Archive for December, 2010

Our Christmas Eve Miracle

December 23 The day started out like every other Thursday before. I dropped off my son  at his dad’s house and headed to my weekly pre-natal yoga class. This time, at 38 1/2 weeks pregnant, I was hoping this class would be my last one. I was feeling much more pressure in my pelvic area [...]

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The Best Of 2010

It always amuses me to see how people discover my blog. My site stats often surprises me, but it’s great to see what people are looking for, what their concerns might be and how helpful my blog or the particular post might be to them. Based on my site stats, here are the Top Ten [...]

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It Takes a Village to Feed My Family

A little over a month ago, my husband finally moved here and it was around that time that I started to panic. After all, he’s the cook between the two of us and my secret (that I loathe cooking) was no longer going to be a secret. He enjoys cooking, in fact, he loves it. [...]

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Gender Roles

I left the house this morning, in my car, and ended up on the side of the road not long after I reached the highway. I didn’t let my car warm up (advice my dad gave me when I first started driving) and was reminded, once again, why it’s so important to slow down and, [...]

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My Birth Plan

It’s all coming together. At 37 weeks pregnant, I am less stressed and more at ease about my upcoming VBAC since I have so many people supporting me and encouraging me to follow this path. At the beginning of this pregnancy, I was not relaxed. My husband was living two thousand miles away and although [...]

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The ABCs of Working Parents

Working moms (and dads) manage the greatest balancing act you could ever imagine. Whether these parents work from home or leave the house – and the kids – every day, there are so many things running through their mind on a regular basis that it’s overwhelming the amount of things they can accomplish on any [...]

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The Best Books of 2010

I love this time of year – when the “best of” lists come out for everything imaginable. Since my son’s reading on his own now and selecting books that are more than 32 pages in length, I haven’t stayed as current as I would’ve liked to this past year as far as picture books go. [...]

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