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Not Wrapped Too Tight

So, my siblings, our spouses, and I are throwing a fiftieth anniversary party for our parents at the end of June. We are excited to do this. We are privileged to do this. We are also a little nuts to do this in the way we are doing it, but that’s another blog post.The menu […]

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Unsolicited Advice: “What’s for Dinner?”

This one of those my-life-is-nearly-always-happier-and-certainly-always-more-serene-if-I-obey-this-rule things. It is very simple. It makes a big difference. Truly. Really. Want to know? It’s called The Ten O’Clock Rule. I’ll wait while you get paper and pencil to make notes. Oh, don’t worry about it — you don’t actually need any because you will never forget this life-changing […]

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Listen to Your Mother: Push Up Your Sleeves and Get to Work

This is my mom, Carolyn. Hi, Mom. Here is Mom a few weeks ago, celebrating her birthday. I chose this photo to provide public proof that at least once in her life she was given “the special plate” at our house. Pay no attention to the fact that I forgot to pull it out for […]

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Balancing Balance, Part X: The Home Manager’s Biggest Perk

The other posts in the Balancing Balance series: Part I: Embracing the Truth Part II: Personal Filters Part III: Do I Have the Right to Choose My Filters? Part IV: Personal Filters for Life Management Part V: What are Your Family’s Gatekeeper Filters? Part VI: Where Does Your Time Go? Part VII: Categorizing My Life’s […]

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Unsolicited Advice: Put Your Servants to Work

No, we aren’t talking about your kids – that’s another post. This is about your twenty-first century servants, the ones that usurped the positions of human servants not long after the turn of the twentieth century. You know, the ones that heat things up, cool things down, and make things clean. Did you ever read […]

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