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Category: Parenting

  • On Favors

    The 12 y.o.: Hey M – I *need* to talk with you. The 9 y.o.: Is this going to have to do with cutting your hair today? The 12 y.o.:…

  • Menu Plan for the Week 8/29/11 – 9/4/11

    When I was a kid, my mother’s idea of cooking involved removing an orange box from the freezer, popping it in the oven for an extraordinary amount of time and…

  • Five Easy Ways To Tell If An Organization Is Really Values-Driven

    A lot of companies claim to be values-driven. They publish their values and use them in marketing messages. However, this does not necessarily mean their values guide decision-making and behaviors…

  • On Harvest Time

    The Mom: Isn’t it great to eat all this fresh food from our garden for dinner? Late summer is my favorite time of year when everything comes into season. The…

  • You don’t spell ‘forecast’ with a number 4. 4cast? No. That’s just wrong. The 9 y.o.

  • Are You an Aardvarks or an Eagle?

    Aardvarks are really good at one thing: eating bugs — sometimes 50,000 in one night! No other creature on the planet can match their appetites. Star performers in their own…

  • Menu Plan for the Week 8/22/11 – 8/28/11

    Monday 8/22/11 Breakfast: Nutella Crepes, Fruit Salad Lunch: Cucumber Sandwiches, Apple Slices Dinner: Nigella’s Buttermilk Chicken Drumsticks, Pasta Salad w/ Broccoli FHE / Baking: Berry Scones w Orange Honey Butter…

  • On Polar Bears

    The 5 y.o.: Dad. I can’t sleep in my bed because I’m scared of the polar bear in my closet who will eat me as soon as I fall asleep.…

  • Standard American Diet (SAD) in Pie Chart {pun intended}

    via twitpic.com Staggering: the two categories of sweetners and added fats/oils equal more than HALF the calories that the average American consumes each day. And we *wonder* why there is…

  • The Downside of Passion | N2Growth Blog

    Just as there exists a very fine line between brilliance and insanity, there also exists a fine line between passion and many negative traits such as narrow-mindedness, narcissism, fanaticism, delusion, and even…

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