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Food
- Divine Holiday Tea Crock pots have so many uses, especially around the holidays. They can serve as another “oven”, keep things [...]
- Individual Pot Pies – Perfect For Leftover Turkey! There is a local restaurant near us that makes the most delicious chicken pot pie, I order it [...]
- Thanksgiving Cocktail Collection Thanksgiving is a wonderful time to spend with the family, but it can also be a little stressful! [...]
Parenting
- Parental Amnesia My children are no longer toddlers, or preschoolers. I’m solidly in the teen and tween years here. I [...]
- Terrible Twos Are No Big Deal…And Other Lies I tell Myself We are just a few months into the “terrible twos” and let me tell you, friends, one of [...]
- Sorry Kiddo, Santa Ain’t Bringing That Toy This Year (Or Ever!) It’s a tradition as old as Santa himself, kids making wish lists of what they desperately hope will [...]
Books & Tea
- Rugrat Reads
- Kids
- Teens/Tweens
- Adults
- Giveaway: Robin Spielberg’s “Naked on the Bench” My dear friend, Robin Spielberg, has typed college papers for me, held my hand when I broke up [...]
- Nurturing Genius Today, at age 15, Jacob Barnett is recognized as a genius. But when he was two, experts believed [...]
- Book Review: Juvie “Maybe not being guilty wasn’t the same as being innocent.” For Sadie Windas, the line between innocence and [...]
Lifestyle
- A Letter To My 20-Year-Old Self Dear 20-year-old Lois, Please go take a cooking class. I know you won’t do it, but see that [...]
- How To: Rock a LBD with a Mommy Body I love wearing dresses. They are a little more forgiving than pants, especially if you’re curvy like me. [...]
- How To: Throw A Themed Party I love themed parties. As a girl, my parents threw an annual Hat Party, where, as you guessed, [...]
Relationships
- Divorce
- Marriage
- Sex
- The Hunt
- 12 Things No One Says (but wants to) On Their Anniversary I’m terrible with dates. And names. And time. Before kids, I could remember ALL KINDS of random stuff [...]
- A Re-do On “I Do” We recently celebrated our five-year wedding anniversary. I hadn’t really put much thought into it, as I had [...]
- Pat and Mary Save Their Marriage – John and Abigail Adams We’re thinking about time. And effort. If you wanted to write a letter in the 18th Century, you [...]
Stories
- Diamonds and Water: An Economic Analysis of Motherhood The best part of my day is… … when I manage to find a few moments to myself, [...]
- What Is Perimenopause? I’m pretty blessed in the fact that I have never suffered from PMS. Ever. Until about 3 years [...]
- Gobble Gobbler Thanksgiving is my favorite time of the year. The stress of Christmas shopping hasn’t begun yet—no standing in [...]
Entertainment
- Terrible Presents? Kids Cried. We laughed. These kids are not too happy when they receive these “presents” from Santa Claus. We know it’s sort [...]
- Are you too legit to quit like these moms? Time to break out your leg warmers and scrunchies, because you are about to get “Footloose” with this [...]
- Lily Is About To Get The Surprise Of Her Life! It’s Lily’s birthday and mom and dad have a special surprise just for her that is going to [...]
Felicitations
- Felicitations for November: Gratitude If February is the month of love, November is the month of gratitude. It even ends with Thanksgiving, [...]
- Felicitations For October: You Can Dish It Out, But You Can’t Take It We don’t throw the neighborhood Halloween party anymore, which is sad because I love to be scared and [...]
- WTF? What Do You Think About During Sex? Felicity Huffman gets intimate in our latest “WTF?” video! This week we’re talking about sex—and more specifically, what [...]

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