Spit-up On My Shoulder

I received a special Mother’s Day card that I wanted to share with you. It’s from MomsRising.org, an nonprofit organization that is working to bring together millions of people who share a common concern about the need to build a more family-friendly America.
Click here to view a cute card with a song […]

Last Monday, (2/25), a report was released by the U.S. Census Bureau titled, “Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers.” I found the charts and statistics fascinating in the report as a window into how women’s lives have changed since the 1960s.
The report first analyzes trends in women’s work experience prior to their […]

Did you hear about this? Until 7 p.m. Chicago time today you can download Suze Orman’s 274-page book Women and Money: Owning the Power to Control Your Destiny for free as a pdf file. I just did it and it took 5 seconds to download. I did need to download Firefox first […]

Last Saturday, I attended a six-hour all women retreat. November was a month of many deadlines and other stresses, so I was VERY ready for this retreat.
The woman who ran the retreat, Jo Hatcher, was wonderful, but I had the darnedest time relaxing because of the build-up of stress in my body. […]

A recent study found that married women do about one less hour of housework per week for every $7,500 they earn as full-time workers outside the home, regardless of the husband’s income.
I found the study’s conclusions interesting, but was surprised about the following comments from women in the article:
“It’s not about the paycheck for […]

I thought this article in the 11/14/07 of Dollar Stretcher for Parents gave some interesting points about the financial and environmental benefits of using cloth diapers.
I used both cloth and disposable diapers with my girls, but I wish I had known at the time how much I could have saved by using cloth […]

If you haven’t heard of MOTHERS (Mothers Ought to Have Equal Rights), I hope you’ll check out their website here.
MOTHERS is a grassroot organization whose mission is to improve the economic well-being of mothers and other family caretakers. Below you’ll find some startling and disappointing recent statistics from the MOTHERS newsletter. The United […]

Becoming a parent can really stretch your finances. Do you have money anxiety? Do you worry that you won’t have enough to cover what your family needs?
I am a big worrier about money - ask anyone who knows me! An unusually high water bill, a sick cat, the car breaking down - […]

Did you know that every two minutes you spend in the shower uses as much water as someone in Africa uses in a whole day? This statistic really made me think about imbalances in the world and also about how wasteful I’ve been with water.
I hope you will join me in cutting […]

Here’s a great idea for saving money on baby wipes that I found in the 5/16/07 issue of the Dollar Stretcher newsletter:
Instant Baby Wipes
I raised four kids and didn’t buy baby wipes for home or travel. A roll of toilet paper or box of generic facial tissue and a bottle of dollar store baby oil […]