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My husband brought home dinner last night, and to my utter amazement, I opened his dessert pan and found a burnt cookie staring me in the face.  My chocolate chip cookie was perfect, but his peanut butter cookie, which wasn’t a tad overcooked or a little charre ... Read more...
Recently I was ask by a major publication a few questions about family balance. As most mom's there is really not a time that I sit down and ponder how to balance. It just kind of organically happens.  As I answered the reporters questions, I realized that I ha ... Read more...
Nutrition Facts for Parents – a Guest Post by Alex White Learn to Run by Alex White is based out of Bergen County, NJ.Alex provides running classes and private run coaching for adu ... Read more...
Clearwater Beach sand and water is like no other. And the amenities don’t fall behind either. My recent weekend, family getaway had two goals in mind – family fun and relaxation. Both were made possible by the warm gulf breeze and the turquoise sea. And that’ ... Read more...
I recently saw Honda's new commercial for their new CRV in which a spritely young lass travels the country, taking photos in a different t-shirt in every state she visits, crossing off states one at a time from her "leap list." Being the curious cat that I am, I had ... Read more...
“Every poem tells a story, and every poem is in some way about love,” says Rennie McQuilkin, author, teacher, publisher and founder of the prestigious Sunken Garden Poetry Festival at the Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington, Connecticut. Just as I firmly believe that ou ... Read more...
As though returning to work isn't hard enough - especially after being home - the worst thing that can happen would be to accept the wrong job.  Wouldn't it be nice to ensure a job is a good fit BEFORE you take it?  Almost a slam dunk guarantee?   ... Read more...
Incompatible, irreconcilable differences, parting of ways…it doesn’t matter how you phrase it, but a long-term relationship has ended for me. I’ve known him a decade longer than I’ve known my husband, and he has outlasted any girlfriend I’ve ever had. Joe has been p ... Read more...
Most work travel isn't glamorous or fun despite what non-work travelers think. You commute by planes, trains and automobiles and sometimes all three and then check in, go to meetings day and night and crash before doing it all again the next ... Read more...
In light of the shocking news of Angelina Jolie’s double mastectomy, a lot of women are probably thinking about getting their mammograms a little earlier this year. Ms. Jolie recently announced in a New York Times op-ed article that she underwent a preventive ... Read more...