The dishes can wait
This is not my kitchen I had a major headache today. You know, the kind that you can feel coming on a few days in advance. Yeah, one of those. Unfortunately, I was a little too busy to take it easy....
View ArticleYour husband is not broken; he’s just a guy
Those were the wise words a good friend of mine spoke to me when I was engaged to my husband. The entire idea was something to the effect of, “There will be times when you think that your husband is...
View ArticleWhat’s your take: Who’s your go-to person for your parenting questions
So I added this poll back in November, and it just kind of quietly hung out on the sidebar, waiting to be noticed. Here are the results of that noticing: Take Our Poll Running things past mom (or dad,...
View ArticleTorah Tuesdays: Say it with a smile
Not this past Shabbos, but the one before that, I was reading something by Rabbi Paysach Krohn in Zman magazine. Part of it was about marriage, and one piece of advice he gave was this: Greet your...
View Article5 ways to tell your husband that you love ‘im
Hi! Welcome to Life in the Married Lane! If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting, and enjoy your stay! Image via Wikipedia Okay, so I don’t really...
View ArticleCrowdsourced Pesach Tips
chometz - be gone! It’s starting to feel like crunch time over here (and I’m not talking about all that matzah we will soon be eating). It’s that time when I’m no longer purchasing chometz. I’m...
View ArticleGetting stuff done with a newborn
One of my readers, a new mother, requested a post about getting things down with a newborn in the house. My recollection of how I managed with a newborn is a little hazy now, what with Really LIttle...
View ArticleThe Perfect Marriage
One thing I’ve learned by blogging about marriage stuff is that everyone’s marriage is different. I mainly found this out through this post where I suggested what I thought were universal tips that...
View ArticleA Letter to a Mother of Three Small Children
Help me! That was the subject of an email I recently received from a dear friend. She had just had her third child (mazel tov!), and was now juggling the responsibilities of life with three small...
View ArticleA Light in the Darkness
We’ve done road trips for years. Multi-day ones, with a whole system to keep the kids occupied. We’ve always traveled during daylight hours, mainly. Until this past Saturday night. After spending...
View ArticleTop Four Essential Breastfeeding Supplies
A few days ago, as I was nursing the baby, the phone rang. I got up, still nursing, walked over and answered the phone. It was my husband, and when I told him what I was doing, we both laughed....
View ArticleThe Not Quite Definitive Guide to Long-Distance Moving
I absolutely love getting mail from readers, and have been fortunate to get both emails AND mail mail. Like letters. In envelopes. From other countries, even (you know who you are – thank you!!)....
View ArticleAdvice I Would Give Myself Before Heading Off To College
Looking back at the young, naïve girl I was as I made my way to the small midwestern university and remembering the incredibly tumultuous time I had, it’s tempting to tell my former self to do so, so...
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