For those of you unfamiliar with Twitter, this is the image you get when they’re having “technical difficulties.” I guess that’s what happens when thousands of people are going to your site at one time. Must be rough.

Being a working mother has its challenges. There’s an understatement for you! Luckily for me and many other working moms, we don’t have to face those challenges alone. We have help, albeit in varying degrees. I’m very fortunate to not only be married to an extremely supportive husband, but one who thoroughly believes paying a [...]

We’ve all heard the dreaded question from our kids and our spouse . . .
“What’s for dinner?”
On good days, I actually have an answer. Lately though with soccer five nights a week and work being extra busy, I find myself responding . . .
“I don’t know.”
While my girls are a big help when it comes [...]

Much to my childrens’ chagrin, I’m a firm believer that children should help out around the house. This is because when children do their fair share of the household chores, they learn to take responsibility for themselves and be contributing members of the family.
This parenting approach has both short-term and long-term benefits. Not only do [...]

Every day I struggle with balancing the work I want to do with the work I have to do.
I want to work on each of my blogs and on building my business.
I have to do the laundry.

I want to hang out on Twitter.
I have to pay the bills.

I want to submit photos and look at [...]

If you’re like me, you hate to have to stop working to figure out what to have for dinner that night. It’s at these moments I always wish I had a live-in chef. Then one day it occurred to me, I have not one, but two live-in chefs looking for something to do!
So, instead of [...]