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Trailing Spouse: Is there any Uglier Name?
This is part of a series about relocating a family internationally, called What I’ve Lost, What I’ve Gained, for BlogHer’s month of blogging. What do you call a woman or a man who follows her spouse as he or she relocates for work, often sacrificing a career and identity? These spouses pack up the family, [...]
Tales from the Land of the Demented
My mother cuts through the water without a splash. She manages about 400 metres of evenly-paced freestyle before she stops and grins at me, panting behind her. Even in her demented state, Mum can out-swim her daughter. It still gives her pleasure.
News flash: Killer Lurks in Aussie Shopping Centres
Moving is a liberating bitch. You lose so much, you gain a lot. After 16 years of living in the USA, we moved back to Australia nearly four months ago. During Blogher’s month of blogging, I’m going to post every day on the theme, “What I’ve Lost, What I’ve Gained, ” a light-hearted account of [...]
Harvard Healthy Eating Plate
Earlier this year the USDA released new dietary guidelines for Americans, under an initiative called ChooseMyPlate.gov. In response to this, the Harvard School of Public Health released the Healthy Eating Plate, to make it easier for consumers to think about meal planning and not just abstract ideas about food allowances. You can download a copy [...]
ChooseMyPlate.gov – New Dietary Guidelines for Americans
Earlier this month, the US Department of Agriculture released new dietary guidelines for Americans. The new advice, released under the new ChooseMyPlate.gov program, changes the way that Americans think about diet and food. Gone is the longstanding Food Pyramid, instead the new focus is simpler dietary advice. The streamlined guidelines call for more fruits and [...]
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The next Survivor Series?
photo credit: m.gifford Just got an e-mail suggesting this idea for a new NBC Survivor show … Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 3 kids each for six weeks. Each kid will play two sports and take either music or dance classes. There is no fast food. Each [...]
Are you a tiger mom or neutered pushover?
Image via Wikipedia The latest game among my group of friends? Rating each other on a scale of zero, a pushover, to Tiger Mom, a fierce mom like Amy Chua, who sprung to fame via The Wall Street Journal about her new book, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother. “Oh yeah, she’s tough. She’s a [...]
Children’s book review & giveaway: Hush Little Baby and Sleep Baby Sleep
Recently my two-year-old and I had the pleasure of reviewing two new books based on lullabies, Hush, Little Baby and Sleep Baby Sleep. They beautifully tell the songs. My daughter is an avid “read to me, or let me sit quietly and look at the pictures,” and lullaby lover, making both books a perfect fit [...]
The Princess and the Pea
Children love to explore all types of things, their environment, their bodies, the things that can fit into the tiniest spaces in their bodies. Our indoctrination began with a pea. After a few attempts at raisins, (caught in time), our daughter discovered that peas were the perfect fit for a nose.. I was out [...]
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