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Mom’s Council Topic: Are We Too Plugged In?

Feel free to comment on this week’s Mom’s Council Topic: http://herndon.patch.com/articles/moms-talk-qa-hooked-on-electronics It’s an interesting question to talk about.  I know there are days that I probably spend more time online than I should, or worse just wasting time on things online that are not productive.  I admittedly am a...

Random List: Favorite Places

Just thinking about some of my favorite places.  By places, I don’t necessarily mean a geographical spot, but just a place where I felt happy and appreciated that life is good. On days when we had no where to go, I used to love going into my parent’s room...

To Yell or Not to Yell, That is the Question…

I admit it.  I yell. Although it’s funny,  I don’t really perceive myself as yelling very often. It drives my husband nuts because he feels that I yell all the time at our kids. As we were sitting at the dinner table the other day, I asked my kids,...

Things I learned from a day at the Smithsonian…

Took advantage of another gorgeous day while Tom was at a meeting downtown to take the kids to DC.  We used to live in Falls Church and go regularly to the city.  After moving to the burbs, we don’t spend nearly as much time there, because sadly, there’s a...

This Week’s Mom Council Topic: Stay-cation

Many of our friends chose this week of spring break to take advantage of a family vacation.  We are staying in the area, and have been blissfully laying low and basking not having to rush out the door every day.  But, I try to spend a day or two...