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Life With A Typical Toddler

The other day I saw a hilarious e-card on Facebook. Well, it would have been hilarious if it weren’t so eerily true. It said something like “All these stay at home moms are on Pinterest making their own soap and reindeer shaped treats, and I’m over here like hey, I took a shower and kept the kids alive”. I am not sure how long I have felt this way, but I know that it goes back even to before my second son was born. Some days I manage to get a few things done, but much of the time I … Continue reading →

Different Stages Of Parenting

It’s amazing how our role as parents change in ways we could have never predicted. When my daughter was born I was full of sunshine and lollipops. This was the best, smartest, most beautiful baby ever! My baby would never throw a temper tantrum or disobey; she would always be reasonable and willing to listen to Mommy and Daddy because we know best. We were going to be best friends, my baby girl and I, always doing things together, painting our nails, talking, baking, decorating the Christmas tree, pure bliss I tell you. Those first few months, when really, she … Continue reading →

Life Lessons

Some days, you just don’t feel like you’re getting anything done. This problem is particularly pronounced around this season, I find, since it is possible to run around like crazy and still have a lot of to-dos on your plate. You’re getting things done, but there are more things to do than there is time to accomplish them all. There are also the days like today, when the weather is snaining (that’s snow mixed with rain) and you just don’t feel like accomplishing anything. It’s dark and cold, and did I mention that snain? Yuck. Cabin fever sets in and … Continue reading →

We Finally Have Life Insurance!

My husband and I have been going through the stages and steps that are required in order to get approved for a life insurance policy. Today, we learned that each of us, individually, was, in fact, approved. It has been a long time since the whole process started. It is finally over, and we can feel a little more secure now that we both have the life insurance policies we have been trying for months to get. How did we manage that? I will explain the process. We started this process back in September. My husband and I went to … Continue reading →

My Life as a Lab Rat: Getting to the Maze

About a year ago, I mentioned my interest in clinical trials. There are a lot of good reasons to get involved — access to cutting edge treatments, potential to help a lot of people around the world. One challenge I didn’t expect was how hard it would be to get involved in a study. Since I made that post, I’ve applied to be in a variety of studies — including one to look at the effect of magnets on repetitive strain injuries to the wrist and another to study the dosages of birth control pills on overweight women. There are … Continue reading →

Marriage Types: Later Life

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So far we have discussed covenant marriages, second marriages, and polygamous marriages. It is amazing how many different types of relationship bonds couples can have. Even traditional marriages can come in various forms. Couples marry at all different stages in their lives and for all different reasons. Some couples marry later in their lives. There are several different reasons why a person may put marriage on hold during what most consider to be the common marrying years. Some couples do not marry until they are in their late 30s or 40s. Some people wish to get married before this age … Continue reading →

Is There a Home Business Lifestyle?

Recently, someone told me that she could never start her own home business because she just didn’t subscribe to the right “lifestyle.” For the life of me, I couldn’t figure out what she meant–I know several different people who work from their home businesses at least part of the time, and we are all leading very different lives. It got me to wondering if there are “lifestyles” that are more conducive to the home business than others? I have known home business owners with and without kids, at all different stages in their “careers”, and those who had all sorts … Continue reading →

Stages of Birthparents’ Thinking About Adoption

My last two blogs have been based on Beth Hall and Gail Steinberg’s work in their book, Inside Transracial Adoption. I have tried to briefly summarize their explanation of common stages gone through by adoptees and adoptive parents. In this blog I will discuss their interpretation of birthparents’ reactions. Naturally, these ideas represent the authors’ experiences of patterns many members of the adoption triad (child, birthparents, adoptive parents) report feeling. Individuals’ experiences may be different, of course. In the Pre-Conscious Stage, birthparents think that even though it breaks their heart not to be able to raise their baby, the adoption … Continue reading →

The Marriage Blog Week in Review for December 17-23

Merry Christmas Eve! ‘Tis the season to be even busier than usual, but maybe today you have some time to catch up on things. Such as reading the Marriage Blog. If you missed any of last week’s musings from Lyn and myself, check out this edition of the Week in Review to see what we wrote on: Monday, December 17 How Much are You Willing to Give? Lyn proposed situations of spouses giving and wondered which ones would be giving too much and would warrant a “No!” Why Nookie Should Be on Your Christmas Wish List A report I saw … Continue reading →

Moving On to Different Stages

I realized the other day that I have been operating my home business for over two years. If I throw in the 3 years a half-decade ago when I ran my own consulting firm out of my home as well, I really cannot consider myself a beginner. That came as a bit of a surprise to me—I think it can be pretty common for us to get “stuck” in a certain stage with our businesses and not realize when it is time to move on… When does our business go from a struggling start-up to an adolescent company? How do … Continue reading →