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Career and Kids - Jul 31, 2008
Back to school is around the corner for many of us. At the beginning of the summer, since I don’t have a summer break like my husband and kids, I spend a lot of time grousing about having to keep my routine while they …
Tagged: busy parenting, back to school routine
Career and Kids - Jul 30, 2008
I’ve been sick for several days, some sort of asthma or allergy attack. It’s kept me out of work for a few days, but even more frustrating to me is that it’s kept me from doing much of anything at home. I’m behind in …
Tagged: spending time with kids, work and life
Career and Kids - Jul 29, 2008
If you have young children, it might be hard to imagine that one day they will be going to someone’s house to play, and you might not know the parents all that well. For example, I was fortunate that my older kids’ …
Tagged: raising kids, newsday com, house rules, asking other parents about rules in their homes
Career and Kids - Jul 24, 2008
If any profession ranks up there with being difficult to achieve a work-life fit, it’s medicine. Last week at BlogHer, I briefly spoke with a lovely lady whose site is called Mothers in Medicine. It’s a multi-author …
Tagged: websites, work and life, work life fit, mothers in medicine
Career and Kids - Jul 23, 2008
Women leaving the workforce: it’s not just for parenting anymore. For the first time since the beginning of the women’s movement, there are fewer women in the workforce due to the economy: After moving into virtually …
Tagged: career, economy, layoffs, women in the workforce
Career and Kids - Jul 23, 2008
Choose your friends carefully when you are a working parent. Nearly all my friends are either teachers or they don’t work outside the home. They are all leaving the kids with dad and going on a fun overnight trip …
Tagged: home
Career and Kids - Jul 23, 2008
I don’t work for Land’s End clothing or anything (just a fan), and I don’t get anything for it, but I thought you might enjoy the Land’s End Free Shipping Code on my personal website, Busymom.net. It might be a good …
Tagged: back to school, websites, land s end, busymom net, land s end free shipping code
Career and Kids - Jul 18, 2008
The state of the economy is affecting the work lunch. More people are brown-bagging it these days. Sure, bringing your own food has always been more economic and often healthier, but if you’re anything like me, by the …
Tagged: money, inflation, work lunch
Career and Kids - Jul 17, 2008
There’s a great post by Dr. Mary over at Work It, Mom! on The Myth of Balance, and one idea stuck with me: Accepting that sometimes one thing has to get a bit more attention that another is yet another way that …
Tagged: work and life, work it mom, myth of balance
Career and Kids - Jul 17, 2008
Erin of Unclutterer fame tried a novel approach to work-life balance one weekend: On July 3, I decided that I was going to take a break from my laptop and from work for the three-day holiday weekend. Unfortunately, I …
Tagged: work life balance, work and life, unclutterer, battery only