The Things I Had Forgotten (And Will Forget Again)

Some, we will learn to remember. Some, we will never forget.

Living on Borrowed Time: Rent is the New Buy

Aspiration will soon be a thing of the past. The pride we feel at any level from attaining things that truly belong to us is what we’re trading in for monthly subscriptions and recurring bills and endless upgrades.

Forget the Golden Ticket- I Got the Golden Handcuffs!

I knew I was considering a career change, but I didn't realize Escape Artist would need to be at the top of my list. "How can you have never heard of the golden handcuffs?", Eliza asked incredulously as we sipped rose beside the rooftop bar on a beautiful Chicago afternoon. It had been a full …

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You Can’t Take it With You…But What if You Could?

Aha! Jackpot! It was the one time I was truly thankful that my mom was a pack rat.  She had long since moved out of my childhood home, whittled her life's belongings into a more curated (but still large) collection of boxes, but she insisted on dropping a clear storage tub of my memorabilia at …

Home is Where The Hysteria Is

People often ask me, "Isn't it so hard to leave your kids every morning?" Nope, not at all, because when I leave the whole house is still fast asleep.  The hardest part is actually coming home.  This sounds shocking, I know. And it's not an easy thing to admit. But it's the truth. I spend …

When the Calendar’s Kicking Your Keister….

Thanks to the other woman in my marriage- First I erased the clutter in my closet. Then I erased the clutter in my diet (but more on that soon). Now I need to do something about the disaster that is my calendar. Between work and personal commitments, not to mention the kids' lives- we're utterly …

If I Were A Stay At Home Mom…

The words I've always dreaded, but never heard. At bedtime last night, Lark said "Mommy stay home with me. No more babysitter." I told her Mommy has to go to work, so I can earn money for our family. So we can have a house, and food, and special treats. She wasn't convinced by this …

On Life, Love, and Lenses

I wear glasses. Yes, I've tried contacts but my eyes are so misshapen that they just don't stay put. I get the librarian jokes a lot. I don't mind, I try to own the look. But glasses aren't the only lenses I have spent my whole life behind.  I take an awful lot of pictures. …

What’s In Your Purse? Working Mom Edition

Full disclosure. I'm a purse person. I guess that makes me a purson? But if I am going to splurge on something, I'd put a nice bag on the top of my list. I have built a decent but curated collection over the years (think quality, not quantity). But you can only use one purse …

Girl vs. To Do List: Crushing It or Crushing You?

Whenever I have so much to do that I can't see straight, the voice of reason (aka my husband) tells me I should write it down. Books and blogs tell us that organized people use To Do Lists as a handy tool to check off all the tasks at hand, one by one. So why …