Archive for the ‘Family’ Category:
The Boy is No Longer a Teenager
Today the boy turns 20. And before you leave a comment saying anything at all, I request that you read this post and realize that I can be a little [...]
Weekend, Inverted
I read this tip on a parenting blog via Twitter earlier this week – a mom said that she and her family race to get all the weekend chores done [...]
Charlottesville Blog of the Week: The Coconut Girl
The Coconut Girl is Whitney Morrill, an architect, writer, and mother of two. Her blog offers new mothers equal doses of understanding, humor and utility through her quirky creative offerings. [...]
Healthy Living, and Falling off the Wagon
Last night I cut myself some slack. One of my best friends in the world is in town and we wanted to go out to dinner. We ended up at [...]
How I’m Taking Care of Myself in the Year of 40
I kicked off 2010 by giving myself the gift of a year in which I will take good care of myself every day.
Some of you may be wondering how I’m [...]
Life of Pasta
First, there was Life of Pie — the months in which I tried, failed, and tried again to become a master pie baker, baking my way through dozens of pie [...]
Excuse me while I freak out just a little
The holiday shopping? Not done. Worse still, I have no idea what I’m buying most of the people on my list.
The battle of the family photo – solved, for now [...]
Thanksgiving here and gone
It was a quiet Thanksgiving – no hosting of thousands or schlepping off to visit family. In fact, there was just the three of us (the boy – I’m sorry, [...]
Charlottesville Blog of the Week: Vale of Evening Fog
Video from the Blog of the Week segment on CBS-19
Bonus: Video segment with Zoe Krylova
There are very few bloggers I know in the Charlottesville community that have been blogging as [...]
Planting Trees at My Favorite Airport
Disclaimer time: the Charlottesville Albemarle Airport is a client of ours at Standing Partnership, the firm where I work. /disclaimer
On Sunday I planted trees at CHO, along with 89 other [...]
Gifted Conference This Weekend
If you notice a plethora of smart kids downtown this weekend, don’t be alarmed. The National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC) and the Gifted Association of Missouri (GAM) is hosting [...]
Stroller lock is cool new gadget for parents
We found this great item for parents and thought we’d share.
It’s a Buggyguard stroller lock. With all the holiday shopping coming up, you may have to park your stroller occasionally. So next [...]
