My family and I do what we can for the planet. We recycle. I use a refillable bottle that I take to work every day filled with filtered water. We even drive a Prius (getting 45mpg…thank you very much). But this week we got a lesson in just how much water [...]
Entries from April 2008
April 24, 2008
The politics of children’s birthday parties
Does anyone know how to RSVP?
It’s been one of my all time pet peeves. I mean how hard is it to REPLY to an invitation with your intention to attend or not. These are the days of voice mail, email and IMs so you don’t even have to actually TALK to people [...]
April 22, 2008
People Who Live Under Rocks
In honor of Earth Day… I have to share the most exasperating event with a co-worker today.
Let me preface this by saying that she is a self proclaimed “gun carrying Republican” and I am…well….NOT.
On more than one occasion, politics has come up around the lunch table and I have done my best to make a [...]
April 21, 2008
School Vacations Suck
OK, maybe that’s a little harsh.
Let’s just say that having your kids out of school for a week in February, nearly a week in March and now a whole week in April is not the utopia in Time Management. Hubby is self employed but that really just means he works longer hours than most and [...]
April 21, 2008
My New Mantra
About a week ago, I ran into a childhood friend who just went through a battle with breast cancer. I’ve known her since the 8th grade and in those nearly 30 years (go ahead…do the math), we’ve been close and not so close depending on the timelines of each of our lives. But [...]
April 19, 2008
How a blogger finds their voice
Why are there so many blogs? I’ll bet you’ve wondered this too.
Are we all closeted writers? (or maybe not so closeted, depending). Are we looking for a place to vent? Or, are we all simply voices striving to be heard.
All of the above, I’d guess.
As for me, this isn’t my first blog. [...]
