Archives for June 2013

Clickery for June 28, 2013

Welcome to Clickery, a weekly feature where we share things we like because maybe you’ll like them too. Breanne’s Links Wow, Jen’s got the serious stuff this week, and I have Fourth of July snacks. And make your own freezer pops.   When I read too many design sites and want to style my house […]

What I didn’t see coming

I left my job three years ago because our life was simply untenable — two demanding jobs, two kids, running a business. It was just too much, and something had to give. And I wanted that something to be my job. I wanted my turn at home. When our older son was three, my husband […]

Clickery for June 21, 2013

Welcome to Clickery, a weekly feature where we share things we like because maybe you’ll like them too. Breanne’s Links I thought this Father’s Day Post — When two dads are better than one — was an uplifting message to read for those going through divorces or co-parenting. “Instead of my family falling apart I’ve […]

A jobs program that might actually work

Here’s the thing about kids and chores, chore charts, jobs jars, and all manner of kids-are-supposed-to-do-some-things-around-the-house systems: the parents always have to get involved. And being involved quickly becomes harder than just doing it yourself (or living without the floor being swept) and the system falls apart. I know, I’ve been there. (And the worst […]

One more thing

I thought I’d said everything I needed to say about work in my 5 things I learned on my job search post, but I was left feeling incomplete. And I realized I wanted to write a bit about the experience from which I am moving on. I worked at the same place for nearly 12 […]

5 things I learned on my job search

Jen and I don’t talk much about our day jobs on Borealis because that doesn’t work for us, but it’s certainly a very big and real part of our lives. At any time we both have a lot of things going on that we’re not able to write about (although they’d make great material!), and […]

How to plan a Star Wars party

My older son probably didn’t even know what Star Wars was until he was nine, but he has a little brother, and like all little brothers everywhere, he was introduced to things like Star Wars and Harry Potter and Lord of the Rings far earlier than I’d have preferred. He may not know what it […]

Clickery for June 14, 2013

Welcome to Clickery, a weekly feature where we share things we like because maybe you’ll like them too. Breanne’s Links Two great posts about only children this week: 1. The NY Times debunks myths that only children and lonelier and more selfish. “The differences between only children and those raised with siblings tend to be […]