Monthly Archives: May 2009
Snack Thursday: Homemade Chocolate Chip Cookies for Playdates
Earlier this week in my post Are We More Stressed Than Our Mothers, I mentioned that I make chocolate chip cookie dough in bulk, freeze in logs, and then can always cut a few pieces off to have freshly baked … Continue reading
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A Mother’s Worth
Last week Salary.com came out with a survey valuing a mother’s work in the home (cooking, cleaning, laundry, childcare etc.) at $122,732 for stay-at-home moms, and an additional $76,184 for working mothers. I had a few issues with the survey, … Continue reading
In Search of the Fairytale
Last week an op-ed by Megan Basham entitled What A Mom Wants appeared in The Wall Street Journal. Most mothers, says Basham, really want to be supported by their husbands. Basham is the author of Beside Every Successful Man: Getting … Continue reading
Are We More Stressed Than Our Mothers?
Last night over our mother’s day dinner, I mentioned to my mom how happy I was to have figured out that if I pre-made a lot of chocolate chip cookie dough, froze it in logs, and then cut little pieces … Continue reading
Management Friday: Can Women Lead With Kindness?
A recent article in The American Lawyer titled The End of Sisterhood cites a survey by the American Bar Association indicating a majority of female lawyers under 40 prefer to work for a man. This on the heels of the two … Continue reading
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Dinner Thursday: Pasta with Fennel, Chicken, Pear and Sage
This week we got fennel and pears in our CSA box. I love dishes that combine the sweet and savory, and fennel goes especially well with fruit. I used sage from the new herb garden that I planted a few … Continue reading
The Best Mother’s Day Gift: Maternity Leave
What would be the best Mother’s Day gift? Maternity leave, says an article in this week’s Forbes magazine. The piece points out that the United States is one of just two developed economies — the other is Australia — without … Continue reading
To Stay at Home or Not to Stay at Home
Over on Babble, Oz Spies is posting a very honest conversation with herself about the possibility of leaving her job to become a full time stay-at-home mom. (Side note: how can she do this so publicly without tipping off her … Continue reading
Seven Reasons Not to Panic About Swine Flu
Newspapers and networks across the country are on 24/7 swine flu coverage, convincing all of us that The Stand is nigh. Even though there are clearly dangers relating to a pandemic, I’m not wild about the overblown reporting, if for … Continue reading
