As an at-home mother of little ones as well as a writer, composer and flute/voice teacher who volunteers as choir director and natural family planning teacher, I have to be really smart with my time in order to accomplish anything at all. Here’s my take on maximizing time and productivity, based on my experience as [...]
Toys are not fun when they’re all over the house. If you’re stepping on green army men, threatening to sell wayward dolls on eBay and are using items like daddy’s lighter as a body doubles for game pieces, the toys have taken over.
Your children’s toys aren’t evil, they’re just a little misguided.
Here are five ways to manage toys in your home so that they feed your children’s imaginations and not your trash cans.
Lately it’s become clear to me how often men and women willfully misunderstand each other. A discussion about love, marriage and dividing household responsibilities devolved into an argument about whether socks on the floor constitute a deal-breaker. I was shocked at the speed with which rational thought turned into “men are from Mars, women are [...]
You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, “I lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.” You must do the thing you think you cannot do. – Eleanor Roosevelt We [...]
Money Love with Della Magi is a Real Zest series on personal finance written by the writers of Real Zest. Women like you. Women who think. When I was accepted into the Air Force Academy, I was really excited. Not only because it was an honor, but I thought there might be some chance my [...]
Dear Sarah, Every time I have heated conversations, I cry. There are some important discussions at work and even with my family that I’ve put off out of worry that my emotions will get the better of me and I’ll embarrass myself again. Is there anything I can do to keep this from happening? Rachel [...]
Makeup possesses magical powers. I’ve used it to transform myself and others into creatures both beautiful and bizarre. As a professional makeup artist, I’ve taken waif like models and made them mock warriors, brides and fairies for magazines, television and music videos. I’ve worked with celebrities, politicians and Fortune 500 executives. From nearly a decade’s [...]
Ready to rumble in Santa Barbara says, “It’s very simple. I like sex way more than my husband does. When I bring the issue up to my friends they roll their eyes and make comments about how my husband should appreciate what he’s got. But that’s it. They all have men who chase them around. [...]
Dear Sarah, I’ve been married to my husband for 14 years. We rarely argue and I think it’s safe to say that we’ve figured things out enough to be mostly happy. There’s just one thing that bothers me to all hell. When he’s with his friends he sometimes makes jokes about women. Stupid things like [...]