Historical Archives
I caught this NPR show on the way into work yesterday. The guests for the show discuss a module of a Women Entrepreneurs Class that teaches about work/life balance. I thought this was interesting that the issue would be brought out into the open this way. The thing that struck me the most was the…
As of 1 a.m. today, I am officially the mother of a teenager. Geeky Boy turned 13. Holy cow, how’d that happen? Wasn’t he just 2 last week? People ask me all the time if he’s a “typical” teenager. I don’t think so–mostly. He does a few typical teenage things, like sleep until noon. But…
This is my Christmas present. We went to the animal shelter yesterday to pick her out. She’s about 7 months old, solid black, and very sweet. She was reaching out her paws to us and when we took her out of the cage, she wasn’t skittish at all, just very snuggly. There were lots of…
Sometimes I look at my role within my family based on the tasks I’ve taken on and see that it’s pretty traditional. For example, I do the cooking and the laundry, both tasks traditionally taken on by the “woman of the house.” Mr. Geeky takes out the trash and mows the yard, typical “man of…
I’m a little late to the solstice party, but I’ve been reading some interesting posts about solstice around the blogosphere. In all of them, there is an impetus to put the old year behind and to look toward the new. From here on out, the light grows. In spite of the cold that will envelope…
Reconstructed after a browser crash. Ugh. Using ScribeFire instead of Google. Sigh. Usually I save as I go, but failed to so this time. Anyway, I will not be able to elegantly retie all the threads I had going, but I’m going to try anyway. I’m normally a David (GTD) Allen fan, but today he…
As I was gearing up for the weekend and planning how I was going to juggle multiple soccer games, an evening out, and general housekeeping, I realized that essentially I could work 24/7 and still not get everything done. Rather than being discouraged by this, it was actually comforting to know. I have always been…
The Geeky family are not morning people. We do not leap out of bed when the alarm goes off ready to greet the day. I’ve had visions of being that person, but it never happens. Sadly, the world is stacked against us. School and work begin at ungodly early hours. Geeky Boy has an especially…
I was talking to my mom last night and, as usual, we covered a lot of ground, everything from the kids to politics to pet ownership. We spent the last part of our conversation talking about working vs. staying at home. My mom was telling me that when they moved to the town I grew…
Mr. Geeky is heading out of town and since he’s the primary childcare person during the summer months, I’ll be taking over the few days. Mr. Geeky has been taking the kids into work with him every day this summer, letting them play on the computer, enforcing some reading and outside time, and taking them…
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