ago, my husband had asked if I wanted to accompany him to a work conference in Florida this past weekend. I said …Read More