Tag Archives: family
June 2, 2011 The hard job of a working mother
I always envisioned that I would be a stay-at-home mom. But once my maternity leave was up, I knew I couldn’t realistically afford to give up my paycheck to be at home with my baby. The first week back at work was rough. There were tears — lots of tears. I finally have the baby [...]
Tags: Breast milk, breastfeeding, family, home, Mother, Parental leave, Parents, stay-at-home mom, working mother
- 3 comments
- Posted under Community
May 31, 2011 My life as mommy
It’s been a long time since I wrote anything on my blog. While I was away, my life was changing drastically. My sole focus for the last year has been having a healthy pregnancy and a healthy baby. I accomplished those goals, and now my focus is keeping my baby healthy and doing what’s best [...]
Tags: American Academy of Pediatrics, babies, breastfeeding, Children, family, Heidi Murkoff, home, motherhood, Parent
- Comments Off
- Posted under Community
January 30, 2010 Snow day
I love to see snow, although we don’t get to see much of it in the South. When we do get a good bit of snow, the excitement level is pretty high here in North Carolina. The threat of snow sends folks rushing to the store to buy milk and bread. No one seems to [...]
Tags: bread, family, home, Milk, North Carolina, Snow, weather
- Comments Off
- Posted under All Post
January 15, 2010 How long is too long?
About two weeks ago, Wayne and I watched a movie called “Away We Go.” It’s a cute movie starring Maya Rudolph of Saturday Night Live fame as Verona and John Krasinski from The Office as Burt. They play an unmarried couple preparing for the birth of their first child. Throughout the movie, they go on [...]
Tags: age, away we go, babies, Child, family, fertility, home, JohnKrasinski, marriage, Maya Rudolph, motherhood, Office, Verona
January 13, 2010 "One Big Happy Family" is feel-good TV
It’s hard to lose weight. It’s hard to break those bad habits that made you gain that weight to start out with. It’s hard to stop eating yummy, bad-for-you food and start making better choices. But that’s just what a North Carolina family with a new TLC show is trying to do. TLC’s “One Big [...]
Tags: Biggest Loser, family, health, North Carolina, Obesity, one big happy family, Shopping, Support Groups, TLC, weight loss
January 29, 2009 Learning my history
I’ve always loved the movie “Roots,” and I’ve always wondered about my own roots. What story would they tell about my family? Who are the people who combined to make me who I am? I decided early this year it was time to get back to work on my family tree.
Tags: alex haley, ancestry.com, census, family, family history, genealogy, roots
- Comments Off
- Posted under 1