Mompreneur Musings: The Quest For Balance

Every year my family, my parents, my cousins, and their children, at least all of the family living on the East coast, get together to celebrate the 4th of July. This year there will be eight children between the ages of 9 months and 9 years old, and nine adults. Somehow, the adults are still [...]

We have heard that nuts are nutritious, but do you really know why? The following is some helpful information from the North Carolina Research Campus*:
Almonds – The highest nut source of vitamin E which can help protect the heart, slow aging, and improve immunity.
Brazil Nuts – The highest nut source of selenium, an essential mineral [...]

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I am not even going to try to make this poetic because you won’t get past the first verse of: ‘Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, Oh Windex, I don’t know what I’d do without you. My house is a mess, I dare not jest…’
Told you, absolutely horrid. Let me just say that [...]

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In their new book, “Don’t Swallow Your Gum,” Drs. Aaron E. Carroll and Rachel C. Vreeman reveal myths and half-truths about your health. If you think that drinking milk makes you phlegmy, think again because the research does not support it. Tara Parker-Pope of the New York Times reviews the book and 11 [...]

When we decided to get keets, guinea fowl chicks, it was so that they could eat the ticks in our yard. I had no idea that the chicks would become such a fun family project. My girls have been waking up early so they can play with the chicks before it’s time to start their [...]

“Nothing is ours outright as a gift.
All we are given is possibilities,
to make ourselves one thing or another.”
- Jose Ortega y Gasset

“Do you remember when you were a kid and you thought anything was possible?” Whether you do or you don’t, take two minutes to view this inspiring video created by a fellow entrepreneur and member of the Boston Chapter of Entrepreneur’s Organization.
And regardless of what you do or don’t do, let yourself be inspired…

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I had previously written about the tick problem in our area and how my entire family, not just our dog, has found ticks in many undesirable places. Given that I’m in the natural foods business, we didn’t want to spray chemicals in our yard to combat our tick population.
So, guinea fowl to the rescue… Yes, [...]

Yesterday I picked up our dog, Ozzie, from the veterinarian emergency room hospital where he had stayed for two nights. Unfortunately, Ozzie had swallowed one of my girls’ Littlest Pet Shop toy animals and it had gotten stuck. It had to be surgically removed through his stomach for him to survive.
Now I know he’s just [...]

When does the family dog become a family member?

When the photo on your phone is of your kids and dog and your dog looks great but it’s not the best shot of your kids.
When you spend more on your dog’s medical bills than that of your children.
When you travel on business and you miss your [...]