More Than A Pool

Four summers ago, a friend of mine invited me to go to the Elk’s pool with her family. At first, I didn’t want to go. The idea of dragging a toddler and preschooler to the pool was stressful. How was I going to keep up with both of them by myself? What if I didn’t [...]

Alphabet soup? Anyone…anyone?

I think I’ll buy Lindsay a fountain pen for her seventh birthday next month: a quaint memento – a relic really – of an age of penmanship and eloquent prose. Of course, what she wants is a cell phone with texting – so she can get the 411 from her BFFs 24/7! BTW I know [...]

The Carthode Hearth

Darling Hubby and I share a passion for many things; a love of hiking and the outdoors, strategic board games, and a fondness for the Canadian band Rush all come to mind. What we choose to watch on television stands in stark contrast. Case in point: the other night I knew he was viewing some [...]

Halloween and Power Tools

I’ve been carving pumpkins since I was a wee child on my father’s knee. Back in the day, my father would grab his trusty black marker and butcher’s knife to create his masterpiece. It was a childhood memory that has become a family tradition for me. So each year (even those before kids), I have [...]

A Year Without Guilt

It seems that every “mom” website you go to or news about families is always focused on how we as women can be better mothers to our children and more efficient. I recently saw an article on MSN.com title “50 tips to for moms” dedicated to keeping us moms more organized and better at managing [...]

Too Many Fundraisers

Ask any neighborhood kid and they will tell you that I am the first house they stop at when they are looking for buyers for their latest school or sport fundraiser. I always do my best to purchase at least one item per school/group. But lately, it seems that I’m spending way too much on [...]

How do you say Good-bye?

It seemed like deja vu. The long day of looking at each other, small talk about the house, picking up the kids from school, a quiet dinner, homework and then bedtime. And then the last hug and kiss good-bye. It is a scene that is much too familiar to me and one that I repeated [...]