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 [...]

When my hubby and I were first married, we cleaned the house together. While I can’t say that we whistled while we worked, we did work well together. In retrospect, I chalk it up to the honeymoon phase. He did the tasks I didn’t like (dumping the trash and cleaning the kitchen) and I did [...]

I’m desperately trying to restore some order around my house! While I managed to get all this stuff put away, I’m still trying to find the island in our kitchen which is covered with school forms, old homework, mail, catalogs, crumbs, Christmas cards, appointment reminder cards, my old calendar, my new calendar, returned Christmas cards [...]

I have to vent! Sears has screwed us . . . again! The worst part is, I should’ve known better.
A few months ago after Sears completely messed up our online order and delivery of our kitchen appliances, I swore I wouldn’t spend another dime in that store. That vow lasted until my dryer broke. [...]