Archive for January, 2010

It’s All About Choices

Posted on January 21st, 2010, by the mum

It is all about choices, isn’t it?  Life is made up of choices that we all have to make.  To marry or not, to marry this person or that, to have kids or not, to have 2 kids or 4, to work or stay home, to trust or not, to love or not – these [...]

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Best Sweet Potato Chips in the World

Posted on January 11th, 2010, by the mum

“Said Aristotle unto Plato, ‘Have another sweet potato?’ Said Plato unto Aristotle, ‘Thank you, I prefer the bottle.’” Owen Wister (1860-1938) American novelist I am with Aristotle on that one. The best food in life is the food that has the least messing around.  No insecticides, no preservatives, no additional processing, no over seasoning. Cooking for [...]

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Why I wrote my last post

Posted on January 7th, 2010, by the mum

If you read my last post, you will see that I listed out the ways that I found work for me as a working mother – Juggling Work and Family. What I did not explain was why I wrote my last post.  Although it was a challenge from dear husband to list the ways I [...]

Juggling Work and Family

Posted on January 5th, 2010, by the mum

“How do you manage?” I get asked that question a lot.  My cheeky answer is always,”I don’t.  I struggle.”  While that gets lots of laughs and knowing grins, working mothers do REALLY want to know how to manage better.  After much trial and error, I finally have a method to all the madness, juggling a [...]

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