We’ve had Christmas music wafting through the house for the past few weeks now. I have a playlist on my iPhone of my favorite 25 songs, and they play over and over and over — in the car, in my office, in the kitchen . . . As much as I love them, I admit [...]

I know it’s been a little bit heavy on sponsored posts around here. It’s always crazy this time of year, with brands clamoring to spread the news about their best products and services for holiday gift giving. Please know that I choose carefully those brands I will promote here, and I only participate in those [...]

We interrupt our regularly scheduled musings for these important announcements . . . 1) I thought it might be fun to write up a little F.A.Q. page for my blog. I saw this somewhere else and decided to shamelessly copy the idea. I have a few that I can put on there from previous “Ask The Housewife” [...]

If your kids are anything like mine, they love their video games. My kids are always asking to play video games or computer games. And then there are those online communities for kids. I’m not a huge fan of those because I have to make sure they aren’t buddying up to some creep masquerading as [...]

BlogHer was incredible in so many ways. I feel exhausted and exhilarated and inspired, and did I mention exhausted? Not to mention jet lagged. Rather than writing out a 1000-word essay on my BlogHer experience (been there, done that) I thought I’d give you a Best Of list. So without further ado . . . [...]

I come from a long line of entrepreneurs. My mother and her father both own and operate successful businesses, but I never considered this lifestyle for myself. I went to school to be a teacher, and I taught third grade for two glorious years before I retired to stay home with my newborn son. And [...]

I’m so done. Done, done, done! Actually I am having a ball, but I am just so busy I can’t possibly do everything I want to do. Which today included writing a witty and informative post about how to start a blog. Oh well, tomorrow is another day, right? Let me just tell you, though, [...]

A few months ago, the Wall Street Journal article, “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”, made a big splash in the media and of course in social media circles. This is the story of a Chinese mother, Amy Chua, who claims that Chinese mothers are superior and lays out her reasons why. I read the article [...]