There’s a women’s health study out of Boston known as the Nurses Study. This is a long-term effort by researchers to assess risk factors for heart disease and cancer. Along the way they’ve learned some amazing things about other aspects of women’s health. I’ve followed the Nurses Study with great interest as the results have changed the way [...]
There’s a certain joy to having our girls back in school. They are so excited about having new teachers. They have new backpacks and clean shoes. They jump at the chance to leave early for school as it gives them a few more minutes on the playground with their friends. It’s the fun of something [...]
The highly-anticipated Chicago Dancing Festival is this week from August 20 – 25. While three of the events are “sold out” there are three events that don’t require a ticket. Tuesday, August 21 Dancing Movies at the Museum of Contemporary Art This day of dance films features four screenings of dance on film that highlight [...]
For our girls’ birthday we took them and two friends to see Big Time Rush last weekend. Rachel Crow opened the show and Cody Simpson did a set. The shrieking grew from happy clapping to a full out need for earplugs between the time Rachel left the stage and Big Time Rush took the stage. [...]
If you’re looking for a new place for a long weekend, take a look at Wabash, Indiana. It’s an easy 2.5 – 3 hour drive from most suburbs, with plenty of distractions along the way. We just spent four fun days in Wabash. I have to admit we hadn’t thought of Wabash as a road [...]
A couple of years ago my friend Christina, who blogs at Humbug Stew, sent me an email about Father’s Day. She said in part, “Why doesn’t anyone make “normal” Father’s Day cards. I always find myself with a wide selection of insulting cards (hey honey you can’t fix anything and I am always right) and a wide selection of [...]
We’re lucky that the girls receive magazine subscriptions every year as gifts. We also pick up chapter books at our library’s “friends” bookstore throughout the year. From time to time we receive an package of books from Kids Can Press with a note asking for a review. You know what this means by the end of [...]
This is the time of year when we want to get out, but cannot always count on the weather to cooperate for outdoor activities. Lucky for us there are a lot of good family theater programs going on that give us a destination with a mix of indoor and outdoor activities. The Wizard of Oz follows [...]
An envelope recently arrived on my front door with review copies of many different books. One, Faith: Five Religions and What They Share, immediately caught my eye. I put it aside to read it so I could discuss it with our daughters. While I read and pondered Faith: Five Religions and What They Share, the girls [...]
Now that we’re in meteorological spring, I’m starting a new spring cleaning project. I’m going through my social media accounts to clean-up each one. You know what I realized? Just because I can keep in touch with you on Facebook or Twitter doesn’t mean I want to. I started with Facebook. I “unfriended” many people [...]
I was standing at the counter scanning a routine medial form when something caught my eye. Under our daughter’s name was the line Natural child: Insured has financial responsibility I asked the receptionist what “natural child” meant. She said, “Oh, it means she’s really his daughter.” I gasped and said, “So, if she was adopted, [...]
We’re headed to the Chicago Auto Show this weekend to research a new vehicle. Our ten-year-old mini-van is falling apart. It has more than 110,000 miles on it, so it’s not like it hasn’t earned the right to fall apart. It’s just that we were hoping to get another year out of it. For years [...]
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