I am trying to live an active lifestyle. I’m also trying to be a mom, an income earner, a wife, a homemaker, and a blogger, but I digress. Last fall I thought I’d love to be a runner. Pound the pavement, get the workout over more quickly than walking, and get healthy in the process. In […]
7 Things I’ve Learned Vacationing With Kids
Next week we are going to a cottage for the week. I’m very much looking forward to it. The forecast (so far) looks great, and cottaging is old hat now – this is our 4th year going to a cottage, and the girls just get older and better every year. Vacationing with kids seems to […]
What I Really Do When The Kids Are Away
This Canada Day weekend my mother-in-law took the girls to my sister-in-laws for a few days. (Thanks Mary!) In the past we’ve gone to Cornwall to meet up with them for part of the weekend (the part we don’t have to work) but we didn’t do that this year. This year we had a long […]
Blogging and Working Mom – Can I Do Both?
Every year at this time I start to wonder if I can really hack being a mom and being employed 4 days a week. The kid’s extracurriculars all end in the same week, there’s a dance performance to attend (and organize family and friends to attend also) and the school year is winding down – […]
How I Survive As A Working Mom
I love being a working Mom. My days are planned out (at least until about 6pm), and so are my weeks – mostly. My husband also works. And my kids are “older” now and better able to understand what needs to be done, and how quickly. None of this, though, helps lessen my desire to […]