Archive for December, 2007

Holiday travels & road trippin’ with the family

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

We’re headed to the Great White North. We have the minivan packed, kids’ DVDs and player wired up, and each child has staked his or her claim to their travel spaces — with pillows and Afghans stashed for comfort.
We’re headed to northern Ontario for some skiing and New Years with dear friends, but we can’t [...]

Gearing up for some time off

Monday, December 10th, 2007

In a little over two weeks, our home and home office will enter a new reality: Winter break. When our three kids have time off from school, the home and home office find themselves in one of two states of being: Utter chaos and disarray, or a blissful state of auto-pilot. After 19 years spent [...]

Making calendaring & contact management work at home

Saturday, December 1st, 2007

I was looking at my Microsoft Outlook calendar recently, and I noticed a funny thing: As many events in there were for family life as were for my writing business. “Interview with XX Company” was followed by “Pick up Zoe.” “Client Meeting” was on the same day as “Zack hockey.” It got me to thinking [...]