2008! When did that happen? What does it matter, it is almost over. Why is it I get this giddy feeling when a New Year approaches? Is it because I was never “friends” with the older year? Or maybe the older year has so many things that I never got done? It must be the bitter memories of all of those struggles that we seem to have encountered. Surely the...

With a snow storm in the forecast it was already going to be an adventurous day. After arriving home from a playdate and putting the younger child down for a nap I managed to somehow cut myself with a glass. Typical mom, instead of dealing with the injury, I was trying to sweep up the fragments so that my older daughter would not step onto any. Amidst all the chaos I...

Speaking as a mom of early readers and an avid lover of reading (I only wish my reading list contained something other than children stories, but then again my music selection also suffers the same fate), I strongly believe in the importance of reading (the earlier the introduction to books the better). When my 3 year old daughter showed a keen interest in numbers...

In a time when it is super cool to be busy and everyone is in a hurry, I have found the truly “busiest” people always have time. I cannot fathom why we now have games like UNO and Monopoly speed versions? What happened to board games just being something you play to relax and unwind? Where is everyone in a rush to get to anyhow? I used to be in the rat race...

When I heard of a Stop n Shop party from a friend for moms in downtown Boston at Hamersley Bistro, I should have been excited but I (ungratefully) groaned. Then she mentioned catered lunch, and though my tummy was screaming in joy (doesn’t take much for that to happen) I was still thinking “Boston = traffic”. Then I heard more about the paid parking...

I cannot believe that there was a time when I did not know what Twitter was. How on earth did I survive? Twitter is the social media networking tool (similar to Facebook but on a totally different scale). Being a chatterbox myself it is the food I need to keep me going. Last week I discovered one of the online parties. I had no idea what it was but the adrenaline was...

It is AIDS day and it was a pleasant surprise to see Starbucks jump on the Product (RED) bandwagon and give some proceeds of drinks on this day to the AIDS fund. AIDS is a topic close to my heart, especially coming from South Africa, and hubby from India (the two largest countries impacted by AIDS). On the Facebook (virtual) event many chastised the coffee house for...

When the organizer of one of my Meetup groups sent out an email asking for a few more entrants to the 10,000 steps Challenge I ensured that I had waited until a sufficient amount of time had lapsed before I responded. I wanted to be interested but I was hoping she would say “Sorry all spots taken.” Alas, she did not and I committed to joining the crew to ensure...