I was away for almost 2 weeks on a business trip; my first since having Willa. Up until the moment I got on the plane, I was anxious: what if
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Working Mom Blues
So, now I know for sure: there is truly no perfect situation for working moms (and dads). Not for me, anyway. I think I’ve found to closest thing to balance
Lessons Learned
My amazing friend Sara over at Our Yuppie Life wrote a great post last month about the key to happiness as an expat in Addis: staying busy. Sara’s positive attitude
What Kind of Mother Are You?
This morning, during my daily breakfast internet browsing (a.k.a. my delicious half-hour of wasted time when I could be paying better attention to my children) I stumbled on this empowering photo series called
Habesha Mary Poppins
We hired a nanny this week. We don’t actually need a nanny right now, but it looks like I might go back to work sooner than expected, so I decided
2013: There Are No Words. (Just kidding, I have lots of words.)
Thinking about everything we’ve done this year, I can hardly believe it was all the same year. 2013 was fantastic, really; we just packed so much into it, I feel
Working Mom’s Closet
So you agreed to go to a conference this week. No problem. The cleaning lady can stay with the kids for a while. Let’s worry about that later. Right now,
Threenager
I stole the title of this post from my friend Beth, and it’s probably from somewhere else but I love it so I’m using it. Charlotte is such a pleasure
This Is Not a Food Blog
Life is getting better, y’all. We hired a housekeeper/cook (well, she has a “certificate” in cooking, but admitted she has no experience as a cook), so the house no longer
Quality time
We visited Grandma at the Embassy yesterday, mostly to show off the baby to her colleagues. After our visit, we went out for lunch at a nearby restaurant, and enjoyed