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This book review will keep you reading all year long!   At the beginning of 2020, I heard many friends and coworkers say their New Year’s resolution was to read more. Some downloaded apps to help encourage their progress, some recruited...

Need to learn strategies for time management?  Read on for some tips!     It’s me again with another pair of productivity self-help books to examine. This week, I’m putting two books next to each other that have to do with squeezing...

    No need to worry about the leftover Cheerios on the kitchen table seeping into your laptop mouse or the dog whining to go outside. Being a working mother is hard enough, but you owe it to yourself to level up...

Halloween books are a fun way to get your little ones excited about the spooky season ahead!   Anyone who knows me knows that I love Halloween. From the homemade Maggie Simpson costume, complete with papier-mâché hair hat, that my mom...

So the one thing that I’ve really learned during this pandemic is that I don’t have many hobbies. After teaching and “mom-ing," I’m usually too exhausted to even stay awake past 8 PM. Over the past year, though, I’ve...

  This year, my mission was to do most of my holiday shopping through small businesses – and I have largely been able to stick to that mission. Here are a few of my favorite local small businesses that can cover...

If you've been reading or catching up on any type of social media lately, you know 'quiet quitting' has been a hot term used by working professionals these past few months. Being quite the buzzword, it got traction on...

Managing the Holidays when You Don’t Celebrate Christmas originally ran in December, 2021.     My preschooler LOVES Christmas— Christmas trees, lights, stockings, Santa, the whole nine yards—which is ironic because we don’t technically celebrate Christmas. You see, we’re Jewish. Now, I...

What holiday traditions do you and your family hold dear? Our Christmas Eve box is something I look forward to every year.   Christmas pajamas and Christmas books are how our tradition began. When my oldest was a toddler, we would...

Got any picky eaters in your house? Turn them into foodies with these tips!   Let me start with a disclaimer: I'm not here to judge or shame you. This is simply how I choose to raise my children. What works...