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Shannon Rubio is a wife of 17 years to Robert, and a mom to three sons (two teens and a tween.) She works full time as an HR Consultant in Houston, Texas, and blogs about working, marriage, motherhood, and raising teenagers at ShowMeTheMom.com
The holidays are finally drawing to a close, a new year and a new work week loom ahead. Although December can bring chaos, January can bring equal amounts of reflection on the year behind, refocusing on the upcoming months. Whether I like it o ... Read more...
My oldest son is 16 years old, and like many teenagers, he is very busy. He has a new girlfriend, he is a Varsity swimmer, and earlier this year he signed up for a non-school related water polo team that practices three days a week. He is a great kid, has worked ful ... Read more...
For millions of working mothers, two-day weekends are barely enough time to recharge from the mental and physical fatigue of a busy work week, kids, and the holiday rush. Well orchestrated crock pot meals (useful in avoiding the frantic rush to thaw out freezer ... Read more...
Last week, there was a very interesting article on Yahoo! about teenagers, and how it's very hard for kids this age to show gratitude. Supposedly, gratitude goes against the biological make up of the teenage brain, and everything teens are trying to learn ... Read more...
I went for a mammogram last week, you know, the whole turning 40 thing. I actually had one when I was 35 so the process was not new to me. As a full time working parent, with a spouse who is gone for work 75% of the year, scheduling medical visits can be daun ... Read more...
This weekend, I started to bug Tyler about studying for his upcoming SATs. My favorite 16 year old took a quick look at the phone book sized SAT guide I purchased, and headed out to meet a girl. Okay, so I see his priorities are exactly where they should ... Read more...
The blog I wrote on Sunday was about confessions. I wasn't referring to religion confessions, I was writing about the I-secretly-age-a-tub-of-cake-icing type confessions that plague most  women. Although my initial post ... Read more...
The story below is a recount of part of my weekend, as I originally blogged about last night. As a working mom, one of the things I must continually maintain focus on is my own health. It sounds so simple, yet I believe for many women seems almost impossible. My bod ... Read more...
I’ve made it through another work week. I am starting to sound like a broken record in terms of the mental and physical fatigue I feel by the time the weekends arrive. I feel like I am on a personal quest to discover how to not spend every weekend, look ... Read more...