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• gift-giving, works for me

  What works not for me: Gift-giving, and, naturally, a GIVEAWAY!

  05.06.08 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  It has long been my ambition in life to not be like Whitey’s drunk dad in Follow Me Boys. Instead I’d like to be the inspirational, compassionate, Boy Scout-leading Fred MacMurray. But when it comes to gift-giving, I am just as inept as poor Whitey’s dad, bringing cartons of melting ice cream late to the [...]

• breastfeeding, environment, works for me

  Earth Mother Day

  04.22.08 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  I confess I’m not very green. I don’t even have much desire to be green — too lazy, too busy, too unconvinced that driving a Prius will save the planet when apparently production of a hybrid battery contaminates it. Too worried that anything I do won’t make enough of a difference. And too lazy. Did [...]

• advice, marriage, sex, works for me

  WFMW: One last question about sex

  04.01.08 | Permalink | 14 Comments

  Further proof that it is preferable to give than to receive, at least when it comes to advice: My ‘greatest hits’ WFMW post so far was my ‘backwards’ edition of Am I the Only One?. I asked if I were the only one to experience greater desire for sex than my husband and expressed frustration [...]

• health, marriage, works for me

  WFMW: Sex Therapist

  03.26.08 | Permalink | 10 Comments

  I have long wished that I could be a spokesperson for Getting the Help You Need. To reduce the stigma that some people feel still attaches to those who are depressed or anxious or addicted or in need of any kind of medication, therapy, or other help to be happier people. I loved Dooce’s testimonial [...]

• recipes, works for me

  WFMW: Pizza, Pizza, Calzone!

  02.27.08 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  Who remembers playing Duck, Duck, Goose? And did you ever use different terms, like Chapstick, Chapstick, Lipstick? Good, me neither. How incredibly lame that would’ve been. So far, my kids are too young for Duck, Duck, Goose. But when they get a little older, we might just have to play Pizza, Pizza, Calzone, ’cause that’s [...]

• blogging, books, exercise, food, health, motherhood, works for me

  WFMW: It’s not about the journey

  02.20.08 | Permalink | 13 Comments

  I’ve just realized that there is a chasm-like disconnect between what I like to do and what makes me happy. I know, shouldn’t have taken me thirty years to figure this out, but, they say knowing is half the battle. Or is that admitting? What’s Step One? And why do I feel like the guy [...]

• commentary, food, motherhood, works for me

  WFMW: Plan, prepare, organize. Then, embrace the chaos

  02.13.08 | Permalink | 9 Comments

  I love to-do lists. Goals, plans, schedules. My running buddy and I plan to exercise every weekday at the same time. I say I’ll start the dishwasher every night and shine my sink (thanks FlyLady). We go to school and church and dance class like clockwork. Before each school year, I map out our day [...]

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