Gift anxiety: Present and accounted for
Let me be the first to gleefully - and with a certain amount of malice - point out to you that there are only 63 shopping days left until Christmas.
Mom works on a little respect
It is not so much I mind having chosen a career path so vague as to rank somewhere below "illegal alien bus boy" in terms of status, but rather, I get no respect for doing it from my home that really rankles my soul.
Parenting? We’re just having a ball
I am probably the only parent in history who has requested a parent/teacher conference with the playground monitor.RulesGenerally, I teach my children that their...
Camping, with and without ‘flushers’
People are often surprised to discover that I camp. I know how that is. I’m often surprised myself.
I am not an outdoorsy type...
Committed to committees: How to run government without trying
If you've ever sat on a committee, or ever worked with one, or even tried to talk to one, you'll know exactly what columnist Kymberly Foster Seabolt is talking about in this week's column.
One tough cookie can shake this addiction
The first Girl Scout cookie was sold on Nov. 11, 1932 by a troop in Philadelphia. The girls baked cookies for day nurseries as a community service project.
Holiday in the ‘great’ outdoors
Let me state, for the record, what has long been suspected and recently proven: I am not a trooper. Trooper.
Storm warning
I don't think there has ever been a doubt I don't have the ability to take care of myself, but now it's official: in...
The best ride you’ll ever have
I applaud the advances in science and medicine that make childbearing so much less likely to result in death. I also suspect that all...
Knee deep in snow days
Be careful what you wish for because you just might get it. I use this line ALL the time. I learned it.
