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Guest Post: Back to Basics – Taking Time for Yourself

For the Mommas

My New Years resolution is to do less – meaning less commitments, less running around and more time doing things that help renew myself in 2010. Other ideas might be to paint your nails, cook for yourself, spend a long time getting ready, light some candles, turn on some music. I am tired of being tired. Be carefree for once.

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Why Are Americans So Fat?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

In the article, Two-paycheck couples are quickly becoming the norm a study by the Center for American Progress documents the number of families with no stay-at-home parent: “In 2010, among families with children,” the study [by the Center for American Progress] notes, “nearly half (44.8 percent) were headed by a single parent.