This question comes from comes from Erik: “My 21 month old son … loves to throw his food while sitting in his high chair. I’m sick and tired of finding food all over the dining room wood floor. So what do [I] do? Need some answers … Debating whether or not to break out the flip […]
What’s your favorite healthy summer meal?
I have written before about one of the many banes of my existence: figuring out what to serve for dinner. Oh, and it also seems wise to think about the summer meal in a way that doesn’t require us to heat the oven to the “gates of hell” setting. You’ve GOT to have something to […]
What’s your favorite inexpensive form of entertainment?
I know this is going to make me sound old, but I can’t believe how expensive something as simple as going to the movies has become. With popcorn, candy and soda, a family of four can easily run up a tab in the hundred dollar range. I’m sorry, but when I spend a hundred bucks, I […]
Kitchen clean-up: sponge or paper towels?
One of the things that screws us up in life is the fact that we often end up doing something the way we’ve always done it, without stopping to think about about whether or not it’s really the best way. In my case, it’s an ongoing insistence that the proper method for cleaning your kitchen […]
How do you cope with burnout at work?
One of life’s cruel jokes is that no matter how great your job is, there are going to be parts of it that you will despise. Be careful if you find yourself surfing the web. Constantly. Please share your coping strategies…
How do you change a behavior you don’t like?
There are lots of things we do in life that we know we shouldn’t do – anything, from shoplifting to smoking to eating the wrong foods – but often it’s difficult to stop ourselves from doing them. Why to we do these things? That’s one for the ages. Better we spend our time trying to […]