Dear Readers,
Today I am hosting Mom’s Life Blog Carnival. We have great collection of articles to enjoy and enlarge our learning curve.
• There is a story by Karen Shanley about how we can teach our children to be kind and be helpful.
• A cute story about kittens from Bonnie.
• Story sharing advice about how to save on baby gear from Julie.
• The way, by Anne Glamore, to encourage children to love science.
• Here is an opinion about marriage by Lovelin.
• Here are the tips on how to take advantage from credit cards reward programs by Raymond.
• Some helpful financial advice for new and expecting parents from Benjami.
• An article about how multi-tasking can affect memory from Alvaro Fernandes.
• Aparna’s yoga exercises.
I would like to say a big THANK YOU to all contributors to the blog carnival!
1. Author Mom With Dog Blog
The Normal Thing To Do
http://karenshanley.com/blog/?p=842
2. Those Crazy Beans Blog
A Peek inside the Crazy Life of the Bean Family
Free Isn’t Always
http://thosecrazybeans.blogspot.com/2008/10/bargains-arent-always.html
3. More 4 Kids Baby Blog
7 Ways to Save on Baby Gear
http://baby.more4kids.info/2008/08/ways-to-save-on-baby-gear/
4. My Tiny Kingdom
Science Gone Astray Blog
http://www.mytinykingdom.com/2008/09/04/science-gone-astray/
5. The Art of Balanced Living Blog
The 29-Day Giving Challenge
http://artofbalancedliving.net/2008/10/27/the-29-day-giving-challenge/
6. Money Blue Book Finance Blog
Save Money With Credit Card Cash
http://www.moneybluebook.com/list-of-the-best-credit-card-rewards-programs/
7. Trees Full of Money Blog
Financial Advice for new expecting parents
http://www.treesfullofmoney.com/2008/10/financial-advice-for-new-or-expecting.html
8. Sharp Brains Blog
Memory Problems? Perhaps you are Multi-tasking
http://www.sharpbrains.com/blog/2008/10/29/memory-problems-perhaps-you-are-multi-tasking/
9. Beauty & Personality Grooming Blog
Bhramari Pranayam
http://myblogonbeauty.blogspot.com/2007/04/bhramari-pranayam.html
A friend and I were talking about how crowded our lives can get. We both had a very hectic week! She was telling me about hers…
“… I had this important meeting, two hours away, for work. My daughter had a huge project due for school. In the middle of all that, a good friend called - she was getting married, just a small ceremony in her fiancé’s father’s house with 8 people, and I would be the only one on her side. That alone was an hour plane flight plus forty minutes of driving! I was out of the house for 28 hours. I had to schedule pick up and drop off for my daughter with my mom and husband, deal with field trip preparation and her swimming lesson. I came home yesterday, picked up my daughter from school, shopped for food, made a dinner, cleaned the mess in the house, worked at night…”
I could relate! My weekend had been hard too, and I didn’t even leave the house! My problem was I had food poisoning. I spent the whole weekend trying to just do normal stuff, but it is ten times as hard when you just really need to be in bed! Just trying to cook meals, clean the house, make sure the kids do their homework and get a bath, watch after my very active and temperamental toddler… Then I had to also try to meet a deadline for my job, take care of invoicing and budgeting, work on Sunday for my other job where I am a supervisor and can’t take off…
Moms don’t get to call in sick. We have to show up no matter what. When we run our own business, it is even harder! We can’t not do things - they HAVE to be done. We do have to learn to lean on people to help us. I was glad my friend had help, with her husband there and her mom close by.
My husband was out of state, and I don’t have a mom, so I had to lean on my daughter. That made me feel terrible! She is terrific, though. She is only nine, but she made dinner for her and her brother, and watched the baby so I could get a nap. It made her feel very important. We made it through, and fortunately my client was understanding about the missed deadline. (She is a mom, too…)
I think I and my friend maybe need a vacation!
Sarah P.
