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The WAH life: how I manage my time 26 Aug 2013 | 09:55 pm
This post is part of an ongoing series on blogging as a profession and working from home in general. To read the whole series, click here. One of the things aspiring WAHMs ask me about most is time m...
Virtual Chill Tour with Kate Hanley (plus be the first to hear about something exciting!) 25 Aug 2013 | 12:38 am
If you’ve been reading The Happiest Home for a while, you may remember me talking about my friend Kate Hanley. Kate – known online as Ms. Mindbody – is a life coach, yogi, author, as well as a mom of ...
Get Kids Ready for School Without Yelling (Yes, It’s Possible!) 23 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Getting my kids in a reasonable school-morning routine that doesn’t involve yelling or shoving (gentle shoving, of course, in the direction of the front door) is a process that’s taken me years…and it...
How to live the “childfree life” (when you have kids.) 21 Aug 2013 | 08:44 pm
I’m sure by now, you’ve seen the controversial TIME article touting “The Childfree Life” as the new way that couples are “having it all.” I haven’t commented on the story so far, because really, what...
3 Easy Ways to Pack a Healthier Lunch 20 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Thanks to Del Monte for sponsoring this post. Click here to see more of the discussion. When it comes to packing lunches, I’m all about keeping it simple. I’d much rather get into an easy routine tha...
I discovered the secret of courageousness–and it’s shockingly easy. 17 Aug 2013 | 09:35 am
I used to define myself by what I wouldn’t do. Dive headfirst in a pool. Duck under an ocean wave. Watch scary movies, even “scary” movies meant for children. Rollercoasters. Heights. Anything starti...
3 ways to create an “endless summer” for your kids 16 Aug 2013 | 10:00 pm
I’m working with Minute Maid® Pure Squeezed on a series of posts about nurturing ourselves and our families. Click here to see more of the discussion. With back-to-school ads showing up by early July...
What’s For Lunch? Roasted tomatoes with garlic and mozzarella 14 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Is there anything better than a fresh, sweet, riper-than-ripe tomato? I say this as somebody who thought I didn’t like tomatoes for the first 25 years of my life. I thought that because, up until the...
Three lessons I learned at American Girl Place 13 Aug 2013 | 10:00 am
photo: theotherway, via Flickr Creative Commons Can I admit something right now? Since becoming a parent, I’ve been a little bit – oh, I don’t know – judge-y about the whole American Girl doll craz...
CTFD? Dear Parents: it’s OK to care. 12 Aug 2013 | 10:14 pm
I like to think of myself as a pretty laid-back parent. Some of that seems to have come naturally – I’ll never forget the horror on a relative’s face when I dropped my oldest son’s pacifier on the gr...
