I’m so excited to have a guest post appearing on Jill Smokler’s fabulous blog Scary Mommy today, How to Act Like a Grownup (Even if You Don’t Want to)–check it out! I absolutely love Jill–if you haven’t checked out her blog yet, now’s the time! Her book would’ve saved me a lot of grief if [...]
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Why Women Still Can’t Have It All
If you haven’t seen it already, check out this fascinating essay in The Atlantic by Anne-Marie Slaughter: “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All.” Here’s the intro teaser from the magazine: It’s time to stop fooling ourselves, says a woman who left a position of power: the women who have managed to be both mothers [...]
Finding Space for Yourself
Ken and I have just come out of a few crazy weeks, and I’ve been thinking a lot about space. As in: there isn’t any, at least in a marriage with young children, right? Well, maybe. My mom spent most of April living with us, which was great in some ways–I got to hang out [...]
Taking The Leap
Meet Ingrid Ricks, the woman who spent a long time dreaming about writing her memoir, Hippie Boy: A Girl’s Story. For years, it was all she talked about. And even though she didn’t have enough time to really knock it out–outside of work and raising her kids, that is–she chipped away at it, and she [...]
Rebooting Your Fear to Find Focus
Check out my guest post that’s appearing today over at Married With Luggage. Betsy and Warren Talbot, who run the site, rock–if you’re trying to get your dream off the ground, this is the blog to follow. Thanks, folks!
How Relaxing Was Your Weekend?
After a jam-packed week, we look forward to the weekend. Friday night rolls around and we breathe a sigh of relief, thinking, Ahh, we can finally relax. And then I realize how much work needs to be done. Our house is trashed, we need groceries, not to mention clean laundry, the bike needs to be [...]
How to Let Yourself Off the Hook
Silly me–I thought things would settle down once we made it through our kitchen remodel. But then I started working on my book proposal like a maniac, at the expense of my health, sleep and general sanity. And then I found out that the stomachaches Nico’s been complaining about for the past few months are [...]
Thank God Our Kitchen Remodel is Finally Done (Or: Now I REALLY Understand Why So Many People Get Divorced During a Remodel)
Good news: our kitchen’s finally done! And I, for one, am pretty damn happy about it. Because the thing I absolutely stupidly didn’t realize about a kitchen remodel is how much friggin work it really is. (Yeah, yeah, I’m kinda dense about this stuff, I’ll admit it.) There’s a bunch of small details that need [...]
10 Reasons to Stay Home for Spring Break (Or: One Family’s Painful Staycation)
10. Because you’re going to be cold anyway, dammit. So you might as well be comfortable in your cold-but-globally-warmed backyard. 9. Because your kids can stay up late and then wake up at 5:00 a.m. wherever you are. 8. Because you can go thrift-store shopping without fighting the college kids for all the good stuff [...]
Our Exciting Kick-off to Kitchen (a.ka. Shark) Week!
A pictorial journey through our lives this past week, starting last Saturday, when Ken and I decided to prime the dining room walls a couple of hours before his big concert. Smart, huh? Yes, yes, A Problem! If them’s not exciting words, I don’t know what is! Luckily (or hopefully), Rodrigo sent a couple of [...]
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I'm a part-time writer who works from home, alongside my work-from-home hubby and our two boys, ages 5 and 3. Welcome to our crazy little space shuttle! Tanja Pajevic
