So I'm writing a Tasty Tuesday post at the END of Tasty Tuesday because this Tuesday was filled with meetings and deadlines and making arrangements for the kids to do summer stuff tomorrow while I'm working -- basically your typical Tuesday. And I'd planned to talk about some casserole that I like to mix up after a day like today. Or about some sort of sandwich that I toss together for the kids while I'm working from home and they're trying not to bug me because they are off for the summer and I am not. Then, I started watching YouTube videos, which often is how I unwind at the end of a … [more...]
Lately I've been forced to be a very mean mommy. Not "no wire-hangers" mean...but I've had to make our daughter Peachy to do all sorts of things Peachy just doesn't want to do. She's kicking, and screaming, and pushing me away. She's crying real tears, practically hyperventilating. She's beet red...snot nosed...and so very angry at me. The only reason she hasn't bitten me is a lack of teeth, not a lack of will. Our daughter, at a mere 10 months, was just came down with Pneumonia. This means all sorts of new things she hates. First is an antibiotic that she literally tries to spit out. Then … [more...]
Hey there, friends! It's been a hectic couple of weeks for all of us here at WMAG. We've had new jobs, deaths in the family, jury duty and migraines, not to mention the start of summer, which is always fun as we juggle work with kids being out of school. As many of you remember, we heralded summer with our first-ever live event, a Google Hangout with Christine Fonseca, author of THE GIRL GUIDE: FINDING YOUR PLACE IN A MIXED-UP WORLD. Technical difficulties aside, it was a great time. Christine gave us all sorts of great advice, from helping daughters deal with drama among friends to finding … [more...]
Guest Post by Joline Godfrey One outcome of the 2008 economic meltdown was that moms (and dads) began to think about how to help their kids acquire enough financial literacy so that they would not make some of the mistakes that swept through homes in the years leading up to the housing crash. Suddenly terms like "FICO scores," "subprime," "interest rates," "penalty fees," and others were part of a language everyone needed to know, not just bankers playing with funny money. By 2009, allowances were making a serious comeback; piggy bank sales were up, and some families instituted family … [more...]
I Need My Female Friends
The other day I took a dress to an alterations shop to have it hemmed. As I got ready to leave, I caught a glimpse of myself in the shop's full-length mirror in natural daylight, quite different from the light in my tiny bedroom at home. And I discovered that the skirt I was wearing--the skirt I wore ALL LAST SUMMER--was completely see-through! Of course I was humiliated. But my bigger reaction was irritation that my husband hadn't noticed and clued me in long, long ago, before the entire world got a look at my thighs and crotch. Then I realized: a good female friend would have told me … [more...]
What new mom doesn't lament the limited time and pay she gets from her employer's paltry maternity leave policy? Well, WMAG moms, take heart: you can get a better maternity leave than what your employer offers. Max Your Maternity Leave by Pat Katepoo reveals little-known strategies for getting extra weeks off, some with full or partial pay. (Sound familiar? Pat has contributed a few guest posts to this blog, including tips for going part-time and keeping track of your successes for better pay.) It's a proposal template and negotiation guide that, since 2003, has equipped thousands … [more...]
I hope you're planning to join us tomorrow night (Saturday, June 1, 7 p.m. EST) for our first-ever WMAG live event! We'll be hosting a Google Hangout with author Christine Fonseca, who'll chat about her book THE GIRL GUIDE: FINDING YOUR PLACE IN A MIXED-UP WORLD. THE GIRL GUIDE is a practical handbook that walks tween and teen girls through a journey to discover their "authentic selves" and, in so doing, figure out how to deal with common challenges such as bullying, schoolwork overload and relationships with parents. Every other page features a chart, a journaling exercise, or some other … [more...]
