When I was a working woman, I organized my life in a fancy Franklin Calendar System. One of those weighty, leather bound numbers. It was color coded with different inks, organized by month and by day, with to-do lists...
If you are already in a rut packing lunches or are just looking for fresh ideas, here are some foods to send with your child!
I’m lucky to be able to drive my kids to school in a district that doesn’t require metal detectors at the entrances. As there are families in this city who live in their vehicles, we should be so grateful as to use our cars just as cars – not as temporary housing. But do you know what would help ease the traffic burden at schools? Fewer vehicles! Make friends with your neighbors who also have kids at your school and share the driving; it’s made all the difference for my neighborhood. And my sanity.
Our culture is obsessed with bucket lists. Ever since that movie starring Morgan Freeman and Jack Nicholson came out in 2007, Americans young and old have been fixated with creating and crossing items off these life-goal “to-do” lists. My daughters are no exception.
Our neighbors feign surprise when they see our vehicles in the garage. My best friend once asked me, “Why do you guys even have a house?”
Yes, it’s true. We travel. A lot.
As I write this, we are packing for...
I am going to age myself here, but I feel compelled to share another memory. When I was a kid, eight or nine years old, I was in a bowling league (at a second-hand-smoke-wafting bowling alley that now serves...
Anyone else feel like they will never sleep again?? Between pregnancy insomnia, newborn feedings, crazy busy days, and the months (possibly years) until your baby sleeps through the night, sleeping well can seem like a distant memory. Most of...
Sometimes I wish I lived many years ago, when times were just simpler (or at least they appeared to be). When life had a slower pace and the ways of the world were a bit different. Call me old-fashioned if you want to…
Everyone knows Wisconsin is the Dairy State, but our food selections go far beyond the dairy aisle. In fact, coming to Wisconsin and only tasting our cheese is like ordering a hot fudge sundae and eating only the cherry on top.
We need to keep the conversation about kindness alive year-round, not just on today – World Kindness Day. Kindness needs to stay at the forefront.
In + Around Green Bay
5 Mother’s Day Mini Road Trips for Mom in Northeast Wisconsin
Want to do something special for mom this Mother’s Day but not sure just what? Shake up your usual Mother’s Day breakfast-in-bed and venture out in your car to one of these great Mother’s Day activities taking place in your Northeast Wisconsin backyard.
