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I grew up with a small family with extended members residing in the midwest and eastern states. My immediate family was all I knew, and while we were small in number, we had each other and it was good. When I married my husband and inherited an extended family of epic proportions, I had no […]
Home is where the heart is, so it comes as no surprise that buying or selling a home is a major decision. Thankfully, we don’t have to navigate the housing market alone. Real estate agents are there to help us make these important home decisions, but buyer and seller beware: not all real estate agents […]
Today is a big day. Boy Wonder is leaving for science camp for four days with his 6th grade class. Gulp. While I knew at least theoretically that his leaving would someday come, I never actually expected it to happen so soon, simply by virtue of the person he is. Boy Wonder’s different than a […]
If you’re a lover of haunted houses, you know that disembodied spirits are just one of the many things to love and fear inside spooky houses this time of year. Whether it’s the thrill of the haunt or the haunted decor that excites you, commercial haunted houses are perhaps best known for Gothic Victorian designs […]
Halloween might deliver more than it’s fair share of black cats, but seasonal decorating aside, cats rule in the realm home decor. And since cats are known for possessing regal attitudes and dominant personalities, feline-inspired home accents lend an air of whimsical sophistication to any living space! In honor of National Cat Day on October […]
You might not know that just a week ago Monday I learned I was pregnant. I got excited. I told select people. Grandparents knew, close friends knew, and worst of all, my kids knew. Should I have waited more than a millisecond to tell my kids I was pregnant? Probably, but the joy, you guys. […]
There are the kind of parents who make their kids’ Halloween costumes and then there are the kind who don’t. It’s not really a shades of grey sort of thing. We can all pretend homemade Halloween costumes don’t create a divide between us, but really, who are we kidding. Let no parent among us doubt […]
It’s that time of year again, parent-teacher conference season, when home and school join forces for the betterment of our students. For some, parent-teacher conferences will be one of the few times you’ll speak with your child’s teacher this year, while for others this meeting marks the first of many conversations to come. If you […]
It’s freaking hard work not to raise spoiled kids. “Pay now or pay later,” my mom tells me. “The work you put in now will only help you as they get older.” While I have no doubt she’s right, following the unspoiled path of most resistance is a difficult parenting journey. It sucks being the […]
There are coffee lovers and then there are COFFEE LOVERS. Mistake the two on any given morning and you’re likely to learn the difference the hard way. For many of us, coffee is as much a part of each day as a sunrise. It gets us motivated, makes others tolerable, and serves as a zombie […]
The Untitled GenX Podcast
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