What’s With All the Snow Days?
If you were bummed about Wisconsin’s lack of snow over the holidays, you may be feeling differently about snow just about now. I know I am.
In the past few weeks, local schools have cancelled … Read More
Family
A No-Nonsense Approach to Morning Crankiness
If you feel groggy and irritable first thing in the morning, there’s a scientific reason why. It’s called sleep inertia, which is basically “a transitional period of grogginess” that affects you right after you … Read More
Savoring Summer
This week, as the kids received long-awaited classroom assignments and bus drivers practiced their routes through our neighborhood, all I could think was: Hold on a minute, wasn’t summer just getting started? Like the cliffhanger … Read More
Dear Kids: Please Go Play So I Can Blog About You
“Okay kids, Mama needs some quiet time to write. Please go play so I can work on this blog post about motherhood.”
The irony of this statement has always bothered me. A lovely new friend … Read More