My exercise 'routine' has dwindled to once a week if I really focus and get out of the house. It may pick up when #1 resumes his extracurriculars (now that he has pulled his grades up...woot!) cause I had timed two days with his excursions ( Read more... )

Maybe stick to Five Things and make a post?

1. Mom fell one night and injured her leg. She didn't tell anyone until morning. Large hematoma, blood clot that had to be removed and is not all gone, daily cleaning and packing to work on that, skin tears and dieback that may take a really long time to heal if ever. I've talked to All the Doctors and ( Read more... )

Have you been reading about the controversy regarding Marissa Mayer, the new CEO of Yahoo? She's terminated all telecommuting at the company, which has stirred up a hornet's nest over working from home, working parents, collaborative teams and the very nature of work ( Read more... )

So Moms are in the news again, thanks to the political conventions, speeches by the wives, and the political season in general. Something in me rebels against the idea that Mom is the most important....role? job? in my life. Not to mention the neglect of fatherhood as the most important thing for men. Parenting is not a job, although it involves a ( Read more... )

I'm exhausted and watching British crime procedurals on Netflix ( Read more... )

Four mothers walked into a bar...

They ordered a cosmopolitan, a peach daiquiri, a glass of red wine, and a martini. They were dressed in a suit, jeans, a flowered dress, and sweatpants. They came from the city, a small town, the suburbs, and the country.

They toasted each other and asked, "How are the kids?"

Back came the responses: "Good!", "Fine ( Read more... )

It's off to work I go.

If I end up putting it close to a full day today I'm going to take a day to myself in the next two weeks. Birthday present to myself.

And I plan to do some baby shopping on the way into work, too. I haven't been in a baby department of any store for ages. Should be fun or at least super-nostalgic. I may tear up some, looking ( Read more... )

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Today I read an article in the NY Times about stressed out Dads. It seems it's not only women who can't have it all. I did notice something interesting when it got to the disparity in what women think men do and what men think they do, both around the house and in terms of child care. Look at this section:

Then again, some contributions may be ( Read more... )