DeborahApr 3, 2014How to Juggle Work & Family: MEALS (Theory #12)Okay. This time, I’ve really got it figured out. My sanity?! It’s all about the food. As a working mom, preparing & serving healthy...
DeborahApr 2, 2014Be A Good Mom: Sign your girl up for Computer Camp NOWMove over Malibu Barbie. HTML Barbie just bought some beach-front property and you’re getting evicted. The internet used to be limited...
DeborahMar 30, 2014Power Binge: 13 hours in 3 daysEverything you hear is true. “House of Cards” is that good. [Before I go on, here’s my disclaimer: I don’t own Netflix stock. I don’t...
DeborahMar 28, 2014Top 10 Ways to Tell You're Turning 40 in Two Weeks– 10 – While watching “Moneyball,” you spend most of the movie cheering on Brad Pitt’s deep forehead wrinkles because if Brad can pull...
DeborahMar 24, 2014Profound thought delivered in kid-speak"I would like morning-time better if was at the night" -- my (8) year old son
DeborahMar 14, 2014Two Weeks of Movies: I'm a good parent, right?Confession Coffee Hour. During their two week Spring Break, my children did not visit one museum, complete any big art project or...
DeborahMar 11, 2014If you like "Lord of the Flies," you must like killing people who wear glasses: News vs. It’s official. The total erosion of the line between News and Blogs has occurred. Thanks to those whose fingers are broken (and thus,...
DeborahFeb 28, 2014Wear Glasses. Punch me in the Arm. Ah, parenting!My son is 7 years old. He forgets that toilet paper shouldn’t be totally unrolled for fun. He forgets that tennis balls shouldn’t be...
DeborahFeb 12, 2014Itsy-Bitsy by Adele: That's the best idea I've had all morning!I just read in the LA Times that: “[Adele has been] focusing her musical output on her baby son, Angelo." ‘I’ve been out of the loop,...
DeborahFeb 8, 2014Another Friday "Feel Good" FindI’m getting sappy in my middle-age. Or maybe, the relentless onslaught of bad news (and mean-spirited reality shows) has finally worn...
DeborahFeb 6, 2014CHEATING: Just say "No!"I’m tired of all the cheating. Harvard kids working their take-home exams (Reuters 2/2/13). Teachers hiring proxies to take their...
DeborahJan 26, 2014Friday's "Feel-Good" StoryWhile surfing the web & eating a bowl of leftover mashed potatoes at my lunch-break today, I came across this story. Tears welled up in...
DeborahJan 24, 201442-year old Mom launches website! What-the-what?!?!Yes, you 22 year olds! Zip up your hoodies and move your recycled-canvas messenger bags over ’cause I’m working in the internet now....
DeborahJan 22, 2014Ageism: It starts with the youngToday, my 9-year old daughter shows me this picture of an upgrade avatar on the ipad game, Subway Surfer and says (and I quote): “Mom, I...
DeborahJan 17, 2014Be Good. Or Else. Today's Internet Parenting Lesson.Lesson #1: Be a REALLY good citizen if for no other reason than your past WILL come back and haunt you. In the reality of the internet,...
DeborahJan 15, 2014New Year Starts Strong: Fishy Jury DutyI have two tips for leading a productive 2013: 1.) Don’t leave your daily Omega 3 Fish Oil pill in your pant’s pocket before running...
DeborahJan 9, 2014First Rats. Then Snakes. Now... Heights? Start-up induced phobias suck!Hiking 3 1/2 hours up a steep mountain? Lovely Riding 7 minutes down on the gondola? Spear your hiking pole thru my heart and call it a...
DeborahDec 9, 2013A Quick, Make-Shift MBAI’ve considered going to graduate school to get my Masters In Business Administration (MBA) but there are a million excuses why I can’t:...
DeborahNov 5, 2013Breaking News: Kids make dinner & survive!I’ve been working my way down my To Do list of “Not raising Sucky Kids” tasks – and last night, the kids made dinner. And yes, it was a...
DeborahNov 3, 20131 Idea = 1000 Google SearchesSo, I had an idea for a business. What next? Research! Although I’d never run across any other company or website doing what I wanted...