- First, I have to be honest, it's not really "my" iPad. It's the family iPad. Although we do have a difficult time wresting it out of my husband's hands. For him, iPad is all business, and the workday never stops.... (15:05 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- My daughter has been working on the classic "invention," assigned by her engineering teacher: build a better mousetrap. However brilliant I think her invention is (and it is ... she is talented), I don't think we're going out for a... (16:39 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- The winnings were meager - 10% of the vote proceeds which amounted to $17 and a $25 Walmart giftcard - but the satisfaction was huge. (10:55 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- I am PANICKING. I lost my wireless aircard for my laptop and the clock was ticking … our company (me, specifically) had a major presentation to give in a conference room off-premise. (11:39 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- My daughters, along with 300 of their school band members, played The National Anthem at a Florida Marlins baseball game last week. (12:20 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- My daughter’s recent induction to the National Junior Honor Society made me very proud. The ceremony was serious, with candles, school administrators and the middle school students – all girls, actually – in fancy dresses. (10:58 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Every day, I do my social media “drive-thru's,” checking in with Linkedin, Twitter, and Facebook. And then I read my emails – hundreds a day – and dig into the long list of projects that need my attention. (11:20 | 0 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- The rev of the printer makes me feel pangs of eco-guilt, but in my defense I printed the 20 resumes on the back of my daughter’s graded geography homework. (11:39 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Rarely do I get the urge to “blog” about an extraordinary shopping experience. Something new, exciting, fresh and pleasantly easy. (12:12 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
- It is 7:45 am, and 29 female senior level executives are gathered in a law firm conference room. They are sitting around a 30-foot board room table, writing feverishly, as Miami Herald columnist Cindy Krischer Goodman gives tips on balancing work, life, and happiness. Cindy has a 25+ year career in journalism, has her own weekly column (which is now syndicated throughout 100+ newspapers nationwide) and is CEO of Work Life Balancing Act. (11:16 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- My heart is breaking. My daughter is crying, and all I want to do is protect her from being hurt. Yet, the lessons of “hard knocks”, “irrational people” and “unrealistic expectations” can be taught with one simple phrase, “Step-back, analyze the situation, and move on to bigger and better things.” (14:40 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- I keep tabulating online hours. For my kids, for myself, even for the colleagues I see on Facebook and Twitter. It is mind boggling. (08:56 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
- My Mom makes the world’s greatest cranberry relish. This Thanksgiving holiday, treat yourself to homemade relish that is incredibly easy and fast to make. Forget the canned relish, YECH. 2 packages FRESH whole cranberries (found in the produce section) 1... (10:38 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- It’s no surprise to me that the Rockefeller Foundation’s recent poll shows that “women have become dominant in our society … women will soon constitute a MAJORITY OF THE WORKFORCE; they earn 57% of college degrees; and they make 75%... (13:14 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Teenage Textaholic Syndrome. Excuse me! Is that cell phone glued to your hand? Last weekend we invited a teenage girlfriend (let’s just call her AMY) to join our family for a long weekend getaway at the beach. Amy has always been truly a lovely girl, always smiling, happy to help clear the dishes, always saying the polite “thank you” when required.
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- Helping At Risk Teenage Girls. Imagine dreaming to become a veterinarian your whole life, yearning to help animals and wanting to make a difference. Pam is only 16 years old, when her dreams are shattered, her father thrown into jail, and her mother forced to work the street corners to put food on the table.
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- Back To School Contest Gives Teachers the Chance to Win $5,500 in School Supplies. Catalogs.com and eNasco.com Offer Extra Credit to Teachers with ‘Tools for Teaching’ Contest. As the school year begins and teachers struggle to find adequate resources for purchasing school supplies to get them through the year, Catalogs.com, the Internet’s foremost authority on shopping and saving from a world of print catalogs and catalog websites and Nasco (www.eNasco.com), a leading provider of school supplies, art materials and educational and teacher resources, have teamed up to launch the 2009 “Tools for Teaching” contest. (17:17 | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Camp Letters - An SOS Letter from Summer Camp. I received a letter recently from my daughter who is away at summer camp. I ripped open the envelope, yearning to see the sweet, youthful scrawl of my firstborn...what did I find? No Hello Mother, No Hello Father, No Greetings from Camp Hiawatha. (10:35 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Back to School Checklist for Prepping Moms and Students. Sometimes I think going back to school is a more difficult process for moms than kids. I just finished making lists and packing up my kids for summer camp, now I have to buy back to school wardrobes, school supplies and more items than I can possibly keep track of.
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- Camp Care Packages – Your kids will be the coolest in the camp bunk. My kids are off to summer camp, and you'd think I'd finally be able to enjoy a mini-Mom break, but alas, I need to pack two separate care packages to send to camp.
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- My Secret Circle - A social networking site that's kid friendly and Mom approved. One of my daughters recently asked me if she could join Facebook. I didn't even have to bat an eyelash to let out an emphatic "ABSOLUTELY NOT!"You'd think she had asked me if she could get a tattoo of Zac Efron on her face. I've heard the horror stories and seen enough 20/20 and Dateline segments on the dangers of social media sites for young girls to know that this was not a circle I was ready for my daughter to intersect, at least at this young age. (09:30 | 0 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
- The Dog ate our Homework - Middle School finals adults can't pass. I recently challenged 2 highly educated co-workers (holding a BS in Business Management/Accounting and a BS in Business Economics) and myself (with an MBA in International Business) to take a test that my daughter was recently given in middle school. My two co-workers (and I) all got F's! It wasn't our finest hour, and the three of us all felt like we were rejects from an episode of Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?
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- Under pressure - What to do when your child is spurting blood. Yesterday I was upstairs working while my middle daughter was downstairs taking on one of her new chores. She was emptying the dishwasher like a good little girl, working hard for her allowance when all of a sudden I heard a blood curdling scream. I flew down the stairs to see both of my daughter's hands, as well as my kitchen covered in blood. Apparently a glass broke while she had her two little hands wrapped around it and it cracked withcut her hand wide open.
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- Happy Mother's Day to the Top Ten Sitcom Moms. Celebrate Mother's Day this year by reminiscing about the Top 10 TV Moms that have been keeping us entertained for over 50 years.
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- Sacanalog your catalogs with this magazine cataloging system. Picture this scenario. You tear a page out of a clothing catalog of a dress you're totally going to buy once the recession is over, then you snip a recipe from an issue of Martha Stewart Living that you'd like to try for Thanksgiving '09. You follow up by ripping out an exercise regime from a fitness magazine that you want to incorporate into your workout the next time you hit the gym. The ripped out pages go into a pile and mysteriously disappear when you go looking for them. Similar to the way socks curiously get lost in the dryer, your torn out pages get lost in the Bermuda Triangle of your home.
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- Dating Advice from a 9 Year old Mac Daddy? I have a bone to pick with this recent news story. There's a new love guru on the scene who is doling out advice to help fellas everywhere meet the girls of their dreams...and he's nine. (09:20 | 7 Trackbacks | 2 Comments)
- Kapla catalogs take the prize for best holiday gift for kids. Right before the holiday break I blogged about my favorite children's gift purchased this year, a set of 200 Wooden Kapla blocks that allow a child to build all of the structures of their dreams. (02:45 | 5 Trackbacks | 1 Comments)
- New Kids on the Building Block. I was browsing websites the other day, getting a head start on my holiday shopping. As I was searching for toys and gift ideas for the three young loves of my life, I came upon this mesmerizing site. (08:45 | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Chair Yoga for the Wheelchair Bound. I’ve blogged on numerous occasions regarding the fact that she’s an amputee, a breast cancer survivor and now, a recent lung cancer patient in a wheelchair. My Mom has neck and back pain, leg pain, shoulder pain, even her pains have pain. While I was reciting my "Oms" during our class I thought about Yoga and how it would benefit my Mom. She could really use some serious stretching techniques that she can do sitting in a chair.
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- The Perfect Gifts for Moms as well as Sons. Hours and hours of uninterrupted bliss (from a Mom’s perspective) keeping him busy for hours straight as he carefully figures out the intricate puzzle of 629 Lego pieces. Forget about Calgon taking me away, Legos take me away! (09:00 | 2 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Easy Back-To-School Shopping at Staples. Back to School. A time of unrest for parents everywhere. After enjoying an entire summer of fun and frolic, it's time to get serious and shop for everything your child needs to flourish during the new school year. (09:00 | 6 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Black Canary Barbie, not the Barbie played with as a kid. There is a new Barbie doll on the market creating a wave of controversy. Black Canary Barbie, based on a comic book character of the same name has created quite a stir with the Christian Voice due to her Goth-like clothing choices.
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- Christie Brinkley David Cook Divorce settled. The ugly divorce battle is over between Supermodel Christie Brinkley and her estranged husband Peter Cook. Brinkley will retain sole custody of her children after reaching a settlement last week after a very public and embarrassing trial. (09:00 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Baby Bounce House? I don't think so. A video posted on Youtube features a 16 year old Georgia teenager launching an 8-month-old infant into the air using an inflatable pillow. (01:00 | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Father's Day ideas. Rather than going the usual tie/casual shirt route this Father’s Day, my daughter was inspired when it came to gifting. She gave my husband a priceless piece of artwork. I know what you’re thinking… How much of an allowance are they giving this kid? (14:24 | 1 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Summer camp savings. It’s that time of year again. My two girls are off at sleepaway camp for four weeks, and I’m still recovering from all the work it took to get them properly outfitted and ready to go with their endless supply of camp gear. (01:30 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Paying it Forward- Kids and Charity...It warms my heart when I come across people who donate their time, money, and energy to serving charities they have a personal involvement or attachment to. Donating money and time to charities is so important and should be part of EVERY person’s life no matter how much you make or how busy your calendar is. (09:23 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Top 5 Best Ideas for Kid’s Birthday Parties. just had to throw each of my girl’s a birthday party. I refused to give in to society norms. I decided I was not going to rent space at a kids facility which caters to birthday parties (such as My Gym, Gymboree, LazerTag, Muvico movie theaters, the zoo, pottery making & painting boutiques). No, instead I thought to myself, “I have a beautiful backyard … let’s do “kid’s stuff” that will be a blast and won’t break the bank.
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- How to plan a birthday party with no fighting When girls reach middle school age … planning the perfect birthday party without fighting, pettiness or cat-fights becomes challenging. My daughter and I developed the “Perfect Birthday Party”, complete with a NO FIGHTING NO BICKERING guarantee.
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- How a square watermelon gave me an AHA moment. What sets apart a true entrepreneur and highly successful business woman or man is the following:
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- How to buy the right sports bra.If you are one of the 329,000 woman last year that had breast augmentation (a boob job), then you probably won’t find this blog useful. Why, because perky, firm and upright breasts while lying perfectly flat on an exercise mat do not NEED super supportive sports bras (11:28 | 4 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
- Dear followers of Catalogs.com blog … all I can say is “sorry for my lack of communication.”, but I'm back in the saddle again! (20:07 | 0 Trackbacks | 0 Comments)
