Beach, no salt

We just got back from vacation last night. We drove out to Indiana on Friday, June 30, and spent the week at two different houses …Read More

Sundry

I am deep into revisions on Off the Clock. (My next book; current subtitle is "The fine art of feeling less busy while getting more …Read More

Off the clock this weekend

The 2-year-old continues to be a handful, and to wake up too early. I also had a rather ugly showdown with the 10-year-old about bedtime …Read More

Momentum

The 2-year-old has regressed back to early early wake-up times. This is quite frustrating, as we were doing so much better for a while. I …Read More

Managing the kid TBR lists

Thanks to everyone who has been downloading my TBR lists! If you have friends who would also appreciate some reading suggestions, please send them over …Read More

24 hours in the mosaic

People who've read I Know How She Does It know I like the mosaic metaphor for life. I track my time on spreadsheets with half …Read More

The 2017 summer fun list

For the past few years, I have observed a summer tradition: creating a list, in late spring, of things I want to do before Labor …Read More

#Momwins

Ahead of Mother's Day this weekend, various publications will be running pieces on the state of modern motherhood. One of the reasons I wanted to …Read More