Do you have a toaster oven? Forever ago, I blogged about how I thought it was one of the few appliances that was worth the counter space in a small kitchen—an opinion I stand by. In my apartment, because it’s a Brooklyn rental, the oven is less than stellar. I’m never actually sure if it is hot enough even though […]
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…And 10 Minutes Later Your Child is Grown Up
You see his little hand on the sonogram and 10 minutes later you’re ordering his senior school portrait. You carefully fold the blue onesies to put in his dresser drawer and 10 minutes later you’re buying a light pink tie to match his prom date’s light pink dress. You teach him the proper way to tie his shoes and brush […]
Wednesday Trivia: Waiting on Hold
The other day I got a call from my doctor’s office. As soon as I picked up the phone, the person on the other line said, “Please hold.” Ten minutes later I was still waiting. In fact, I was on the verge of hanging up when a voice came on the line and asked who I was. Turns out the […]
Write a More Effective To-Do List on Monday
Start your week off right next week by using the 1-3-5 rule of to-do lists from Fast Company. Start by only planning out what you can realistically accomplish, which is where the rule comes in. Here’s what most people can realistically tackle in a day: 1 big mission 3 medium tasks 5 small things Put those on you list and […]
Sheryl Sandberg’s Book: What Do You Think?
If you are a living, breathing, human resident of our fine nation, at this point you can’t escape Sheryl Sandberg and her new book, Lean In. I am less interested in the book itself (which I read, though quickly) than I am in all the conversation around the book. I really can’t figure out what I think about the whole […]
Don’t Forget to Spring Forward!
It’s that time of the year again! Time to set your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed tonight for the start of Daylight Savings Time. The bad news: You’re going to lose an hour of sleep, unless you get under the covers earlier than normal. The good news: You’ll still have some daylight left once you leave […]
There’s a Sinkhole in My Head
We’ve all been thinking a lot about sinkholes this week, because of everything that’s happening in Florida, suddenly the sinkhole capital of the world. And the more I thought about sinkholes, the more I realized that I have sinkholes all over my life. To wit: 1. Sinkhole next to the phone in the kitchen. That’s where the unsigned, green high school athletic […]
