Tips for taking a solo road trip with your kids
This post is written by my husband Mark! A few weeks ago, Kristen had a traveling obligation and I found myself alone with the kids for a week. In the past, whenever that happens, I typically use it as an opportunity to do a mini-vacation with kids. If I can make it happen with my work schedule, it is a lot easier to be out of the house doing some fun local traveling than staying home and trying to keep my sanity amd the kids entertained. There is also the added benefit of not having to keep . . .
That’s what SHE said: experiences over things, Christian bakers, the Lone Bellow, and more . . .
I loved this post from Chookooloonks about choosing experiences over material things and couldn't agree more . . . The truth is that buying or owning high end or name brand stuff has never been something that has turned me on — honestly, I’m pretty tight with my money. Tight, that is, until we’re talking about spending it on an experience with people I love — then you don’t have to try too hard to convince me to part with my cash. As it turns out, that there’s some logic to this: . . .
What I want you to know about choosing not to breastfeed
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Bailey. From the moment those two blue lines showed up on that pregnancy test with my first child I knew I was not going to breastfeed. I knew in my heart that it was . . .
That time we got a new house while Mark was out of town (also, HELP. Fireplace dilemma.)
So . . . funny story. A couple weeks ago we put an offer on a fixer house in a neighborhood we’ve been trying to buy in for the better part of a year. We love our current street but the houses are very small, and we wanted a bit more space and an extra bedroom. We’ve been looking for a fixer because we really love the process of making over a house. So when we found this particular house, we jumped. Things seemed sketchy – it was an estate sale, there were permitting issues, there were feuding . . .
Wednesday’s Child: Kim
Every Wednesday I feature a child recently highlighted by a local Wednesday's Child newscast to share the stories of children from around the country who are waiting for a family. My hope is that this can broaden exposure for the children highlighted, but also serve as a reminder that these children represent thousands of children currently in the foster-care system. Perhaps their stories will inspire you to consider opening your home to a child needing a family. For more information and to . . .
What I want you to know about being blind
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Anjelina. Our society has labeled me and anyone who is different in some way as “disabled” or having a “disability.” I understand the concept of the words, however I actively . . .
Office Makeover
After about five years of doing a near-full-time job from my sofa, I finally decided to rent an office outside of my house. We don’t have an extra bedroom and so I’ve never had a dedicated space, and it was just time. I need to separate work from home and have dedicated office hours. (A great post on how and why to do that here.) A friend of mine just happened to have a small office in his suite that was unused, and so I decided to rent it from him. It’s perfect for what I need, but . . .
What I want you to know: I have a Ph.D. and I’m not using it
What I Want You to Know is a series of reader submissions. It is an attempt to allow people to tell their personal stories, in the hopes of bringing greater compassion to the unique issues each of us face. If you would like to submit a story to this series, click here. Today’s guest post is by Jennifer. I was in graduate school for six years. Beginning in 2007 and up until the summer of 2013, I was slaving away over books and articles and papers in an effort to earn my . . .
That’s what SHE said: modern motherhood myths, salvation through tattoos, too much ethnic casting, and more . . .
DEAR NELLIE ANDREEVA AND DEADLINE, ABOUT YOUR PIECE ON TOO MUCH "ETHNIC CASTING" ON TV | AWESOMELY LUVVIE Sometimes, white people are like the kid in kindergarten who always wanted to play with your toys but they’d never let you play with theirs. You try to tell them your toy is only for you and they’ll report you to the teacher saying you didn’t share. It’s like how white folks whined about not being in SELMA (even though the movie did show the contributions of some white characters but logic . . .
Blue Apron’s family plan
This post is sponsored by Blue Apron For the past two weeks, we have been trying Blue Apron’s new family dinner plan. I have written about Blue Apron before. It's a service that sends recipes along with exact measurements of the ingredients that you will need. It takes all of the guesswork and shopping out of creating meals from scratch. The family meals are $8.74 per person, delivered in a refrigerated box so that you don’t have to be sitting at-the-wait when the box arrives. Because I like . . .
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