For years I’ve described myself as an “all or nothing” type person, but I’ve only recently realized that I’ve misunderstood the common meaning of the phrase. The general definition seems to be someone who is very black/white in reasoning or is success/fail as far as effort – kind of a type A perfectionist. That’s not […]
Archives for August 2015
The Bin Dump – 8/29/15
So, this with this week’s theme about juggling all our various priorities, what do I do but write and post three full posts for the week! But, it felt really good to be writing again. I’ve been wanting to bring the blog back to life for at least a month now, so I am […]
Slow Cooker Buffalo Chicken Mac & Cheese
So, you know from my previous posts that I have no love affair for slow cooker recipes – but you also know that I have figured out that I have been thinking about them all wrong. For a working mom, the slow cooker’s benefit is when you want to make a meal on the weekend […]
2015-16 School Year!!!!
OMG, it’s already time to get ready for school. Actually, it’s already late for some of you! Our first days are August 31 (college), September 1 (9th grade), and September 2 (4th grade), and so I barely have a week to get organized. I always leave this to the last minute – mainly because […]
Balance
There is a lot written about “balance”. Work-life balance, finding balance, losing balance, pursuing balance . . . it almost makes your eyes glaze over. Personally, I never connected with the balance metaphor. For one thing, when is the last time you actually lost your balance (excepting yoga class when you are trying to stand […]
