Tips
The 6PM Scramble
I frequently comment that the best thing I ever did for our marriage was to start planning meals for the week. I’m half kidding, of course. But after a string of many years of stressful, dinner-planning, 5:30 phone conversations I knew things had to change. Now I sit down on the weekend and spend an […]
No Sweat Packing Tip
As someone who happily borrows tips for staying organized from other people, I am thrilled to have finally developed an idea on my own! At least I hope it’s my own. This one involves traveling and packing, something we have done a lot of lately. On packing days I have inevitably ended up running around […]
Water, water, water
Are we really meant to drink 64 ounce per day? Wait. . .is it 84 ounces? And remind me. . .does that include every liquid, or just water? Does coffee count? What about gin and tonics? It boggles the mind. I haven’t mastered this trick with the kids, but I try to tackle the daily […]
Travel Bug
With summer around the corner comes an onslaught of family road trips. Your mode of transport might be car. Or train. Or plane. Whatever the method, joys and challenges come in spades. And if you are lucky, there might be a hotel in the picture. This year we have visited enough hotels to fill a […]
