You know, back when I was growing up,

my mom was fond of saying, if anything is going to happen to anyone anywhere, it’s going to happen to my daughter.
Oh gosh, she has no idea how right she is!
You might remember from my last post that I was utterly fatigued from work today - I’ve […]

Morning!
My brilliant colleague

Maureen Sharib posted an utterly brilliant article over at In The Direction of My Dreams. To wit:
….. When I was a little girl I remember asking my mother what she’d like to have for Christmas. She’d always say some version of the following: “I just want you kids (all five) […]

Morning!
Well, it’s a delightful Sunday afternoon.

I had planned on spending time hacking up my forum software, when one of my kids came to me and said, Mom! Let’s go practice our nunchaku katas outside!
Now, you have to understand - the last time I did nunchaku was about, oh, hmmm, 3 months […]

You know, it never fails. Give yourself permission to actually take off time from work, give yourself permission to shut down and actually (gasp!) relax, and you immediately will have a crisis emerge with your small children that require your full attention and intervention.
Sigh.
So. Today, two of my single-digit kids decided to, […]

Morning!
Today I came across the page

48 Ways of Wisdom

And wow, it’s really quite superb! Written by Rabbi Noah Weinberg, all 48 pages are definitely thought-provoking. They include:

Way #2 Listen Effectively
Way #3 Say It Out Loud
Way #4 Introduce Yourself to Yourself
Way #8 Constant Joy
Way #19 Wake Up and Live
Way #24 Search For […]

A quick post before I give myself permission to collapse in a heap!

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You know, I firmly believe, everything happens for […]

You know you’re a mom when you’ve just spent 4 hours building a friend a super site, realize that you can finally rest, and then….
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your kids come to you and say
MOM! […]

Being a webmaster can be quite an education! I’ve just had the privilege of building the website for Dr. Ilyse O’Desky, a Neuropsychologist based in Springfield, NJ.
Dr. O’Desky specializes in evaluating children for attention problems, information processing problems and learning disorders. She also tests general intelligence for gifted children as well.
From the […]

Morning,
Did you know that you can access online databases of sex offenders who might live nearby you? This is an excellent resource for parents.
Here’s what I’ve found for you:

Alabama Sex Offenders Database
Alaska Sex Offenders Database
Arizona Sex Offenders Database
Arkansas Sex Offenders Database
California Sex Offenders Database
Colorado Sex Offenders Database
Connecticut Sex Offenders Database
Delaware Sex Offenders Database
District […]

Morning,
I had the weirdest dream last night - it mushed together the people I know now with the people I know from the past, threw in a bit of Cloverfield movie, and made me think I was 43 without having completed college, gotten married, nor had 4 kids (but still had all the wisdom […]