TodaysMama

Inspiration, tips and advice for the home-based entrepreneur and those aspiring to be one – all served up with humor and cartoons.

How green is your life? That seems to be the topic du jour. Okay, so your halo may not be completely green (yet), but you can and should be proud of every little effort made.

Where are YOUR paper piles? On the kitchen counter? The dining room table? The stairs? By the side of your bed? All of the above? You are in good company!

Sugar and spice…and everything nice, Fall Cocktails from the November issue of Every Day with Rachael Ray.

I’m mostly a stay-at-home mom and artist that forgets the part about staying home because I’m having too much fun with these kiddos of mine.

So every evening after school, instead of having a relaxing break from their class work my kids and I enter into a stressful back-and-forth about getting their homework done which.

It is mind boggling to contemplate the difference in our lives as compared with the life of my father…who would today be celebrating his 115th birthday were he still with us!

In China…our pack of three fair haired kids under the age of six made us stand out like plaid pants on prom night.

The last thing I need is to have my sleep interrupted by kicks and squirms. But to be so close to my children, at the one time of day when they are too bleary to fight with each other, is priceless to me.

Fun article at Slate.com by mom and author Emily Yoffe, who polled her 11-year-old’s peer group about the question implied in the headline.