People tend to tell me things. Lots of things. Sometimes inappropriate things. It’s called OVER SHARING and It has nothing to do with whether or not I’m a nice person; it’s because I’m a trained listener. Yes, I’m serious. When you’ve spent lots of time interviewing people you tend to develop this weird all-ears [...]

With today’s economy being what it is, we’re all looking for ways to pinch pennies. At our house, we’ve decided to stop splurging on things like soap.

We rarely eat at fast food restaurants so it’s not surprising that my four-year-old doesn’t know about the children’s menu at McDonald’s. But a few months ago we met my son’s playmate for lunch under the big arches.
I ordered my little guy a Happy Meal and when he heard me place the order, he hugged [...]

We have a really cool neighborhood pool. This pool, the mother of all pools, means we don’t have to schlep to some jam-packed, water-filled amusement park for the sake of creating childhood memories. This pool is one of the reasons we chose our neighborhood.  This pool is supposed to be where Aaron spends his summers frolicking [...]

My child is genius. No. Really. I’m not kidding. How else could he have figured out at such a young age that Mommy is Queen of the Hive, Boss Extraordinaire, the Pants-Wearing Household Dictator who gets to make all the rules and whose word is law. There is no democracy here. Mommy rules.
As testimony to his [...]