10 Crucial Questions Your Future Husband MUST Be Able To Answer hali December 31, 2014Twenty-two years ago, I married the first guy who came along. There were several warning signs that it probably wasn't the best plan I... Continue Reading
Will My Divorce Scar My Kids For Life? hali December 28, 2014“In all my years of practice I have never heard of a parent saying that they didn’t want custody of their kids. Parents spend thousands of d... Continue Reading
Win a Trip to See Garth Brooks Live From Game-Changing GhostTunes hali December 23, 2014I've never been a big fan of iTunes. For all of Apple's awesomeness and ease-of-use, iTunes has always left me confused and angry. W... Continue Reading
BEWARE! If Your Man Does These 15 Things, He's Majorly Insecure hali December 17, 2014He picks you up, presents you with roses, opens your door, takes you to an elegant restaurant, and endlessly compliments you throughout the ... Continue Reading
The Fanciest Icing You’ll Ever Create hali December 12, 2014Spicy, warm, aromatic gingerbread cookies are my favorite to bake over Christmas. Not only are they delicious, but they’re fun to decorate t... Continue Reading
What I've Learned About Dating as a Middle-Aged Mom of Six hali December 10, 2014I’ve jumped into the dating pool a time or two in the past few years, but then I always remember that scene from Jaws and I quickly escape... Continue Reading
Because Nothing Says Christmas Like an Ice-Skating Elephant in a Dress hali December 04, 2014When I was in Chicago last week, I spied a Christmas store while walking around Woodfield Mall. Being in the Christmas spirit, I insisted we... Continue Reading
Biomarkers Unlimited: Accept Only OUR Substitutes! hali December 01, 2014Sounds great, doesn't it? Getting clinical trial results quickly has so much going for it. Information sooner! More affordable trials! S... Continue Reading
Holiday Movies on Netflix hali December 01, 2014Reason number 286 why I love Netflix: I can get my Christmas movie fix with Netflix! Once Thanksgiving rolls around, I start watching Christ... Continue Reading
Stay that way hali November 28, 2014So many parts of London are becoming generic modern visions of what modernity should look like (lots of glass and no personality) and it'... Continue Reading
On the street hali November 22, 2014The other day I took out my phone to capture the light after a rain shower, and as I pulled it up out of my pocket, I saw the man in the hat... Continue Reading
In the clouds hali November 20, 2014For the third year in a row, we took Oomoo to yet another London landmark, something that's become our own tradition. When he turned thr... Continue Reading
"Are They All Yours?" and Other Things I'm Asked as a Mom of Six hali November 20, 2014Today, a teacher overheard me talking to my friend about my kids’ grades. “Three of them made honor roll, two are in college and I’m not sur... Continue Reading
My Kids’ Idea of Self-Expression Looks a Lot Like a Mistake to Me hali November 15, 2014“Look at that guy,” my son whispered to me as we passed a heavily tattooed man with enormous gauges in his ears, piercings on his lips, nose... Continue Reading
5 hali November 14, 2014Someone in the house turns five today. How tha, what tha?! HOW are you already five Oomoo?! He's such a lovely little guy, and I'm s... Continue Reading
You Just Might Have a Teenager If . . . hali November 11, 2014Four of my six kids are teenagers. Do you understand the magnitude of that statement? I have FOUR TEENS in my house right now! FOUR! I think... Continue Reading
Who Promised Us We Could "Have It All?" hali November 10, 2014I read a piece written by Babble’s Suzanne Jannese, Jennifer Garner Nails What’s Wrong with the Work-Family Balance in America . In it, sh... Continue Reading
Let there be light hali November 07, 2014I love sunny autumn mornings at home. Have a great weekend! Continue Reading