Historical Archives
Image by lorda via Flickr I’ve been hiding something for years. Upstairs, on the third floor, in what used to be an attic, are my kids rooms trash heaps. I’ve been trying to help them clear them out over the last couple of weeks, but it’s overwhelming. I’m soldiering on, but with every wrapper I…
Mr. Geeky took Geeky Girl to work with him today at her request. How’s that for boredom? She’d rather go to work with her dad than be at home. As a result, I had the morning pretty much to myself since Geeky Boy doesn’t rise until nearly noon. I sent off an article I was…
I’ve reached that point that all parents reach, where they’re actually looking forward to having their kids out of the house. With one week left to go, I’m ready to finally have the house to myself. Since my house is also my place of work these days, I’m even more anxious. Work has been accomplished…
I like consistency. I like having a routine and a plan for the day, for the week, etc. I usually deliberately put variety into the routine, but knowing that I do x from 8-9 and then y from 9-10 works really well for me. Sadly, the summer has not been the least bit consistent or…
Image by lorda via Flickr Dr. Crazy had an interesting post the other day on how she’s finally decided to put her foot down and not take the crappy time slots just because she doesn’t have kids. I’ve been sitting on that post since I read it and then Wendy at Outside Providence responded and…
As someone who stepped off the full-time career track recently, I’m naturally drawn to articles about women who choose to stay home or who want part-time options or who are struggling to manage a full-time career. Via a comment to this Motherlode post about a women who recently quit her job (after attempting to create…
I thought this post about playing WoW with a 3-year-old, was pretty awesome. I love playing games with my kids and have been doing so since Geeky Boy was 3. We played Lara Croft on PlayStation 2 together. At that time, we switched off managing the controls. Geeky Boy would often hide for the gory…
Yesterday we ended up with several extra kids around. It was a good thing all the way around, keeping the kids off the electronics for a while, participating in a couple of rounds of Monopoly, followed by a trip to the park to play tennis, picking up a couple of other kids, then to the…
Today is the final day of school. Although I wrote a while back about managing my (and my kids’) time without the benefit of school or camps, I definitely want to allow for a *lot* of down time. We all need it. The house is kind of a disaster after my absence coupled with a…
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