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• Eye Exam Anxiety: Why This High-Stakes Test Feels Like a Midlife SAT
  on Jun 1, 2016 in Health & Fitness Mid-Life Musings glasses middle age midlife vision
  When I took the SAT back in the 1980s, I prepped for weeks, felt like a bundle of nerves on test day and sweated the results afterward, knowing these scores would determine my future. Thanks to the SAT, all my intellectual insecurities bubbled to th...
• A Peak Behind the Homeschooling Curtain
  on May 17, 2016 in Mid-Life Musings
  Over the years, people asked me what homeschooling was really like as if we were escaping from North Korea and they wanted the insider’s secrets of what we did beyond the demilitarized zone. But I get it. They were curious. We were educational de...
• A Mother’s Day Round-Up to Celebrate Moms
  on May 4, 2016 in Family Fun Stuff
  Although I’m still waiting for Mother’s Week to become official, I’ll settle for Mother’s Day. To shine the light on the hardest job on the planet (a.k.a. being a mom), I wanted to share some funny reads (and a few heartwarmi...
• 5 Mother’s Day Gifts Every Mom Wants
  on Apr 27, 2016 in Family gifts Mother's Day
  With Mother’s Day right around the corner, kids and husbands everywhere are scrambling (often last-minute) to find just the right gift for Mom, trying to show their love and appreciation for the best woman on earth. I laugh when I see those Pan...
• It’s Not Easy Being Green
  on Apr 20, 2016 in Family Mid-Life Musings green recycle
  My favorite Muppet, Kermit, said it best: “It’s not easy being green.” Like any good mom, I try to lead my family down the “do the right thing” path as we go about our little suburban lives. This includes adopting environmentally friendly h...
• 5 Apps That Would Make Parenting Teens Easier
  on Apr 14, 2016 in Family teens
  You know what’s hard about parenting teens? Everything. From bad attitudes to self-absorbed behavior, teens push parents to the limit on a regular basis.  Throw in struggles with motivation, grades, part-time jobs, chores, and time management, and...
• A Midlife Pop Quiz You’re Guaranteed to Pass
  on Mar 30, 2016 in Fun Stuff Mid-Life Musings '70s '80s memory lapses middle age midlife
  I feel like Andy Rooney* when I say this, but did you ever notice that you can’t remember where you put your car keys or what you ate for breakfast this morning, but you can remember every word to a song from 1978? Get ready for a midlife pop quiz...
• How The Blacklist Brought Me Back to the Dark Side
  on Mar 24, 2016 in Fun Stuff Mid-Life Musings addiction husband TV
  Did you ever get so hooked on a TV show that you almost needed a fix like a heroin addict? I’m right there in the crack house with The Blacklist. The post How The Blacklist Brought Me Back to the Dark Side appeared first on Tweenior Moments.
• Why Writers Are Like Teenage Girls
  on Mar 9, 2016 in Career Mid-Life Musings writers; rejection
  Being a writer is kind of like being a teenage girl. One minute, you’re facing soul-crushing rejection; the next minute, you’re elated over a “he-likes-me” moment. Throw in a dash of overanalyzing other people’s words or behavior, and i...
• Naturepedic’s Organic Mattress: Heaven In a Box
  on Mar 4, 2016 in Mid-Life Musings memory foam organic mattress sleep
  Disclaimer: I don’t normally write product reviews, but, due to funny circumstances described below, I’m writing one today. The product? A complimentary Naturepedic mattress I received. And thus begins my true tale. Do good things come in a box?

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